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RESOURCES: The Day Lincoln Was Shot

To mark the 150th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, the Newseum (Washington DC) will display an unparalleled c…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Jan 17, 2015

Four Resources for Exploring Media Literacy Through the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Examine the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement with hundreds of PBS LearningMedia resources.  Here…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Jan 15, 2015

FREE SELMA Movie Teacher Guide

Paramount’s complimentary Selma Curriculum Guide for Middle and High School level students features 72 pages of historical background on Se…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Jan 14, 2015

APP: Relive Historical Events Through Interactive Timelines

Relive Historical Events Through Interactive Timelines HSTRY is a free multimedia timeline creation tool that will work on a laptop, Chrome…

Started by Ryan Goble

1 Jan 8, 2015
Reply by Michele Vogt-Schuller

TOOL: Provide Context for Significant Historical Events

Anyone used this? Provide Context for Significant Historical Events Last spring ContextU launched as a site to provide students with greate…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Jan 8, 2015

INTERACTIVE: The Digital Declaration of Independence

Investigate the Signing of a Historic Document The Digital Declaration of Independence is an interactive display of John Trumbull’s paintin…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Jan 8, 2015

FICTION2FILM: Selma Voting Rights Struggle - 15 Key Points

Following up on ARTICLE: Film fact-checking is here to stay. So let’s agree on some new rules here is another article by Dr. Emilye Crosby…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Jan 8, 2015

ARTICLE: Film fact-checking is here to stay. So let’s agree on some new rules

From the WaPo.., ‘Will this ever end?” That’s President Lyndon Baines Johnson speaking to an aide early in “Selma,” Ava DuVernay’s stirring…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Jan 6, 2015

ARTICLE & DOC: In Russia, Early African American Migrants found the Good Life

Cool historical footnote. Communist Russia was a major upgrade from the states for these migrants. "They have become footnotes to African…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Dec 24, 2014

TV SERIES: The American Revolution (Mini-Series)

(from NYT) “The American Revolution”  isn’t great history programming, but it does teach us one thing: There are a lot of ways to help alon…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Dec 15, 2014

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