Tech Tips for Teachers: History Resources and Maps

There are wealth of great resources online for teaching history. Here are 2 that I have found to be the most effective:

For ancient history, the BBC incredible interactive activities that you can d with your class on a Smart Board or projected on a whiteboard. Here is the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/. This site also has a great deeal of British history and modern history focused on the world wars.

For modern history, Historyteacher.net is a tremendous resource. It has separate sections focusing on AP American History and AP European History, over 140 PowerPoint presentations, and links to maps, lessons, assignments, and reviews. Here is the direct link: http://www.historyteacher.net/index.htm.

I have also found some great websites for online maps.

For modern maps, nothing can compare to online Google Maps and the free download Google Earth.

http://maps.google.com/

http://earth.google.com/
Google Earth combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.

Here are some more resources:

WorldAtlas.com http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
Xpeditions is home to the U.S. National Geography Standards—and to thousands of ideas, tools, and interactive adventures that bring them to life.

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/MapCenter/map.aspx
Explore the world through a dynamic atlas

For historical maps, the top resource for maps by countries, events, and time period as well as links to other sites is the Perry-Castañeda LibraryMap Collection.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html (direct link to US historical maps)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east.html (direct link to Maps of the Middle East)

Here are some more resources:
http://www.unc.edu/awmc/mapsforstudents.html

A collection of free digital maps for educational use.

http://geography.about.com/od/historicmaps/Historic_Maps.htm
Find historic online maps of cities, countries, and the world.

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century

http://www.davidrumsey.com/
The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 15,800 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps and other cartographic materials.

http://mapww2.narod.ru/
MILITARY MAPS OF WWII

http://home.versatel.nl/gerardvonhebel/
The Historical Atlas of Europe: The development of Europe's modern states from 1519 to 2006

http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/haindex.html
World History at KMLA

http://encarta.msn.com/mediacenter_6.2/History.html#tcsel

Maps of historical events by Encarta.

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/maps/mainmap.html
Map of Ancient Egypt.

http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/Israel+in+Maps/
Israel's story in maps.

Here are some resources for Biblical maps.
http://searchingthescriptures.net/main_pages/maps.htm Excellent Biblical Maps in color by time period. The later maps are from a Christian perspective.

http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/olam_hatanah/index.asp Hebrew resources for each chapter of Tanach including many great maps.

If these sites are not adequate you can purchase a school license for all the maps from the top educational mapmaker, NYSTROM. The website is: http://www.nystromnet.com/index.cfm?fa=Products.product&CATEGORY_ID=5&CHILD_ID=496&PRODUCT_ID=954

Finally to view some offbeat maps, some real and some fictional, check out:

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/.