Welcome to Ms. Brewer's Portaportal!
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Jackson Pollock
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Henri Matisse
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Vincent van Gogh
video -
Georges Seurat
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Edgar Degas
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Piet Mondrian
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Claude Monet
paint like Claude -
Degas and Renoir
compare the two -
Claude Monet
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Andy Warhol
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Salvador Dali
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Paul Cezanne
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Pablo Picasso
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Picasso and Cubism
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Georgia O'Keeffe
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Mondrian
watch the first minute only -
Gloria Vanderbilt
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Yoshida Brothers IBUKI
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Yoshida Brothers IBUKI
IBUKI and Rock!
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Logic Puzzles
Use the menu on the left for help. Click on Grade 1 at the top to return to the puzzle list.
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Logic Puzzles
Use the menu on th left for help. Click on Grade 2 at the top to return to the puzzle list. -
Bridge Builder
analytical thinking, perspective
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Elements of Pourquoi Tales
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More Elements of Pourquoi Tales
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Pourquoi Story Elements
ask your teacher for the paper copy of this site -
Pourquoi Information
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What is Personification?
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Personification
ask your teacher for the paper copy of this site -
Examples of Personification
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Pourquoi Reading Worksheet
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How Bear Lost His Tale
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How Rabbit Brought Fire to the People
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How The Milky Way Came to Be
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Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail
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Why Bat Flies at Night
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How the Tiger Got His Stripes
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Famous Pourquoi Tales
ask your teacher for the paper copy of this site
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Elements of Fairy Tales
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Elements of Fairy Tales 2
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Common Elements of Fairy Tales
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Fairy Tale Element Checklist
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Fairytales for Kids
many online stories to choose from!
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Hans Christian Andersen
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Three Storytellers
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Andersen Biography
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Andersen Fairy Tales
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Andersen Tales
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Grimm Brothers Biography
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Brothers Grimm Tales
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Grimm Fairy Tales
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Andrew Lang Biography
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Andrew Lang Stories
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Charles Perrault Biography
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Perrault Tales
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Charles Perrault
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What is a Tall Tale?
ask your teacher for the paper copy of this site -
Characteristics of Tall Tales
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Tall Tales Powerpoint
ask your teacher for the paper copy of this site -
Five Tall Tales
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Tall Tales from Aound the World
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Paul Bunyan
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More Tall Tales
scroll down to Tall Tales
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24 Different Cinderellas
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The Girls with the Rose Red Slippers
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Cinderella
ask your teacher for the paper copy of this site -
Cinderella in 9 Different Countries
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Variant definition
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Stories in a Nutshell
short folktales and their country of origin -
Fairy Tales and their Origins
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Countries Around the World
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Countries for Kids
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Country Facts for Kids
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Logic Puzzles
Use the menu on the left for help. Click on Grade 3 at the top to return to the puzzle list.
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Logic Puzzles
Use the menu on the left for help. Click on Grade 4 at the top to return to the puzzle list.
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Reviews and games
Choose grade level and subject
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Marine Ecosystem
Interactive! -
Build a Marine Food Web
Teachers - download on the right hand side -
Tracing the Toxins
Marine Food Web article
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Logic Puzzles
Use the menu on the left for help. Click on Grade 5 at the top to return to the puzzle list. -
Logic Puzzle Challenge
Are you up for a 6th Grade challenge?
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Chemicool
Explore the elements by clicking on the Periodic Table -
Element Price List
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The Wooden Periodic Table
An actual table created by Mr. Gray. Lots to explore! -
Periodic Table Index
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1,2,3 Career Test
I love this one! Look at the pictures and select your favorite and least favorite! -
Select Smart Quiz 1
What job is best for you? -
Select Smart Quiz 2
A really short career quiz -
Career Colleges
Gives you a job description -
Pathfinder - What is Your Passion?
Use the school address when submiting results: 1420 Great Bridge Blvd -
Similar Minds Career Test
Cool! Very descriptive! -
What Will You Be When You Grow Up?
Very Interesting!! -
Color Wize
Find Your Career by Choosing Colors(?)
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Working at the Triangle Shirtwaste Factory
Listen to an actual employee describe the working conditions! -
The Evil of Child Labor
Editorial written in 1905! -
A Confidential Memo About Child Labor
Can you help these children? -
Child Labor Resources
Links to information -
Stolen Dreams
See modern day child labor through the eyes of a photographer -
Child Labor in New York City Tenements
Great article about specific child labor situations -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916
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Seymour Rechtzeit, Vaudeville Star
Should child labor laws affect celebrities? -
Child Labor - primary source #1
Remember to read the transcription. -
Child Labor - primary source #2
Ditto about the transcription! -
Confidential Memo job descriptions
'nuff said -
Lewis W. Hine
Famous photography about child labor -
The National Archives
Find the work of Lewis Hines -
Songs About Labor History
Listen to the songs! Sing along (quietly please...)! -
Lewis Hine - Virginia
See the photos and read the captions made by hine in our very own state! -
Lewis Hine Webquest
Search the Internet to learn more about the man and his photography. -
Piece Work Origami
How well would you do?
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Naturalization Self Test
Could you pass the Naturalization test? Test yourself or a friend! Fun 4 All!!
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CNN Cold War
Contains information on many Cold War topics, not just politics! -
It's No Laughing Matter
Learn to analyze and create political cartoons! -
Our Documents
The Cuban Missile Crisis and so much more! -
Digital History
A resource that includes maps, music, speeches, and flashmovies! -
The Watergate Files
Everything you always wanted (or needed) to know!
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Keith Haring
Awesome artist of the Cold War era. -
Keith Haring
Awesome artist of the Cold War era
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Time For Kids
Time articles for middle school -
Headline Spot
Articles arranged by subject, media, or website -
Scholastic News Online
A news magazine for you!! -
Weekly Reader Online
Great resource! -
National Geographic for Kids
Good site for reports! -
The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
The Wall Street Journal just for students! -
Indy Kids
A free newspaper for kids! -
Youngzine
News and More!!!!! -
Here, There, Everywhere!
News for Kids! Remember to use the search engine! -
Kids Post
The Washington Post for you! -
News Houe Extra
News for you from PBS! -
Nick News
with Linda Ellerbee!! -
Tween and Teen Tribune
This one is really cool! -
Newspapers From the World
Local, State and National News -
Understanding Political Cartoons
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November 21 - TODAY!
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New Scientist
I know we are looking for Civics articles, but this is a great science site!!!
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Big Apple History
Info on the city that the immigrants saw first! -
Ellis Island Interactive Tour
Find your way through Ellis Island just as the immigrants did! -
What's in a Name?
Search the Ellis Island data base to find immigrants! Use family names to check passports and ships' manifest records. -
Read Immigrant Stories
Read short (some very short) stories about immigrants and their lives after Ellis Island!
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Puzzle Parlor
Very Cool Logic Puzzles -
Halloween
All you ever wanted to know but were too SCARED to ask! -
Jig Zone
Solve a puzzle with 6 to 247 pieces! -
Origami Club
An incredible collection of origami with detailed directions! Have fun! -
USA Today Puzzles
Try a Word Round Up or one of the others! -
You Sank My Battle Ship!
Good luck destroying the CPU's navy! -
FreeRice
a fun and easy way to help others around the world -
Virtual Surgeries
'nuff said -
CSI
Crash Scene Investigation! -
National Geographic for Kids
Awesome Info and Games
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Birmingham Grid for Learning
A Multiple Intelligences Inventory
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Kennedy
Kennedy Presidential Library -
The Presidential Timeline
All of the Cold War Presidents! -
Ford
Ford Presidential Library -
Carter
Carter Presidential Library -
Reagan
Reagan Presidential Library
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Thomas Edison
A brief biography -
List of Inventors/Inventions
'nuff said, scroll down, way down
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Tenement Virtual Tour
97 Orchard Street - view the tenement during the turn of the century -
Life in a Tenement
The "how's", "when's", and "how in the world's" of tenement life -
The Urban Log Cabin
Explore how 97 Orchard Street changed from 1870 to 1915 -
Tenement Evolution
see the difference between "old law" and "new law" -
Living in a Tenement
a kid like you tells what it was like
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7 Hat Challenge
Master the hats of the Presidency! -
icivics games
Lots of awesome games! Scroll all the way down! -
Congress for Kids
A Civics Sensation! -
The Branches of POWER
Can you save the United States from OPPRESSOR SAM? Good Luck! -
Executive Command
So you think you are ready to be The Prez? It is tougher than you think! Good Luck! -
U.S. Government Games
What do you know about the government? Now is your time to show off! Good Luck! -
Jobs of the President
Scholastic News Video - Click "VIDEO" when you get to the site -
Three Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know
Click on the yellow arrow and go to page 4 -
We The Jury
An iCivcs court room game!!!
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Congress For Kids
A great site that includes info on the Constitution and the Branches of government! WooHoo! -
The Constitution
Scholastic News and activities -
Constitution Fact Sheet
Interesting facts with a timeline! -
Celebrate the Constitution Game
Can you recreate the Constitution? Good Luck! -
Being Jon Marshall
Can you convince the Supreme Court that you are RIGHT? Try your hand with Marbury v. Madison! -
Argument Wars!
Become a lawyer in the Supreme Court and test your knowledge of the Constitution with real Supreme Court cases! Good luck!! -
Do I Have a Right?
Run your own law firm and help clients win Constitutional law cases! Good luck!!
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Iran Contra Affair
How involved was President Reagan?

