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Earth Album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map, e.g. "India". Note-- since the top Flickr images are used, the images change every few weeks; bookmark this site and check back for a different experience in a month!

Some really outstanding images here.

New technology could be end to the guidebook: Tourists will be able to call up images and video footage of landmark attractions in their heyday - seen from the spot on which they are standing.

New technology could be end to the guidebook: Tourists will be able to call up images and video footage on their phone of landmark attractions in their heyday - seen from the spot on which they are standing.

Copyright-Friendly and Copyleft Images and Sound (Mostly!) for Use in Media Projects and Web Pages, Blogs, Wikis, etc.

Copyright-Friendly and Copyleft Images and Sound (Mostly!) for Use in Media Projects and Web Pages, Blogs, Wikis, etc.

Each film in the 'Famous Moments' series highlights a true story of historical significance, providing 'students' of early America with a better understanding of the people, places and events of this important era. Of added interest for viewers, each film tells its story using scenes and portraits from the Early American Digital Library. Many of the images are primary source documents - engravings, woodcuts and drawings that date back to the early to mid-1800s.

Each film in the 'Famous Moments' series highlights a true story of historical significance, providing 'students' of early America with a better understanding of the people, places and events of this important era. Of added interest for viewers, each film tells its story using scenes and portraits from the Early American Digital Library. Many of the images are primary source documents - engravings, woodcuts and drawings that date back to the early to mid-1800s.

All excellent sources of documentary films and images.

An extensive list of "cool" web tools for education. Categories include: Presentation Tools Collaborative Tools Research Tools Video Tools Slideshow Tools Audio Tools Image Tools Drawing Tools Writing Tools Music Tools Organising Tools Converting Tools Mapping Tools Quiz and Poll Tools Graphing Tools Creativity Tools Widgets File Storage & Web Pages Teacher Resources

The Library of Congress has uploaded a rare collection of almost 700 Civil War photographs to Flickr and needs your help identifying them. Among the rarest images are African Americans in uniform, sailors, a Lincoln campaign button, and portraits with families.

A large number of history websites.

A thorough collection of Greek and Latin authors with some helpful biographical information on them as well. Has some quite obscure texts.