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    November 6, 2009

    Experience an online archaeological project at Interactive Dig: El Carrizal
    By clicking to Interactive Dig: El Carrizal from Archaeology Magazine, students can see photo updates and read first-hand accounts of this in-progress archaeological project.

    Video DownloadHelper helpfully helps you download helpful videos. Helpfully.
    The fine folks at Video DownloadHelper have created a plug-in for Firefox that makes video downloading as simple as pressing a button.

    60 Second Recap summarizes classic literature
    Everyone needs help wrapping their heads around a book from time to time. If you teach literature, that time occurs every day. You can outsource some of the necessary explanation by sending your students to 60 Second Recap, a site that summarizes the plot, characters, and themes of a book in 60-second episodes for each.

    Get Library of Congress Videos on iTunes U
    You now can access lots of free audio and video from the Library of Congress on iTunes U. There’s a lot of great material suitable for a history class, such as early films made by Edison himself (or his company, at least). There are also fascinating oral histories from actual slaves in the Voices from the Days of Slavery collection.

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