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Twentieth Century History for use in the classroom

Cold War: From Yalta to Malta (CNN)
This CNN Perspectives series explores the Cold War experience from many different angles. Included are interactive maps, rare video footage, declassified documents, biographies, picture galleries, timelines, interactive activities, a search function, book excerpts, an educator's guide and more. For instance, you can watch a video interview with George Kennan, tour a Cold War prison, play a Brinkmanship interactive game interview, and listen to an interview with Fidel Castro. Launched in September 1998, the COLD WAR companion site covers more than a 1,000 Web pages and was honored with a 1998 Sigma Delta Chi Award in the Online Journalism Non-Deadline Reporting category by the Society of Professional Journalists.

PBS Online
A great source for information on a myriad of historical events and personalities. PBS's assorted and diverse web exhibits supplement specific individual television series and generally include a resume of each episode, interviews (often with sound bites), a timeline, a glossary, photos, and links to relevant sites. Categories include American History, World History, History on Television, and Biographies.

People's Century
The site is based on a 26-episode PBS television series and features a teacher's guide, a timeline, a thematic overview, and RealAudio excerpts

CNN.com Specials (current events)
The CNN Archives feature special reports on many key World and American events, issues and personalities of the late 20th and early 21st centuries

Twentieth Century History for use in the classroom:

Academy of Achievement
Features stories of "legendary achievers" of the 20th century in arts, public service, sports, science, and other fields. Includes audio and video clips. Check out the "Gallery of Achievement"

Race for the Super Bomb (PBS)
There are some quirky but fascinating features at this site, including a Panic Quiz and a Nuclear Blast Map. Visitors to the site can simulate the drop of 50s-era atomic bombs on American cities and get death and damage reports. Visitors are also treated to interviews, film footage of explosions, a map of target sites in the U.S., a weapons stockpile list for 1945 to 1997, a timeline, primary sources, transcripts, a teacher's guide and a people and events section

Teaching History with Technology
Tom Daccord
July 13-15, in Boston
(sold out 2007, 2008)

Teaching English and Language Arts with Technology
Carla Beard
July 6-8, Boston
(sold out in 2007)

Teaching the "Flat Classroom"
Vicki Davis
June 25-26, Boston

Google Tools for Schools
Carol LaRow
August 3-5, Boston

Creative Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards
Darren Kuropatwa
July 16-17

Free and Open Source Applications for Educators
Alex Inman
June 9-10

21st Century Leadership Symposium
Dennis Richards, Tom Daccord, Justin Reich
August 6-7

Enhanced Podcasting for Educators
Douglas Kiang
July 1-2

Digital Storytelling & Portfolios
Alycia Scott-Hiser
June 23-24

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