Lots of Great WWI Lesson Materials from the BBC

BBC Schools offers an excellent collection of resources for helping students learn about World War I. The materials are sorted into a sectio...

Interactive History Animation - Daily Life in the Iron Age

Life in the Iron Age is a neat little series of animation from BBC History. Through the series of interactive animations students learn abo...

The Gunpowder Plot and the Story of Guy Fawkes

Today is Guy Fawkes Day so I went searching for some short videos on the topic. I found that the BBC's documentary The Gunpowder Plot is...

17th Century London in 3D

Google Earth's Street View, 3D imagery, and historical imagery is good for showing students what London looked like in the 20th Century ...

Mapping History - Historical Patterns Animated

Some of my favorite social studies lesson plans included having students use maps to analyze data and identify patterns in history. Over the...

Timelines.tv - Video Timelines for History Students

Timelines.tv is a nice little resource for history teachers to bookmark and share with their students. On Timelines.tv you can find six tim...

Britain from Above - 16,000 Historical Images

Britain from Above is a gallery of more than 16,000 historical aerial images of the U.K.   The imagery was gathered between 1919 and 1953. ...

Browse for Primary Sources on the World Digital Library Map

The World Digital Library  hosts nearly 5,000 primary documents and images from collections around the world. Sponsored by the United Nation...

A Brief History of Royal Weddings

When I turned on the television this morning, all I could find was coverage of the Royal Wedding and the NFL Draft. I can't make much of...

The Evolution of the European Union Mapped

Explania , a member of the Common Craft Explainer Network , produces explanatory videos and animations. One of the animations they've pr...

Great Open Course from Yale - Roman Architecture

Through Open Culture I've learned of another free open course from Yale . Roman Architecture 252 is, as the name implies, a course on ...

Full-Length PBS Documentary - After the Fall

I don't know why I didn't look on Snag Films earlier today, but if I had, I would have found this PBS documentary about the Berlin ...