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Not sure what to make of this: Tweets from WWII for current students:
=WWII Tweets in English, Spanish and Russian =

The popular English-language @RealTimeWWII account, which attempts to retell the 1939-1945 conflict day by day starting this year until 2016, is being translated into Spanish (@TiempoReal_IIGM) and Russian (@war_only).

New Game From Sandra Day O'Connor's iCivics : Win the White House!
==From TED: Ben Kacyra: Ancient Wonders Captured in 3D (12 and a half minutes). Kacyra's CyArk website is here.==

==From TED: Malcolm Gladwell: The Strange Tale of the Norden Bombsight (15 minutes).==

==From TED: Marco Tempest: Augmented Reality; Techno-Magic (6 minutes)==

==From TED: Richard Wilkinson: How Economic Inequality Harms Societies (17 minutes).==

== **FROM OLD FRIEND JIM GATES: YOU CAN'T BACK UP YOUR FILES ENOUGH TIMES OR IN ENOUGH PLACES! IF YOU READ OF THE EXPERIENCES OF JAMES FALLOWS AND HIS WIFE IN THIS MONTH'S //ATLANTIC MONTHLY,// YOU KNOW HOW CATASTROPHIC IT CAN BE. SEE:** ==

= SOME NEW SITES! =

==From the HISTORY CHANNEL, The Story of Veterans Day.==

The Virtual Wall: An Interactive Vietnam Memorial
= = = = = **TEACHER RESOURCES FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF SEPTEMBER 11:** = The post is divided into categories to make it easier to navigate: We have included a range of resource topics, including: the events on the day of September 11, 2001; the history behind Al-Qaeda and terrorism; foreign policy implications of the attacks; understanding Islam; the debate between civil liberty and security; and the impact of 9/11 on the United States. You can find this blog entry here. Check back, because we will be updating the blog with additional resources as they become available. If you have any comments or suggestions for additional resources, please feel free to share them in the comments, or contact Christina via email. ||  ||
 * Veterans Hub for Veterans Day. Includes the program "Take a Veteran to School."**
 * || Remembering 9/11: Resources for the 10th Anniversary ||
 * || [[image:http://worldpittsburgh.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/wtc-image.png?w=300&h=292 align="right" caption="Remembering 9/11: Resources for the 10th Anniversary" link="@http://worldpittsburgh.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/remembering-911-resources-for-the-10th-anniversary/"]]This year marks the tenth anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks, and this will likely be a major topic in classrooms around the country within the coming weeks. With such an important event taking place so early in the school year, we wanted to help our teachers by compiling a list of resources on the subject. Our recent blog entry, Remembering 9/11: Resources for the 10th Anniversary, provides a variety of resources to help educators discuss September 11 with their students.
 * || [[image:http://worldpittsburgh.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/wtc-image.png?w=300&h=292 align="right" caption="Remembering 9/11: Resources for the 10th Anniversary" link="@http://worldpittsburgh.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/remembering-911-resources-for-the-10th-anniversary/"]]This year marks the tenth anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks, and this will likely be a major topic in classrooms around the country within the coming weeks. With such an important event taking place so early in the school year, we wanted to help our teachers by compiling a list of resources on the subject. Our recent blog entry, Remembering 9/11: Resources for the 10th Anniversary, provides a variety of resources to help educators discuss September 11 with their students.
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 * Additional Resource Compilations (including links to lesson plan resources)
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**From the Levin Institute, State University of New York, see Globalization 101**
===** From Librarian Christy Smith, these resource ideas .**=== = = ===From Suzi Walters, a link to Fareed Zakaria's "A Decade After 9-11, Enduring Lessons for the Arab World"===

FROM OUR COLLEAGUE, DAVID BLACK, HERE ARE SOME OTHER EXCELLENT IDEAS:
We have an excellent documentary in our library about the volunteers who came together to help with the recovery of victims at Ground Zero. At just over 50 minutes, it can be pared to fit in a single class period. Mostly though I just hope you have a chance to see it yourself before the tenth anniversary. Watch it streaming online at: []

September 11 has been designated Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance. (By a joint resolution approved December 18, 2001 (Public Law 107-89), the Congress has designated September 11 of each year as Patriot Day, and by Public Law 111-13, approved April 21, 2009, has requested the observance of September 11 as an annually recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance.) These websites are a good place to start: [] []

September is also Preparedness Month (see 9/11 & Katrina). This year's slogan is "This September: A Time to Remember. A Time to Prepare" [] [] = =

From the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona: My Fellow American
= = = **CONSTITUTION DAY (SEPT. 12-16) TEACHER RESOURCES:** =

iCivics: A Joint Project of the Georgetown School of Law and Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
===The History Channel Multimedia Resources for Constitution Day===

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL RESOURCES!
Pennsylvania Civil War Sesquicentennial Official Site

The Civil War Augmented Reality Project

National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors System

National Park Service Sesquicentennial Site

Pennsylvania Volunteers of the American Civil War

The National Portrait Gallery presents the Civil War at Smithsonian OUTSTANDING! Pennsylvania H igh School Students at Hamburg Area High School RECREATE THE C.S.S. HUNLEY'S SIGNAL LANTERNS! Check THIS out!

RARE COLOR PHOTOS OF THE DEPRESSION FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

**EXCELLENT LEARNER RESOURCES ON THE CRISIS IN JAPAN AT EDUDEMIC.**

RELATED: Khan Academy
Pennsylvania Department of Education posts NEW GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS


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= The World of Leonardo da Vinci ON THE WEB! Right HERE! =

Check out the Marketplace Whiteboard which explains just about everything in economic terms students can understand. Of course, so does Freakonomics Radio, from the authors who brought you the best explanation of economics EVER. A recent podcast examines the idea of paying students for good grades, while another examines which economic forces are at work in keeping run production down in the Major League Baseball's playoff season.

American Immigration interactive website. Worth a look or two.....