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The English Emblem Book Project of the Penn State University Libraries in Pennsylvania, USA, has digitized older form of texts, the emblem books, for the 16th to the 19th centuries. "An emblem book is a collection of images with adjoining text. In an emblem there is a dialog or tension between image and word. Emblems are frequently allegorical in theme. Emblem books are a form of text not altogether familiar to us today. An emblem book represents a particular kind of reading. Unlike today, the eye is not intended to move rapidly from page to page. The emblem is meant to arrest the sense, to lead into the text, to the richness of its associations. An emblem is something like a riddle, a "hieroglyph" in the Renaissance vocabulary -- what many readers considered to be a form of natural language."

The National Museum of American History is engaged in a long-term project to create the first publicly accessible, annotated online edition of William Steinway's remarkable diary. This first installment of the Web site includes Edwin M. Good's complete transcription of all 2,500 pages of the Diary alongside high-resolution scans of each handwritten page.

The Project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War, and seeks to accelerate the process of integrating new sources, materials and perspectives from the former "Communist bloc" with the historiography of the Cold War which has been written over the past few decades largely by Western scholars reliant on Western archival sources. It also seeks to transcend barriers of language, geography, and regional specialization to create new links among scholars interested in Cold War history.

A class website run by a history class at Hershey High School. Looks like an interesting idea to steal, um, be inspired by...

A blog featuring historical artifacts, documents and Project Gallery.

Check it out!

"This Multidisciplinary unit enables learners and instructors to make direct connections between themselves and the history around them by tracking their family's history through time and space."

Projects Teaching Research

"HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge. HippoCampus was designed as part of Open Education Resources (OER), a worldwide effort to improve access to quality education for everyone. HippoCampus content has been developed by some of the finest colleges and universities in the world..."

This is a timeline-based website at MIT on the Russian Revolution.  In addition to having links to primary and secondary sources, it provides an interesting model for assessment or project-based learning.

This site from the Library of Congress explores the history of border between the United States and Mexico as part of the LOC's Worlds Revealed: Geography & Maps project

"Paul Salopek's 21,000-mile odyssey is a decade-long experiment in slow journalism. Moving at the beat of his footsteps, Paul is walking the pathways of the first humans who migrated out of Africa in the Stone Age and made the Earth ours. Along the way he is covering the major stories of our time-from climate change to technological innovation, from mass migration to cultural survival-by giving voice to the people who inhabit them every day."

A trailer for my Grandma Gatewood project is here. For more information about the project see: http://www.edenvalleyenterprises.org/progdesc/gatewood/gtwdinf.htm

Any AP Human Geo teachers, this site is GREAT for examples from all 50 US states for Population Pyramids....

Any AP Human Geo teachers, this site is GREAT for examples from all 50 US states for Population Pyramids....

Have you ever wondered how your favorite place used to look like 50 or 100 years ago? Would you like to refresh your childhood memories and find out what your native town looked like when you were a kid. If "yes" is the answer to either of the questions, you'll find the three projects shared in this post quite exciting. They have a few things in common: they all support Google Maps for you to easily find the place you are interested in. They all have Google Earth integrated for you to get the location 3D view and they allow users to upload old photographs of any geographical locations.

"The manuscript and audiovisual archives at the Library contain many documents and photographs that may be useful to students working on historical papers, exhibit projects, media or dramatic performances. Documents and photographs are included in this section for the following topics: Military Era * Pre-presidential Era * Presidential Era * Declassified Documents * Presidential Appointment Books"

Has links to different sections of the excellent Sourcebooks project run by Paul Halsall at Fordham.

A project of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, OurStory is designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together through children's literature, everyday objects, and hands-on activities.

I manage the online outreach programs at NMAH. I'd love to hear from anyone who is using OurStory or our teacher site Smithsonian's History explorer. We're getting ready to do some site updates and would appreciate good constructive feedback.

A fascinating project designed by history teachers to use Augmented Reality to make the past come alive. Help spread the word to make this a reality.