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Last week I wrote a quick post concerning Veteran’s Day resources and received a comment from Rich Landers who has created a very unique site titled Soldier’s Mail. The site is based on the letters, photographs and artifacts of his great uncle, Sam Avery of the US Army.
Readers may also be interested in the writings [...]

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I’m a big believer in the power of photographs and images.
And if you can find really big photos, so much the better!
New camera and web technologies now allow the publishing of incredibly detailed, full screen 360 degree panoramic photographs online. And the people at Panoramas have gathered together over 600 of these amazing photographs in [...]

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Do you teach World History?
Then the new World Digital Library is a must visit.
A cooperative project of the Library of Congress, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and partner libraries, archives, and educational and cultural institutions from the United States and around the world. The project brings together on a single website [...]

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I’m sure some of you may have already seen these photos. But for those of you who haven’t, it’s a fun walk through the last 50 years of American history. And thanks to Anne Hathaway and others, my daughter (and her friends) are still into the whole of idea of princesses and princes and queens [...]

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Can there be something more current than current events?
I used to discuss current events with my students by bringing in the morning newspaper or that week’s copy of Newsweek. We’d have a great conversation, with the intent of tying class content to events of the day.
You now have another option. Current events on steroids. Not [...]

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