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Ryan White

Mapping History - 1 views

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    This site, produced by the University of Oregon, features lots of animated maps illustrating problems, patterns, and events throughout history. Mapping History is essentially a digital atlas of American, European, Latin American, and African history. Each section is divided into modules based on historical themes and eras.
Ryan White

Animated Maps of Military History - 0 views

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    History Animated is a great resource for US History teachers and students. History Animated provides animations of the American Revolution, the US Civil War, WWII in Europe, and the US Pacific Campaign in WWII. In each of the sets of animations you will see the animated movement of armies displayed on a map. Each animation is accompanied by captions describing the strategies of the armies as well as the results and consequences of each battle.
Ryan White

Historical Dictionary | History Today - 0 views

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    "The dictionary is a compendium of facts, figures, mini-biographies and definitions of historical terms. It covers people, places, key events and epochs. Each entry is concise and expertly written, and the dictionary is ideal as a study tool or to improve your knowledge of history."
Pen Campbell

American Centuries: History and Art from New England - 1 views

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    Can't remember if I've seen this shared here or not--looks really cool. Even has a section for first person oral histories.
Ryan White

ChronoZoom - 0 views

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    ChronoZoom is a new timeline project from Microsoft Research. The primary goal of ChronoZoom is to provide a multimedia timeline of the history of the world from the dawn of time to today. The timeline is arranged according to themes and thresholds. 
Ryan White

Create Free Interactive Timelines - Stories Displayed on Maps | myHistro - 0 views

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    "myHistro is a timeline builder and map creation tool rolled into one nice package. On myHistro you can build a personal timeline or build a timeline about a theme or event in history. Each event that you place on your timeline can be geolocated using Google Maps. myHistro timelines can be created online or you can use the free iPad app to create events on your timeline." (RB)
Ryan White

Smarthistory: a multimedia web-book about art and art history - 0 views

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    Smarthistory.org is a free and open, not-for-profit, art history textbook.
Ryan White

Learn the Address - 0 views

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    "To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, documentarian Ken Burns, along with numerous partners, has launched a national effort to encourage everyone in America to video record themselves reading or reciting the speech.The collection of recordings housed on this site will continue to grow as more and more people are inspired by the power of history and take the challenge to LEARN THE ADDRESS."
Pen Campbell

History Journeys: Awesome Stories - Primary Sources and the Stories Behind Them - 0 views

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    Looked really interesting--thought social studies or English might be interested.
Ryan White

Virtual Tour: Panoramic Images: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - 0 views

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    Tour the Smithsonian.  Panoramic, interactive views.
Pen Campbell

Awesome Stories - 0 views

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    Great site with lots of original videos, audio, primary sources--check it out!
Ryan White

Google World Wonders Project - 0 views

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    From the archaeological areas of Pompeii to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Google's World Wonders Project aims to bring to life the wonders of the modern and ancient world.
Ryan White

Museum Box Homepage - 0 views

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    This is a tool to allow teachers or students present a collection of online "artifacts".  Kind of like a virtual interactive diarama.
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