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Best of History Web Sites

Best of History Web Sites
Best of History Web Sites, created by EdTechTeacher Inc, is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more. Best of History Web Sites has been recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Council for the Social Studies, The New York Public Library, the BBC, Princeton University, -- and many others. EdTechTeacher Learning Futures Summit Join educators from around the world at Chicago's Navy Pier, July 28-30, 2014, for three days of workshops and conference sessions dedicated to exploring the future of learning. We have an incredible line-up of keynote speakers and featured presenters including Will Richardson, Jennie Magiera, Wes Fryer, Richard Byrne, Sylvia Martinez, and members of the EdTechTeacher Team. Early Bird Registration and the Call for Proposals are now OPEN!

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The Indigenous civil rights movement in Australia What's self-determination? International law defines self-determination as the right of all peoples to freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. The intended outworking of self-determination policy approaches was Indigenous participation in policy and decision-making, and in individual and community leadership. Finally Indigenous people could regain control over their own lives. New challenges

How to Create a Timeline in Excel There are many ways to create a timeline in Excel. Some methods use drawing tools or bar charts, as in my other timeline examples. Another popular method, especially for project timelines, is to use a gantt chart. This page descibes a method that I developed to create timelines quickly in Excel using an XY scatter chart with events as the data labels. Continue reading below to learn how to create the timeline from scratch, or save time by downloading the timeline template. Advertisement a Program of the National Park Service Featured this month: Civics in America Happy 2016! At the start of this election year, Teaching with Historic Places is highlighting its lessons about Civics in America. These lessons teach government topics and the histories of American citizens taking individual or collective action: from serving in elected office to engaging in philanthropic efforts; from volunteering in a citizens' militia to fighting for basic rights. Many of the featured lessons also feature service learning activities to engage students in their communities and government. NEW!

WWW-VL: World History Index and History Central Catalogue News In Memoriam Lynn H. Nelson (1931-2012), the creator of CARRIE and the WWW-VL History Central catalogue: Multimedia Resources for Educators These links provide access to Web sites with resources educators can use in multimedia presentations such as those created with Microsoft PowerPoint, Corel Presentations and Apple Keynote. Please follow the guidelines for copyright and usage that are provided at each Web site. Always use caution when downloading or saving files from the Internet. A note about Copyright. Disclaimer: The Utah Education Network does not vouch for content appropriateness or curriculum relevance of the following Web sites. Pictures, ClipArt, And Images

The Most Important Historical Events of the 20th Century Lots of things happened last century. Which are the most important? list ordered by Ancient Roman History Timeline Provides a chronological index of the history of Ancient Rome with extensive links to internet resources. Emphasis is placed upon the use of primary source material, numismatics, and a focus upon the roles of women in ancient time. scroll down for the timeline

A Learning Center for Young Astronomers The StarChild site is a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Alan Smale (Director), within the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at NASA/GSFC. StarChild Authors: The StarChild Team StarChild Graphics & Music: Acknowledgments StarChild Project Leader: Dr. Laura A.

I was amazed at the sheer number of websites as well as the quality. Thank you! by sakinahbhunafa May 27

. Thank you. I intend to add more as I find them. by sakinahbhunafa May 27

This is a great Social Studies resource for the classroom. Best of History Web Sites, created by EdTechTeacher Inc, is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more. Best of History Web Sites has been recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Council for the Social Studies, The New York Public Library, the BBC, Princeton University, -- and many others. by drsinasoul May 27

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