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German History Audio Books (in German)

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Angel Brady

I recently came across a post on The Lin­guist on Lan­guage blog and the post con­tained a list of resources on Ger­man His­tory audio books that are in Ger­man. If you want to brush up on Germany’s his­tory as well … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Google SketchUp and History

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Angel Brady

I recently found this arti­cle about using Google SketchUp (free) in con­junc­tion with a high school his­tory class in Ver­mont. Stu­dents are learn­ing local his­tory by build­ing 3D mod­els of build­ings in  their com­mu­nity using SketchUp. Since they are get­ting … Con­tinue read­ing →

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View Historical Imagery in Google Earth

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Angel Brady

Google Earth (ver­sion 5) allows for you to view  his­tor­i­cal images over a period time for cer­tain places. Some places allow for you to view images from World War II and com­pare the area before and after an attack on … Con­tinue read­ing →

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World War I and Second Life

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Angel Brady

You are now able to expe­ri­ence and be immersed into the envi­ron­ment of World War I in Sec­ond Life thanks to the First World War Poetry Dig­i­tal Archive and the Learn­ing Tech­nolo­gies Group at Oxford Uni­ver­sity (funded by JISC). The … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Bayeux Tapestry Animated– History in Motion

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Angel Brady

I recently came across this YouTube video that ani­mated the actual Bayeux Tapes­try. The Bayeux Tapes­try depicts the Nor­man Con­quest of Eng­land in 1066. It’s a very piv­otal point in England’s his­tory. The Bayeux Tapes­try cur­rently resides in France. To … Con­tinue read­ing →

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