World History
I am lucky enough to have interactive online maps in my e-textbook. But if you want them for free, here are a bunch from McGraw Hill's world history text. Since they are interactive you get to see items such as the path of Alexander the Great.
- Free Online Ancient World Civ Etextbook
We are in our fifth year of using an online textbook with our students and so it never ceases to amaze me that Pearson still isn't ready for prime time. Every year at this point, when everyone is logging in their books, they can't handle...
- Interactive National Geographic Maps
Tomorrow my students are looking at their connections to the world starting with the clothes on their backs. To that end I have been trolling the Internet for something that is interactive to show them. But in doing so I found this amazing...
- Animated Historical Maps
This site has over 175 online animated maps. You have to have an account to access the vast majority but many are free. For example there are two great animated maps of ancient Greece. One is an overview of Greece from Mycenae and Greek colonization to...
- E-books
Two years ago I had the opportunity to pilot online books w. our students and now thanks to some innovative county leaders, we are, as a county, mostly going to e-books next year for our high school social studies classes. When people ask me why...
- Data Dump
The US Census Bureau just released a whole slew of new data. This link will take you to the New York Times lesson plans site, where you can find a lesson and an interactive map showing the distribution of different racial and ethnic groups. ...
World History
Interactive Online Maps
- Free Online Ancient World Civ Etextbook
We are in our fifth year of using an online textbook with our students and so it never ceases to amaze me that Pearson still isn't ready for prime time. Every year at this point, when everyone is logging in their books, they can't handle...
- Interactive National Geographic Maps
Tomorrow my students are looking at their connections to the world starting with the clothes on their backs. To that end I have been trolling the Internet for something that is interactive to show them. But in doing so I found this amazing...
- Animated Historical Maps
This site has over 175 online animated maps. You have to have an account to access the vast majority but many are free. For example there are two great animated maps of ancient Greece. One is an overview of Greece from Mycenae and Greek colonization to...
- E-books
Two years ago I had the opportunity to pilot online books w. our students and now thanks to some innovative county leaders, we are, as a county, mostly going to e-books next year for our high school social studies classes. When people ask me why...
- Data Dump
The US Census Bureau just released a whole slew of new data. This link will take you to the New York Times lesson plans site, where you can find a lesson and an interactive map showing the distribution of different racial and ethnic groups. ...