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Minecraft Education
Because Minecraft offers such a wide variety of sources and topics, it can be incredibly helpful to teachers. However, because game-based play poses particular risks, such as the possibility that students will not learn and only focus on playing.Review
Naval History and Heritage Command
Among the archive's digital collections users can find oral histories, biographies, underwater archeology resources, and infographics.Review
Nobel Peace Center
However, most notable is their partnership with Minecraft Education. The Peace Center offers two Minecraft learning landscapes, Peace Builders and Active Citizen, both are targeted at students aged 8-15.Review
A Visual Guide to the Cold War
The goal of the site is to facilitate discussion around key themes of the Cold War and provide insight into both American and Soviet perspectives.Review
Globalizing US History
The strength of this site comes from the thorough lesson plans included in the modules. Further, the secondary and primary sources included in each would be a good classroom tool.Source
Poverty Point in Louisiana, United States
Poverty Point is a prehistoric earthenwork site featuring mounds, ridges, and a ceremonial plaza located in northeastern Louisiana, United States.
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Altar from the Classic Maya Period
This limestone altar was created by the Maya culture sometime between 300 and 900 CE and found in Belize in Central America. The altar is round and was carved with twenty glyph blocks on top, which are now faded and display cracks but also attempts at repairs.
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The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is an archaeological site of a pre-Columbian Native American city located in southwestern Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri.
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The Moundbuilders' Art: A Confluence of 'Ingenuity, Industry, and Elegance'
The amount of information and resources included in the exhibit are targeted and would likely not overwhelm a high school student. Alternatively, the site is full of resources that could be used separately, especially for younger students.Source
Map with Many of the Protests in Puerto Rico and the World 2019
An event in Puerto Rico that captured world attention and motivated the interest of many Puerto Ricans in the diaspora to participate was the Summer of 2019 movement.