It's only blocked because all video is blocked at school...good or bad.

Great site with video from the National Archives

video.google.com/nara.html

photoswest.org/exhib/faves/faves.htm

you can find those great pictures of the early west at the link above

REAL PEOPLE......REAL STORIES

Listen to the Spanos from Abilene, then search for more Texas stories.

www.storycorps.net/listen/

Open a word document and listen the names and places of the ones you've listened to.

Now, find a category on the right and choose at least 5 to listen to. They will need to be added to your word document also.

www.presidentialtimeline.org/

please click this link first:

mybeautifulamerica.com/
now click the link below:

americathebeautiful.com/index.htm

--click on the link

memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Here's a picture of a bridge that used to be near Aspermont (close to Peacock). It was built in 1917.

Click here:
www.texasescapes.com/TexasBridges/Peacock-Texas-Salt-Fork-Brazos-River-Bridge.htm

Check out Texas Ghost towns here:

www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Texas_ghost_towns.htm

www.history.com/home.do?utm_source=google_content&utm_medium=CPC&utm_term=content_history+channel+map&utm_campaign=brand&keywords=content_history+channel+map&paidlink=1&ref_str=http%3A//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads%3Fclient%3Dca-pub-2546752751326586%26dt%3D1176139142933%26lmt%3D1172175864%26format%3D160x600_as%26output%3Dhtml%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.sheppardsoftware.com%252Fhistory.htm%26color_bg%3DFFFFFF%26color_text%3D000000%26color_link%3DE1771E%26color_url%3DFFA612%26color_border%3DFFFFFF%26ad_type%3Dtext_image%26ref%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.sheppardsoftware.com%252Fcontent%252Fanimals%252Farticles%252Fendangered_animals%252Famericasmostendangeredanimals.htm%26cc%3D405%26u_h%3D768%26u_w%3D1024%26u_ah%3D734%26u_aw%3D1024%26u_cd%3D32%26u_tz%3D-300%26u_his%3D5%26u_java%3Dtrue

www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone

This great link was given to us by Mary Hollingsworth

Find what happened the year you were born.

Try to remember these:

www.theatlantic.com/doc/200612/influentials

If you learn these facts, you'll always do well on history TAKS.

Please click on the download button and choose "file, save as" to your desktop. NAME IT WITH YOUR NAME AND FACTS.

YOU MUST ALSO SAVE IT TO YOUR PLACE ON THE SERVER BECAUSE YOU'LL NEED IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR TIME AS A STUDENT.

The Smithsonian Institution has been making and collecting photographs for over 150 years, and it now houses more than 13 million photographic images

photography.si.edu/

You can search for pictures here.

photography.si.edu/Search.aspx

Double click on each one of the 7

www.panoramas.dk/7-wonders/

HistoryAnimated.com brings you interactive Flash animations of key historical battles. Our animations cover entire wars, entire campaigns within wars, and individual battles. Download button good way to get something free. We strive for absolute historical accuracy in our animations of these battles.

www.historyanimated.com/

It is a ten minute animated movie of American history from 1789.

Please click the download button below and watch it.

How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars? Our map gives us a brief history of the world's most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religious bloodshed are also highlighted. Want to see 5,000 years of religion in 90 seconds? Ready, Set, Go!

www.mapsofwar.com/ind/history-of-religion.html

Welcome to the Animated Atlas of African History! This map gives a year-by-year presentation of selected themes in the history of Africa between 1879 and 2002. Toggle buttons allow you to select which thematic layers to activate. Choices include:

After clicking below, then click VIEW on the bottom right of the page it takes you to.


www.brown.edu/Research/AAAH/

make a shortcut to this on your desktop.

oldbluewebdesigns.com/mybeautifulamerica.htm

POTUS stands for Presidents of the United States. In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included.


www.ipl.org/div/potus/

Over 120,000 of the images in the collection have been digitized and are available for viewing online in the Digital Image Catalog (formerly Photoswest). The Digital Image Collection consists of prints and negatives that document the history of Colorado and the American West.

history.denverlibrary.org/sales/index.cfm

Over 120,000 of the images in the collection have been digitized and are available for viewing online in the Digital Image Catalog (formerly Photoswest). The Digital Image Collection consists of prints and negatives that document the history of Colorado and the American West.

www.archives.gov/global-pages/subject-index.html

Where have you seen this?

www.geocaching.com/
www.geocaching.com/seek/
www.geocaching.com/about/

Click download button to learn about Caching

click on the following link:

www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/index.html

Use your mouse and click on all the parts. It's a great site!

www.americanhistory.si.edu/house/

listen to the guys from Abilene talk

Now find others from Texas and listen.

Next, choose a category and find at least 5 stories in that category and listen to them.

www.s9.com/

Pride yourself on knowing about historic figures and their accomplishments?
Try the Master Biographer challenge!

But be forewarned, this interactive quiz is one of the toughest on planet Earth.

S9.com was established in 1997. The dictionary covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.

The dictionary can be searched by birth and death dates, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.

www.loc.gov/families/

Prints & Photographs (one million digital images)
www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html

www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/ushistory/tar12003/tx/

choose chapter overview

gretawire.foxnews.com/2008/12/20/did-you-know-this-6/

Click on the download button to find about life in the 1500's.

www.openmyeyeslord.net/ALookBackInHistory.htm

here's more:

xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html

Russell of Region 14 shared this link below with us:


www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/the_inauguration_of_president.html

Open this map first...then open the map game...keep them side by side so you can find the answers.


maps.msn.com/(vflwfy55dqot2z55ayh0mqrb)/map.aspx?src=FP&lats1=31.41313&lons1=35.05315&alts1=1612.5®n1=2&name=Palestine+(region)%2c+Asia

Drag the country's name onto the map. There is no score nor
time limit, but rather this exercise is a learning tool. Don't be afraid to make an error, and once you finish the puzzle, you will be far more educated about this very intense part of our world.

www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

texashistory.com/History/tabid/146/language/en-US/Default.aspx

texashistory.com/Home/tabid/127/language/en-US/Default.aspx

friend Rita Beth, Rochester Class of '62 (now from Boston) sent this:


www.whitehousehistory.org/podcasts/whha_americanpresidents.html

history websites suggested by John, a history professor since 1970 from Suffolk University in Boston (and husband of Rita Beth, Rochester ISD Class of '62).

Click the download button to learn more:

click here and see if you can get top score:

www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

Now try the flag link under the US map on the same link above.

This is Humbling!!

Drag the country's name onto the map. There is no humbling score nor time limit, but rather this exercise is a learning tool. Don't be afraid to make an error, and once you finish the puzzle, you will be far more
educated about this very intense part of our world.

( Click on the Link Below )

www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

BUFFALO RUNNERS - BIG HORN BASIN
click here for a great show:

www.greatdanepro.com/Western%20Paintings/index.htm

Here are some of the artists in the show you're watching:


www.cmrussell.org/meet

www.cmrussell.org/

www.sidrmuseum.org/fredr.html