Shmoop Adds Online Photo Slideshows to Help Teachers and Students See Us History, Civics, and Literature like Never Before

Online, June 3, 2010 (Newswire.com) - MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (May 24, 2010) - Shmoop (www.shmoop.com), a publisher of digital resources that make learning fun and relevant for students, today announced that it has added thousands of photos to enhance its online US history, civics, and literature Learning Guides. Shmoop also made a slideshow Widget available, so anyone can embed a miniature version of any Shmoop photo slideshow on their own website.

"Students love looking at photos and paintings online - it's a very engaging activity that helps bring lessons to life. Shmoop has amassed a terrific photo collection all in one place for teachers and students," said Mike Shumake, teacher at North Carolina Virtual Public School and 2009 Online Teacher of the Year for North Carolina. "I particularly like that Shmoop allows me to embed the photos on my classroom web page or blog, just like I post YouTube videos."

Shmoop made photo slideshows available for:

• 60 US History Photos Slideshows
• 11 Civics Photos Slideshows
• 43 Literature Photos Slideshows

Highlights include:
• Presidents Photos, which includes portraits of all 43 U.S. Presidents
• WWII Photos, which includes 50 photos from D-Day to war propaganda, to the bombing of Nagasaki
• Hamlet Photos, which includes paintings inspired by the play and portraits of famous stage actors who have taken on the play