11-22-2011 - Primary and Secondary Sources

Maps, Timelines, Documents, and Movies for students to peruse and use.

a.      Compare Skeletons throughout evolution - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/compare-skeletons.html

b.      David Rumsey Map Collection - http://www.davidrumsey.com/

c.       Life Photo Timelines - http://www.life.com/timeline

d.      http://www.timemaps.com/home/time-map/ - The big picture of world History.

e.      http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/index.html - Timeline - Sources from History

f.        http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/explorerflash/#/object_li6X6vc1SMSJfJ2BhOdB0A - A History of the World Interactive Timeline

g.      The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp

h.      The Travel Film Archive - http://www.travelfilmarchive.com/home.php

i.        Digital Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/index.html

j.        Fed Flix: Internet Archive - http://www.archive.org/details/FedFlix

k.       Teaching Tolerance - http://www.splcenter.org/what-we-do/teaching-tolerance

11-15-2011 Science Music, Motion, Trips, and Quests

a.      Natural History Museum Webquests - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/education/online-resources/webquests/

b.      How Things Fly: Forces of Flight interactive - http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal109/htf/activities/forcesofflight/web/index.html

c.       Virtual Field Trips from Simple K-12 - http://www.simplek12.com/virtualfieldtrips

d.      Galapagos Rap – great intro to evolution, Darwinism, and trait inheritance - http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/10/galapagos-rap.html