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The History of the World at your Fingertips
Susan Brooks-Young

A classroom Internet connection is a real boon for the teacher of World History. Discussions, activities, and projects often lead to a need for access to up-to-date reference and support materials, and that used to mean a trip to the library. Now students can quickly research a question or download the text of an important document without leaving the classroom. Teachers can interact with colleagues, find lesson plans, and access multimedia support materials that greatly enhance the curriculum. For most teachers the major challenge is finding the time to identify reliable sites that offer general references, support materials, and ideas for lesson plans for World History courses. That's where this Web Tour can help. It features sites useful to World History teachers from grades 6-12. There are general reference sites that both students and teachers can use for research. In addition, the more teacher-oriented sites provide supporting activities and materials. Note that the last two sites in the Tour are maintained by classroom teachers and designed to share lesson plans and subject-specific Internet resources with fellow educators....




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