World History
- Why So Many Syrian Refugees? Watch This Drone Footage
This is from British News Channel Four. My thanks to Matt Busch for posting it on Facebook. Drone footage over HomsAfter years of war, parts of Homs, Syria, are crumbling and deserted. New drone footage shows the extent of the devastation.Posted by Channel...
- Albert Einstein Interview
We are so used to looking at pictures of Albert Einstein, but here is actual footage and you can even hear him (and his accent) talking. I like to show kids items such as this to literally bring people alive. ...
- Time Maps
I just received an e-mail from TimeMaps. They have a pretty neat new site out that lets you go to different time periods and different groups and see where they were in history. While they do have other things that you can buy, the above...
- Hindenburg Disaster On Film
I'm not sure if you will use this in your world history class, but this is a sadly fascinating film of the last few minutes of the flight of the Hindenburg and actual footage of it exploding. I found it, on of all places The Fix, which is the...
- Tsunami In Japan
This is dramatic footage of the tsunami and the speed with which it moved in Japan. Here is more news on it. ...
World History
BinLaden
I like to constantly tie-in what we are doing to today's world. To help me, I will probably use the Lede which I've mentioned before as it is "reporting on the spot" as it includes items such as the live tweeting from nearby during the attack on Bin Laden was ongoing as well as the raw footage just after it ended and much more of this event and others in the news.
- Why So Many Syrian Refugees? Watch This Drone Footage
This is from British News Channel Four. My thanks to Matt Busch for posting it on Facebook. Drone footage over HomsAfter years of war, parts of Homs, Syria, are crumbling and deserted. New drone footage shows the extent of the devastation.Posted by Channel...
- Albert Einstein Interview
We are so used to looking at pictures of Albert Einstein, but here is actual footage and you can even hear him (and his accent) talking. I like to show kids items such as this to literally bring people alive. ...
- Time Maps
I just received an e-mail from TimeMaps. They have a pretty neat new site out that lets you go to different time periods and different groups and see where they were in history. While they do have other things that you can buy, the above...
- Hindenburg Disaster On Film
I'm not sure if you will use this in your world history class, but this is a sadly fascinating film of the last few minutes of the flight of the Hindenburg and actual footage of it exploding. I found it, on of all places The Fix, which is the...
- Tsunami In Japan
This is dramatic footage of the tsunami and the speed with which it moved in Japan. Here is more news on it. ...