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I've found these really useful for my year 12s. Berkeley has an awesome history department and it's like the kids can be in the room during a lecture. They listen to them and take notes for their assignments. Parents love it, too. I've particularly found Isabelle Pafford useful for her lectures on the ancient world.

This is where using the net gets tricky for students. We tell them never to use wikis (for good reason) and then something like this comes along. It's awesome. A fast-growing wiki (a site that anyone can add to) of historical sources. Shows why we need something like Diigo to filter the internet and provide guidance for the students regarding what to use in their research. Run by the same people as Wikipedia (Wikimedia). If you're ever looking for historical images can I suggest Wikimedia Commons.

You can no longer apply for this program and get materials sent to you...BUT, if you look at the bottom of the "Educators" page, you will see links to download electronically the entire educator's resource book (I couldn't get the whole book as one download, but downloading chapter by chapter worked), AND the PPT with all of the images!! AWESOME resource!!

I've seen these before and they're just awesome! Keith Dennison 735am.wordpress.com

This site rocks! You'll never use PowerPoint again. It takes a while to get used to, but the effort is worth it. I've done up this presentation for my year 11s to introduce them to history. I plan on playing 'Golden Years' by David Bowie and 'Think About It' by Flight of the Conchords in the background as a soundtrack. I'm guessing that you could edit and use it if you wanted. Pretty cool!

VERY COOL!!!! I'm sure it took a LOT of time to create!!! It's awesome! Thanks for sharing it!

A fascinating discussion on the current Texas history textbook controversy. Dan makes some awesome points. If you like it I recommend to you his podcast Hardcore History. Very useful with students.

historic photographs with silly captions

That's awesome. I love it as much as www.historicaltweets.com. I'm definitely using those images for my work computer desktop background! :-)

'View more than 57,000 historic videos and 7 million photos for FREE in one of the world's largest collections of royalty-free archival stock footage. Offering immediate downloads in more than 10 formats starting at just $1.97 (Consumer); $30 (Pro).

This is fantastic! Thanks.

Just awesome!

There seems to be an increasing tendency to put uni courses online and publicly available. How awesome!

This site is brilliant for any aspect of post-WWII Europe! An awesome research tool. Lots of neat pictures and graphics (Gen-Y-friendly) and high-quality primary sources and images, organised into significant topics and easy to navigate.

Animated maps, perfect for illustrating historical events

This looks awesome! I emailed our district head of this kind of stuff so they could check it out! let us know how your students like it!

Like it. Wish they were free though, but not much is now-a-days.

This lesson is awesome! It aligns to 3 NCSS Standards- #3, 5, 6. Students will watch a clip from the PBS special "Martin Luther: Reluctant Revolutionary," filling in a Viewing Chart (included). Afterward students write an essay. As an extension of the lesson, students interview an adult, asking how their enviornment and social issues of the time influenced their life and decisions.

Excellent!

Awesome! Thanks for this one.