Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts

Educational Poster - Timeline of Everything

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The Timeline of Everything poster is a 36" x 24", full color poster that is a visual demonstration of 10 billion years, compared to 1 billion years, compared to 100 million years, etc. There are 9 time lines, each 1/10th of the length of the previous one. Each time line has significant or intriguing events in the history of the universe, from galaxies forming 13.2 billion years ago to Albert Einstein proposing the theory of special relativity in 1905.

These posters can be used to discuss history and get your students engaged and interested in history.

They are free until the end of today (October 11th.) The original price is $9.99


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Today in History - manned spaceflight and the Civil War - free resources

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Today is the 50th Anniversary of 1st Human Spaceflight and the 150th Anniversary of the start of the US Civil War.

Google's Doodle is about the 50th Anniversary of the 1st Human Spaceflight.


Here are some resources about this historic event, along with other resources about manned spaceflight:

NASA's Page on Yuri Gagarin - news article from the event, archived video, and summary of his flight.

Russian Archives Online - biography of Yuri Gagarin and history of his historic mission. 

First Orbit - site tracks Gagarin's mission and includes transcripts of his communications with mission control. Includes a "video" of the mission as seen from the International Space Station, along with actual mission audio and news transcripts. 





Today, 150 years ago, the Civil War began at Fort Sumter. Here are some resources about the US Civil War:

Civil War Traveler - this site has information about all of the historic sites from the Civil War that you can visit, with historic information and travel help. Great for learning about the Civil War and for planning a trip to historic places. 

Internet Modern History Sourcebook from Fordham University - links, articles and historical documents

History Channel - interactive timeline, videos, links and more. 

Social Studies for Kids - links, articles, and more - written kid-friendly


Using "Today in History" is a great way to talk about different topics and events with your students in any classroom. 


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CBS News - Inside the FBI interactive

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CBS News has a great interactive site on the FBI. The site includes the command structure, with links to more descriptions about each position, changes in the FBI, triumphs and disasters, history of the FBI, major cases, and more.

It is a great resource for history and criminal justice teachers to use with their students.

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The Avalon Project from Harvard - documents in law, history and diplomacy

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The Avalon Project is a site from Harvard University that contains thousands of documents relevant to Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. These documents also include links to supporting documents that were referred to in the text.

The documents are sorted by date range and go all the way back to 4000BC. The documents are fully searchable and are also sorted by collections such as American Revolution, Jefferson Papers, Geneva Convention, the Middle East, and more. There are even transcripts of witness testimony in the Nuremberg Trials. Pretty amazing stuff.

This is a priceless resource for any educator or student, teaching or learning, reading or researching these topics. These documents are primary sources and can be used for a variety of learning.

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Panoramic Views of 7 Wonders of the World

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Panoramic Views of 7 Wonders of the World is a great resource for sharing these great places with students. The panoramic views are wonderful and very easy to use on your computer. You can change your view just by moving your cursor around.

Each image only takes about 30 sec to load and then you are ready to go.

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HSI - Historical Scene Investigation

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Riding the wave of the CSI craze, HSI - Historical Scene Investigation is a ingenious way to teach history. The site was created by a consortium of colleges and the US Library of Congress in is based on Social Studies/History standards.

There are 13 "open cases" for teachers to choose from, with topics such as children in the civil war, the atomic bomb, and the Boston massacre.

Each case poses a question about the topic and has resources for both teachers and students. Students then use the resources on the site to answer the question(s) posed at the beginning of the case.

This is a great resource for teachers to incorporate more project based learning and critical thinking into their classrooms. The site has come up with some great topics and provides excellent resources for the students to use. One of my colleagues who teaches history thought it was great and is using some of cases right now.


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