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National Archives ~ Digital Copies in the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). Grouped by National History Standard Era

Here you will find curriculum integration strategies and ideas for incorporating technology into the teaching of the American Civil War.

We're a team of language enthusiasts and general word nuts who have joined forces to create a new kind of dictionary - a democratic 'visual dictionary'. A place where anyone with a video, webcam or mobile phone can define the words that matter to them in their life.

Brings words to life through the use of video. FREE

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Generate vocabulary lists from any text that you can digitally copy. Paste any chunk of text, up to 200,000 characters, into the Vocab Grabber. The Vocab Grabber then sorts, and places in a word cloud, the most frequently used words in that text.

The 60second Recap™ aims to break this cycle of canonical irrelevance. We want to help teens (yes, teens of all ages!) engage with literature. We want to help them see it not as some chore to be endured, but as -- dare we say it? -- the gift of a lifetime. How? Through the language of our time -- the language of video. Video that's focused, engaging, informative ... and short enough to hold just about anyone's attention.

Learn literature's finest in fun 60-second videos

Summaries of literary works in 60 seconds or less.

Lots of stuff to take a look at!