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The Digital Humanities KQED's Ed Space has a weekly discussion forum called Do Now . They describe their forum as offering a weekly opportunity for students to respond to current events using their media resources and social media like Twitter. Each week they pose a question derived from an issue of current events from that week, provide a brief contextual essay for background about the issue, a video resource which explores the issue further through the eyes of prominent people in the nation or community or people directly affected by the issue. Students can post or tweet their comments. Their most recent questions addressed the "Designed by Apple in California, Assembled in China" debate, the influence of super PACs, and graffiti art. Do Now is a great way to bring current events into the classroom because the topics and the medium are relevant to the students.

On September 17th 1798, Eli Whitney purchased the land around the museum. He sought its water rights. East Rock and Mill Rock form the first practical site north of New Haven to harness waterpower. There had been grain mills here for the first 150 years since New Haven’s founding. Eli Whitney | The Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop

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Provides a wide-ranging audience of persons interested in American history – including historians, other social scientists, teachers, and students – with graphics portraying the demographic history of the United States, as shown by the decennial census of population. Note: For further information, including results from the 2010 census , see the Census Bureau 's website. demographicchartbook.com

LIBERTY! . Chronicle of the Revolution | PBS Read all about it! These newspaper Chronicles let you experience first-hand the excitement and uncertainty of the American Revolution as it happened. Click on a city to read about the riveting historical headlines that shaped the war and America.

Lesson Plans - From Boomtown to Ghost Town Standard 16: "The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources" Ask students to name some of their favorite belongings or some of the things they would like to own. They might mention the latest trends in trading cards, video games, sports shoes, or other material items.

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The Center is named for Pare Lorentz, a pioneering documentary film maker, who worked for Roosevelt's New Deal producing classic documentary films describing environmental and social problems in the 1930s and 1940s. The Pare Lorentz Film Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum offers multimedia resources to teachers, students and the general public to enhance understanding the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the life and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Pare Lorentz Film Center - Home

The documentary, The World’s Most Dangerous Drug, talks about the viciously addictive drug Methamphetamines, known by the street name Crystal, Ice, and Crank. The film delves on the devastating effects of methamphetamines. Documentary Tube – Watch Documentaries Online for FREE

MoooJvM's Channel - YouTube Let us not forget those fallen appliances, tools and gadgets and relive those bygone times by taking a visit to The Museum of Obsolete Objects. Step inside to step back in time! Companies: Sadly, as our daily lives become more and more digital some things fall by the way side as they are replaced by newer, «better» devices. Jung von Matt/next GmbH

A few minutes later the bell rang. We hadn’t had nearly enough time to run around. We all lined up. Educated Nation | A higher education blog about news, humor, advice, and opinion on education, college degrees, university life and careers.

WebUrbanist | From Urban Art & 3D Graffiti to Abandoned Cities Click Here to Read the Rest of This Article Can we save a significant amount of ink simply by choosing one particular font over another? In an interesting experiment, artist Matt Robinson tested various typefaces to see how economical they are with ink, drawing them out with ballpoint pens.