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JOG THE WEB is a web-based tool that allows anyone to create a synchronous guide to a series of web sites. Its step by step approach of taking viewers through web sites allowing the author to annotate and ask guiding questions for each page is unique. Give it a try and start creating your own Jogs.

"The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World reconstructs the time cost and financial expense associated with a wide range of different types of travel in antiquity. The model is based on a simplified version of the giant network of cities, roads, rivers and sea lanes that framed movement across the Roman Empire. It broadly reflects conditions around 200 CE but also covers a few sites and roads created in late antiquity. The model consists of 751 sites, most of them urban settlements but also including important promontories and mountain passes, and covers close to 10 million square kilometers (~4 million square miles) of terrestrial and maritime space. 268 sites serve as sea ports. The road network encompasses 84,631 kilometers (52,587 miles) of road or desert tracks, complemented by 28,272 kilometers (17,567 miles) of navigable rivers and canals."

"Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more."

Amazing site with tons of resources

This site presents numerous global issues, aiming to show how they are inter-related.

interesting site that shows the interconnectivity of many of the world's issues. Written by one individual but has links to many other sources. Great site for interenational relations

Takes a word in the news and posts articles that use the word. Very good site for analyzing the news and how it is reported. This site would be a great tool in the social studies classroom but would be an excellent way to study vocabulary.

Really interesting site which studies how the media uses certain words. Great way to study and analyze how the news is reported.

"...add pictures, videos and other resources to create mini museum exhibits. The site is not limited to history teachers. Students can use museum boxes to provide evidence to support an argument, describe a scientific or mathematic concept or create portfolios of their writing and artwork. Each museum box is made up of individual cubes and features 8 cubes per layer. What students put on each side of the cube is up to them. A searchable image gallery offers multiple historical pictures and other primary source documents. Registering for the site gives students the opportunity to upload videos, audio files and other documents to add to their virtual exhibits. A special teacher section allows you to create accounts for students and monitor the boxes they create or save money on field trips by taking students on a virtual field trip that you create for them."

This could be a great presentation tool.

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Welcome to the New Jersey Mock Election web site. Here you will find instructions for participating in the national mock election, as well as suggested lessons and activities. We hope that you will find this site useful, and that every student in New Jersey will have a chance to participate.

Readers may browse the site according to region, including information on Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe/Ex-USSR, and Middle East/North Africa. Selecting any of these tabs triggers a drop down menu of respective countries. Selecting any of the countries navigates to an archive of all the articles published about that country written in the past decade or so. Other important features of the site include a World Press Freedom Index, which evaluates each nation on a number of variables to assign them a yearly ranking.

Site that contains free films for educational purposes

great site for documentaries. Free!

There are some great resources here.

Long list of sites related to the study of American History. The selected websites have been recommended and vetted by TAH Teacher-Historians.

Comprehensive site for information on Google Earth

Greeat resource for Google Earth

great listing of sites for countries

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list of sites for study of history

An Open Educational Resources site OER; in beta now. "Gooru is a search engine for learning that allows you to explore and study over 2,600 standards-aligned and personalized study guides. Study guides cover 5th-12th grade math and science topics, and resources include digital textbooks, animations, instructor videos and more. All resources are vetted and organized by teachers or Gooru's content experts, so you don't have to sort through the mess of subpar educational resources available online yourself. Gooru also makes it easy for you to connect with your worldwide peers to make learning a social experience. Post questions to an active community of students, teachers and experts, or find friends and peers to study with. Best of all, Gooru adapts to you. Based on the topics you study and your performance on self-assessments, Gooru suggests resources and study guides that will help you master the concepts. You can track your study habits and monitor your performance on any of the topics you study."

Not sure what resources are here for social studies but still looks like a very interesting site. Think you should check it out for resources and to share with students.

Great site for evaluating websites.

This site is really helpful! This is a winner!

Terrific site with all sorts of information about children's games. From the British Library.

If we are going to be talking about gaming in education maybe we should see the historical significance of games. Very interesting site.

"Eye of the Storm takes you on an unforgettable journey through the Civil War. Through this online intepretation, you can experience the life of a Civil War soldier through Sneden's journal entries. Audio accounts of Sneden's narrative with commentary by the Director of the Virginia Historical Society, Charles F. Bryan, Jr. can be heard by visiting the movies section of this site. Also included here are forums through which visitors can discuss the work and Civil War history."

This a must see site. So much on the civil war including sketches drawn by a civil war soldier.

"This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases. Also included are the subdivisions of various countries (the links are at the bottom of the respective country entries), as well as a selection of international organizations. Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately."

handy site for quickly discovering who ruled and when. Good for quick reference.

"an interactive site that has students analyze a historical photo and make conclusions about the photo.Their job is to figure out what is going on in the photo"

Very interesting site to learn about history and digital literacy