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- Scholes Library - Electronic
Reference Desk, maintained by Alfred University - ready reference section
- My
Virtual Reference Desk - an encyclopedia of information ranging from stock quotes to
the weather in a particular city. You can use its subject and keyword searches to locate
information or browse through its topic list
- Reference Center of the Internet Public
Library This is a wonderful site for ready-reference arranged by subject - maintained
and created by the University of Michigan Library School
- Homework Central - links organized by grade
level, 1-6, middle and high school, and
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Collection
of Links
- Schrock's Guide for Educators - this
site is a treasure trove of information with links to subject sites and information for
teachers on curriculum and professional growth.
- The New Jersey School Report Card -
the full text, searchable by county and school name
InfoPlease Almanac An online version of the
Infoplease Almanac which is arranged by subject.
- Guide to Elected Officials - most
useful for its county and municipal information, but also has state and federal
information
- New Jersey Facts and Symbols
- What's the State Bird? State Tree?
State Flower? State Dance? Find out here. Also has links population estimates by
Municipality, Zip codes, New Jersey Constitutions.
- Vital Records-
lists where to write, and current costs for vital records.
- Dictionaries - allows for
quick look-up based on Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
- Movie
Database - IMDB currently covers over 170,479 film titles with over 2,462,516
filmography entries and is expanding continuously. There is good coverage of
television movies, and lots of links to quotes, sound files, images, etc.
- Television News Archive - this collection is
housed at Vanderbilt University and is the world's most extensive and complete archive of
television news. The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news
broadcasts and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming.
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Art
- Dictionary
of Visual Arts - definitions of more than 2,800 terms and numerous illustrations,
pronunciations, notes, quotations and links to other art resources.
- Rings of Passion - explore the
emotions in the world of art
- Play Art Games - the games
are on color and color theory and are for elementary students
- Inside Art - students can view art
images and learn the concepts of color, subject, composition and brushstroke; this game is
the 4th grade and above.
- Digital Archive of American
Architecture - archive has over 900 images of architecture plus explanatory material
is organized chronologically by century
- ArtEdventures
- These
online games are fun and educational activities for teachers and students. Tips
- Art History Resources on the Web -
Prehistoric to 20th-Century Art as well as list of artists and worldwide museums are
contained in this site.
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Art
Museums
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Business
- Investing in your Future - this site not
only lets you learn the basic of investing, but also shows you how to put your newly
gained knowledge to work. Use the financial calculators to determine how much
different investments will return for a college education, an automobile, a
house or
your retirement
Calculators - links to all kinds of calculators
including mortgages, sports, loans, credit cards from the
University of Pennsylvania
- Get Historical stock data on any
company by entering the company's ticker (i.e. gives stock price/high/low by date Has IBM
back to 1962!) . Also able to chart one stock against up to four other stocks on the same
graph.
- Forbes Toolbox - most useful for
its links to all of the Forbes' lists (Top 500 companies, richest people, etc.)
- Thomas Register of American Manufactures -
source of information on companies
- Patent Search
-search patents registered from 1921 to present, including 23 years of images.
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Careers Assessment Information - students can take
online tests to determine their skills, aptitudes and interests
- Michigan Occupational Information System
Self-Assessment Career Survey
- Survey of career cluster area interests which is divided into interests, aptitudes and
experiences. Analyzes answers and provides career clusters and career descriptions which
correspond to career profiles found in the Michigan Occupational Information Miniscripts
- Keirsey Temperament Sorter - An online personality
test which analyzes responses and provides a personality profile.
- The Career Key - This inventory
is based on the Holland personality types. After taking this, you will get a sense of what
Holland personality types most closely represent you and a list of occupations that match
each personality type
- Department of Labor Occupational Categories
- survey of career cluster areas divided into interests and aptitudes and corresponds to
DOL's Occupational Handbooks
- Medical Career Finder - take
a short test to help you determine the medical career that is right for you
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Career Handbooks - Career planning guides which
provide information for planning a career, identifying qualifications, education and
training, salary and work environment.
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Government Career Opportunities - These sites
contain information on government employment and other career opportunities
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Classified Ads
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Interviews and Resumes
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Relocation Information
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Information on Companies
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Foreign Languages
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Health and Physical Education
- Neuroscience for Kids -
this site is a virtual tour of the brain where you can learn some interesting facts about
the brain; it has a very good section on experiments
The Heart: An Online Tour - if you ever
walked through the heart at the Franklin Institute then you know that this is an excellent
site; take a virtual tour of the heart and watch movies of open heart surgery and listen
to heart beats. (This site can also be used for Science)
- You First: Health Risk Assessment -
students answer a questionnaire and then are provided suggestions for how to improve their
health.
- Diet Analysis Web Page - enter the foods you've
eaten for one day and then reports a complete nutritional review of your diet based on the
Recommended Dietary Allowances
- Kid's Health - one of the best
children's health sites on the Internet; it has articles and information for teens and
children; teens will enjoy Health Horoscopes while Kids Only Closet has numerous
interactive health related games and activities
- Shape Up America - provides the latest information
for staying in shape including meal plans. Provides self-assessment and health and fitness
quiz and articles on fitness
- Welcome to You
Are What You Eat: A Guide to Good Nutrition - This site was specifically designed to
be as interactive as possible. To ensure that you get the most out of your visit, please
visit the Nutritional Profile Generator before going on.
- Sports Science - interdisciplinary site for
research on human physical performance; links to articles, a sports encyclopedia, research
materials, reviews, and links
- The Science of Hockey - this site
explores the science behind this sports; it takes you behind the scenes with the San Jose
Sharks and includes information on staying fit for hockey (this site can also be used for
Science)
- Alcohol and Drug Information - fact sheets
on domestic violence, alcohol and drugs from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and
Drug Information.
- Fact Sheets on Drugs - information
compiled by the organization for a Drug Free America
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Language Arts Subject Links
- Book Awards-Links to almost 100 lists of
various book award arranged alphabetically.
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Reader's Advisory
- Bookbrowser - a wonderful reader's advisory
site, offering many reading lists. There are also pages on author pseudonyms, forthcoming
titles, as well as over 1700 reviews and links to other reader's advisory sites.
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Words
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Children and Young Adult Author Sites
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Literature Sites
- The Academy of American Poets - this is an
excellent site which includes information on American poets, featured articles and a
listening booth where students can listen to poets recite their poetry
- IPL Literary Criticisms - this is an
excellent site for biographical and critical information on authors; contains over 1500
criticisms
- Great Writers - this is a
collection of home pages on writers and poets
- Play Index - an on-line index to plays in
collections, anthologies and periodicals. Inter-Play provides easy access to the locations
of printed plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals. The sources indexed range
from the late 19th century through the current year.
- The English Server Drama Collection
- Carnegie-Mellon University site; his site contains a collection of original plays and
screenplays, criticism and links to other sites concerned with theatre
- Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet -
guide to William Shakespeare, his works, life, and times includes timeline, works,
criticism, links, and the Renaissance.
- Romantic Circles - this site is devoted to Romantic
literature (Shelley, Keats, Byrons and their contemporaries) and culture
- The
Victorian Web - an outstanding site on Victorian history and culture maintained by
Brown University
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Stories and Tales from Around the World
- Moonlit Road - a site for listening to and
enjoying folk tales from around the world which are enhanced by wonderful illustrations
and animations.
- Cinderella Project
- from the University of Mississippi; a text and image archive of 12 versions of this
fairy tale
- Internet Public Library Story Hour -
online illustrated children's stories
- Cyberkids Online Games and Puzzles
- includes crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, mazes, word games and arcade games.
- The Write Site - an interactive language arts
and writing project for middle school students developed by has been developed by Greater
Dayton Public Television.
- Wacky Web Page - This is an
online version of Mad Libs geared for students in grades 4 and above. Students read the
wacky tales and can even write and submit their own wacky web tales. Helps students learn
parts of speech.
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Online Texts
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Math
- Mathmania - this site is
dedicated to solving open problems in mathematics; the activities include the topics of
graph theory, know theory, sorting networks and finite state machines;
games and activities for kids
- Cool Math - this site by Karen is designed for
the enjoyment of math; it includes links for all areas of mathematics
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Math Biographies
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Elementary and Middle School Math Sites
- Fractal - an introductory
online fractal unit for elementary and middle school students by Cynthia Lanius
- How Far Is It? - This service uses data from
the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and
longitude of two places and then calculates the world to find the latitude and longitude
of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also
provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server.
- A+ Math - an interactive site designed to
help elementary students improve their math skills; has a game room, flash cards, advanced
math problems and a homework helper.
- Math Baseball - this interactive math game
concentrates on addition and multiplication skills
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Secondary Math Sites
- Pi Page - this
is a must see for everything about pi
- PUMAS - this is a
wonderful site for convincing your students of the importance of math and science in their
lives. These essays were written by scientists and mathematicians and range from
windshield wipers to dog shadows
- Knot
Plot - this site reveals the power of computing to create images from formulas, and
even to animate them.
- The Geometry Center - its Gallery of Interactive
Geometry permits students to explore math relationships in 3D in its Interactive Web and
Java Applications link
- Mandelbrot Explorer - an
interactive site which allows students to set the parameters for drawing fractals
- The Fractal Microscope
- this is an interactive tool designed to explore Mandelbrot sets and other fractal
patterns
- Algebra - Fun with Calendars
- a fun mathematical puzzle to play
- The World of Escher - This is a wonderful
site for students to see intricate repeating patterns and mathematically complex
structures that are used in these works of art
- Math Gallery -
this is a wonderful site which shows the connection between math and art
- Online SAT Prep - Skill lessons to
review math and verbal sections of the SAT (site can also be used for Language Arts)
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Multicultural Sites
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Multicultural Holidays and Festivals
- Reveillon - a Canadian and
French celebration
- Kwanzaa - history of Kwanzaa as
well as definitions of various terms.
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Music
- The World of Music - information on the
music of countries; listen to musical instruments
- Mr. Note's
Musical Games - students learn musical notation while playing board games like Final,
Hang the Teacher, and Music Puzzles
- Classical Net - provides links to classical music
sites on the web - scroll down for information on composers and their music; provides a
list of composers by nationality
- Ages of Classical Music - good place
to begin research; links the historical period to the composers from the Middle Ages
through the Romantic period to the Twentieth Century.
- Biographies on
composers.
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Science
- The Urbana Atlas of
Pathology - this is a site has pictures and descriptions of internal body parts and
diseased organs
- Exploratorium - this fabulous site has over
650 interactive "hands-on exhibits.
- Bill Nye, the Science Guy -
this site offers a new experiment each day using simple household item; it also includes
and media lab with pictures, videos and photo gallery
- Frank Potter's Science Gems - this
is the end all to science sites; it has 3100 of the best science links on the web arranged
by subject and grade level (this site can also be used for Science lesson plans and
activities)
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Astronomy
- Solar System Live – highly interactive
site where you can set the time and date, viewpoint, observing location, orbital elements
to track an asteroid or comet
- Nine Planets – a multimedia tour of
the solar system; this is a very interactive site which gives the history of and tour of
each of the planets. There are links to various space missions.
- Online Planetarium Show – this has
a fantastic interactive tour of the sites revealed by the Hubble Telescope
- Skyview
- United States
Geological Survey
- Astronomy Photos - the northern
constellations from Andromeda to Vulpecula as well as of the Moon, Mars and Hale-Bopp.
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Biology
- Access Excellence - this is a wonderful site for
biology teachers. It provides activities, online projects, resources and activities.
- Virtual Frog Dissection - this interactive
program is part of the "Whole Frog" project
- The Cell - this microbiology web site takes
you on a virtual tour of a cell; it also includes a cell gallery and resources
- Cells Alive - scroll down to the table of
contents for an extensive lists of cells on this site; includes pictures and animation
- Human Genome Project
- Human Anatomy Online - interactive
program which contains hundreds of illustrations of the human body with animations and
links (this site can also be used for Heath Education)
- Three Dimensional Human
Reconstruction - this is a highly interactive site
- Animal Diversity Web - this site
contains pictures and information about animals
- The Electronic Zoo - contains
information, pictures, sounds and links to all kinds of animals
- Genes and Diseases - this is an
excellent site for information on genetic diseases from the National Institute of Health;
links to a gene map of the Human Genome
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Chemistry
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Earth Science
- Volcano World - this site has
everything you ever wanted to know about volcanoes including current activity, ask an
expert and volcano video clips
- The Electric Volcano - multimedia
presentation of volcano and extensive information
- The World Wide Earthquake Locator
- locates earthquakes on clickable maps; also includes general information on earthquakes
and information on the magnitude of quakes
- Hurricanes -
this is a highly interactive site on hurricanes, you can even interact with Atlantic
hurricanes from 1950 - 1971
- Hurricane - this is a wonderful site
for elementary students; go inside a hurricane or learn about weather instruments
- Earth Watch - this site has everything about
weather; you can even get 3D information by clicking on the map of the United States
- Weather Online - the ultimate weather guide
with forecast, graphics and reports on weather throughout the United States
- The Smithsonian Gem and
Mineral Collection - this is an interactive exhibit of the gems of the Smithsonian's
Natural History Museum
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Environmental Science
- E-E Link - fact sheets on
endangered species; animals can be located by region or name
- Rainforest Action Network - has fact sheets and a
kids corner with interactive activities
- Environmental Index
- contains the latest information about environmental issues including air pollution,
global warming, water resources, acid rain.
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Physics and Physical Science
- How Stuff Works - this is a wonderful site
that describes in easy to understand language the mechanics behind everything from engines
to home heaters (this site can also be used for Technology )
- The Atom Family - this site teaches
elementary students about the atom and electricity
- Amusement Park Physics
- students learn the impact of physics on the design of amusement park rides
- How Things
Work - a physics professor's answer to commonly asked questions. There is a table of
contents, topical list of questions and a section for asking questions. (This site can
also be used for Technology)
- Exploring Gravity -
this is an interactive site on the topic of gravity
- Galileo's Room - an interactive
multimedia tour of Galileo artifacts from the History of Science Museum in Florence Italy
- Visual Science - students explore concepts
in science using multimedia technology; there are activities on the topics of mechanics,
waves, optics and games
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Science Biographies
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Science Fairs and Projects
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Science Museums
- The Franklin Institute - Philadelphia - this site has a
number of online exhibits and activities
- The Field Museum - the Natural History Museum in
Chicago has numerous online interactive exhibits for students including the Underground
Adventure, The Lions of Tsavo and Women in Science. Students can also watch the
preparations for the newest dinosaur exhibit.
- Boston Museum of Science - its interactive exhibits
include Scaling Everest, Leonardo, Scanning Electron Microscope and the Theater of
Electricity and Welcome to the Universe
- Dinosaurs in Hawaii
Exhibit - take a virtual tour of this museum exhibit sponsored by Honolulu Community
College
- The Science Learning Network's Museums
- links to the best interactive museums; this is an excellent resource
- Hands on Science Center - is a
guide with links to science museums throughout the world
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Social Studies
- Digital Classroom - From the
National Archives and Records Administration - contains materials from the NARA, methods
for teaching with historical primary sources, sample lesson plans correlated to the
National History Standards and the National Standards for Civics and Government,
reproducible primary documents, and cross-curricular connections.
- History/Social Studies Web Sites for
K-12 Teachers - The major purpose of this home page is to encourage the use of the
World Wide Web as a tool for learning and teaching and to provide some help for K-12
classroom teachers in locating and using the resources of the Internet in the classroom.
- Library of Congress
Educators Page -Created to help educators use the American Memory Historical
Collections - includes lesson plans The American Memory Historical Collections contain
documents, motion pictures, photographs, and sound recordings of important events in the
history of the United States.
- Example: Port
of Entry is a sample lesson highlighting the immigrant experience in American life.
Students assume the role of historical detective and travel back in time to the turn of
the century. As historical detectives, they search for clues to the past in images and
primary source documents from the American Memory collections.
- These sample lessons illustrate how teachers and students can use Internet resources in
their study of U.S. history and government. The lessons are based on primary sources from
the Library of Congress web site. Some primary sources used in these lessons come from
Internet sites outside the Library. Support materials for these lessons are provided as
well.
- Hyperhistory Online
- World History site with 1200 links including people, events, maps and history
- Eyewitness to History - uses personal narratives
and other first-hand sources to illustrate the past, EyeWitness is presented by Ibis
Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of educational CD-ROMs. Information is
chronologically arranged with links to events
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Today in History Sites
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Biographies
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Government Sites
- The White House -
meet the Presidents and First Ladies and take a tour of the White House; links to
Presidential libraries
- The American Presidency -
from Grolier's, includes biographies, sound bites and photographs
- United States House of Representatives - access to
information on legislation, members of Congress, and links to other government sites
- United States Senate - information on members,
activities, legislation and links to other government sites
- U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database - from
Northwestern University, "briefs of key constitutional cases and all of the United
States Supreme Court's written opinions since 1891 .. biographies and portraits of 108
justices .. virtual tour of the Supreme Court building"
- Library of Congress - has an extensive list of
online exhibits including Frank Llyod Wright, the Marshall Plan, and African American
Mosaic; home of the American Memory Collection
- National
Archives and Records Administration - full text and pictures of the Constitution;
biographies of each of the 39 delegates including background information and facts;
picture and full-text of the Bill of Rights
- The CIA World
Factbook - provides detailed and current information on all nations. Information
includes population and demographics, governmental system and officials, geography,
communication, transportation, military, and transnational issues. Current maps and color
pictures of flags are included.
- Thomas: Legislative Information - full-text of
Bills, Public Laws, Congressional Record, Roll Call Votes and Committee information
Other useful links include, Historical Documents, The legislative process and links
to house and senate directories.
- Government
Documents on the Web - this is a subject arrangement of the most frequently used
depository document titles at Columbia University Libraries.
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The Holocaust
- The United States Holocaust Museum - interactive
exhibits and extensive information on the Holocaust
- Simon Wiesenthal Center - International Center for
Holocaust remembrance
- Cybrary of the Holocaust - uses photographs, art,
poems, personal narratives to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive
- The Nizkor Project - the purpose of this site is to
respond to those who say the Holocaust never happened; includes photographs and
information on the concentration camps; personal narratives, documents, and testimony from
the Nuremberg trials
- Anne Frank Online - includes photographs and a
biography of her life
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United States History
- Exploring Amistad -
The content rich site includes teaching materials, a library of links to other sites, an
abbreviated version of the Amistad story and excellent illustrations.
- Plimoth-on-the-Web - visit and tour Plimoth
Plantation and learn about America's early history.
- Welcome to the West- From the
PBS Television series, this tour introduces you to people and places that made the West
famous
- The Oregon Trail - take a
virtual tour of this famous road west; meet the people, visit the sites and learn some
interesting facts along the way
- Civil War Photos
- a large collection of
photographs from the American Memory Collection
- The Civil War Home Page - offers a large
collection of links to Internet sites on all aspects of the Civil War; this is an
excellent site for information on the Civil War
- The History of Ellis
Island - from the History Channel, students can follow in the footsteps of immigrants
through processing, test themselves with questions used in immigrant interviews and trace
a bit of you’re their genealogy.
- Trenches on the Web - an Internet History of
World War I - this is the best site on the web for information on WWI - has information on
the people, places and events during this war
- World War I Document Archive
- Oral History Archive of
World War II
- Powers of Persuasion -
Poster of World War II
- World War II
Poster - over 300 posters of the United States
- World War II Home Page
- Archives and Documents - scroll down for a chronological presentations of events; links
connect you to explanations and multimedia for each date
- World War II Archive - archives of
sounds, videos and pictures of WW II
- The Twenties- Thumbnail sketches of
important facts for each decade from 1900-2001
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World History
- The Museum of Antiquities - this site has
numerous online exhibits
- The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- this site has information on the seven wonders plus links to the history, culture and
religion of the time period.
- Life in Ancient Egypt
- online exhibit from Carnegie Museum of Natural history and includes a chronology,
geography, daily life, gods, religion and funeral customs
- NOVA: The Inside Story - this is a
fabulous site where students can explore the inside of the pyramids and the sphinx
- The Ancient Olympics Virtual Museum -
this is a wonderful site about the ancient Olympics; it includes a slide show of Greece,
the history of the games, list and explanations of the events
- The Ancient City of Athens - this
is a photographic archive of this ancient city and Greek culture
- Perseus Project - digital library of
resources for the study of the ancient world
- The Forum - an excellent site for
learning about the life, religion and culture of Ancient Rome
- The Gallery - photographs of
Roman art and architecture
- The Middle Ages - this is
based on an Annenberg Exhibit and includes the culture, history and religion of this time
and links to other resources it is an interactive exhibit
- Castles on the Web - take a virtual tour
of castles; site has pictures and information on over 50 castles
- The
Victorian Web - a treasure trove of information on this time period
- Tudor England 1485-1603- Includes
primary sources, eyewitness accounts and life in Tudor England.
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Technology
- Electronics - A
beginners Guide to electronics - step-by-step
- How Stuff Works This is a wonderful site
that describes in easy to understand language the mechanics behind everything from engines
to home heaters (this site can also be used for Science)
- Building Materials and Woodworking -
sponsored by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; links to some of the best sites
on the web including building codes
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Children's and Young Adult Sites
- Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism
- Though the emphasis is on twentieth-century children's literature, classics from earlier
centuries have been included. It categorizes and assesses the critical response to
fiction, drama, poetry and some nonfiction written for children between the ages of one to
sixteen. The literature covered ranges in format and style from the picture book to the
young adult novel.
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