Showing posts with label social studies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social studies. Show all posts

Thursday, November 7, 2013

AirPano 3D Panoramic views of interesting destinations.


http://www.airpano.com/List-Aerial-Panoramas.php?sort_by=country

AirPano is a non-commercial project focused on high resolution 3D aerial panoramas.  During the next 2-3 years, they plan to shoot a variety of aerial panoramas and create virtual 3D tours of the most interesting places of our planet. 

Thanks to Maureen Tauby from Minnesauke Elementary School for the link.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

World History: Human Origins through Renaissance



The following are a selection of websites based on specific criteria designed to assist Social Studies teachers with additional resources for classroom use.   The website was created by to Michael Ballard a Social Studies teacher in Florida. The criteria used for the websites chosen for this page are as follows; The website was a highly informational site, The website was one containing primary resources for use in the classroom including documents, photographs, newspapers, letters, etc. and the website contained appropriate lesson plans that could be adapted to meet the needs of the classroom.  It is the teacher’s responsibility to review any website prior to using it in class. Thanks to Nicole Connelly, Information Specialist at Minnesauke for sending me the site.
Posted by: Jim Fargione
District Lead Teacher for Instructional Technology
Three Village School District