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                                      History 
  • Eyewitness to History
  • Veteran's History Project
  • Teacher Website for TCI Chapters
  • My Old Radio:Listen to broadcasts from the past to learn about events such as World War II.
  • Learn about American History by watching these short informational videos!  (Videos used for Flipping the Classroom.)--Created by Coach Strusky
  • Advanced Placement World History Resource Page by: 
  • Have Fun With History: Watch 1 min. animated clips on many topics of history.
  • Best of History Websites 
  • Women's History Month Resources
    • EDSITEment 

          Design Thinking/Engineering Process     
  • VIRTUAL CRASH COURSE IN DESIGN THINKING
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                            Project Creation Tools    
  • Creative Commons – a new system, built upon current copyright law, that allows you to legally use “some rights reserved” music, movies, images, and other content — all for free.
    http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos
  • Audio Network – High quality production music for TV, Film, Advertising and Corporate Video. Pre-cleared for worldwide and multi-platform use — forever
    www.audionetwork.com
  • Making Movies: A Guide for Young Filmmakers (The Film Foundation)
    http://www.film-foundation.org/common/11004/educationCreativityOnFilm.cfm?clientID=11004&sid=3&ssid=9
  • Basic Toolkit & Resource Guide for Young Filmmakers (AFI Screen)
    http://myhero.com/natework/AFI_BasicsHandbook.pdf
  • Kids Vid – an instructional web site that gives teachers and students the tools necessary to implement video production in the classroom.
    http://kidsvid.4teachers.org/index.shtml
  • Youth Media Reporter – an open access, peer-reviewed professional journal for scholars, practitioners and others who develop, organize, teach, study and support youth media practices and programs
    http://www.youthmediareporter.org/
  • Northeast Historic Film – a nonprofit archives dedicated to collecting, preserving and sharing northern New England’s moving image heritage
    http://www.oldfilm.org/
  • Youth Media on the Internet Archive – videos created by (or about) teens and young adults https://archive.org/details/youth_media
  • Free Music Archive-The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads directed by WFMU, the longest-running freeform radio station in the United States. Every mp3 on the Free Music Archive is pre-cleared for certain types of uses that would otherwise be prohibited by copyright laws that were not designed for the digital era. These uses vary and are determined by the rightsholders themselves.
                              Geography
  •  Lizard Point Map Quizzes
  • USA Geography Games at Sheppard Software
  • World Geography Games at Sheppard Software
  • Geography Map Match
  • Seterra Online--Geography Practice Site
  • How Well Do You Know the World Interactive
  • David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
  • Zombie Apocalypse Webquest 
  • Assessing Valid Resources (Confirming Information on a Map)
  • 10 Fantastic Mapping Sites
  • Print wall-sized maps! 1.   Go to www.nationalgeographic.org . Open “Education”. On the education page open “Mapping” and select “Mapmaker Kits”. Browse through the selections and decide on either a MEGA MAP or a TABLETOP MAP of the country, continent or area that fits your needs. MEGA MAPS are a very large finished size and are suited for large group projects (classrooms or schools). TABLETOP MAPS when completed fit on top of a table and are perfect for individuals or small groups

Teacher and Serious Geography Students:
  • Free Webinars for Geospatial Education through Penn State
  • Free Online Course "Maps and the GeoSpatial Revolution"
  • Geographic Learning from The Association of American Geographers​ 

​Cool Tools and Apps​
  • List of 48 iPad apps to use with Geography

                                  Makerspaces
  • Renovated Learning: Building a Culture of Creativity + Discovery in Education


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