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FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right - 0 views
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Lots of great data to expose our students to here. Let them go nuts with the graphs and write their explanation and rationalie.
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I like this one for its simple use of polling data to make projections. As John Becker said, they take a baseball stats approach to the election.
StatPlanet - Interactive Data Visualization through Maps and Graphs - 0 views
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You need to see this one. If you want your students to get a hold on some really stats with stunning visuals, this one rocks.
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A wonderful data visualizer called StatPlanet. Allows for some real customization.
GOOD Sheet - It's the Economy, Stupid! - 0 views
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An interesting graphic to aid in providing some historical perspective to the current economic crisis.
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Great for definitions of financial crisis
Google For Educators - 0 views
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Google's collection of election tools for your classroom. Good stuff here for visual learners
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Great political/election coverage through google.
2008 Election ProCon.org -- Which candidate would make the best U.S. President? - 0 views
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great resource.
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Pro-con's page about the election this year. Straightforward.
Get Local! | OpenSecrets - 0 views
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Campaign contributions by local area. Great stuff to see who is promoting whom for president.
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How great is this for understanding who is contributing to the campaigns?
FreePoverty - Knowing Helps - 0 views
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great geography game
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find places on the map and donate to help end world poverty.
The Girl Effect - Home - 0 views
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Thanks to Garr Reynolds at Presentation Zen for this one. Outsanding visuals and impactful message. This makes sense.
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Love the idea, love the design, and really want to see us get involvded here.
Where to watch Obama's presidential inauguration online | The Toybox | ZDNet.com - 0 views
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Where to stream the inauguration from.
YouTube - What Insensitivity, Indifference And Cowardice Allow Others To Do - Education... - 0 views
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I love this one.
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Animated rendition of Maurice Ogden's poem. Incredible connections to made to inaction.
UrEnglishTeacher's Blog: How much is a trillion? - 0 views
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Love the visual.
NIBIPEDIA : Together We Learn - 0 views
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President's from Washington through Obama.
TimeSpace: World - washingtonpost.com - 0 views
DBQ Questions - 0 views
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list of DBQ's by grade level and some resources for helping students make sense of documents.
Annenberg Media - 0 views
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Annenberg media programs that span all aspects of the curriculum. Designed around adult learners, it seems, but great for self-directed learners.
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more media clips.
Awesome Stories - 0 views
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This might be the greatest link to pop onto my radar in a while. Primary source material centered around historical events in the form of eyewitness accounts, trial transcripts, etc. The possibilities here are endless. Where was this when I was in the classroom?
Annenberg Media - A Biography of America - 0 views
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Recommended by Clay Burell, this site looks promising for teachers to use to engage their students.
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Great snippets of history throughout the ages. All media clips, too!