Create a Dynamic Map Mash-up with MyHistro or Just View Free, Interactive Timelines! MyHistro has been used on the web by many.  Now, they have an Extended version.  I recently chatted with their team, and they answered some popular questions from their users. - Why'd you make this app in the first place?To widen the ...

New additions to “Maps 4 Kids” 100+ Cool Map Resources #sschat #edtech #maps #geography This is just an update to a previous popular post because I have added a few new resources to this binder in the last few weeks, including Open Street Maps (via @ictmagic) Resources include: printables, interactive maps and tools, map makers, ...

See on Scoop.it – MyWeb4Ed Create, embed and share your charts, plots, diagrams and maps online.   Carol Mortensen‘s insight: Whether you want your students to create an interactive chart, plot, diagram, or map or you want to create one for class or presentations, http://Chartle.net offers you the ability to do so online.  Enhance your [...]

This week my class wrapped up our learning of the four main regions of California by making these bean maps. We used rice, pinto/kidney beans, split peas, and popcorn kernels to represent the coast, mountain,  central valley and desert areas. I joined up with Clutter Free Classroom's Peek into my Planbook Linky.

America’s Fifty Nifty States LiveBinder If you are looking for resources to help you teach lessons about the 50 states you may find what you need in my LiveBinder “America’s Fifty Nifty States”.  In it you will find resources galore for each state, including maps, worksheets, coloring pages, fun facts, folklore, recipes, games and much more. ...

My Great Maps is a wonderful map maker that students can use to create many types of maps.  According to Jolene at Creating Magic: Meaningful Technology for Teachers (where this great find came from) ”students can add colors, words, lines, keys, and icons.  Icons include maps, capitals, road markings, and landmarks.  Students can save, embed in ...

Free Map Worksheets are now posted on Have Fun Teaching. Check out these map worksheets to teach and learn about map skills, compass rose, map drawing, coordinate grid maps, and United States and World Map coloring pages. Map Worksheets - Click Here You can also find blank Coordinate Grid Maps on the Have Fun Teaching website.Blank ...

Most history teachers and historians (even though they often won’t admit it), enjoy playing the “what if” game. What would have happened if the 20th Maine had retreated at Little Round Top? What if Native Americans had been resistant to European bacteria? What if the early Chinese had sailed its fleet of ships east instead of west? It’s this sort ...

Conflict History is a pretty basic mashup. Nothing big really. Simply document every war and battle around the world over the last 5000 years or so. Taking advantage of the Google Maps interface, Conflict History does a great job of showing the relationship of time and place. The site has a useful search feature as well as a slider across the ...

While driving home this afternoon I caught the tail end of a a Lehrer NewsHour piece about the 2010 Census.  Census Director Robert Groves detailed the importance of the effort and shared an important, often overlooked point (audio and transcript): The very first Census Act, March 1, 1790, said, we’re going to count everyone. We’re [...]