Silk Road Virtual Tour
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Silk Road Virtual Tour


Here's a great virtual tour of the Silk Road created by Professor Clayton Brown.

My thanks to Angela Lee for tweeting the link.




- Resources At California History Project
The History Project, developed by the University California, has some terrific resources on world history, many of which are engaging classroom lessons.For example, here is  a interesting lesson on genocide. It includes a graphic organizer and...

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- Virtual Tour Of The Sistine Chapel
This Open Culture site has a terrific panoramic virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel. The tour takes a minute or so to load but once loaded you can move around any way you want. You can zoom in on the paintings including those on the ceiling. My thanks...



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