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Great Civil War site featuring modern battlefield pictures and vintage photos from the time period. Also, check out Tioki, a great new online educational community.

World War II and Cold War.

This website features a huge collection of over 100,000 old posters and advertisements from as far back as the 1700's.

870,000 vintage pictures of New York City

Over 870,000 vintage photographs from New York City's history.

Check out these amazing historic photographs.

Very short 2 minute summaries of key ideas in critical thinking.

Excellent resource. Hard to believe it was funded by the Australian Government (I kid).

Lots of ways to spark communication using images from this site!

original photos from the 1850's to 1950's

A really seek looking photo editing site. Upload or take a photo with your webcam. A large collection of effects that you can add with just one click and save to your computer. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+&+Images

A image editor that makes photos look old. Choose from many different settings to get your image just right. A great tool for history projects. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+&+Images

two-minute animations on various aspects of critical thinking, aimed at school ages 8 to 10, or kids between the ages of 13 and 15, but also designed to resonate with grown-ups. Inspired by the animation style of the 1950s, most recognizably Saul Bass, the films are designed to promote a set of educational resources on critical thinking by TechNYou, an emerging technologies public information project funded by the Australian government.