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A short video clip with a cool look at samurai culture and military technology. Great for introducing a unit to students and peak their interest.

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.

An archive of period publications relating to scientific research; they seem to go back to the C19th.

'One of the primary goals of the History Engine project has been to design a research and writing exercise modest enough in its analytical scope and its length that it allows students to "do history" long before a senior seminar or capstone course. (Another important goal, discussed below, is to capture this research to amass a large history archive.) The History Engine is an online archive consisting of thousands of "episodes" written and contributed by undergraduates.'

The online version of the Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers at the Library of Congress comprises a selection of 4,695 items (totaling about 51,500 images). This presentation contains correspondence, scientific notebooks, journals, blueprints, articles, and photographs documenting Bell's invention of the telephone and his involvement in the first telephone company, his family life, his interest in the education of the deaf, and his aeronautical and other scientific research. Dates span from 1862 to 1939, but the bulk of the materials are from 1865 to 1920

A very large collection covering all aspects of Graham Bell's work.

A highly interactive site from the Smithsonian American Art Museum on the 1930s where students can view primary sources from the period, including video and audio materials, as well as make their own documentary movies.

Social Studies Plans

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This is an interesting site which will be engaging for students, I'd imagine. Has funky graphics and colourful movement. It is organised around several themes and then students can choose a civilisation to focus on. They them look through a series of images with accompanying information. Seeings it's by the British Museum it should be good quality information.

Teaches American History through pop/rock music. Online resources include images, vocabulary, leveled questions, standardized prep, DBQ and thematic essay questions. Students learn American history with thier iPods and internet.

a great tool for students to publish their own simple comic strips... lots of fun and free for Ontario Teachers