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Reporters Without Borders - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 12 Jul 15 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 12 Jul 15

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.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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.</div>

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Picturing America Home Page - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 05 Jul 15 - Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 05 Jul 15

"a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Picturing America is an interactive gallery of artwork related to events, people, and themes in American history. You can browse the gallery chronologically or by theme. Click on any image in the gallery to learn about the artist and the artwork itself. Along with the background information for each image, Picturing America provides links to additional resources for learning about the artwork and artists.' - Richard Byrnes

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Picturing America is an interactive gallery of artwork related to events, people, and themes in American history. You can browse the gallery chronologically or by theme. Click on any image in the gallery to learn about the artist and the artwork itself. Along with the background information for each image, Picturing America provides links to additional resources for learning about the artwork and artists.' - Richard Byrnes</div>

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Free Technology for Teachers: Talking History - Audio Documentaries and History Lessons - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 11 May 15 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 11 May 15

"an oral history website produced by SUNY Albany for the purpose of sharing history lessons and audio artifacts. Every week Talking History publishes two audio segments about various historical topics. One of the segments features historians talking about an event or theme in history. The other segment features an audio artifact about an event or theme."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"an oral history website produced by SUNY Albany for the purpose of sharing history lessons and audio artifacts. Every week Talking History publishes two audio segments about various historical topics. One of the segments features historians talking about an event or theme in history. The other segment features an audio artifact about an event or theme."</div>

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Why World War I Resonates - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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Every year on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. — the hour and the day of the 1918 armistice — villagers gather to participate in a short memorial service around the obelisk.
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verisimilitude
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I think this is the key behind the enduring obsession with that war.
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Intensifying
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ne hundred years is not so very long ago
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But there is another deeper, perhaps more profound reason the war continues to preoccupy us
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A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Timeline on Hstry | Hstry - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 09 Apr 15 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 09 Apr 15

easy to follow instructions on using Hstry

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">easy to follow instructions on using Hstry</div>

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The Problem With History Classes - The Atlantic - 1 views

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Other International Newspaper Archives | XooxleAnswers - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 06 Mar 15 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 06 Mar 15

historical archives of US an International newspapers

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SHOW®/WORLD - A New Way To Look At The World - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 24 Feb 15 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 24 Feb 15

"SELECT a subject from the top menu and watch the countries on the map change their size. Instead of land mass, the size of each country will represent the data for that subject --both its share of the total and absolute value."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"SELECT a subject from the top menu and watch the countries on the map change their size. Instead of land mass, the size of each country will represent the data for that subject --both its share of the total and absolute value."</div>

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Constitute - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 11 Feb 15 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 11 Feb 15

Constitute allows anyone to read, search and compare every constitution in the world, indexed by topic.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Constitute allows anyone to read, search and compare every constitution in the world, indexed by topic.</div>

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Events Visualization - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 09 Feb 15 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 09 Feb 15

use with google maps. Collect data in a spreadsheet import the url of the data into the map visualization tool and create a visualized timeline.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">use with google maps. Collect data in a spreadsheet import the url of the data into the map visualization tool and create a visualized timeline. </div>

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Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Ways to Create Mapped Stories - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 05 Feb 15 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 05 Feb 15

Article highlights 5 tools for creating stories via maps. which helps students see how location impacts the historical events. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Article highlights 5 tools for creating stories via maps. which helps students see how location impacts the historical events. "</div>

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Thematic Maps - Geography - U.S. Census Bureau - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 06 Jan 15 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 06 Jan 15

"The Maps & Data section of the U.S. Census Bureau's website is a good place to find that data in a visual format. In the Maps & Data section of the U.S. Census Bureau's website you can explore thematic maps about the population of the United States. " This is from Richard Byrne.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Maps & Data section of the U.S. Census Bureau's website is a good place to find that data in a visual format. In the Maps & Data section of the U.S. Census Bureau's website you can explore thematic maps about the population of the United States. " This is from Richard Byrne.</div>

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Free Technology for Teachers: The Stanford University Spatial History Project - a new v... - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 02 Dec 14 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 02 Dec 14

"The Spatial History Project is an amazing collection of interactive maps that explore ancient and modern societies, cultural practices, expansion, environmental impact, and more. Students could delve into topics in the Holocaust Geographies Collaborative, view changing population densities in America from 1790-2000, or explore the history of Chinese American Railroad Workers as shown below."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Spatial History Project is an amazing collection of interactive maps that explore ancient and modern societies, cultural practices, expansion, environmental impact, and more. Students could delve into topics in the Holocaust Geographies Collaborative, view changing population densities in America from 1790-2000, or explore the history of Chinese American Railroad Workers as shown below."</div>

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Free data, statistics, analysis, visualization & sharing - knoema.com - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 23 Oct 14 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 23 Oct 14

"Smarter Research With All Statistics In Your Hands" Great site with loads of data! Topics include: crime stats, demographics, environment, poverty, transportation and more!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Smarter Research With All Statistics In Your Hands" Great site with loads of data! Topics include: crime stats, demographics, environment, poverty, transportation and more!</div>

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Free Technology for Teachers: How to Create Custom Maps on My Maps (Formerly Google Map... - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 22 Sep 14 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 22 Sep 14

Tutorials and videos on how to use the new my maps in google

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Tutorials and videos on how to use the new my maps in google</div>

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Free Technology for Teachers: Test Your Geography Smarts on Smarty Pins - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 31 Aug 14 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 31 Aug 14

"a new Google Maps game develop by Google. Smarty Pins presents players with a trivia question that they have to answer by placing a pin on a map. Players earn "miles" for correctly placing a pin on the map. Players can lose miles for answering incorrectly and or taking too long to answer. Games are available in five categories; arts & culture, science & geography, sports & games, entertainment, and history & current events."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"a new Google Maps game develop by Google. Smarty Pins presents players with a trivia question that they have to answer by placing a pin on a map. Players earn "miles" for correctly placing a pin on the map. Players can lose miles for answering incorrectly and or taking too long to answer. Games are available in five categories; arts & culture, science & geography, sports & games, entertainment, and history & current events."</div>

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Free Technology for Teachers: Close Reading Strategies, Rubrics, and Sample Assessments... - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 31 Aug 14 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 31 Aug 14

"The University of Maryland, Baltimore County has an excellent resource for history teachers. The UMBC Assessment Resource Center for History offers sample assessments based on readings from six eras in U.S. history. The assessments include multiple choice question and performance tasks based on close reading exercises. The performance task assessments include scoring rubrics, sample responses from students, and the documents that students need in order to complete the performance tasks."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The University of Maryland, Baltimore County has an excellent resource for history teachers. The UMBC Assessment Resource Center for History offers sample assessments based on readings from six eras in U.S. history. The assessments include multiple choice question and performance tasks based on close reading exercises. The performance task assessments include scoring rubrics, sample responses from students, and the documents that students need in order to complete the performance tasks."</div>

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United States (Contiguous 48) vs. Australia: Comparea Area Comparison - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 29 Aug 14 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 29 Aug 14

tool to compare the size of different countries, regions, states or continents

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The Public Domain Review - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 21 Aug 14 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 21 Aug 14

From Richard Byrne: "a website that features collections of images, books, essays, audio recordings, and films that are in the public domain. Choose any of the collections to search for materials according to date, style, genre, and rights. Directions for downloading and saving media is included along with each collection of media. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">From Richard Byrne: "a website that features collections of images, books, essays, audio recordings, and films that are in the public domain. Choose any of the collections to search for materials according to date, style, genre, and rights. Directions for downloading and saving media is included along with each collection of media. "</div>

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Free Technology for Teachers: 20 Good Map Creation Tools for Students - 0 views

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shared by Debra Gottsleben on 18 Aug 14 - No Cached

Debra Gottsleben on 18 Aug 14

From Richard Byrnes, map creation tools

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">From Richard Byrnes, map creation tools</div>

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