What's New - October 23, 2000

What's New - October 23, 2000

Return to History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers

Archaeology Creative Applications Diversity Sources Electronic Texts, Books and Zines Genealogy General Guides Geography/Economics Government/Politics General History Sources Some Non-Western History Sites Western Europe/Russia Some American History Sources Humanities/Art K-12 Resources Kids and Students Parents Leisure/Fun/Health News and Current Events Media Literacy Religion, Ethics and Philosophy Research and Critical Thinking Resources For Writers

[Click on the "More Sites" on the right for more information in each category below]

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Archaeology

Rock Art
The University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology
Virtual Museum of Archaeology, Palaeontology and Anthropology of the Ulyanovsk Povolzhye
Ancient Big Game Hunting
EIN GEDI - AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION
Ein Gedi 2000
Photos from Season V.
The Templar castle of Vadum Iacob

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Creative Applications
www.shubertarchive.org
I love this page, color, ease of navigation, advanced Web technology all in one package. Sharp mouse-over graphics and Flash technology.
Advanced Building Technologies
Students today will have to learn the complex tasks of rebuilding our homes and cities. Here is a Canadian site that should help. I especially liked the "Case Studies" section, but you might also note the fine "mouse-over" Index/TOC in the left margin.
Public Record Office | Virtual Museum |
I visited the"crime and punishment exhibit and discoverd a photo of a child of seven who was sentenced to a jail term for theft.. Other galleries include Kings and Queens, Famous Names, War & Defense, and Invention, Fashion & Design.
Geocaching - The Official GPS Stash Hunt Site
Offering treasure hunting using a Global Positioning System (GPS) device and coordinates. Locate stashes hid by others and hide your own.

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Diversity Sources
SOUND AND FURY Sneak Preview
For your lessons on diversity. See the animated lesson in American Sign Language and take part in a signed dialogue, view an animated illustration of how a cochlear implant works, browse a series of interviews with the deaf about what defines deaf culture and a timeline of the history of deaf culture. In addition, you can find an extensive index of online resources on deafness and cochlear implants.
ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre | American Collection | Cora Unashamed
Airing Wednesday, October 25, 2000 (9-11:00 pm). "Featuring classic works by America's literary masters, including Willa Cather, Eudora Welty, Tennessee Williams and Henry James, this series debuts with Cora Unashamed, based on Langston Hughes' short story of an African-American woman's confrontation with death and social isolation during the early 1900s."
Ancient Greek Civilizations
eduvista
HarperCollins | Kids | Teachers' Guides | Dangerous Skies

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Electronic Texts, Books and Zines
diffusion_v.1
A series of illustrated books to download on the intersections between live or performance art and film, video, and new media technologies.
Women's Enews

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Genealogy

Though Silent, They Speak

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General Guides

Social Studies School Service Home

See the Featured Publishers page to find materials made available to provide extra information about their products. Find sample activities, content lists, introductions, excerpts, images, and more. You should also see the new Teacher-Created Lessons plans and sign up to be notified of new resouces as they come online.

WebWorld - Archives around the World
MuseumSpot.com - art museums, science museums, history museums and more...
LibrarySpot - encyclopedias, maps, libraries and more.
Museums and Galleries

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Geography/Economics
Healthy Communities Environmental Mapping
Maps That Teach:� U.S. and World Geography
Offers a free comprehensive set of maps and map games to help students learn US and world geography. These include a variety of interactive maps that show the countries and capitals of a continent or region-Asia, Africa, South America, Austronesia, Europe, Middle East or Central America.
Geo Teacher: Links for geography, high school students, teachers, parents, web page resources
NatureServe - An Online Encyclopedia of Life
6 milliards d'Hommes / 6 billion Human Beings
An exhibit from the Mus�e de l'Homme, Mus�um National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris. I clicked on the first activity - guessing how many people were on the earth when I was born. I had to wait for 63 clicks on the display...(sounded like a machine gun). You might be surprised by the answer on your clicks also... As you travel on, you are given to option to "personalize" your visit, based on gender and location.
Earth Balloon� - Earth Awareness School Assembly Program
A "...traveling interactive K-12 enrichment program featuring the Earth Balloon, a 22' model of the earth that students enter to learn about the changing earth. The Earth Balloon is ideally suited for use in earth science, environmental science, pollution, geography, math, etc. Students learn about rain forests, the ring of fire, the solar system, plate tectonics, scale, seasons, timezones and more."

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Government/Politics
The Living Room Candidate
The History of Presidential Campaign Commercials from the American Museum of the Moving Image. For each election year from 1952 to 1996, there is a selection of commercials that can be viewed, an analysis of each major party�s advertising campaign, and a map showing the election results. After selecting an election year, click on a candidate�s name for infomation about their campaign.
Inside Politics
Your Guide to National and State Politics by Darrell West of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Social Studies School Service Article
Money in Politics: Is there a Need to Implement Campaign Finance Reform Within the U.S. Political Arena? By Barry A. Bieda
Web White & Blue

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General History Sources
World War II History Textbooks Project
H-Urban
Teaching History with Technology
Online Journal with great practical guides. When I visited (10/00), the site features guides for teachers on Constructing an online museum (by Todd Shy), Creating a virtual classroom (by Mark Neal), Planning a virtual field trip (by Michael Turturice) and Using the Internet to explore the developing world (by Mark Newmark). This is an excellent site that merits support from teachers. Note the site invites submissions from middle school and high school teachers who have incorporated technology to enhance their students� learning experiences and they back their request by offering a small stipend for articles published. So, here is a chance to publish that lesson that worked for you!
H-Urban

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Some Non-Western History Sites
NATURE: Wild Horses of Mongolia With Julia Roberts
To air October 22 , 2000. The steppe nomads of Central Eurasia have influenced the history of the world, even when they behaved themselves by staying in their traditional grasslands. This PBS special deals with life in the Asiatic portion of the steppes. Julia Roberts helps us to learn about the nomadic horsemen and the wild horses that have been such an important part of their lives. "Peruse a timeline of Mongolian history, discover how Mongolian houses, called gers, are constructed so that they can be easily disassembled, and participate in the "Race Across the Steppe" horse racing game to test your knowledge of Mongolian culture." You might want to send students to Oyunbilig's Great Mongol Home Page for more information before or after viewing the program.
Ancient Greek Civilizations
China
World History of Democracy
NEW PERSIAN GALLERY
Ur Home Page
Treasures from the ROYAL TOMBS of UR at the Oriental Institute Museum A Traveling Exhibition Organized by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology October 21, 2000 - January 21, 2001

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Western Europe/Russia
PBS : Napoleon
International Print Center New York
Essential Norman Conquest
What was happening on this day in 1066?
"The sights and sounds of the Norman Invasion unfold before your eyes, brought to life by interactive animated maps and 360��panoramas of the battlescene, news headlines, interactive Norman and Saxon soldiers and 11th century soundbites. Comprehensive encyclopedic entries and 'scandal' have been unearthed by Osprey's expert authors to form the �historical background for this event, whilst our recommended reading will supplement your knowledge of the period."
Ancient Greek Civilizations
The Ancient Greek Cultures exhibit includes information on the Minoans, Myceneans and Greek cultures. Also included are the full length texts of the Illiad and the Odyssey by Homer. If you have some time for browsing, this is a fine page to do the backspace trick.. Click in the location box at the top of the browser window and backspace until you see "http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/" and then hit the "enter" key. The "History" section alone features exhibits on China, Egypt, Latin America, North America, AngloSaxon, England, Cultures of Minnesota, Medieval Europe, Streets of Old Mankato and Vikings in America
Vikinger - Vikings - www.vikinger.dk
Heraldry Game
Build a Medieval Castle
Shields, Knights and Heraldry - make a medieval coat of arms
North: Landscape of the Imagination
Vikinger - Vikings - www.vikinger.dk
Crucible of War Home Page
Documenting Personal Stories from former Yugoslavia with first person narratives. Also included: study guides, a historical timeline and links to other online resources.
Public Record Office | Virtual Museum |
A showcase for some of the treasures at the PRO�s new Education and Visitor Centre at Kew, including a host of landmark documents from the past 1000 years of British history. Explore everything from Famous Names to Crime & Punishment, and from War & Defence to Kings & Queens.
The Power of Appearances
Sixty-two prints, from the Renaissance and Reformation.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - Britannica.com
This well organized page (with a lengthy text introduction to Soviet history) offer a chronology driven menu toward the lower portion of the page. The print size might be a tad small, especially for smaller monitors and younger viewers...
The Conquistadors - Start the Adventure
"Retrace the adventures of Spanish Conquistadors five hundred years after they traveled to the Americas in search of fame and fortune -- initiating a centuries-long era of imperialism and launching a debate about human rights that continues to this day.... An online planning guide is available now to help teachers integrate this learning adventure into their classrooms."

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Some American History Sources
American Experience | The Rockefellers
Monday, October 23, 2000 (9-11:00 pm)
Osceola
NOVA Online | Lincoln's Secret Weapon
Companion Web site to "Lincoln's Secret Weapon," to air October 24, 2000. "The film chronicles an expedition to study and retrieve parts of the USS Monitor, the famous Civil War ironclad, which sank off North Carolina only months after its famous battle with the CSS Virginia."
Chicago Historical Society Northwestern University Wet With Blood (index)
Mary Todd Lincoln's Cloak You might also stop at the print collecton and the History Files
The Dramas of Haymarket
The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory: Welcome
Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers at the Library of Congress
The site offers a second release of digital images of the Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers from the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress.
Canadian War Posters
Offering a small collection of posters from 'World War I and more for World War II.
For King and Empire
HarpWeek | Elections Homepage
Cartoons from Harper's Weekly, especially by Thomas Nast, Vanity Fair, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, Puck and the Library of Congress
HarpWeek | American Political Prints 1766-1876 from the Library of Congress
About the "...posters, broadsides, handbills, cartoons, and other sorts of graphics that have since become essential to partisan struggle." Click on the Search or Browse options on the main page. Notice the convenient time divisions in the Browse section.
Thomas A. Edison Papers
Public Record Office | Virtual Museum |
Printmakers A-Z
Canadian War Posters
Welcome to Accessible Archives, Inc.
These are massive databases consisting of 200 million key word searchable words growing at a rate of 1 to 2 million new words added monthly. The site is currently running an on-line trial, in conjunction with the National Council for the Social Studies, for all K-12 schools.
LaGuardia and Wagner Archives
Established in 1982 "...to collect, preserve, and make available primary materials documenting the social and political history of New York City. The Archives serves a broad array of researchers, journalists, students, scholars, exhibit planners and policy makers examining the history of Greater New York. The Archives also produces public programs exploring that history.
LSU Libraries Special Collections: LLMVC
You should also add the "gateway" site below...
LSU Libraries Libraries Special Collections
"Special Collections includes several distinct collections and areas: The Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, Political Papers, University Archives, Rare Books, and The E.A. McIlhenny Natural History Collection. Research centers also associated with Special Collections include the T.Harry Williams Center for Oral History and the U.S. Civil War Center. Comprising more than 200,000 volumes, over 10 million manuscript items, and hundreds of thousands of photographic images..."
History and Politics Out Loud
A searchable archive of politically significant audio materials.
Their Stamp on History
The Epic of American Civilization
See the mural, The Epic of American Civilization, painted by the Mexican artist Jos� Clemente Orozco. "Offering a complex and compelling narrative that covers the history of the Americas from the migration of the Aztecs into central Mexico to the development of our modern industrialized society, the mural is composed of twenty-four individual panels, or "scenes," and covers approximately 3,200 square feet."
Canada at Scale - English Homepage
Online site for an exhibition From June 30 to February 21, 2000 "The maps in this exhibition reflect the evolution of cartography in our country: Aboriginal peoples, European colonial powers, Canadians, governments, private industry and academics all produced precious maps. Although some are less appealing aesthetically, they nevertheless are significant as testimonies to the beginning of map printing in this country. From the astrolabe to computers, the history of our country and evolution in technology are laid out before us. They are on the scale of human will and dreams."
Canada's Digital Collections: View The Collections
A showcase of "...over 350 Web sites celebrating Canada's history, geography, science, technology and culture. These fascinating Web sites range from treasures of federal institutions such as the National Library, the National Archives and the Museum of Civilization, to the local histories and way of life of Canadian communities. Canada's Digital Collections also features a growing set of on-line educational resources, such as curriculum units, classroom activities, quizzes and games."
Canadian Heritage Gallery
CanPix Gallery
Provides "...an image base of over 3,500 pictures and audiovisual resources for Canadian Studies. You can search, view and extract images of important Canadian people, events and places, examples of Canadian culture, flags, coats of arms, flowers and maps of Canada and the provinces, audio and text files, including O Canada. You can browse the CanPix Image Base by time period or category Flags, Arms, Flowers, Maps, Anthems "