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Kay - saw your post and thought you'd be interested in the new set of scientific teaching collection videos we've (NMAH) posted on YouTube. We are in the middle creating a website for these videos, and we'll be adding more over the next year or so. http://www.youtube.com/user/SmithsonianAmHistory?ob=0&feature=results_main

History Maker is a digital instrument for students to create their history stories. They can - on their own or in small groups -create items of historical events, persons or developments, which they think are most important for an era.

This is the 'home' for the latest research and analysis.

This is an article about the use of History Maker, a digital instrument