2009
Have Fun with Living History - Free streaming history videos & activities
by knannAmerican history is best served hot and there are lots of ways to warm up to it. At HFwH, we bring free streaming video, interactive presentations, and links to many other resources to bring history alive.
Go a step beyond the social studies or history classroom and use all your senses to connect with American History through audio, video, and living history.
2007
free powerpoints and whiteboard presentations for teachers
by knann (via)Free microsoft Power point TM presentations biology chemistry maths english history physics geography spanish powerpoints. Great for KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 and post 16 A level lessonplans, K-12 and more
The HistoryMakers.com - African American history archive
by knann (via)The HistoryMakers represents the single largest archival project of its kind in the world, outdistancing the existing video oral history collections of New York’s Schomburg Library and the Birmingham Civil Rights Museum. The HistoryMakers is unique among these other collections of African American heritage, because of its massive scope. Like other oral history collections, The HistoryMakers collection hearkens back to the earliest and most authentic efforts to capture the voice of a people, while introducing state-of-the-art technology and increased accessibility. The HistoryMakers wants to provide living proof that African American history did not begin or end with the civil rights movement, that the HistoryMakers number in the thousands and that their names are not just Harriet Tubman, W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ella Fitzgerald.
The initial goal of The HistoryMakers is to complete 5,000 interviews of both well-known and unsung African American HistoryMakers within the next five years, creating an archive of unparalleled importance and exposing the archival collection to the widest audience possible. Not since the recording of former slaves during the WPA Movement of the 1930s (1936-1938), when teams of writers/researchers were sent throughout the South resulting in approximately 2,300 mostly hand-recorded interviews, has there been a methodic and wide-scale attempt to capture the testimonies of African Americans.
Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District - Winooski River Watershed History
by knann (via)Brief info on Winooski prehistory
From the Land to the Lake: Natural History
by knannFrom the Land to the Lake," the Henry Sheldon Museum's first online learning kit, offers web access to articles, lessons, primary source materials and other resources supporting a place-based curriculum focused on the historical relationships between people and water in the Champlain Valley.
History of Lake Champlain
by knannbrief history of the Champlain Valley, focused on Lake Champlain and its uses. It is by no means complete, and we are constantly adding to it as we increase our knowledge of this region, through our research and archaeological projects.
A Colonial Family and Community
by knann (via)Be a history detective. Go back in time and investigate the daily lives of the Daggetts, a colonial family from northeastern Connecticut. Collect clues to uncover answers to 7 questions about colonial life in the 1700s. Then prove your skills as a history detective by discovering "What's wrong with this picture?"
2006
Colonial Williamsburg... Kid Zone
by knannHistory for Kids
Hi, I'm Ben, and I'm new to the Kids Zone. I'll guide you through the interactive games and activities in this section. Learn about the tools a cooper uses to make casks in Cooper-ation. In Pardon or Pillory, play a word game and save the colonist from punishment. Thomas Jefferson wrote many letters and so can you with the Colonial Postcard Maker. Do you like horses? The American Cream Horse is part of Colonial Williamsburg's rare breeds program. Have fun in this newest section of the Kids Zone.
Landscape Change Program
by knann & 1 otherA wonderful website to see past pictures of your hometown.The Landscape Change Program,
at the University of Vermont, is a virtual collection of images that documents 200 years of Vermont’s changing face. We have thousands of views of Vermont as it was and as it is, online and free
to everyone.
Creating a Colony in the New Land
by knann (via)Lots of Resources for a Creating a Colony geared to fifth grade
2005
Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation
by knann (via)Engaging presentation illustrates the growth of the US from Post American Revolution through Post Civil War.
Paul Revere Virtual Museum Welcome
by knann (via)Learn all about Paul Revere and his Midnight Ride!
Make your own "Old West" style Wanted Poster
by knann & 5 others (via)Upload a picture, add some text, and create your authentic "Wanted" poster online!
Plimoth Plantation - You are the Historian
by knann (via)Use the skills of historians to peel away the layers of myth and misconception surrounding “The First Thanksgiving” and discover what might really have happened during the fall of 1621. Outstanding site with Teacher's Guide.
The Tudors
by knannInteractive activities from Great Britain's National Archives. Learn about the Court of Henry VIII, tudor life, and jousting. Well done and informative. Includes teacher resources.
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