Flickr's massive collection of public domain images called The Commons grew by more than 1,000,000 images last week. Last week The British Library released more than 1,000,000 images to The Commons. The images from The British Library cover a wide range of topics from political satire to maps and diagrams to landscapes and portraits. You can find the images from The British Library here and the entire collection of The Commons here.
Applications for Education
The Commons was already a good place for students and teachers to find public domain images (mostly of a historical nature) and the addition of The British Library's images makes it even better. I've used images from The Commons in my history classes as prompts for discussion and my students have used them in short documentary videos they've made.
To go beyond visual artifacts you may want to explore The British Library's Sound Maps.
Over the weekend many blogs have covered this news from The British Library. I first saw the announcement from a Tweet from Jen Deyenberg.
Showing posts with label The Commons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Commons. Show all posts
Monday, December 16, 2013
Monday, August 30, 2010
Find Images from NASA in The Commons on Flickr

This a photo from the Launch and Takeoff set. I saw a photo very similar to this one as an elementary school kid and was very intrigued by it.

H/T to Read Write Web for the news about NASA's additions to Flickr.
Applications for Education
The Commons on Flickr is a good resource for students in need of images for multimedia projects for history, literature, and other content areas. A requirement of contributors to The Commons is that all images are made available without copyright restrictions. Check out some of the other institutions contributing to The Commons.
Here are some related items that may be of interest to you:
NASA Space Place - Where Science is Fun!
NASA Images - Embed Galleries of Images and Videos
Video - Space Shuttle from Hangar to Launch
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Your World in Pictures

Life.com seems like it will be similar to Flickr's Commons collection of images from the Library of Congress.
Applications for Education
If Life.com is as good as Flickr's Commons collection, Social Studies teachers around the world will have access to a great free resource. I often use the images found in Flickr's Commons collection to start conversations about events and topics in US History.
If you're looking for other image resources you may want to check out Picturing America or the Brooklyn Art Museum's Flickr collection.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Art History Via Flickr
Applications for Education
Online art collections like those from the Brooklyn Museum and other museums, art galleries, and libraries make far more material available to students than they would ever find in their school or local library.
Online art collections are useful in other content areas as well. A collection of Egyptian images is a great supplement to a history lesson as it can engage visual learners. And if you're looking for material to complement an American literature or American history course be sure to check out The Commons collection on Flickr in addition to the Brooklyn Museum's collections.
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