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There are people who live long enough to create a link — a one-generation link — to figures from what feels like a distant past. And their presence among us shrinks history.

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Mission US is a multimedia project that immerses players in U.S. history content through free interactive games.In Mission 2: “Flight to Freedom,” players take on the role of Lucy, a 14-year-old slave in Kentucky. As they navigate her escape and journey to Ohio, they discover that life in the “free” North is dangerous and difficult. In 1850, the

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Talk to any history teacher, whether they teach elementary, middle, or high school and they’ll tell you the importance of using primary source documents in their classroom…and I’m certainly not one to argue!  The biggest challenge for me is finding the right time and place to work the sources into my lessons. It’s admittedly a weaker point in my teaching, and one that I’m always working to improve…however, I created what I think is a great way to introduce the concept of primary sources to …  »

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Image by s. yume When the iPad first came out in April 2010 (was it really just over 18 months ago?) I wasn’t blown away. Here was an Apple device (as opposed to a very familiar Windoze one) which was unable to sit comfortably on a school network. It lacked USB ports or a camera, it had no compatibility with Flash and a complete absence of multitasking. This made it a fairly attractive thing to look at, but to me, more of a media player and leisure device. Not useful for teaching then.  It wasn…  »

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Rescuers of those whose lives were in danger during the Holocaust are considered in this section of A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust.

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Like buses on a wet November night good books on Intelligence are rare – but to have three corkers like these arrive at once is a treat indeed. Intelligence is the hidden hand of history, often only revealing its real role years after the event, and this is certainly true of the trio of books under review.

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Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, post links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.

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The site contains high resolution maps and documents on the history of historic cities in Europe and in the Mediterranean

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opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com - By KEVIN LEVIN

How one teacher uses trips to Civil War sites to explain courage, sacrifice and freedom.

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Simon Burnton: Tommie Smith and John Carlos don black gloves and give the Black Power salute on the podium in Mexico in 1968

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This Powerpoint resource on the 1916 Easter Rising summarises the background to the conflict, who was involved and the buildings that took centre stage during the conflict. It also focuses on a little known figure in the Rising, Elizabeth O’ Farrell. The accompanying handout/worksheet is for follow-up pair work – it gives more information about the figure of Elizabeth O’ Farrell and gives pupils questions for research to find out more about her. Source: Dennis Collins Download Elizabeth O’ Farr…  »

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Top 10 Lists: During World War Two, many individuals from many countries risked their lives to save various minorities, especially Jews, from the horrors of the Holocaust. This list commemorates 10 of them.

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Jane Addams Hull House Association will be out of business Friday, leaving employees and clients scrambling to fill a void the 122-year-old organization will leave. Despite announcing last week

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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. –Sir Francis Bacon English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626) Let us secure not such

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Arrogant, extremely vain, and always seeking praise, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany enjoyed a life of frivolity. His former chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, once remarked that the Kaiser would have liked every day to be his birthday. Hot head Wilhelm … Continue reading →

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Voices Across Time uses historic American songs as primary sources for studying American history and literature. Resource guide and NEH Summer Institute for Teachers

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Introduction  |  Encounters and Beginnings  |  Colonial North America  |  American Revolutionary Era  |  The Early Republic  |  Antebellum America: Transformation of Politics  |  Antebellum America: Transformation of Economy & Society,  |  Crisis of the Union  | 

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WWI Aviation Pictorial History An Illustrated History of World War 1 Aviation told with specifications, pictures, photos, biographies of the aces, and aircraft designers.

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Wow! Sorry about the extended absence all – after a lovely holidays and some adjusting to my new teaching gig, I’m back for more blogging! Let’s start off again with an old faithful – This Week in Canadian History. Jan 23, 1995 – After a number of home videos and evidence came to light of murders and misconduct in Somalia, the Canadian Defence Minister announces that The Canadian Airborne Regiment would be disbanded, with troops being distributed amongst other regiments. The CBC Digital Archives  »

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Thinking about the Story | The Man’s Motives and Purpose | Assessing the Man | Thinking with the Story | American Acquisitiveness and Enterprise | Science, Technology, and the Mastery of Nature | About the images DirectionsThis Launchpad, adapted from www.WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org, provides background materials and discussion questions to

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Communism is dead, but Vladimir Lenin lives in the more than 6,000 statues and monuments dedicated to him all over Russia.

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Schools have avoided teaching the Holocaust and the Crusades in history lessons because they are concerned about causing offence to Muslim pupils or challenging "charged" versions of history which children…

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EVERY night, after the last visitor to Madrid’s Reina Sofia Museum has left, the prestigious art gallery’s newest curator flickers into life.

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On Jan. 30, 1948, the Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was murdered by the Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse, who fired three shots at close range as the 78-year-old Gandhi entered a prayer meeting.

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Comprehensive site about women in Canadian history, including quotes, photos, news, biographies, and contests.

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The Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP) has launched a multi-year campaign to preserve the stories of the nation’s Vietnam War veterans.

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appsineducation.blogspot.com - Greg Swanson

Virtual History Roma presents a fantastic voyage to Ancient Rome, the capital of the largest empire in the ancient world, which has been reconstructed in virtual form and which you can explore in a “full-immersion” panoramic experience. This app allows you to fully appreciate the building construction, scale and atmosphere that was Ancient Rome. At the higher end of the app market at $10.99 AU it is a bit expensive but it certain has the capacity to entice students into the ancient world. The…  »

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Martin Luther King, Jr. preached non-violent means for achieving racial and citizen equality. This leson plan outlines and explains his philosophy, reasoning, and methods.

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A history teacher reveals how her lessons on the Holocaust became outstanding after an truly enlightening CPD • plus powerful Holocaust teaching resources

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The story of how Paul Cuffee made his way from farmer’s son to wealthy ship owner might not sound unique unless you consider that he was African American.  In his lifetime, free African Americans were not entitled to vote in … Continue reading →

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With 3D graphics, NOVA reveals how the Allies used special aerial photos to deal a dire blow to the Nazi rocket program.

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Read reviews, get customer ratings, see screenshots and learn more about Dickens: Dark London on the App Store. Download Dickens: Dark London and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

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The letter had been sent to the Field Post Office in Egypt in 1941, where Dave Hutton – now 94 – was held in a prisoner of war camp.

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To keep inequality in check, tax the wealthiest 1 percent when their income gets out of proportion with median income.

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Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, post links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.

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Laszlo Montgomery presents weekly topics covering 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture, Podcast, MP3.

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A military historian from Surrey tells of his role as the military advisor on Steven Spielberg’s War Horse film.

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The Lincoln check had been made out to ‘self’ for $800. It is one of 70 found in a vault at Huntington Bank’s Columbus headquarters in Ohio.

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For most of 1942, the Grand Alliance between the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union was on the defensive. Whether it could hold together, or whether the Soviet Union would even remain in the conflict, was uncertain.

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During the Revolutionary War there were several attempts made to end the fighting. In this lesson students will consider the various peace attempts made by both sides during the Revolutionary War.

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By Bill Bigelow Imagine our surprise. Rethinking Schools learned today that for the first time in its more-than-20-year history, our book Rethinking Columbus was banned by a school district: Tucson, Arizona. According to journalist Jeff Biggers, officials with the Tucson Unified School District ordered that teachers pull the book from their classrooms, evidently as an outcome of the school board’s 4-1 vote this week to abolish the Mexican American Studies program. As I mentioned to Biggers when  »

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This coming Monday, January 16, is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. A national holiday signed into law in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan, the holiday takes place on the third Monday of January each year. (The holiday usually takes place around the time of King’s actual birthday, on January 15.) As we remember the civil-rights leader on Monday, take some time to read his Letter from Birmingham Jail, published on April 16, 1963, while King was still in jail. In the open letter addressed to clergymen…  »

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Best of History Web Sites, created by EdTechTeacher, is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites and activities.

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Free Public Talk in Dublin Castle: All welcome but book early limited places. To book ring Dublin Castle 016458812 http://t.co/RuamQEFv

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A collaborative Site with WCSS, EconomicsWI, the WI State HIstorical Society, the WI Geographic Alliance, and other WI agencies and organizations.

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appsineducation.blogspot.com - Greg Swanson

History is one of those subjects where it is easy to get your students engaged once they have connected with the narrative. Here are a couple of Apps that will help your students jump right into the era that you are studying. Obviously we can’t cover every area of historical study but these apps give you an idea of some of the tools available on the iPad. Some of the more interactive apps like War World 11 or Virtual History: Roma lend themselves to individual research projects or even students…  »

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The possible fishing station was discovered near Loch Euport, on North Uist. The project team said on Ordnance Survey maps the area is called Havn, the Norse word for harbour.

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