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Classroom Application
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Atlas for iPad Free |
Regional Maps of North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.
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Geo Photo Explorer |
Interactive maps of the world with an option to load pictures from Google Panoramio and Flick. Great for use with Geography and World History. Potential for use in U.S. History as well to show some historic landmarks. Students can explore the world through the app and interact with some local culture.
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History Maps of the World $ |
User friendly interface. Students and teachers can explore historical general maps as well as those focused on Polar Regions and oceans, World War II, and the public schools historical atlas of 1905. May be useful when teaching World History and/or U.S. History.
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My Congress |
Great interactive app for information on your Representative and Senators. Links available for recent news concerning this Congressman as well as contact information, website, and Open Congress report. Imbedded ability to view YouTube videos and Twitter feed from the Congressman as well. Great for use with researching Congress in U.S. Government and/or U.S. History. Can search by Congressman name or use Auto Locate feature.
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Constitution and Federalist Papers |
This interactive free app allows students to view the entirety of the Constitution, Amendments, Madison’s Journal, Federalist Papers, Virginia Ratifying Convention, and actual Constitution Images. Commentary is included from Marc Schulman on the meaning and importance of each of these.
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Declaration for iPad |
Reference copy of the US Declaration of Independence for your iPad. Includes text, notes, and images of original documents.
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History Line |
History Line is a collaborative learning game for the iPad focusing on US History. The game can be played by 1-6 players. As a single player game, a series of historical events are presented on the screen and the goal of the game is to place the events onto a timeline at the bottom of the screen in the correct sequence. As a multiplayer game, students must work together to place events on a continuous timeline spanning across from 2 to 6 iPads.
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GETTYSBURG Battle |
The Gettysburg 150th Anniversary Battle App™ is the perfect tour partner for your visits to the Gettysburg battlefield. Our GPS-enabled tour application allows you to discover all of the great historical sites associated with this landmark Civil War battle.
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National archives: docs teach |
Engage in activities that will help you make sense of stories, events, and ideas of the past using documents from the holdings of the US National Archives. Choose an historical topic and challenge yourself with an activity. Or, find activities in a classroom set up just for you, using the code provided to you from the DocsTeach.org web site.
DocsTeach.org is an online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives. On the web site, you will discover thousands of primary sources and learning activities. When registered for a free account, teachers can borrow from and modify an ever-expanding collection of activities, plus create unique ones using the online tools. Log in and create classrooms full of activities, then share the classroom’s auto generated code with your students to access on their iPads. |
to the brink: jfk and the Cuban missile crisis |
The "To the Brink" app brings the National Archives and its JFK Library and Museum exhibit to iPads. This free app contains many of the same photographs, documents, and recordings found in the exhibit — allowing people unable to visit the exhibit a chance to experience one of the most extraordinary moments in American history.
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EarthViewer |
What did Earth’s continents and oceans look like 250 million years ago, or even 1 billion years ago? What do we know about the climate back when our planet formed?
EarthViewer is like a time machine for exploring Earth’s deep history. Based on the latest scientific research, it lets you scroll through the last 4.5 billion years with your fingertips. Follow a favorite landmark, be it Greenland or New York City, as its position shifts through time, or watch a famous fossil like Tiktaalik make an incredible journey from its origin to its current location. Layer your view of shifting continents with data on atmospheric composition, temperature, biodiversity, day length, and solar luminosity, to get a more complete view of our dynamic planet. EarthViewer features include: • Continental reconstructions and accompanying data dating back billions of years • World temperature map for the last 100 years • Ability to manipulate the globe and zoom to any location • Locations of modern cities tracked back over 500 million years • In-depth features on major geological and biological events in Earth history • Clickable details on geologic eons, eras, and periods • Automated play modes • Extensive reference list • Suggestions for classroom use • Tutorial videos |
US History Timeline
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The 'US History Timeline(Free)' is an application which shows the list of important events from US history.
Each event includes a hot-link to the appropriate entry of Wikipedia. This will help users get more information about the event. |
WORLD BOOK - This Day in History for iPad |
This Day in History for iPad is an interactive multimedia calendar that displays historical events for the current day or any selected day, along with related media such as photos, illustrations, music, and speeches.
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Show of Hands: Ask & Answer Polls, Politics & More |
Show of Hands is an easy-to-use real-time ANONYMOUS polling application for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Poll topics include politics, ethics, pop-culture, sports, parenting, health, and humor. Students can access real time, anonymous results from around the country. Results can be disaggregated by age, religion, income, and more.
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Lincoln Telegrams |
The Presidency application is an excellent educational reference for easy access to historical information regarding the 44 United States Presidents. Designed as a reference for Elementary and Middle School students The American Presidency provides the following information on each president:
• Birth & Death Dates • Political Party Affiliations • Years served in office • Official Presidential Portrait • Official WhiteHouse.gov history describing the contributions of the President |
stratalogica |
Known to countless teachers and students for providing a revolutionary educational experience, StrataLogica comes to life in an exciting new way in version 2.0 of our app. The new version brings powerful features for creating content, collaborating and sharing from the desktop experience to the iPad. Use our new tools—marker, symbols, text labels and pushpins—to add your own content onto geography, history and earth science layers. Save and share custom views or presentations with school or district students or colleagues. Teachers can initiate dynamic collaborative projects with students. Use it for geography, history, earth science and more.
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