WorldMapper

http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html

Serendipity is a wonderful thing . I was looking for something else and found this  site.  It has a lot of quality cartograms that give visual meaning to statistics.



Classroom idea:    Use these maps to explore  economic and social justice themes.

Meograph

Meograph 

http://www.meograph.com

A more robust timeline generator that allows geographic placement, too.

Classroom idea: Book reports on historical fiction.

History Pin

http://www.historypin.com
This tool lets you upload images  to a location and  add your story.  Sort of like Google Earth, but browser based,


Classroom idea:  American History-  using Library of Congress images form Flickr

Flickr: The Library of Congress' Photostream 

to tell story of  theme (war, industrialization, immigration, etc...) across America.

 

Embedding Google maps

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Classroom idea Here is a little idea that could add interest- embed a Google Map in your wiki of project instructions. If you are studying Chinua Achebe maybe a simple Google map of Nigeria with satellite image . Just look for "link to page" in top right corner of Google maps. Thanks to Joyce Valenza for this idea. Here I show two Butte Montana institutions - Pork Chop John Sandwhich Shops. Don't leave Butte without trying them! The one marked A is more authentic!