Geography
Google Earth - "Explore distant lands or reacquaint yourself with your childhood home. Search for cities, places, and businesses. Browse layers including roads, borders, places, photos and more. Visit the Earth Gallery to find exciting maps such as real-time earthquakes, planes in flight, hiking trails, city tours, and more. Integrated Google Maps Street View allows you to explore the world at street level."
History: Maps of the World - "Explore the world through interactive maps illustrating geopolitical and geographic shifts over time. Users peruse the various cartographies and read up on the historical (or, as the case may be, scientific) significance of each major change through text and ”in the future” other media." National Geographic World Atlas - "The Atlas features Nat Geo's award-winning cartography and stats and facts about every country on Earth." |
American History
Civil War America's Epic Struggle - "Features over 1,000 high-resolution photos, more than an hour of multimedia presentations, in excess of 100 authentic maps, dozens of first-hand accounts, and numerous text articles and biographies."
Constitution and Federalist Papers - "Not only does this app contain the full text of the Constitution, the product also provides an explanation for each and every clause, as well as commentary on each of the amendments." MyCongress - "MyCongress is a portal to detailed information about your elected U.S. Congressional officials. Track their news, video and Twitter feeds. Look up their official Open Congress profile or contact them directly. MyCongress helps you get in touch with your government." The Presidency - "The Presidency application is an excellent educational reference for easy access to historical information regarding the 44 United States Presidents." |