Source: Wikitrivia Wikitrivia is a fun history timeline game. It starts with one card and shows you another card. You drag the card and place it where you think it goes in the time line. The time span can go back to 5000 B.C, so while it starts out pretty easy, it gets hard fast.
Source: Home – MissionUS For students, MissionUS is an opportunity to live a bit of US history, while teachers will have access to a wide range of support materials for each mission. The site asks you to read through the materials and do the mission before assigning the site as work. The site does require…
Source: Louvre site des collections If you are studying art or historical periods, then the Musée du Louvre and Musée National Eugène-Delacroix have a site for you! You can search for specific pieces of art, select art by media type, search for art of specific periods and more. I tried searching for the Mona Lisa but…
Historical maps available online. Source: Old Maps Online This is really, cool. The maps cover all over the world, and could be used to show how your local town has changed or what the roads were like during specific events.
Vivaldi – Supercharged history. Browser history is usually not very glamorous, but if you like stats, Vivaldi’s history is where it’s at! Not only can you search your history, you can also see what sites you visit on which days, how you navigate to sites, and which sites are most popular. Vivaldi has put together…
We live in an age of data visualization. Go to any news website and you’ll see graphics charting support for the presidential candidates; open your iPhone and the Health app will generate personalized graphs showing how active you’ve been this week, month or year. Sites publish charts showing how the climate is changing, how schools are…