World History
Sunday marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. AP News has a great site about the fall with interesting images and original news stories.
The Washington Post has "stunning" before and after pictures, along with a crossword puzzle testing your knowledge of the Berlin Wall.
Below, NBC News shows 8000 lighted balloons along nine mile length of the wall. And below that is a BBC clip clip explaining the rise and fall of the wall in 60 seconds. Finally, you can read another excellent summary from the Independent.
- Bbc News - Open Source History
BBC News - Open Source History. There are now free history clips online from the BBC! The site notes, "We're pleased to present links to nearly 80 pieces of video and audio covering iconic news stories and events of the last 50 years. You might feel...
- 4 Legacies From Wwi You Didn't Know
Here are four things the Washington Post says that "we didn't know came from World War 1." It's the 100th anniversary of the war which is why there is so much material coming out about the war. The best of that material comes from...
- Stickies On A Virtual Wall
Just the other day I was at an in-service where the presenter suggested one technique where students could write one question on a wall and others could answer it. Then he said that during a test students could look at the wall for a minute or...
- 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
Fall of Berlin Wall Anniversary
Sunday marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. AP News has a great site about the fall with interesting images and original news stories.
The Washington Post has "stunning" before and after pictures, along with a crossword puzzle testing your knowledge of the Berlin Wall.
Below, NBC News shows 8000 lighted balloons along nine mile length of the wall. And below that is a BBC clip clip explaining the rise and fall of the wall in 60 seconds. Finally, you can read another excellent summary from the Independent.
- Bbc News - Open Source History
BBC News - Open Source History. There are now free history clips online from the BBC! The site notes, "We're pleased to present links to nearly 80 pieces of video and audio covering iconic news stories and events of the last 50 years. You might feel...
- 4 Legacies From Wwi You Didn't Know
Here are four things the Washington Post says that "we didn't know came from World War 1." It's the 100th anniversary of the war which is why there is so much material coming out about the war. The best of that material comes from...
- Stickies On A Virtual Wall
Just the other day I was at an in-service where the presenter suggested one technique where students could write one question on a wall and others could answer it. Then he said that during a test students could look at the wall for a minute or...
- 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...