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"The founder of The Effective Educator has posted hundreds of his own social studies lessons and resources on this site. "

"About Graphic detail A new chart or map every working day, interactive-data features and links to interesting sources of data around the web"

The Digital Comic Museum features comics from the 1930's to the 1950's. They can be used to show American culture from that period and many comics from that era are good examples of propaganda from WWII and the Cold War

If you think that the website Maps of World offers a huge collection of maps, you would be correct. If you guessed that the maps were of continents, nations, states, and cities then you would be right about that as well. What I discovered about Maps of World that I didn't expect was the amount of facts and information that accompanied their maps. Included with each map is the history, the demographics, the economic data and other useful facts of the continent/nation/state you looked up. They also feature road maps, printable maps, route planners, railroad maps, physical maps, and "Top Ten" themed maps. Maps of World is a great site for maps but it is so much more, it is a useful tool for learning about nations and their history.

"Since 2010 Timelines.tv has offered a free-to-use resource for students, teachers and life-learners."

"Why the Analysis of Thinking is Important interactive Everyone thinks; it is our nature to do so. But much of our thinking, left to itself, is biased, distorted, partial, uninformed, or downright prejudiced. If we want to think well, we must understand at least the rudiments of thought, the most basic structures out of which all thinking is made. We must learn how to take thinking apart. "

helpful for all disciplines, especially AP courses

This is the companion site to the History of England podcast blog. It contains a number of original documents that I've found particularly interesting along the way. The best way to navigate your way around this site is to use this summary and index, which is organized chronologically.

" resources and websites where you can read and download and print graphic organizers"

collection of rubrics and assessments to assess student ability to think historically and interpret primary source documents. All US history, unfortunately.

The Vatican Museums website hosts a fairly detailed virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel. The tour allows visitors to zoom in on small areas and details of the interior of the Sistine Chapel. Visitors to the virtual tour can turn 360 degrees to view the interior of the Sistine Chapel from various angles.

"The New York Times Room for Debate is a wonderful resource that advances critical thinking and writing. Each week they cover several topics and invite "experts" to discuss their opinions in regards to a specific area of focus. You can follow their RSS feed or their tweets. Topics range from technology to education to government"

"Online timelines that allow students to create content for others to use and learn and also provide the possibility of collaboration. While traditional paper timelines were confined to the classroom, online timelines can be published, embedded and linked within a class blog or website, allowing students to view and learn from each others creation."

"LATIN AMERICAN NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER

"Watch hundreds of animated explanations, interactive tutorials and instructional videos, and feel free to embed them on your own web pages." general topics: ecology, health, opinions & trends, software, sports, technology, work, companies

"The magic of the silver screen: Movie clips to inspire curiosity in the classroom"

"40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World" but you wouldn't want to use all of them in the classroom!

"Find geographic data and products such as the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, KMLs, TIGERweb, cartographic boundary files, geographic relationship files, and reference and thematic maps."

Resembling a course catalog, CourseWorld is a non-profit initiative that relies solely on crowd-sourcing contributions from site users and freelance volunteers. The organization has gathered a vast array of liberal arts topics into one place, making it easier for online learners to find and browse content, which includes lectures, panel discussions, archival footage, documentaries, and historic interviews culled from YouTube. The free educational hub features 16,000 indexed and keyword-tagged videos in 700 categories. Read more at http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/09/24/courseworld-launches-free-liberal-arts-video-platform.aspx?=THEEL#fEOYV2P4fsMZMOPa.99