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A site with letters, diagrams and other primary source material from The Rock. Wasn't that was the movie was called?

A little self-indulgent, however I'm interested in seeing what other people do with their classes. This is the montage of our recent medieval tournament. We also do an archaeological dig and other historical re-enactments. If anyone else has footage, images or descriptions of activities or re-enactments they do with their classes I'd be really interested to see them. And steal their ideas.

Free resources from the excellent Discovery Education site. 

Has historical films. Some of them are the excellent films produced by Niall Ferguson. Possible to download if you're crafty :) 

A series of videos produced every year by the AHA at their annual meeting on different aspects of history. I haven't checked any, but they might be useful for the classroom.

An excellent repository for images and video primary sources. Well organised and accessible.

The European Archive, part of the LiWA (Living Web Archive Project), offers access to archived web sites and multi-media materials with the aim to preserve the whole European Digital Cultural Heritage. We provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.

An excellent site for sources on European cultural history.

A powerpoint about the ancient city of Pompeii and the reuption of the Vesuvius in 79, with only images and two small movies, so you can tell your own story with this powerpoint presentation.

Thanks globaleducator (something tells me that perhaps that's not the name on your birth certificate...) for adding this site. I'm just saving the main page so I can refer back to it later when we're buying resources for our department.

Some in Dutch, some in English or German

This ten minute presentation illustrates the growth of the United States from the original thirteen states in 1789. Turn the sound on to hear the narration.

2007 documentary, the ultimate history via conspiracy theories. Collection of criticism at the bottom of its Wikipedia entry is helpful.

This is a very interesting and unusual idea. Historians at Stanford have collected very specific and detailed information about historical events within short time frames and then produced graphic representations of these events that you can play over maps. It's very precise and perhaps too detailed for many high school level students to make sense of, however some of them helped show how historical phenomena occurred. Particularly chilling was the graphic showing slave purchases in the Rio slave market in the mid-C19th; you can see individual children being bought at specific times by specific people.

Contains over 1000 full-length feature films that can be downloaded for free. They are all in the public domain.

Excellent!

Awesome! Thanks for this one.