History

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**http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/** - Virtual history lesson where visitors can make the decisions needed to found the colony.

**http://www.myfakewall.com/**

An alternative to writing about a historical figure, use this website to challenge your students to create a fake FB wall. Get them to step into the shoes of their famous person, what are their interests, who would they friend, what places have they visited. This could be a long term research project or a one day quickie, depending on what you request. Just be sure to give them specific guidelines for your expectations.

**http://www.dipity.com/** Dipity is a free digital timeline website. Users can create, share, embed and collaborate on interactive, visually engaging timelines that integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps.

http://www.icivics.org/ - iCivics (formerly Our Courts) is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support.

http://museumbox.e2bn.org/
 * Welcome to Museum Box**, This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.

Teacher Summaries for US History I and II