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History Animated
If, like me, you have a few students and teachers who fancy themselves fill-in-the-blank war buffs, if the Civil War, World War II, and the Revolutionary War are part of your curriculum, you’re going...
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9/11 Resources
The members of our incoming freshman class would have been around four on September 11, 2001. They might not remember what they were doing on that sunny Tuesday morning, a morning that changed most of...
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EUscreen debuts
Your history and language teachers will be very interested in the recently launched EUscreen. The new multimedia, multilingual portal reaches back to the early 1900s and offers free online access to...
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UN History Project launched
Earlier this month, Harvard University’s Department of History announced the launch of the United Nations History Project. Supported by the United Nations Foundation, in cooperation with the Harvard...
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Newsreel heaven! British Pathé post 90,000 Historical Films on YouTube
It’s almost #toogoodtobetrue The week, British Pathé, turned its archive of more than 90,000 historical films (or 3500 hours) over to YouTube. This rich collection of captioned newsreels and...
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AP Archive now free and on YouTube!
This week the Associated Press, the world’s largest and oldest news agency, announced that its entire Archive is viewable on YouTube, and that it will be adding new material every day. This is an...
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LOC introduces its Story Maps
Around a month ago, the Library of Congress announced new curatorial strategies for interactive storytelling around its diverse collections with its Story Maps. The stories offer users engaging ways to...
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Guardians of History: Britannica’s new choice-driven historical adventures
“When problems occur in history, we send you back in time to make sure history happens the way it is supposed to,” says Professor Wolf of Britannica’s new Guardians of History. Your voice launches the...
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Teaching with Ken Burns in the Classroom
Ken Burns in the Classroom For more than 40 years, we’ve been privileged to tour history through the rich and creative lens of Ken Burns and his collaborators. The renowned documentarian now presents...
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Making civics a priority: “The Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy”
This week, I was excited to attend the launch event for The Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy. At a time when school districts are focused on delivering curricular essentials . . . At a time...
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