Creator: Jeremy Norman and Co., Inc. | visit site
Grade Range: 8 - 11
This amazing online project documents the history of information and media. The project covers a huge scope of time, starting with entries from 2,500,000 BC up to the present time. Use the Google Maps based interface (Map View) to explore the records geographically. Select from a large number of themes including archaeology, writing, or paleontology. You can also explore this tool by historical era or regions. Search the tool using the tabs Outline View, Expanded View, or Map View. Explore the Narrative and Analysis tab for valuable information.
In the Classroom
Use this tool to research the history of writing, communication, and technology through the ages. Connect each of these discoveries with other events including political, religious, or social changes also occurring at the time. Assign cooperative learning groups different areas of this website to explore. Challenge students to use a mapping tool such as Click2Map, <a href="/single.cfm?id=16308">reviewed here</a>, to create a map of their own (display markers featuring text, photos, and videos!).
At Home
If your teen is interested in the history of technology, information, and the media, share this site. What was life like BEFORE the Internet? There are some very interesting topics to explore (and some even rather graphic). If your teen has a thirst for more history than can be found in a textbook, share this site for exploring on his or her own. Ask him/her to find the biggest surprise or the grossest "discovery" on the site.
Tags
maps, art history, geologic time, geology, genealogy, genetics, sculpture, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, animals, caves,
Subjects
Biology/Life Science, Earth Science/Geology, Engineering/Technology, Geography (US/World), History & Culture: Africa, History & Culture: Ancient, History & Culture: Asia, History & Culture: China, History & Culture: Europe, History & Culture: Japan, History & Culture: Middle East, History & Culture: Russia, History & Culture: The Americas, History & Culture: World, Information Literacy/Research, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Social Studies,