World History
- Civil War Animated
I spent a pleasant hour today at a website titled Civil War Animated. The site depicts key land battles of the American Civil War using animation. The animation was colorful, was annotated, and left me a good sense of the history of each battle I examined....
- Bbc History: Before And After The Great Fire Of London
BBC History: Before and After the Great Fire of London - An interactive animation comparing key landmarks of the London skyline before and after the Great Fire, from panoramic etchings made by Wenceslaus Hollar in 1647 and 1667. From the site: What...
- Awesome Animation Of 17th Century London
Ever wonder what 17th century London looked like? This cool award-winning animation lets you see block after block, as it might have looked just before the great fire of 1666. According to Open Culture where you can find the story, university students...
- Internet Access For All Students?!
Each year I teach two AP classes, 2 standard ones and one online. So of my roughly 150 students, about 5-6 start the year without a laptop and all are in my two standard classes. What is different this year is that all but one has some Internet...
- Bayeux Tapestry Animated
Many of us in World 1 will soon be teaching the formation of national monarchies and this animation of the Bayeuz tapestry about the Norman conquest of England will amuse the students. The Open Culture site where I found the clip says that the animation...
World History
Plate Tectonics
At the beginning of the year I briefly mentioned plate tectonics to my students, who almost universally knew what it was (hence the brief mention). But today I went to a museum with my own children and saw a great animation of the movement from Pangea to the present. Unfortunately I have not been able to find as great an animation since returning home, but above is a pretty good one. If anyone has a better one, would you please leave the site as a comment.
- Civil War Animated
I spent a pleasant hour today at a website titled Civil War Animated. The site depicts key land battles of the American Civil War using animation. The animation was colorful, was annotated, and left me a good sense of the history of each battle I examined....
- Bbc History: Before And After The Great Fire Of London
BBC History: Before and After the Great Fire of London - An interactive animation comparing key landmarks of the London skyline before and after the Great Fire, from panoramic etchings made by Wenceslaus Hollar in 1647 and 1667. From the site: What...
- Awesome Animation Of 17th Century London
Ever wonder what 17th century London looked like? This cool award-winning animation lets you see block after block, as it might have looked just before the great fire of 1666. According to Open Culture where you can find the story, university students...
- Internet Access For All Students?!
Each year I teach two AP classes, 2 standard ones and one online. So of my roughly 150 students, about 5-6 start the year without a laptop and all are in my two standard classes. What is different this year is that all but one has some Internet...
- Bayeux Tapestry Animated
Many of us in World 1 will soon be teaching the formation of national monarchies and this animation of the Bayeuz tapestry about the Norman conquest of England will amuse the students. The Open Culture site where I found the clip says that the animation...