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U.S. History in Context

Gale U.S. History In Context

U.S. History in Context
U.S. History In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
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Smithsonian Primary Sources in U.S. History

Gale Smithsonian Primary Sources In U.S. History

Smithsonian Primary Sources in U.S. History brings the past to life with a curated collection of images and documents directly from the Smithsonian archives and Gale?s leading digital collections. Selected to meet the rigor of U.S. History curriculum, this unique resource brings together critical and hard?to?find materials into a single experience. Primary source overviews authored by Gale contextualize the artifacts, while critical thinking questions allow for easy addition to any lesson plan.
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TIMELINE CREATOR

TIMELINE CREATOR

What is a timeline

Timeline Creator by ThinkReadWrite will allow you create, save, edit at a later date, and print. 

If you plan to insert images, save them to your computer first.

When timeline is finished, save a pdf to your computer.

To add your timeline to your PowerPoint, click on the insert tab, click on 'object' , click on create from file and find the finished timeline pdf and click on saved pdf.

Questions on how to use the Timeline Creator click on the "?"  in the upper right hand corner of the program.

 http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/

HISTORY SOCIAL STUDIES ONLINE RESOURCES

HISTORY SOCIAL STUDIES ONLINE RESOURCES

Click Below to start using the History Social Studies Webmix


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THIS DAY IN HISTORY PROJECT

THIS DAY IN HISTORY PROJECT

This Day in History, History Channel: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history 

This Day in History by infoplease:  http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/

On This Dayhttp://www.onthisday.com/   (history, film & tv, music, sports)

This day in history: http://www.historyandheadlines.com/this-day-history/  (history, arts & entertainment, science&technology, society)

Today in Science History: http://todayinsci.com/

Science Historyhttp://www.onthisday.com/science  (science, maths & medical)

Today in History:  http://www.historynet.com/today-in-history

This Day in Musichttp://www.thisdayinmusic.com/ 

This Day in Economic History: http://www.econedlink.org/economic-calendar.php