TPS+Links

=TPS Links under construction =


 * History Pin**: Google Earth Type tool for historicizing the world: []

FedFlix part of vast [|Internet Archive] (with the WayBackMachine) offers more than 1,700 movies made by federal agencies. Many are of historical interest. Topics include the American wilderness, atomic attack ("Duck and Cover"), aviation, China, civics, Ellis Island, emergency management, explosions of refineries, F-16, fire protection, first aid, hazards, hydroplaning, military etiquette, mechanical shock, parenting, religions, Vietnam, wetlands, and more. []

Online course agenda and documents: http://tps.waynesburg.edu/2009_Fall_Inst/Agenda.htm

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 * Jamestown Train Station Project: **

History of Jamestown, NY   FROM: History of Chautauqua County, New York and its people John P. Downs - Editor-in-Charge. Fenwick Y. Hedley Editor-in-Chief. Published By American Historical Society, Inc. 1921 @http://history.rays-place.com/ny/chau-jamestown.htm

Jamestown Picture Page: @http://www.americantowns.com/ny/jamestown/photos

Teacher's Site at the Library of Congress: @http://www.loc.gov/teachers/

Teaching with Primary Sources: @http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/

LOC Educators Tutorial @http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/selfdirected/introduction/index.html

Waynesburg University TPS Website: @http://tps.waynesburg.edu/eregion/index.html


 * __Richare Byrne's Free Technology for Teachers Blog:__** While working with some of my colleagues in a workshop earlier this week, I was reminded that a lot of people aren't familiar with tools and strategies for refining Internet search results. [|this short guide to 15 tools and strategies for helping your students (and your colleagues) improve their Internet search results]. You can download them for free.

Basics

 * http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/allegany/CoHistSocieties/societieshome.htm
 * http://www.loc.gov/index.html
 * http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
 * http://www.jamestown.wnyric.org/
 * http://www.wstcss.org/site_files/template.php?ID=1
 * http://www.roberthjackson.org/
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