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Join the National Museum of American History on March 5, 2013 for "Decoding History" a 30 minute virtual field trip produced in collaboration with Scholastic Publishing and the 39 Clues book series. The field trip is designed for students in grades 3-5 and is free of charge. Register online. Smithsonian's History Explorer website contains hundreds of free standards-based online resources for teaching and learning American history.

Those of you integrating mobile devices...this list looks promising. MOST are free apps!!

These free economics notes designed for AP classes maybe of interest. http://www.textbooksfree.org/Economics%20Notes.htm

Compare North and South states on interactive maps to identify the differences between free and slave populations before the Civil War. Also includes discussion questions.

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A house divided against itself cannot stand. The United States could no longer remain half-slave and half-free, and the ensuing war over the fate of slavery ripped apart the nation.

Kim and Sal talk about increased tensions between slave and free states as new territory is added after Mexican-American War and from Compromise of 1850 (especially the Fugitive Slave Act).

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I love these podcasted lectures. I usually get them down through iTunes U or iTunes podcasts (free!) and then put them up on moodle (similar to BlackBoard) for students to download and listen to/watch for their homework/research. Parents get really impressed too when their little angel is listening to a Berkeley Uni lecture on their iPod! [(^).(^)]

An interactive map showing the spread of slavery. It gives you a variety of ways to look at the date (absolute numbers, percent of population, etc.) and also includes data for the free black population.

Free online history courses. Just the thing for the summer!

While this site has items for sale, the "Multimedia Resources" tab under "Resources" has many FREE interactive online resources! Interactive maps and websites, videos and games!

What is this collection? Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers labeled with each soldier's name, rank, and unit, with links to revealing documents about each soldier. Collections include records for soldiers from over 50 territories and states.  Has a free 7 day trial.

Streetmuseum is a new (and free) augmented reality iPhone app created by the Museum of London that allows you to browse historical photographs in various parts of the city. The app leads you to various locations around London using either the map or GPS. Once you're there, click the "3D View" button, and the app will recognize the location and overlay the historical photograph over the live video feed of the real world, giving you a brief glimpse into how the past looked.

TimeRime is a web application, which allows people to view, create, share and compare interactive timelines. In its first year TimeRime has become a popular website for schools and students. Students make timelines of subjects from class, or of their own research. They can do this individually or in groups. TimeRime introduces the education account for schools, universities and other organizations that have the need for an advertisement free, closed online environment to make, view and grade timelines.

Create Interactive Timelines. It is free to join.