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History Animated - 1 views

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history America animation war Civil War WWII Revolutionary War

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Simon Miles on 12 Sep 10

"History Animated is a fantastic resource for teachers of US History. The animations will make great supplements to classroom instruction. The animations are a significant improvement over drawing or pointing to places on a map. The site currently features animations on the Pacific War, the Civil War, the Revolutionary War and the Battle of Britain.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"History Animated is a fantastic resource for teachers of US History. The animations will make great supplements to classroom instruction. The animations are a significant improvement over drawing or pointing to places on a map. The site currently features animations on the Pacific War, the Civil War, the Revolutionary War and the Battle of Britain.</div>

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For Love of Liberty - The Story of America's Black Patriots - 0 views

www.forloveofliberty.net

history America African-American war primary sources

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Simon Miles on 12 Sep 10

A new PBS documentary For Love of Liberty : The Story of America's Black Patriots, details the military contributions of African Americans.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A new PBS documentary For Love of Liberty : The Story of America's Black Patriots, details the military contributions of African Americans.</div>

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Digital Military Newspaper Library - 0 views

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The Digital Military Newspaper Library is a pilot project to house, organize and preserve contemporary and historic military newspapers and periodicals. These newspapers represent Naval and Air Force bases from many geographical regions around the state of Florida and will include Kennedy Space Center, a submarine base at King's Bay Georgia, the Panama Canal Zone, and two newspapers in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Digital Military Newspaper Library is a pilot project to house, organize and preserve contemporary and historic military newspapers and periodicals. These newspapers represent Naval and Air Force bases from many geographical regions around the state of Florida and will include Kennedy Space Center, a submarine base at King's Bay Georgia, the Panama Canal Zone, and two newspapers in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</div>

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Propaganda Postcards of the Great War (World War 1) - 1 views

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Simon Miles on 06 Sep 10

This site contains a large number of propaganda posters from World War I.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This site contains a large number of propaganda posters from World War I.</div>

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History of Cuba - 0 views

www.historyofcuba.com/cuba.htm

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Simon Miles on 16 Aug 10

"Our mission is to provide a clear and detailed journey through the themes, concepts, people and ideas that make up Cuban history."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Our mission is to provide a clear and detailed journey through the themes, concepts, people and ideas that make up Cuban history."</div>

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Newseum | News | Today's Front Pages | Archive List - 0 views

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history newspapers resources

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Simon Miles on 07 Aug 10

The Newseum displays daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The Newseum displays daily newspaper front pages in their original, unedited form.</div>

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National Endowment for the Humanities - 3 views

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Nagasaki Archive - 0 views

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Japan history WWII atomic bomb

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Provides photos and experiences of survivors of Nagasaki using Google Earth.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Provides photos and experiences of survivors of Nagasaki using Google Earth.</div>

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London Lives 1690 to 1800 ~ Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis - 0 views

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London Britain 18thc Industrial Revolution

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Simon Miles on 27 Jul 10

"London Lives focuses on the perspectives of common Londoners in the 18th-century...This project offers access to hundreds of thousands of primary sources pulled from eight London archives, publicly surfacing over three million names of 18th-century plebeian Londoners."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"London Lives focuses on the perspectives of common Londoners in the 18th-century...This project offers access to hundreds of thousands of primary sources pulled from eight London archives, publicly surfacing over three million names of 18th-century plebeian Londoners."</div>

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Indian Country Diaries | PBS - 0 views

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Simon Miles on 26 Jul 10

The history of relationships between Native Americans, Europeans and other immigrants - includes sections on Assimilation, Relocation and Genocide, Indian Boarding Schools, Oral History of the Cherokee and an Interactive Map.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The history of relationships between Native Americans, Europeans and other immigrants - includes sections on Assimilation, Relocation and Genocide, Indian Boarding Schools, Oral History of the Cherokee and an Interactive Map.</div>

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Simon Miles on 26 Jul 10

The history of relationships between Native Americans, Europeans and other immigrants - includes sections on Assimilation, Relocation and Genocide, Indian Boarding Schools, Oral History of the Cherokee and an Interactive Map.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The history of relationships between Native Americans, Europeans and other immigrants - includes sections on Assimilation, Relocation and Genocide, Indian Boarding Schools, Oral History of the Cherokee and an Interactive Map.</div>

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HistoryWorld - History and Timelines - 0 views

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Simon Miles on 12 Jul 10

"Historyworld's aim is to make world history more easily accessible through interactive narratives and timelines. Written by Bamber Gascoigne, it consists of about 300 narratives ( the alphabetical list runs from Aegean Civilization to Zoroastrianism) and some 10,000 events on searchable timelines."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Historyworld's aim is to make world history more easily accessible through interactive narratives and timelines. Written by Bamber Gascoigne, it consists of about 300 narratives ( the alphabetical list runs from Aegean Civilization to Zoroastrianism) and some 10,000 events on searchable timelines."</div>

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MIT Visualizing Cultures - 0 views

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Asia Japan China

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Simon Miles on 09 Jul 10

"Topical units on Japan in the modern world and early-modern China. Images of every sort are introduced and examined here-in partnership with contributing institutions and collections."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Topical units on Japan in the modern world and early-modern China. Images of every sort are introduced and examined here-in partnership with contributing institutions and collections."</div>

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Trove National Library online archive - 7 views

trove.nla.gov.au

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Simon Miles on 09 Jul 10

Search engine for the National Library of Australa - includes links to pictures and photos, newspapers and journals to 1954, diaries and letters, maps and audio.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Search engine for the National Library of Australa - includes links to pictures and photos, newspapers and journals to 1954, diaries and letters, maps and audio.</div>

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Oral History Project - 0 views

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Australia Australian personalities oral history

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Willie Leslie
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Simon Miles on 05 Jul 10

"The Sutherland College Oral History Project is an oral history collection and a teaching and learning resource. It was established to record the histories of students studying Social Inclusion and Vocational Access courses - second chance learners, and teaching and general staff of Sutherland College, past and present."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Sutherland College Oral History Project is an oral history collection and a teaching and learning resource. It was established to record the histories of students studying Social Inclusion and Vocational Access courses - second chance learners, and teaching and general staff of Sutherland College, past and present."</div>

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Uncommon Lives - 0 views

uncommonlives.naa.gov.au

Australia Australian personalities archives

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Simon Miles on 05 Jul 10

"Uncommon Lives is a series on famous and not so famous Australians as revealed in records help by the National Archives."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Uncommon Lives is a series on famous and not so famous Australians as revealed in records help by the National Archives." </div>

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Mapping our Anzacs - 1 views

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Australia WWI Anzac war

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"The heart of Mapping our Anzacs is a tool to browse 375,971 records of service in the Australian Army during World War I according to the person's place of birth or enlistment."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The heart of Mapping our Anzacs is a tool to browse 375,971 records of service in the Australian Army during World War I according to the person's place of birth or enlistment."</div>

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Vrroom - National Archives - 0 views

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Australia

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This is the education section of the National Archives of Australia. It contains digitised resources from the archives grouped into topics related to 20th century Australian history. Many of the resources have commentary.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is the education section of the National Archives of Australia. It contains digitised resources from the archives grouped into topics related to 20th century Australian history. Many of the resources have commentary.</div>

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