World History
In 2009, the Denver Post put these great photographs of the fall of the Berlin Wall online. The site includes 60 stunning images --definitely worth checking out when you teach the Cold War later this Spring. My thanks to history teacher, David Korfhage, for finding the images.
- David Rumsey Map Collection
While browsing yesterday, I found a fun map site. The David Rumsey Map Collection focuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials. It includes maps, atlases, globes, school geographies, and maritime charts. This site is...
- Fashion In Weimar Germany
Fashion in Weimar Germany. An essay discussing images of the 'New Woman' with short bobbed hair and masculine clothes in relation to their roots in the sociological background of Germany in the 1920s. From the site: It is Germany, 1928. Raucous...
- Using Twitter To Find And Disseminate Lessons, Ideas
I follow a history teacher, David Korfhage, who originally tweeted a link to the online program ThingLink, which allows you to tag images with video, audio, social profiles, and web links. Today, I went to his original post and replied, thanking him and...
- The Cold War
I doubt you are to the Cold War yet, but when you do, above is a nice short video on the Berlin Wall (and there are many other great ones at the History Channel). Here are more links that I found here. ...
- China Wall Project
We have a great techie librarian who likes doing webquests for us. She likes to do it on wix.com. Here is a great one she did on the Great Wall of China. It has a word document with questions, links to a virtual tour of the wall, another...
World History
Berlin Wall: 24th Anniversary of the Fall
- David Rumsey Map Collection
While browsing yesterday, I found a fun map site. The David Rumsey Map Collection focuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials. It includes maps, atlases, globes, school geographies, and maritime charts. This site is...
- Fashion In Weimar Germany
Fashion in Weimar Germany. An essay discussing images of the 'New Woman' with short bobbed hair and masculine clothes in relation to their roots in the sociological background of Germany in the 1920s. From the site: It is Germany, 1928. Raucous...
- Using Twitter To Find And Disseminate Lessons, Ideas
I follow a history teacher, David Korfhage, who originally tweeted a link to the online program ThingLink, which allows you to tag images with video, audio, social profiles, and web links. Today, I went to his original post and replied, thanking him and...
- The Cold War
I doubt you are to the Cold War yet, but when you do, above is a nice short video on the Berlin Wall (and there are many other great ones at the History Channel). Here are more links that I found here. ...
- China Wall Project
We have a great techie librarian who likes doing webquests for us. She likes to do it on wix.com. Here is a great one she did on the Great Wall of China. It has a word document with questions, links to a virtual tour of the wall, another...