World War II Concentration and Extermination Camps
January 5, 2013 | Using Maps in History | Comments (0)
This map displays the location of German concentration and extermination camps during World War II. Historian and About.com contributor Jennifer Rosenberg created this map. Rosenberg’s map does not feature a date or location for its production, but it is safe to say that the image is a 21st ce
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Montezuma's Castle
January 5, 2013 | Simple Digital History | Comments (1)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58668634@N04/show/ After being assigned the simple digital history lab assignment, I was lucky enough to travel to Arizona. During my visit, we stopped at Montezuma’s Castle. Made a National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, Montezuma’s Cas
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The Last of the Mohicans: Cultural Clash and Interconnection
January 5, 2013 | Epic film in social studies | Comments (0)
The Last of the Mohicans The 1992 film The Last of the Mohicans has captured audiences with its’ powerful sentiment of historical war and loyalty and has won numerous awards, in different nations, for film design, musical scores, and acting. The film, set in 1757, dramatizes the conflicts o
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