http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/

http://lsb.syr.edu/projects/cyberzoo/biome.html

http://go-passport.grolier.com/

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/index.php

Characteristics of Victorian Homes

http://library.thinkquest.org/16545/data/low/victoria.htm

Examples

http://library.thinkquest.org/11114/html/victorian.htm

Great pictures of victorian style homes

http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/en/family_home/home/design_construction/Design/House+Styles/Victorian/

http://www.oldhouses.com/styleguide/victorian-houses.htm#examples

http://home.clara.net/darvill/altenerg/index.htm

http://www.energy.gov/energysources/geothermal.htm

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/ask_quester/index.html

http://www.fe.doe.gov/education/energylessons/

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter16.html

http://www.energy.ca.gov/geothermal/index.html

http://www.geothermal.marin.org/index.html

http://www.abc.net.au/science/expert/realexpert/nuclearpower/

http://www.abc.net.au/science/expert/realexpert/nuclearpower/

http://www.nashvillezoo.org/animals.asp

Be sure to check out the "Amazing Animals" database.

http://go.grolier.com

At home, user AND password are both MNPS

http://go-passport.grolier.com/splash

Great teacher-approved search engine!!

http://middle.nettrekker.com/subject/

Database for kids

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits;jsessionid=6C0097ABAB53F6DEDD799374D938309A?locID=tel_s_tsla

http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/feudal.html

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/contents.html

http://www.themiddleages.net/

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/index.htm

http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm

http://go.grolier.com

http://www.animalinfo.org/groupind.htm

http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/endangered/species-profiles.htm

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/

http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/resources/index.html

http://go.grolier.com

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/118480/circus/254861/Sideshows

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freak_show

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/bullies/

http://www.olweus.org/public/bullying.page

http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/what-is-bullying.aspx

http://www.ryman.com/

Links to famous country music singers, too!

http://www.opry.com/MeetTheOpry/MeetTheOpry.aspx

You will need to use the search box to access your topic.

http://go.grolier.com

Scroll to the find the state of Texas.

http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/ncpca_statute_child_neglect_abandonment_3_07.pdf

Use the New Book of Knowledge

http://go.grolier.com

Click on the MathQuest document.

http://bloodhound1998.googlepages.com/

Use the "Lands and Peoples" database to research your topic.

http://go.grolier.com

Use the "World Edition" or "Kids Edition" databases to find information.

http://online.culturegrams.com/?a_username=MNPS&a_password=CGRAMS

Use the drop down box to select the country.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/

http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/Egyptlife.html

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/mummy/

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/

http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/RR/EM/em.htm

http://www.touregypt.net/magazine/mag11012000/magf1.htm

http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/EgyptCredit.4.2.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002046F/ancient_egyptian_life.htm

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/expref/slavery/slavery.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart1.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart3.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html

Historic Sites of the Civil RIghts Movement

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html

Biographies

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilrights.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/civil_01.html

http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/history.htm

http://www.montgomeryboycott.com/frontpage.htm

http://www.sitinmovement.org/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/04_nonviolence.html

http://www.tnstate.edu/library/digital/nash.htm

http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/history/hs_es_seminole.htm

http://www.yale.edu/glc/gullah/07.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_kkk.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/

http://www.freedomcenter.org/

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASunderground.htm

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/reform/slaveauc_1

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/black_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=48

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASauctions.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html

http://www.uncletomscabin.org/

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/johnbrown.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1550.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/reform/brown_1

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2940.html

http://www.nps.gov/archive/hafe/history.htm#brown

http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/separate-but-equal.html

http://www.centralhigh57.org/

http://www.nps.gov/nr//travel/civilrights/ak1.htm

Little Rock Nine

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=723

Freedom Summer 1964

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/09_summer.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html

http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/discovery/story/middle.passage.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr4.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/freedom_riders.html

http://www.unf.edu/~rthunen/NPS/Mose/mose.html

http://fortmose.org/

http://www.floridastateparks.org/fortmose/default.cfm

http://academic.udayton.edu/race/02rights/slavelaw.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p268.html

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/

http://www.nps.gov/ncro/anti/emancipation.html

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/emancipa.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1549.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h511.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2952.html

http://www.nps.gov/archive/fosc/bleeding.htm

http://www.lib.umich.edu/exhibits/brownarchive/

http://www.nps.gov/brvb/

http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/brown.htm

http://www.nps.gov/nr//travel/civilrights/al11.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAC16.htm

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1431932

http://www.displaysforschools.com/rosewood.html

http://www.rosewoodflorida.com/

http://law.jrank.org/pages/4776/Black-Power-Movement.html

Slave Codes

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/timeline/1705.html

Slave Codes

http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/geography/slave_laws_VA.htm

http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2006/grade8/ss/8socialstudies.htm

Click on

http://www.plimoth.org/discover

Great site- Created with Grolier!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/plymouth/

http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Plymouth.html

http://www.Kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Colonial_Life.html

http://www.lodi.k12.wi.us/schools/es/lmc/gr5Colonial.htm

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm

This is a short website, but has information about the first thanksgiving celebrations and includes important dates.

http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmah/thanks.htm

This site combines images of items from the museum with well-documented historical information to illuminate the Plymouth Colony

http://www.pilgrimhall.org/museum.htm

Includes William Bradford’s biography. There is also information about the Mayflower, the Pilgrims, and early Plymouth Colony.

http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/index.php

This website includes a copy of the Mayflower Compact.

http://www.themayflowersociety.com/

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=tel_k_depted&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=6&sub=%2522Metaphor%2522&ste=35&tbst=tbasic&tab=2&txb=Metaphor&docNum=A145472105&bConts=7

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=tel_k_depted&failover=0&sgcmd=MAIN&srchtp=basic&c=4&sub=%2522Metaphor%2522&ste=35&tbst=tbasic&tab=2&txb=Metaphor&docNum=A160873976&bConts=7

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=tel_k_depted&failover=6&srchtp=basic&c=1&ste=35&tbst=tbasic&tab=2&txb=idiom&docNum=A197596548&bConts=6

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?vrsn=127&locID=tel_k_depted&failover=6&srchtp=basic&c=7&ste=35&tbst=tbasic&tab=2&txb=idiom&docNum=A141294066&bConts=6

http://volweb.utk.edu/school/bedford/harrisms/hyperbole.htm

http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/hyperbole.html

http://www.imschools.org/cms/Units/Poetry/personif.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/personificationpractice.html

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/lesson7.htm

http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/figurative_language.htm