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Reading Resources

• CyberGuides
  From the Language Arts SCORE, teacher-developed CyberGuides are 'supplementary units of instruction based on core works of literature, designed for students to use the World Wide Web.  "Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, objectives, a task, a Web-infused process, and an evaluation rubric.
• Literature Circles
  A collection of links to help teachers with literature circles.
• Cyber English Syllaweb
  Here are some online English assignments that use technologies as tools and topics.   The site includes a booklist of literature with technology themes.
• Columbia education Center:   Language Arts Lesson Plans
  Over 100 lesson plans, organized by elementary, intermediate and high school grade levels.
• Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes
  Featuring: How to Write Activities For The Web; Reading Strategies For Web Activities; Internet Options in the Classroom; Web Lesson Evaluation Form and Favorite Teacher URL's.
• Language Arts Lesson Plans for K-5
  Over 40 lesson plans from OFCN's Academy Curricular Exchange.
• Learn Vocabulary Syndicate
  Grade specific puzzles, comic strips, word games and monthly word find puzzles designed to help make learning vocabulary fun.
•   Learning With Mysteries
  Mysteries are great for teaching critical thinking, reading, and writing skills, and utilize a higher order level of learning. Here you can find lesson plans and mystery resources for your classroom.
• Teachers Helping Teachers - Language Arts
  Many tried and true lessons and activities submitted by teachers from around the world.
• WebLinked Activities
  Fabulous web-linked Language Arts activity suggestions for K-8 from McGraw-Hill School Division.
• Young Author's Workshop
  Here your older students are taken step-by-step through the writing process.
• 50,000 New York Times Book Reviews
  Search by the name of the book, or by its author, to find reviews back to 1980. 
• Shakespeare Homepage
• Electronic Archives for Teaching the American Literatures
  The Electronic Archives contain essays, syllabi, bibliographies, and other resources for teaching the multiple literatures of the United States.

Online books

• http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/stories.html
  Online stories
• http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/lists.html
  Recommended book listsóvery extensive
• http://users.anderson.edu/~roebuck/readresource.html
  Some great reading resources, including vocabulary activities, a rhyming dictionary, and Wacky Web Tales
• http://www.gutenberg.net/
  If a book is in the public domain, it is probably located (in its entirety) here.
• http://www.ipl.org/
  Here it isóthe Internet Public Library
• http://www.nytimes.com/books
  Over 50,000 books are reviewed at this site
• http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/wonderland
  Excellent interactive site on Alice in Wonderland

Writing

• Purdue University Online Writing Lab
  As a young English teacher, did you ever look with envy at the file cabinets of your elder colleagues?  The wonderful handouts that must exist in there!  Well, Purdue University's OWL (Online Writing Lab) has posted a hugely comprehensive set of handouts online that can support writers and teachers of writing. 
• The Basic Guide to Essay Writing
  A step-by-step guide to writing a basic essay, along with links to other essay-writing resources. This is a great resource for those people that need a little help getting started with writing essays.
• The Write Site
  Designed for Ohio middle school language arts students, the Write Site curriculum has students take the role of reporters and editors to research, write and publish their own newspaper.  The site includes unit outlines, handouts, exercises, information about how to write, and more.
• Grammar Lady (The)
  Grammatical questions and answers can be found at this web site.
• Grammar Styles Guide
  Where to go to sharpen up. From dangling participles and commas to quotations and mixed metaphors, itís all here.
• Guide to Grammar & Writing
  No matter how you communicate, you have to be clear.  Here are some tips on grammar and writing to help you out.
• The Site for Shakespeare
  At this site you can learn all about the plays, prose and sonnets that Shakespeare composed.  There is an area for posting questions dealing with any number of his plays, and replies to specific questions.  There is even a poetry game, where they challenge you to piece together some of Shakespeare's most famous work.
• Young Writers Club
• Creative Writing for Kids
  Learn to write well and have fun doing it! Get storytelling tips, work on grammar and spelling, and publish stories online. From The Mining Company.
• http://www.kalama.com/~mariner/qserwrit.htm
  Extremely comprehensiveóeverything from grammar to screenplays
• http://www.quintcareers.com/writing/
  THE definitive source for all writing-related books and Web sites, including the best reference sites, writing sites, writing job sites, and much more.
• http://www.onelook.com/
  This site has over 500 dictionaries in various topics such as technology, telephony, religion, business terms and more.
• http://www.grammarnow.com/
  Assistance with grammar and writing style
  http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html
  MLA style citations of sources
• http://www.biography.com/
  This site has a searchable database of more than 20,000 famous people.
• http://www.refdesk.com/
  The Internet is the worldís largest library, containing millions of books, artifacts, images, documents, maps, etc.

Reading and Writing Resources

Reference Tools

• http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Language_Arts/index.htm
  If you only see one site on Language Arts, THIS IS IT!
• http://www.itools.com/research-it/
• http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/
• http://www.refdesk.com/
• Researchpaper.com
  Large collection of topics, ideas and assistance for school related research projects
• Biography
  Searchable database of over 15000 of the greatest names, past and present.
• B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
  340 links to research sites and sites for all academic subjects
• English Grammar Clinic
  Your grammar questions are answered by professional English language instructors.
• Kids Web
  A World Wide Web Digital Library for Schoolkids.
• Free Internet Encyclopedia.
  Free Internet Encyclopedia presents an online index of sites which can help kids with their homework. If you want to find more information on the Web , click on W3 Search Engines at bottom of the page.
• http://www.4kids.org/, provided by Universal Press Syndicate, presents weekly online issues of educational sites with a common theme. Kids can use these issues to find information for their school reports. The site also answers questions and has a fun 4Kids Detective quiz.
• yOyee KIDSPAGE.
  yOyee KIDSPAGE, authored by 15-year-old Stan, provides a list of online nations where kids can find information and answer trivia questions aboutAsia. Kids can also become pen pals.

On-line Experts

• Ask Dr. Math
  Having trouble with a math question?  Check this site out for answers to all your math questions.
• Ask Dr. Universe
  Every week, this cat answers a new question on topics ranging from beans to money to wildflowers.
• Grammar Lady
  Find answers to most of your English grammar questions.  If you can't find the answer you seek, you can also post your question for the Grammar Lady.
• Ask An Expert Page
  Get answers to questions about science, math, movies and more.
• Ask a Volcanologist
  Have a question about volcanoes?  Check this site out.
• Scientific American's Ask an Expert
• WhaleNet A.S.K. "Scientist of the Week"
• Ask a Physical Scientist - Physical Sciences.
• Ask How Things Work
• Ask-A-Geologist
• Ask an Earth Scientist
• Ask a Bird Expert
• Ask Shamu an Oceanography Question
• Ask about Diamonds

Homework Help

• http://www.highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.htm
• http://www.schoolwork.org/
• http://www.ask.com/
• http://www.itools.com/research-it/
• http://www.infoplease.com/homework
• http://www.tutorcenter.com/
• http://brainmana.com/ (hundreds of volunteers on hand to help ñ answers in 24 hours or less)
• http://www.homeworkheaven.com/

Projects Supporting Reading and Writing

Using the Internet WITH Students

Telecollaberative projects

What's THAT? A telecollaberative project is an avenue for your students to collect data, share it in a large global database, and use the entire collection of information to order and analyze patterns and trends to make predictions.

Need an example?

• Epals Around the World
• Through Our Eyes
• Journey North
• The Stowaway Adventure Use real time data to find your way home
• More collaberative projects
• Projects for the classroom
• Judi Harrisí Virtual Architecture
• Education Place
• Global School Net's Project Registry: The place to go to find collaborative projects

WebQuests

• What's THAT? A webquest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the web.

Need an example?

• Middle School & Middle East Crisis
  http://192.107.108.56/portfolios/b/bennett_k/webquest/
• High School & Middle East Crisis
  http://www.sd81.k12.wa.us/Social/Webquests/religiousconflict?
• HOLES
  http://www.plc.vic.edu.au/Library/holes/holesweb.htm
• http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/
• http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html
• http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html
• http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/academic/hewitt14.htm
• http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/wqmatrix.html
• WebQuest
• Webquests
• www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/ChinaQuest.html
• http://infusion.allconet.org/webquest/hswebquests.html
• http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/6_8.html
• http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/6-8matrix.html
• http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/donner/
• http://www.itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/tobacco.html

Scavenger Hunts and Hotlists

• What's THAT? A scavenger hunt is a list of questions with guiding links to the answers - ideal for exploration of a topic or to get students to think deeply about a concept.

Need an example?

• http://users.massed.net/~tstrong/Martin.htm
• Internet Scavenger Hunts
  The following is a collection of Internet based treasure hunt sites. Students must use the Internet to find the answers to questions. The hunt sites are listed with the appropriate grade levels. These are great activities for small groups of students.
• http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/8565/Film/hitch.html http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/es/5/michael/colonial.htm
• Way Cool Science Scavenger Hunt
  Here are several science sites where students are asked to hunt for factual information.
• Animals Internet Scavenger Hunt
  Where in the world do some animals live? Celebrate National Zoo and Aquarium Month by sending your students on an Internet scavenger hunt! They'll learn about the natural habitats of ten of the world's animals -- including some animals they've never heard of! Two versions! One for beginners and one for experienced surfers.
• Internet Scavenger Hunt: Especially For Kids
  Have you ever been on a scavenger hunt? Here is your chance to find some real treasures of the Internet! Visit the Web sites below to answer the questions, and keep track of the treasures that you find.
• Cyberbees Internet Scavenger Hunt
  Have fun trying to find the solutions to these reference questions. Go to the suggested Web site and search for the answer.
• Internet Scavenger Hunts for ESL Students
• Why? Why? Why?
  Use your students' favorite questions --- Why? Why? Why? --- as the starting point for an across-the-curriculum activity for all ages.
• Inventors and Inventions Scavenger Hunt
  Read each question below. Each question includes a link to a Web site where you can find its answer. (You might need to surf the site a bit to find the answer.) Write the answer on the line.
• Inventors and Inventions Scavenger Hunt for Older Students
• Explore Alaska Scavenger Hunts
  Education World celebrates Alaska's 40th anniversary with scavenger hunts for students across the grades. Students explore an "Alaska" Web site in search of answers to ten grade-appropriate questions.

Virtual Field Trips

• http://www.tramline.com/tr-natr.htm
• http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr057.shtml
• Tour of the Sun
• Ireland
• Paris Catacombs
• Nine Planets Tour
• NASA Space Shuttle Virtual Tour
• South Pole
• Live on Antartica
• Mars Voyage
• NORMANDY 1944
• Tour of Countries
• PARIS
• Mars

Virtual Tours

• http://www.virtualfreesites.com/museums.html
• World Wide Web Museums
• Library of Congress Home Page.
  Contains lists of exhibits, events, and tells you how to find information in the Library of Congress.
• 1492: An Ongoing Voyage.
  A Library of Congress exhibit of photos and discussions about Columbus' discovery ofAmeric
• Vatican Exhibit.
  An exhibit of the Library of Congress.
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
  Includes a teacher's guide and related material for teaching about the Holocaust.
• Slave Voices.
  An illustrated exhibit from the Perkins Library of Duke University that examines the lives of American slaves from the late 18th to the 19th century .Includes displays about the slave trade, plantation life, work of the slaves, and the problem of freedom after slavery was abolished.
• The Smithsonian Institute.
  An exhaustive collection of museums and exhibits.
• Benjamin Franklin; Glimpses of the Man.
  Franklin Institute's online exhibit of the multi-talented Ben Franklin.
• George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens.
  Features a Visitor's Guide, Library and Collections, Tour, Educational Resources and Archeology at Mount Vernon
• Monticello: The Home of Thomas Jefferson.
  FollowJefferson through his day or browse a clickable index to find information on a variety of matters relating to the third President of the United States
• Abraham Lincoln Online.
  HistoricLincoln sites, resources and pictures, speeches and writings, and a Lincoln Quiz of the Month. You can also add your views to an online discussion.
• Social Science Museums.
  Visit three museums to learn more about social studies.
•   Old Sturbridge Village.
  Visit this site and soak up New England rural history of the1830's.
• Franklin Institute Museums Hotlist
  This hotlist links to science museums, natural history museums, and other cultural institutions.

Web Cams

• http://www.rt66.com/ozone/cam.htm
• Very comprehensive SORTED list of webcams
• A complete list of North American Live weather cams
• Control the web cam at various insect zoo exhibits
• Web cams in African game preserves.
• Featured web cams at the Discovery Channel
  

Professional Support

• A journal for K-12 practice and research on reading
• Teachers.Net
• Web Sites and Resources for Teachers
• PBS TeacherSource
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• Scholastic Teachers
• TeachersFirst
• http://www.timeplan.com/vtc/index.htm
• http://www.thegateway.org/

CONTENT AREAS

LANGUAGE ARTS

General Topics

• An Animated History of Books (Created by BBC--offers a tour of the development of books.)  http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/bookcase/historyofbooks/
• EdSitement  Great lesson plans, activities on literature, language arts, foreign language, arts and culture and social studies  http://edsitement.neh.gov/
• Language Arts and English  Hotlist http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bcisd/classres/langarts.htm
• Language Arts Lesson Plans (K-12) http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang.html
• Standardized Test Preparation Hotlist (Gives help in all areas of standardized testing.) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/344
• Subject Area Resources--Language Arts  Hotlist  http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/lang/lang.asp
• Web English Teacher (Has everything--yearbook, newspaper, phonics, etc.) http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
• Newspapers in Education (Glossary of newspaper terms) http://www.wowcom.net/education/nie/glossary1.htm
• Vocabulary
• University
• (Word puzzles, lesson plans, self-testing and more) http://www.vocabulary.com/ 
• Word Play Hotlist  (Lots of annotated sites for vocabulary development) http://www.wolinskyweb.com/word.htm

Drama

• The Drama Teacherís Resource Room  http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi/
• Innovative TeachingóCreative Drama  Hotlist   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/304
• Justin's Drama and Theatre Links  http://www.theatrelinks.com/ 
• Theater on a Shoestring  http://www.angelfire.com/dc/musicthea/

Grammar

• Daily Grammar http://www.dailygrammar.com/
• English Exercises Online http://www.smic.be/smic5022/
• English Online (from New Zealand so some of the spellings are different.) http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/ 
• English Grammar 101 http://englishgrammar101.com 
• Guide to Grammar and Writing http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
• Innovative Teaching http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/251
• Traditional Grammar:  An Interactive Book http://www.engl.niu.edu/dhardy/grammarbook/title.html
• The Wide World of Verbs http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/verb/enter.htm

Literature

• AllReaders.com  http://www.allreaders.com
• American Folklore  The retelling of American folk tales, Native American myths, tall tales and ghost stories from the 50 states  http://www.americanfolklore.net/
• American Writers  http://www.americanwriters.org/
• An American Literature Survey Site http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~daniel/amlit/index.html
• Book Spot http://www.bookspot.com
• The Biography Maker http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm
• Book Units http://members.aol.com/sskufca/bookunits.htm
• Chaucer Metapage http://www.unc.edu/depts/chaucer/index.html
• The Childrenís Literature Web Guide  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
• Doucette Index  (K-12 index to books and Websites:  Teaching ideas)  http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/
• Electric Soup (Award winning online literature journal) http://homer.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/esoup/index.html
• Fairy Tales and Fables Hotlist  http://www.surfnetkids.com/fairytales.htm
• Harry Potter Lexicon  http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/index.html
• Innovative Teaching  Author! Author  Hotlist  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/307
• J. K. Rowling  (Hotlist about Harry Potter) http://www.webenglishteacher.com/rowling.html
• Literature Resources Hotlist  http://www.educationindex.com/lit/
• Mark Twain in His Times http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/index2.html
• Myths and Legends  http://www.myths.com/pub/myths/myth.html
• Project Gutenberg (Books on Line) http://gutenberg.net/
• Spark Notes (like Cliff Notes) http://www.thespark.com/sparknotes
• Stories, Folklore and Fairy Tales Theme Page http://www.cln.org/themes/fairytales.html
• University of Virginia's Free e-book Library   1,800 free ebooks for your Palm, the Web or ebooks  http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ebooklist.html
• Weedpatch Camp  A companion to Grapes of Wrath  http://www.weedpatchcamp.com/
• William Shakespeare  Hotlist http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/shakesp.htm

Plagiarism

• A Faculty Guide to Cyber Plagiarism http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/plagiarism/index.html
• The Paper Store http://www.paperwriters.com/intro.htm
• Plagiarism Stoppers:  A Teacher's Guide  http://www.ncusd203.org/central/html/where/plagiarism_stoppers.html
• Plagiarizeddotcom  An Instructors Guide to Internet Plagiarism http://www.plagiarized.com/index.shtml
• Plagiserve  Global Academic Integrity Service  http://www.plagiserve.com/
• R.J. Nero Lots of sites for homework as well as plagiarism http://wneo.org/staff/rjnero.htm 
• Poetry Academy of American Poets (Biographical information about poets and list of audio clips of poets reading their own poems) http://www.poets.org
• The American Verse Project (Presents online volumes of American poetry published before 1920.  There are a wealth of search options.)  http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/
• Introduction to Representative Poetry On-Line http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/intro.html
• Poetry Pals  Lessons and Activities http://www.geocities.com/cponykid/pages/activities.html
• Sonnet Central Contains an archive of English sonnets, commentary and relevant Web links.  http://www.sonnets.org/

Publishing Online

• Electric soup http://homer.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/esoup/index.html
• Junior Journal http://journal.jrsummit.net/servlet/pluto
• Midlink Magazine http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/

Reference and Research

• CopyrightTips and Issues http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/copy.htm
• The Cyberlibrariansí Rest Stop http://www.angelfire.com/in/virtuallibrarian/
• Electronic Reference Desk  Tons of research tools  http://scholes.alfred.edu/ref_desk/ref.html
• The Exploding Dictionary http://www.hyperdictionary.com/
• General Reference Hotlist http://www.educationindex.com/genref/
• Internet Public Library  Read online books, magazines and newspapers; do research and browse Web links.  http://www.ipl.org/
• Librarian's Guide to the Internet  A subject directory of more than 10,000 resources   http://www.lii.org/
• Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus  Graphically shows words with similar meanings.  http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus/index.html
• RefDesk  Quickliks to daily facts, pictures, today in history and SO much more  http://www.refdesk.com/
• A Research Guide for Students Lots of sites students can go to to get specific help in a lot of areas.  http://www.aresearchguide.com/index.html
• So you have to do a Research Project?  http://www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/research.html
• Wildcat Research Assistant  Have a research assignment and don't know where to start?  Try this!  http://www.wecdsb.on.ca/132/ra/index.htm

Teacher Sites

• All the Best Free Teacher ResourcesóLanguage Arts K-12 http://home.amaonline.com/teacherstuff/language.htm
• AskERIC Lesson Plans  Language Arts:  Reading  Hotlist http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml#Search

Vocabulary

• Miriam-Webster's Word of the Day  http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl
• Vocabulary  This site allows you to put in a URL, choose the action you want (i.e:  dictionary) and then click on Process and it will bring up the web site with  EVERY SINGLE WORD linked to a dictionary!  http://www.voycabulary.com/
• Word Safari Vocabulary Guessing Game (Difficult)  http://home.earthlink.net/~ruthpett/safari/index.htm

Writing

• How to Get an A in Writing http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/index.html
• Writing and Publishing  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/205
• Writing Prompts/Journal Topics http://www.track0.com/canteach/elementary/prompts.html

MATH

Basic Skills

• AAA Math  (Hundreds of pages on basic math skills--up to grade 8) http://www.aaamath.com/index.html
• Absurd Math (Simulation based on pre-algebra skills) http://www.hrmvideo.com/abmath/
• Funbrain.com  (Games a quizzes on more basic concepts.) http://www.funbrain.com 
• MathGoodies (Basically a pre-algebra siteópercent, area, circumference, etc.) http://www.mathgoodies.com/

General Topics

• Curious and Useful Math  (A collection of tips and shortcuts for all things mathematics.  Play around with Age Math, Calendar Math, the Mysterious Chisenbop counting methods and more...) http://personal.cfw.com/~clayford/ 
• Eric's Slide Rule Page (For a trip down memory lane!)  http://www.sliderule.ca/ 
• Fractals (What are they, how to make them and interactive fractal creation center) http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/
• Math in Daily Life (How number affect every day decisions) http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/
• Math in the Movies (Mathematics portrayed in major motion pictures) http://world.std.com/~reinhold/mathmovies.html
• Math Programming and Beyond (A ThinkQuest that combines math programming and visual basic in an outer space simulation.) http://library.thinkquest.org/J002581/ 
• Mr. Hoffman's Home Page (Contains an extensive listing of sites that relate to high school math classes) http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/mount/Hoffman/ 
• Real-life Math, Architecture and Computers  (This Web site is about using architecture to do math (and vice versa).  http://www.nycenet.edu/oit/math-kitecture/ 
• Symmetry and Tesselations  http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbsymteslk.htm

Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus

• Argyll Center-Jim Reed's Home Page  Covers probability, transformations, trig and more  http://argyll.epsb.edmonton.ab.ca/jreed/ 
• Calculus-Help.com  (Offers content for both advanced high school students and college calculus students.  Has a problem of the week, practice problems, fun calculus stuff and more.)  http://www.calculus-help.com/ 
• Discovery School's WebMath (Lessons and tutorials from pre-algebra through all high school subjectsógood homework helper) http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/webmath
• ExploreMath.com (Activities on geometry, trig, probability and more) http://www.exploremath.com/activities/index.cfm
• Graphing Linear Equations (Focus is algebra 1 content, lessons, puzzles, etc.) http://www.terragon.com/tkobrien/algebra/
• Harder Fibonacci Puzzles  http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibpuzzles2.html 
• Interactive Mathematics Activities (High school mathematics activities that can be done online)  http://www.cut-the-knot.com/Curriculum/index.shtml 
• Kelly's Problem of the Week (Calculus topics) http://www.calculus-help.com/problem.html 
• Math for Morons Like Us--Algebra (Exponents, factoring, rations, fractions and more)  http://library.thinkquest.org/20991.alg/index.html 
• Number Patterns  Fun with Curves and Topology http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbfunpatt.htm 
• Open Problems (Links to solved and unsolved problems, mostly in geometry.  High level) http://compgeom.cs.uiuc.edu/~jeffe/open/open.html  
• Paper Models of Polyhedra  (Over 80 models available)  http://www.korthalsaltes.com/  
• Polyhedra Pastimes http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbpolyhedra.htm 
• Webmath (Help with problems in Pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, data analysis and real world mathematics.) http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/webmath/

History of Mathematics

• Archimedes, Fermat, Euclid Newton
• Pascal, etc. http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4116/History/archimedes.htm 
• History of Mathematics (Extensive biographies and archived information) http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html
• Interactive Math (Lots of activities in numbers/operations, algebra, geometry, measurement and data for grades K-12) http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/softfeature.htm
• Maria Gaetana Agnesi (Timeline and Interesting Math from her life) http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/faculty/sgray/Agnesi
• Mathematician of the Day  (Gives the day and a biography of mathematicians born on that day--with an index.  http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Day_files/Now.html
• The Proof ( Fermat's last theorem shows connections across the curriculum.) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/proof/

HotLists

• Math Ideas for Science Fair Projects (Hotlist) http://mathforum.org/teachers/mathproject.html
• Subject Area Resources:  Mathematics (Extensive hotlist) http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/math/math.asp

Measurement

• Convert It http://www.microimg.com/science/index.html
• Dictionary of Units of Measurement http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/

Organizations

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://www.nctm.org/
• Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics (Conference)  http://www.sinclair.edu/departments/mat/Information/OCTM/octm.htm

Puzzles, Games, and Problems

• Brain Boosters (Interesting problems in lateral thinking, logic, number and math play.) http://school.discovery.com/brainboosters/index.html 
• Clever Games for Clever People (Strategy games for k-12) http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/conway/games.html
• Fibonacci Puzzles (Image and number puzzles based on work of Fibonacci)
• The Maths File Game Show (Animated games to teach topics in number, data, algebra, shape, space and measurement.  Also has printable worksheets.) http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/
• Mathematical Interactivities  (Activities that can be done directly on the computer)   http://mathematics.hellam.net/ 
• Pi Day  (Gives activities you can do on March 14--which is 3.14) http://mam2000.mathforum.org/t2t/faq/faq.pi.html 
• Plane Math  (Contains three levels of problem solving on elapsed time, capacity, measurement and more)  http://www.planemath.com/activities/pmactivitiesall.html 
• Problem of the Week http://www.wits.ac.za/ssproule/pow.htm 
• Welcome to Mathematrix (Explores mathematical recreations) http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/7773/index.html

Spread Sheets

• Tutorial for Microsoft Excel 97 (Works pretty much the same as Excel 2000 and Excel XP) http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorial/classroom/excel97/default.asp
• Tutorial for Spreadsheet in general and then Excel  http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/
• Spreadsheets in the Math Classroom http://www.math.byu.edu/~lfrancis/readings302/Spreadsheets.html 
• Graphs: How to make graphs using a spreadsheet (Mac) http://mathforum.org/alejandre/spreadsheet.html ;

Statistics

Flash Cards, Games, Activities

• A+ Math  (Flash cards, games, etc.) http://www.aplusmath.com/ 
• AAA Math  (Hundreds of pages on basic math skills) http://www.aaamath.com/index.html 
• AllMath  Covers measurement topics, has flash cards and more.  http://www.allmath.com  
• Cyberchase Lots of games  http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games.html 
• Flashcards for Kids  http://www.edu4kids.com/math  
• FunBrain (Lots of quizzes on a variety of topics.)  http://www.funbrain.com 
• Fun Math Lessons (Short activities in a variety of areas) http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/ 
• The Maths File Game Show (Animated games to teach topics in number, data, algebra, shape, space and measurement.  Also has printable worksheets.) http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/ 
• A Math Dictionary for Kids (An animated, interactive dictionary for students which explains over 400 common mathematical terms in simple language.)  http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/ 
• Math in the Factory (Has games that show how math is used in the making of chocolate.) http://www.cadburylearningzone.co.uk/maths/ 
• Mathematical Interactivities  (Activities that can be done directly on the computer)   http://mathematics.hellam.net/ 
• MathGoodies (Basically a pre-algebra siteópercent, area, circumference, etc.) http://www.mathgoodies.com/
• Math-Kitecture  (Make a scale-drawing of your classroom with step-by-step instructions.)  http://www.nycenet.edu/oit/math-kitecture/ 
• MathMastery (Flash cards and problem of the day) http://www.mathmastery.com 
• Multiplication.com (worksheets, lessons and games)  http://www.multiplication.com/  
• Online Mancala (Three levels of play available for this game that originated in Africa.) http://imagiware.com/mancala/
• Visual Fractions (Interactive way to review and reinforce fractions.) http://www.visualfractions.com/ 

SCIENCE

Earth Science

• Astronomy Resources Hotlist  http://www.educationindex.com/astro/ 
• Backyard Jungle  (Educates children 9 to 12 about ecology and explore their natural surroundings.)  http://www.backysardjungle.org/ 
• Biomes of the World (Brief and informative with diagrams, maps and graphs) http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm 
• Deserts (Offers brief explanations to the questions one is likely to ask about the desert) http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/contents/ 
• Dinosaurs
• Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground (Hands-on astronomy activities for kids) http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/index.html 
• Geology Resources  HOTLIST  http://www.educationindex.com/geology/ 
• Great Sites for Great KidsóMore Science Sites (Astronomy) http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/third1.html
• Great Sites for Great KidsóMore Science Sites (NASA Related Information) http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/third2.html
• Insectclopedia  http://www.insectclopedia.com/ 
• Lesson Plans--Air, Water, and Waste (Also game ideas and a question bank) http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/exec/sbea/tes/lessons99/subjectlist.html 
• National Geographic (A wealth of material!) http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/backyard/
• NASA Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/350
• Pinhole Spy Camera (You're a spy and need a pinhole camera in your work.  Learn how to make one) http://www.pinholespy.com/ 
• Sea and Sky  (A site dedicated to sharing the splendors of our fragile oceans and the wonders of the universe) http://www.seasky.org/mainmenu.html 
• StarChild  (Covers solar system universe, space stuff and a glossary) http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/ 
• The Universe in the Classroom  (Newsletter that provides basic activities and information for the teachers who wants to teach astronomy buy lacks a deep knowledge of the subject.) http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/tnl.html 
• Volcanoes and Earthquakes
• Weather  Hotlist

Life Science

• Ama-zone! The Rain Forest Project http://wneo.org/ama-zone
• Anatomia  Do You Know About Anatomy?  (Interactive activities labeling the human skeleton, eye, skull, digestive system, respiratory system, skin are the core of this website.  http://www.anatomia.learningtogether.net/ 
• Bio Links  (500 links in biotechnology, diseases, evolution and microbiology)  http://www.biozone.co.nz/links.html
• Biology4Kids http://www.biology4kids.com/
• Biology Resources Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/210
• Biomes-Habitats (Grades 3-6) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/ 
• Biomes of the World http://mbgnet.mobot.org/ 
• Botany Resources  Hotlist  http://www.educationindex.com/botany/ 
• The Bug Place  http://www.thebugpage.com/ 
• The Children's Butterfly Site  http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/education/butterfly/bfly_start.asp 
• Environmental Science Hotlist  http://www.educationindex.com/environ/ 
• FrogGuts.com  (Virtual frog dissection) http://www.froguts.com/frog/index.html 
• Fun with Bacteriology  http://wneo.org/WebQuests/WebQuests.htm
• Great Sites for Great KidsóMore Science Sites ( Animals) http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/third3.html
• KidWings  Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection  http://www.kidwings.com/ 
• Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center  http://wildflower.avatartech.com/Plants_Online/Native_Plants/native.html 
• All About Mammals Grades 2-6 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/ 
• More Biology Resources Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/259
• Oceans
• Ranger Rick's Kids Kidzone (Elementary life science) http://www.nwf.org/kids/ 
• Seven Bioscience Challenges  http://www.actionbioscience.org/ 
• The Shape of Life  (Tells the story of life on earth.  Accompanies a PBS series)  http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/index.html 
• Smile Program Biology Index  (Lesson Plans) http://www.iit.edu/~smile/biolinde.html 
• Using Live Insects in the Elementary Classroom  http://insected.arizona.edu/uli.htm 
• Virtual Frog Dissection Kit  http://www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect   
• World Biomes http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm 
• Your Genes  Your Health  (A multimedia guide to genetic disorders)  http://yourgenesyourhealth.org/ 

Physical Science

• Amusement Park Physics
• Elementary School Lesson Plans (in physics) http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/hex/visit/lesson/lesson_links1.html 
• Chemistry  Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/347 
• Chemistry Hotlist  http://www.educationindex.com/chem/ 
• Cyber Text Matter, energy, forces, machines, and earth http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/8thintro.htm 
• Fear of Physics  Fear not!  Physics. Explained.  http://www.fearofphysics.com/ 
• How Far Does Light Go?  http://www.kie.berkeley.edu/KIE/web/hf.html 
• Light:  A Learning Unit  Deals with filaments, prisms, watts and circuits.  Has a math, a history and a technology section for each topic.  http://www.gelighting.com/na/home/gela/students/index.htm 
• Little Shop of Physics  Experiments with household items http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/Experiments.html 
• Physics Resources Hotlist  http://www.educationindex.com/physics/ 
• Rader's Chem4Kids Covers reactions, elements, atoms, matter, biochemistry and more-Grades 9-12  http://www.chem4kids.com/ 
• Science Optics and You  Designed to promote the asking and answering of questions related to light, color, and optics. http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/index.html 
• Simple Machines
• Smile Program Chemistry Index (Lesson Plans) http://www.iit.edu/~smile/cheminde.html
• Smile Program Physics Index (Lesson Plans) http://www.iit.edu/~smile/physinde.html 

Bad Science  (To learn that you better check the source when using the Internet)

• Bad Astronomy  http://www.badastronomy.com/ 
• California's Velcro Crop Under Challenge  http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html 
• Feline Reaction to Bearded Men  http://www.improb.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html

General Topics

• A+ Learning Galleries for Fun Science Learning  Each learning gallery contains a collection of images relating to one science or nature topic.  Excellent pictures.  http://www.monkeytime.com/sciencemaster/galleries/galleries.php 
• Alberta Innovations and Science  Houses a Funzone, experiments, news, careers and more! http://www.scitechweek.gov.ab.ca/frameset.htm  A. J. Jordak
• Library Media Center Lots of sites by category--Astronomy & Space, Earth Science, Life Science and Physical Science  http://www.cardinal.k12.oh.us/jordak/jlib/sts_sci.htm 
• Bad Astronomy  www.badastronomy.com 
• General Science Hotlist  http://www.educationindex.com/gensci/         
• Inventions
• NOVA Hot Science http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hotscience/ 
• Science Fair Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/294
• Science Learning Network (Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Unisys) http://www.sln.org/
• Science Net Links (A collection of high quality reviewed Internet resources linked to specific benchmarks and grade ranges. Each site is tied to several learning goals and uses research-based instructional strategies that support student learning.) http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/resource_index.htm
• Subject Area Resources: Health/PE  Hotlist http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/health/healthpe.asp
• Subject Area Resources: Science Hotlist (General Science Resources; Earth and SpaceóAstronomy/Earth and Environment/Meteorology; Life SciencesóAnimal Biology/Human Biology/Plant Biology/Other; Physical SciencesóChemistry/Physics/Other; Science and Technology http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/science/science.asp
• The Ultimate Science Fair Resource http://www.scifair.org/index.shtml#spon       
• (United States Gologic Survey) Lesson Plans   http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/lesson_plans.htm   
• Virtual Science Museums  Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/372
• Your Science Fair Resource Guide http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/

SOCIAL STUDIES

Anthropology, Psychology, Social Science

• American Cultural History:  The 20th Century  (Gives information about art, books, fashion, events, music, theater and more for each decade.) http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decades.html 
• Ethnic and Cultural Studies  Hotlist  http://www.educationindex.com/culture/ 
• The Multicultural Resource Site for Middle School Teachers http://www.cocc.edu/karenk/  Subject Area Resources Hotlist Anthropology, Psychology, Social Science http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/behavior/behavior.asp
• African-American History
• African Americans in the Sciences African Americans who have contributed to the sciences past, present and future  http://www.princeton.edu/%7Emcbrown/display/faces.html 
• The African-American Mosaic:  A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
• AFRO-American Almanac  http://www.toptags.com/aama/ 
• Afro-Americ@ ; Kids Zone  (Games, stories, and information about the continent of Africahttp://www.afro.com/children/children.html 
• The Big Picture--Black History  Hotlist  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/full_coverage/yahooligans/bhm
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scavenger Hunt  http://users.massed.net/~tstrong/Martin.htm
• Family Education Network:  Martin Luther King, Jr. http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-4644,00.html
• Jim Crow  http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/home.htm 
• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center  http://www.undergroundrailroad.org/ 
• The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/ 
• Stamp on Black History (from U.S. Postal Service)http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Stamps.htm
• Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/

Diversity and Equity Organizations

• Anti-Defamation League (Aimed at combating hatred, prejudice, racial profiling and bigotry)  http://www.adl.org/ 
• Facing History and Ourselves  (Helps in making an informed citizenry by studying racism, prejudice and anati-Semitism) http://www.facinghistory.org 
• NAACP  (Tells of the struggles off civil rights and social justice in Americahttp://www.naacp.org

Information, Projects and More

• CAMERA  Media Report  (The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America monitors media accounts of coverage of the Middle East.) http://world.std.com/~camera/ 
• Childhood Chronicles  Students around the world can share their culture with others.  http://geocities.com/petrud98/ 
• Crossroads (A WebQuest on tolerance for high school students)  http://wneo.org/WebQuests/TeacherWebQuests/crossroads/crossroads.htm
• ERIC Digest:  Arab American Students in Public Schools  (Tells how to build a prejudice free school environment.  Includes bibliography of material)  http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed429144.html 
• Explorer Trail:  Walk a Mile in My Shoes    Hotlist  (Designed to complement a yearlong study using children's literature.) http://www.wmht.org/trail/explor02.htm 
• Gender Statistics from the World Bank  (Offers health and economic information about women around the world.) http://genderstats.worldbank.org/menu.asp 
• MADRE  (Addresses issues of health, education, economic development and human rights around the world.)  http://madre.org/index.html 
• The Multicultural Resource Site for Middle School Teachers (Resource tool and curriculum guide)  http://www.cocc.edu/karenk/ 
• Native Americans-Internet Resources  Hotlist (Vast resources about Native Americans) http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/native.htm 
• Not in Our Town  (PBS sponsored Web site address hate crimes and prejudice in America http://www.pbs.org/niot/index.htm 
• On Common Ground  World Religions in America (Explores many religions throughout the world.  Gives a teacher's guide that can be downloaded.)  http://www.pbs.org/niot/index.htm
• Teaching Tolerance  (Offers teachers free educational material to promote interracial and intercultural harmony in the classroom.) http://www.tolerance.org/ 

Economics

• Ad*Access (Images and database information for 7000 advertisements http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess 
• Consumer Jungle (Credit cards, car loans, check books and more--for high school)  http://www.consumerjungle.org/ 
• Economics  Hotlist  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/371  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/370 
• Economics Resources  Hotlist  http://www.educationindex.com/econ/ 
• EconEdLink  Tons of lesson plans linked to standards.  Excellent site.  http://www.econedlink.org/ 
• Medicine and Madison Avenue  (600 health-related advertisements printed in newspapers and magazines. These ads illustrate the variety and evolution of marketing images from the 1910s through the 1950s.)  http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/mma/ 
• Money (A unit for third grade students) http://www.angelfire.com/il2/colettemcgrew/statementofneeds.html
• Practical Money Skills for Life  (Spending plans for young kids up to living on your own) http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/index.php 
• Subject Area Resources Hotlist http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/economics/econ.asp

Egypt

• The Akhet-Aten Home Page http://kate.stange.com/egypt/ 
• Ancient Egypt thttp://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
• Ancient Egypt  Classroom Activities http://www.cmi.k12.il.us/Urbana/projects/AncientCiv/egypt.html 
• Collaborative Thematic Unit Ancient Egypt (Primary) http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/egypt.htm 
• Egypt Hotlist  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/194 
• Egypt
• The Complete Guide  Developed by Egypt's Ministry of Tourism.  http://touregypt.net/ 
• The Great Pyramid of Giza http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/pyramid.html 
• Guardian's Egypt http://www.guardians.net/egypt/ 
• Internet Lessons for World History  (Grades 4-12) http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/
• Mysteries of the Nile(Nova) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/ 
• Neferchichi's Tomb (Clip art, lesson plans and more) http://www.neferchichi.com/
• Nova  Mysteries of the Nile http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/ 
• Nova  Pyramids  The Inside Story  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/ 
• Odyssey in Egypt(Follow a ten week journey) http://www.website1.com/odyssey/ 
• Pyramids  The Inside Story http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/  
• Welcome to Egypt http://members.tripod.com/~walid_alam/home.htm 
• Chicken Mummies Lesson

Geography

• Innovative TeachingóGeography HOTLIST  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/204 
• Geography HOTLIST http://geography.about.com/science/geography/
• Geography4Kids  designed to teach students about physical geography http://www.geography4kids.com/index.html 
• Geography Resources HOTLIST http://www.educationindex.com/geography/ 
• How Far Is It?  Will allow you to determine the distance between two cities.  http://www.indo.com/distance/ 
• PostcardsFrom.com http://www.postcardsfrom.com/
• World Geography Magazine  http://www.worldwiseworldwide.com/ 
• Xpeditions  Has a virtual tour of an interactive learning museum plus lesson plans and the geography standards  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/

Government

• American Presidents-Life Portraits  http://www.americanpresidents.org/ 
• Ben's Guide to Government for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ 
• Bill of Rights Institute  (Lesson plans on the Bill of Rights) http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/article.php?sid=270 
• CongressLink  http://www.congresslink.org/classroomresources.htm 
• Department of Justice for Kids and Youth http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/index.html 
• Geneology of the Presidents http://users.legacyfamilytree.com/USPresidents/index.htm 
• Government and Political Science Resources  http://www.educationindex.com/poli_sci/ 
• GovSpot  http://www.govspot.com/
• How Courts Work  http://www.abanet.org/publiced/courts/home.html 
• Innovative TeachingóElections  Hotlist   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/309  
• PBS Kids Democracy Project http://www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/educators/index.html
• Presidents Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/335 
• Presidents' Pages (Source for each president) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/212 
• Subject Area ResourcesóCivics  Hotlist http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/civics/civics.asp
• Thomas--Legislative Information on the Web http://thomas.loc.gov/ 
• Welcome to American Memory Learning Page--Has lessons, collections, activities and more http://memory.loc.gov/learn/ 
• White House for Kids  http://www.whitehousekids.gov 

History

American Revolution Sites

• American Revolution HOTLIST http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/352 
• A Biography of Alexander Hamilton http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/hamilton/hamil41.htm
• Colonies, Revolution and Patriotism  HOTLIST http://www.lburkhart.com/elem/colonies.htm 
• The History Place: American Revolution http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html
• Liberty - the American Revolution-- http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
• More Colonial America (and some other history sites too) HOTLIST http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/179
• Paul Revere Virtual Museum http://www.cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/paulvm/foyer.html 
• Spy Letters of the American Revolution  http://ww w.si.umich.edu/spies/
• Time-Line of the Revolutionary War http://members.aol.com/ntgen/hrtg/revtmln.html
• Best History Web Sites  http://besthistorysites.net/ 

Civil War Sites

• African American Odyssey: The Civil War  Explores black history during this time period.  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html 
• American Civil War Homepage  HOTLIST  http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html 
• Choices and Commitments: The Soldiers at Gettysburg
• http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/44gettys/44gettys.htm
• Civil War at the Smithsonian  http://civilwar.si.edu/home.html 
• The Civil War  Short lessons and quizzes on a variety of topics.  http://www.mce.k12tn.net/civil_war/civil_war.htm
• The Civil War  A good place to find background information.  http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/CivilWar.html 
• The Civil War for Kids  Timeline, maps, reports, activities and more http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm 
• Civil War Women:  Primary Sources on the Internet  http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html 
• Lesson Plan:  The Civil War  Contains an entire unit using historical fiction as a springboard.  http://www.smplanet.com/civilwar/civilwar.html 
• Poetry and Music of the War Between the States  http://users.erols.com/kfraser/ 
• Selected Civil War Photographs  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html U. S. Civil War Center (Grades 9-12)  Promotes the study of the Civil War "from the perspectives of all professions, occupations, and academic disciplines."  http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/ 
• The Valley of the Shadow First hand accounts of the events of the Civil War from two communities, one north and one south. http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/choosepart.html

American History

• The Columbus Navigation Homepage http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/
• Discovering Lewis and Clark  http://www.lewis-clark.org/ 
• Ellis Island http://www.ellisisland.org/ 
• Graphic Design from the 1920s and 1930s in Travel Ephemera  A collection of travel-related posters and pictures from the 20's and 30's.  http://www.travelbrochuregraphics.com/ 
• Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/depwwii/depwar.html
• History Central http://www.historycentral.com/

History Resources

• Hotlist http://www.educationindex.com/history/
• History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html
• Modern World History  http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/modern/mainmenu/mainfla.htm
• Oregon Trail http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
• Popular Songs in American History http://www.contemplator.com/america/index.html
• Plymouth and Jamestown  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/321
• Remembering Pearl Harbor http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ 
• Slavery in the United States (Grades 9-12) http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/Mainslaverypage.html 
• Subject Area Resources  Hotlist  http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/history/history.asp
• This Day in History  (Tells the historical events for today or any day you select.) http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/ 
• Virtual Timelines Hotlist (Innovative Teaching) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/331 
• Women's History Hotlist (Innovative Teaching) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/127 
• You Be the Historian  (Find out about the Springer family who lived 200 years ago.)  http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/hohr/springer  
• Zoom Explorers (Gives information about explorers from different countries and from different time periods.)  http://www.zoomschool.com/explorers/ 

Holocaust

• An Auschwitz
• Alphabet--Key points about Auschwitz explained http://www.spectacle.org/695/ausch.html 
• Ann Frank Online  Provided by the Anne Frank Center USA  http://www.annefrank.com/ 
• Education--A Legacy Forum for Teachers (extensive Hotlist) http://remember.org/educate/index.html#Study 
• Museum of Tolerance Online http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/index.html
• Open Heart  Closed Door A War Orphans Project http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/orphans/english/ 
• Schindler's List Teaching Guide http://www.tulane.edu/~so-inst/schind.html 
• A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust--Student Activities http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/activity/activity.htm  
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/education/index.htm

Maps

• Altopedia http://www.atlapedia.com/ 
• ArcData Online http://www.esri.com/data/online/index.html
• Free Blank Outline Maps http://geography.about.com/science/geography/library/blank/blxindex.htm 
• Maps and Mapping Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/339 
• World Atlas.com http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/moremaps.htm 
• XPeditions  Select the Atlas section of the site. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/ 

Middle Ages

• Feudal Life (Religion, clothing, health, arts, entertainment and more) http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/feudal.html  
• Kid's Castle (Fictional but historically accurate castle tour.) http://kotn.ntu.ac.uk/castle 
• Knights and Castles (A WebQuest for 4th grade) http://wneo.org/WebQuests/TeacherWebQuests/knightsandcastles/knightsandcastles.htm   
• The Middle Ages  http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/ 
• The Middle Ages Hotlist  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/346 
• Medieval Times (A WebQuest for 9th grade ) http://wneo.org/WebQuests/TeacherWebQuests/MedievalTimes/medieval_times.htm 

News

• 1st Headlines http://www.1stheadlines.com/
• CNN  ( Each story has an accompanying lesson plan or discussion activity. For middle or high school) http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/ 
• Home Town News(You input your zip and it find local newspapers.)  http://www.hometownnews.com/ 
• kidnews.com  http://kidnews.com
• Mondo Times  Gives information from news sources around the world.  http://www.mondotimes.com/
• News in the Classroom Hotlist http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/360 
• Newspapers and the Net  (Tips for teaching the newspaper and the net) http://archive.nandotimes.com/prof/edsvc/teach/niecurric/newsnet/index.html 
• The New York Times Learning Network  http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ 
• Time for Kids  (World and national news for elementary students.) http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/ 
• The Washington
• Post:  KidPost http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/kidspost/ 
• Yahooligan News Designed strictly for kids. http://www.yahooligans.com/content/news/ 

General Social Studies

• A.J. Jordak Library Media Center  HOTLIST with sites on American Heritage, Citizenship, Economics, Government and lots of general topics http://www.cardinal.k12.oh.us/jordak/jlib/sts_ss.htm 
• America' Story http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi 
• Innovative Teaching  Social Studies Update HOTLIST  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Innovative-Teaching/message/179
• Social Studies http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/third5.html
• Speaking of History...Doing an Oral History Project  http://wneo.org/oralhist 

States

• 50 States.com    http://www.50states.com 
• Fast Fact Study Guide  http://www.theus50.com/fastfacts.shtml 
• Netstate.com  http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html 
• North America http://www.geobop.com/World/NA/
• Stately Knowledge! http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/
• State Links  http://members.aol.com/sskufca/usstate.htm
• US States http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/
• USA State Map/Quiz Printouts  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/statesbw/ 

World

• Aneki.com  Information about different countries http://www.aneki.com/index.html 
• The CIA World Book  Provides in-depth and up-to-date information on the countries of the world.  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/links.html
• CountryWatch  Provides cultural, economic, political and environmental information for the world's 191 countries.  http://www.countrywatch.com/
• Ask Asia http://www.askasia.org
• National Geographic Online http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/ 
• Portals to the World Contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html 
• Rulers  Contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases.  http://www.rulers.org/  
• World Flag Database http://www.flags.ndirect.co.uk/mainindex.htm
• World Skip http://www.worldskip.com/