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Crash Course World History
Crash Course World History is a perfect supplementary video overview for AP students, but it is too fast and jumpy to be the main source of learning for a class.
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Africa Past & Present Podcast
The podcast could serve as a useful tool for Africa experts to stay up-to-date on scholarship, for professors in other areas to broaden their knowledge of Africa and establish relevant connections, and for students to engage in analysis of “texts” beyond the written word.
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National Museum of China
In summation, the NMC site has a number of areas that will prove interesting to educators and most casual visitors, but overall, its main function is to provide information about the museum itself.
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Teaching East Asia Online Curriculum Projects
The lessons provided are insightful explorations of Japanese history that strike a balance between academic rigour, accessibility, and being able to draw student attention, making them a valuable addition to any world history teacher’s toolkit.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
Overall A History of the World in 100 Objects is a great resource to teach world history through visual culture in an accessible and succinct format for both school and college-level classes.
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Map of the Partition of Israel and Palestine
In 1947, Britain announced that it would terminate its mandate government in Palestine. As a result, a special committee formed by the United Nations was charged with partitioning the territory into separate, sovereign states.
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Tasveer Ghar (A House of Pictures)
This database would be most useful for instructors teaching modern South Asia and for students in college-level seminars.
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Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project
An outstanding feature of the site is access to high resolution images and 425 oral histories.
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Mediateca INAH
Mediateca INAH facilitates virtual engagements with over half a million interrelated digital reproductions of maps, paintings, sculptures, photographs, audio recordings, documentaries, books, as well as other textual primary sources.
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