History

=SOCIAL STUDIES=

[|My Fake Wall]

is a tool for creating a fake Facebook wall for a fictitious or historical character. To create a Fake Wall you do need to register for a My Fake Wall account. Then you can upload images, write wall posts, even create "likes" and comments on fake posts.

[|TimeRime] allows users to create timelines that include text, images, audio, and video. One of the better features of TimeRime is that you can have more than one type of media for each event on your timeline.

[|Historypin] is a service developed by We Are What We Do in partnership with Google. Historypin allows anyone with a Google account to place images within the setting of current Google Maps Streetview imagery.

[|Common Craft] has three videos that could be used in a business class, economics class, or in any setting that requires students to have an understanding of banking practices.

[|Scribble Maps] is a fun and useful application for drawing and typing on Google Maps. Using Scribble Maps anyone can draw and type on a map.

[|Google Earth]. The possibilities for using Google Earth in a social studies classroom are almost limitless. In Google Earth students can tour ancient Rome, explore WWI and WWII battle sites, learn about contemporary news stories such as events in Afghanistan, or use Google Earth as an almanac of facts.

[|The Center on Congress at Indiana University] has a good collection of interactive, role-playing activities for learning about how the United States' government functions. Each activity allows students to experience the roles and functions of different members of Congress.

[|ChangeED] Angela has shared some great ideas and resources for teaching history, civics, and geography. One of the great resources Angela has posted on her blog is a Google Map of placemarks representing more than 60 webcams and virtual tours.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|Snag Learning] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">offers free access to high quality documentary films from notable producers like National Geographic and NOVA. Snag Learning categorizes documentaries by grade level and content area.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|Ten by Ten] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">is a unique program that links images with news stories. Every hour the top 100 news stories from around the world are linked to images on a [|ten by ten] grid.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|Newseum's Today's Front Pages] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">is a series of nine maps that display the current front page of major newspapers around the world. Little orange colored dots on each map correspond to the publishing location of each newspaper.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Xtimeline <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">Explore, create, and share timelines about history, biographies, and more, using a web 2.0 timeline widget.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pastigo <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The site for people who love history! Resources for bringing history alive.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Virsona <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Virtual Personas" created to reason, remember and react in the same way that a living, fictional, or historical person would.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">timetoast An easy way to create timelines that you can put on your blog or website. You can create historical timelines of past events and more.