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How a world history timemap can do more than a timeline
October 18, 2012
More on how a World History "TimeMap" as opposed to a "Timeline" .. a more easy way to see how events occurred from multiple origins.
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World History gone wrong on the BBC
October 17, 2012
A slight deviation from world history timelines - to the inaccuracy of world history in the media.
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What to include and what to omit from a world history timeline?
October 16, 2012
Creating a world history timeline is an incredibly complex task. TimeMaps allow more functionality than a traditional list of dates and events, which offer more flexibility..
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What's the point of a world history timeline?
October 15, 2012
If you can organise the information of a chapter of world history into a cohesive timeline, along with periodization, then you are practising high level historical thinking skills.
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Historical fiction
October 9, 2012
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We've got a new shop!
September 25, 2012
Topic TimeMaps are our curriculum materials for schools and they now have a home of their own..
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How TimeMaps connects world history together
August 21, 2012
What you will get from the TimeMap of World History is a visualisation of history and narrative that connects the world together
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The Big Picture of History
June 18, 2012
How building the "Big Picture" of history aids understanding and knowledge.
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The TimeMap of World History expands
May 17, 2012
The TimeMap of World History now stretches from 3500BC up to 2005 and a new level of detail is added!
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Welcome to this month's TimeMaps e-News
February 29, 2012
We have had a lot of new visitors to the website this month, as well as people sign up to our newsletter from all around the world - particularly Australia and Canada, so a big "HELLO" to you! We are pleased to tell you about lots of new content in the TimeMap of World History, which is bringing us to the cusp of the 20th century, as well as a discount code that we hope you will find appealing.
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Giving access to all the world's history: an online atlas for teachers and students
October 13, 2011
Essay in Agora, the quarterly publication for History Teachers Assoication of Victoria, Australia (Vol 46, No. 3, 2011): "Giving access to all the world's history: an online atlas for teachers and students", by Peter Britton
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Why history is for everyone and a core skill for education
June 9, 2011
I found this link via the History Teachers Network on LinkedIn. The group does not always have great resources but I really liked this one. It clearly and succinctly explains how history is a core skill for learning, and how it is relevant to everyone.
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World history and democracy
February 23, 2011
Democracy has been rare throughout world history, but the upheavals in the Middle East may show that it is now the only viable way to govern.
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TimeMaps is the Best Social Studies Website 2010!
February 17, 2011
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World History in Texas, according to the TEKS.
February 3, 2011
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Egyptians or Arabs
February 2, 2011
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The Expansion of Europe in the early Middle Ages
December 9, 2010
We've just put new maps up on our atlas, and it's made me wonder about Europe
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Institutions matter!
December 1, 2010
An important lesson of history is that the well-being of nations and empires depends upon the effectiveness of their public institutions
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When did Indian civilization start?
November 26, 2010
There seems to be a mismatch in modern textbooks between the rise of classical Indian civilization, on the one hand, and the date of the Buddha, on the other
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A trip to the USA and new Dynamic History Map titles
November 23, 2010
Apologies for the gap - I've been to the NCSS conference in Denver, Colorado, and also been developing three new Dynamic History Map titles (Ancient China, Ancient India and Ancient Greece)
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