Archive for the ‘Other’ Category

Harvard Author-Reference Generator - Google Gadget

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Type the title and / or author of a book, and get a professional Harvard-Author Date reference for your essays. Add it to your webpage, blog or IGoogle homepage.

ActiveHistory Updates - Google Gadget

Monday, May 19th, 2008

A summary of the latest games, worksheets and activities added to the site. Add it to your webpage, blog or IGoogle homepage.

History Teachers’ Search Engine

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Only sites designed for teachers and students will be searched. Join up as a collaborator to add websites to the search engine! Add the search engine to your webpage, blog or IGoogle homepage.

Historical Quote of the Day: Google Gadget

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

An inspirational quote about history and historians, updated daily! Add it to your webpage or to your IGoogle homepage.

Jigsaw Diagram

Friday, April 11th, 2008

The Jigsaw template is designed to allow students to make connections between various factors in an engaging manner.

The “pieces” of the jigsaw can have text written into them. When they are dragged next to each other, they “snap” into place.

The pieces can be colour coded as appropriate.

Lights Out!

Friday, April 11th, 2008

This template allows you to load an image, then “turn the lights off” so that you can view just small sections of the image at a time.

It provides a great way of getting students to look more closely at an image.