puts into perspective how big Africa really is

This website has topics for teaching and lists of valuable websites a teacher can use to expand their knowledge of that topic in a creative fashion

Adding fiction into our social studies classrooms may be a valuable tool. Here is a website that has thousands of free online books available. Internet e-readers will be booming soon...free online books will be useful

Resource for supreme court cases that have 3 different reading levels for the various levels of education. It gives a description of the case and questions to consider after reading and strategies for teaching case studies

I found this on an edu blog and it creates a list of things to do with google. Some are obvious but some of these ideas could stimulate other ways we can incorporate technology in the classroom

This website hosts thousands of videos by guest speakers. They reference education, the humanities, education, motivation, etc. My favorite is by Sir Ken Robinson. He has spoken twice and suggests some new ideas about where our education system should go in the future. here is the link to his videos http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

The Wisconsin Historical Society has access to the original journals, maps, and other artifacts (some are just typed in and not the original document) from several important players in Illinois and Wisconsin History

The hyperlink posted is specific to Marquette and Joliet. Here is the general link to their library archives http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/

Primary docs from the Era of Lincoln and Civil War. Can find docs that can be used in classrooms for middle school and up