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Best History Sites
Contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites under the categories of prehistory, ancient/biblical, medieval, U.S. History, early modern European, 20th century, WWII, art history, general resources, and maps.
Reversing Vandalism
Over 600 torn and sliced books, on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender topics, women’s issues and HIV/AIDS, deemed beyond repair at the San Francisco Public Library are now in this online exhibit in which art the books have been turned into art.
Drawing From Life
A collection of cartoon and caricature books from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
Graffiti Archaeology
Graffiti Archaeology is the study of graffiti-covered walls as they change over time. The grafarc.org project is a timelapse collage, made of photos of San Francisco graffiti taken by many different photographers from 1998 to the present.
Gliffy
Gliffy is an online tool for drawing and sharing diagrams. You can create flowcharts, UI wireframes, floor plans, network diagrams, UML diagrams, or any other simple drawing or diagram. You can also add collaborators and publish your diagrams on the web.
Art of the First Cities
"This Web feature is designed to complement 'Art of the First Cities,'" The site focuses on "the world’s earliest civilizations in Mesopotamia and surrounding regions - during one of the most seminal and creative periods in history."
Geography and GIS—Serving Our World
This site has hundreds of case studies on groups that have used GIS to improve their community. If you can use GIS software to do it, it will be showcased here.
Pics 4 Learning
Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers.
Stop Motion and Clay Animation
Watch clay animation films view historic pictures and even read how to sculpt and create clay animation.
Bonus Links
Inventors of the Modern Computer
A look at how Microsoft and Apple evolved and what companies have since dropped out of the operating system business.
Robotics: Seeing, Thinking, Acting
Explore the history and working of robots and the ethics behind them, check out "robot art," or even interactively command a remotely operated vehicle.
Cyber Smart!
This site teaches students how to use the internet safely, effectively, and responsibly. Students learn about internet manners, privacy concerns, and information validity.
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Hundreds of very well archived treaties between the United States and Native Americans have been put onto this database developed by Yale.
Tropical Plant Database
The extensive Tropical Plant Database lists plants by Common name, Botanical name, Ethnic uses, and Action/disorder. Each plant has an illustration and information about family, genus, species, common names, plant description, and more.
Catalyst Portfolio
Lets you quickly create a personal Web site to showcase your skills and experience.