Loewen - Ch 13

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Big Question: What makes history meaningful to you?


Caption:Great learning (in any subject area) cannot take place in only the mind.

The Fallen of World War 2 - This interactive website is still in it's experimental and crowd funding phase, but it's already an amazing resource! It provides a video with an explanation of the deaths in WWII, but there are periodic breaks in the video where you have the ability to stop and manipulate the data being shown on screen.

Cantu - Chapter 13

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Big Question: Think about the first time you used the Library of Congress Website: What challenges did you face? How can you help your students overcome theses challenges?


Caption: Replication of Jefferson's library at the the LOC


Kindred Britain - This Stanford sponsored website on Britain "is a vision of the nation's history as a giant family affair." With different methods of visualizing, students can see the many ways that some of Britain's most iconic figures are related or connected. The site can also be searched through a number of different categories.

Cantu - Chapter 12

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Big Question: What's the best way to introduce these areas of study to students? (For example, integrated with other subjects or as a stand alone course.)



Caption: Vocabulary from one area of study can be deeply connected to another area of study.


The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Voyages is a database of maps, images, and records surrounding the voyages of slave ships. In the educators section it also lists additional websites (many interactive) that provide further details for specific events relating to the slave trade.

Loewen- Chapter 12

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Big Question: How do you use textbooks?


Caption: No matter the grade level: no one is happy with the textbook industry


Mapping the Republic of Letters - Allows students to click and see the networks of communication between some of history's "Great Thinkers."

Cantu - Chapter 11

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Big Question: How can the exposure of geography in media be a "bad thing" for lesson planning?


Caption: The Animaniacs' iconic songs might be too iconic for some.

GeoNet - This interactive game allows you to be quizzed on a variety of locations and different geographical categories.

Cantu Ch. 10

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Big Question: How can we, as teachers, overcome our own deficits in economic education?

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Fun fact: This Federal Reserve bank actually has an entire list of interactive economic resources.

Loewen Ch. 10

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Big Question: How does the lack of focus on the recent-past effect your own education?

Caption: Recent history evokes a much different reaction from people than other subjects. 

Digital History Timeline Map is an interactive website that shows social, political, and cultural events in United States history. The map starts in 1590 and goes through the year 2010. While the map is focused on the the United States, it does have some pointed arrows going off the map to show what's going on in US territories and US Foreign Affairs.