Smarthistory together with leading art historians, and museum partners have created hundreds of short engaging conversational videos and articles, making Khan Academy one of the most accessible and extensive resources for the study of the history of art.

Students who want to go to US colleges can prepare for the SAT at their own pace, at absolutely no cost on Khan Academy through a close collaboration with CollegeBoard, the authors of the SAT.

The Churchill Archive includes more than 800,000 pages of original documents, produced between 1874 and 1965, ranging from Winston S. Churchill’s personal correspondence to his official exchanges with kings, presidents, politicians, and military leaders. This fantastic collection of primary source material offers new insight into a fascinating period of our past.

Trying to find a particular book? Trying to locate the origin of a quote or phrase? Google Books is a great way to work backwards and find the original source of information for your citation!

Trying to find a particular book? Trying to locate the origin of a quote or phrase? Google Books is a great way to work backwards and find the original source of information for your citation!

Student created animation - Thank you, Anthony!

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Please send any interesting links you find to Mr Bancroft, if you think they would be useful to others at VIS

Have you ever wondered about presenting your thoughts as free as they come? Ever got tired of creating a slideshow? It's been said, that the best innovations come from people who are unhappy with the tools they use. We realized that our ideas won't fit into slides anymore. Putting together creative thinking and technology expertise, we have created Prezi, a living presentation tool. Prezi is zooming sketches on a digital napkin. It's visualization and storytelling without slides. Your ideas live on stage and on the web.



http://www.khanacademy.org/ A free world-class education for anyone anywhere. Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education for anyone anywhere. All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge.

The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis. By Jonathan Jarvis. The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated. This project was completed as part of my thesis work in the Media Design Program, a graduate studio at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.



http://awesomestories.com/ These stories, movies and pictures are from sources who were actually there to witness historic events. These 'Primary Source' documents are invaluable for understanding historical events in context and avoiding the modern interpretations of events based on later information. "Enjoy an interactive learning experience as you see thousands of hand-selected and relevant links to pictures, slide-shows, videos, audio-clips, artifacts, manuscripts, documents and other primary sources linked, in context, within each story. "



http://www.archives.gov/ "The National Archives and Records Administration serves American democracy by safeguarding and preserving the records of the US Government, ensuring that the people can discover, use, and learn from this documentary heritage. We ensure continuing access to the essential documentation of the rights of American citizens and the actions of their government. We support democracy, promote civic education, and facilitate historical understanding of our national experience." Mission statement of the US National Archive



http://www.teachersfirst.com/ TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. We offer our own professional and classroom-ready content along with thousands of reviewed web resources, including practical ideas for classroom use and safe classroom use of Web 2.0. Busy teachers, parents, and students can find resources using our subject/grade level search, keyword search, or extensive menus.