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"A brief animated history of Spain over the past 2000 years, including multiple invasions, exploration and cultural upheaval."

Will the Chinese people rise above cyber-vigilantism and use the Internet to build a just and fair society governed by accountable leaders? Or will the majority be be happy to wield their new-found powers of online speech in random fashion? That's really up to them. People like Liu Xiaoyuan and Yang Hengjun and a number of others have been raising such questions. It's hard to know whether people beyond the elite intelligentsia will pay attention to such concerns. This is why the suppression and censorship of Cultural Revolution history in China is so dangerous. If people could freely write and debate about what happened under Mao, history would have less chance of repeating itself.

As you know, teachers know everything. But there are some mere mortals out there who still need to ask questions. This is a fabulous site with over 80 specialist areas to ask questions to the cloud. The community will then help you find an answer. The areas include English and other languages, computing, maths, science, history and much more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

These topics involved different cultural traditions, common European history, comparable cultural processes, European citizenship and multiplicity of perspective: - Migration - causes and consequences for Europe - Urban development in the 19th Century - The Treaty of Versailles - The European Community: life and working space for citizens The partners promised to exchange suitable materials on these topics, to develop teaching units, and to test, document and evaluate these units

A silent movie, the second silent movie to be awarded an Oscar in history. Have a look at the trailer below and try to write some words for it, as if you were subtitling it.

BBC site about the effectiveness of portfolios in teaching languages, including history, advantages, problems

History, culture, bits and bobs.

The mission of MPIR is to provide FREE access and introduction to the wonderful world of Old Time Radio. Turn that TV off, throw it out the door. Your mind is better, and gets better reception! Old Time Radio are radio plays from the 30's 40's and 50's, long before television. Rich, in history, American culture, and good clean family entertainment.

PurposeGames.com is host to educational quiz and trivia games created by its members. In just a few minutes, you can create your very own game to share with your friends!.

Timed educational games - history, geography, languages etc. Currently over 17,000 different games available. Great for reviewing material using smartboard

Create and play educational quiz games, memorize maps to improve your knowledge in Geography, Science, History and other fields of interest. Free Login required to create

Today in Aviation History Short tech podcasts including transcription.

video on French revolution and 14th July. Interesting links with US history...

Twitter as a way to increase student participation in large groups-commenting/ analysing (history)

Inform is a design system for interactive fiction based on natural language Inform has been used to teach reading, foreign languages, programming, history, game design, and new media theory to students at many levels, from elementary school through college and adult education.

Great site for authentic material on Spanish history!

Visit this site to learn about French "argot" (slang), including Verlan. Learn about the history and lexicon of argot and how to form words in Verlan. This topic could be adapted into a great French lesson!

"Stories are a part of the bedrock of human evolution sharing wisdom, history and cultural values to citizens growing into their society."