This Nova site offers a plethora of information about those traveling Norsemen, the Vikings. Explore a Viking village in Sweden, read the latest theories about who the Vikings were and what their life was like, and find out how they built their ships that allowed them to travel far and wide. There are also interactive opportunities to follow the Vikings on a clickable map, learn to write your name in runes, and find out how scientists use tree-ring chronology. Included are links to related sites and a list of books that have even more information.

On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley succumbed to the complications resulting from the bullet wounds from the shots fired by anarchist Leon Czolgosz on September 6. This site from the Library of Congress includes a list of important dates relating to the assassination, as well as articles from newspapers across the country chronicling McKinley’s shooting, his death, funeral, and the swearing in of Theodore Roosevelt as the new president. Articles relating the arrest, trial, and execution of the assassin, Czolgosz, are also included. – See more at: http://www.techlearning.com/site-of-the-day/0050/topics-in-chronicling-america–the-mckinley-assassination/54212#sthash.JMPMMnBt.dpuf

This workshop from Annenberg Learner teaches how to use primary source artifacts from a variety of genres to support the teaching and learning of specific pieces of literature. The genres include visual arts, political and social history, oral histories, domestic architecture, cultural geography, and ritual and ceremonial artifacts. The workshop uses the American Passages video series, which is available through video on demand. All resources for the workshop are freely available online. The Artifacts and Literature Pair Finder lets you choose a movement in literature and pair it with a discipline to find artifacts along with literary options that will help bring the literature to life. The six-step process shows how you can incorporate the cultural and historical connections in your lessons.

– See more at: http://www.techlearning.com/site-of-the-day/0050/artifacts-and-fiction/54297#sthash.8mcFAetz.dpuf

 This exhibition from Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History examines the relationship Americans have had with time and clocks over the past three centuries. The sections of this exhibition contain thoughtful discussion of the measurement and use of the passing of time over several eras of American History. It also includes many artifacts dealing with time pieces, time-saving efforts, and time-planning.

– See more at: http://www.techlearning.com/site-of-the-day/0050/national-museum-of-american-history-on-time/54373#sthash.ZcQtMnY5.dpuf