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2nd Grade Research

5th Grade Research Egypt

5th Grade Research Rome

Classics Technology Center: The Roman Gladiator
Includes a glossary and helpful links
Primary History- Romans
BBC-sponsored site
Roman Gods and Goddesses
Provides some useful links to Roman games and art
Thinkquest: Rome
project created BY students FOR students
Thinkquest: Welcome to the Roman Empire
project created BY students FOR students

6th grade history: India

India for Kids
India-
India- Time for Kids
National Geographic: India
Thinkquest: Gandhi
Projects by students for students

6th grade history: Russia

PBS: Face of Russia
CIA World Factbook: Russia
FactMonster: Russia
National Geographic Kids: Russia
includes video on volcanic activity in Russia
biomes: Taiga
World Biomes: Taiga
Russian Ballet

6th grade history: Website Review

Boilerplate: A History
Burmese Mountain Dog
CASE ANALYSIS OF A HISTORIC KILLER TORNADO EVENT IN KANSAS ON 10 JUNE 1938
Elizabeth I
site created by an individual
Elizabethan England:
Created by HS students Springfield School District
History of the Fisher Price Airplane
Jacopo di Poggibonsi
Luminarium
Mankato, MN
Renaissance
good example of bad site
The Renaissance Connection
Wakita County Library

7th Grade Reading Workshop

7th grade: Ecoscenario Project

8th grade project: The 13 Colonies

Africa research

African Conservation Foundations
ATE: Amboseli Trust for Elephants
BBC - Africa
CIA: World Fact Book
Colors of the Nile
CultureGrams- Database
login/password: grymesmem
Eyes on Africa: African Safaris
Good Earth Tours: African Safaris
International Maritime Organization
IRIN: Africa
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Oxfam International
PBS: Explore the Regions- Sahel
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Time for Kids
UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund
United Nations: Africa
US State Department
WISER:Women's Institute for Secondary Education and Research
educational, economic, and health outcomes for girls
Kalahari Peoples
Africa Guide

American Civil War

American Civil War: Kids Zone Exhibits
The Civil War for Kids
Pocantico Hills School: student-created site
The Valley of the Shadow
University of Virginia Center for Digital History

American History Links: The Great Depression

Ad*Access
Images and database information for over 7,000 ads 1911-1955
Library of Congress American Memory Project: America from the Great Depression to World War II
a collection of over 160,000 images taken by FSA-OWI photographers
Library Of Congress American Memory Project: Voices from the Dustbowl
audio recordings, photographs, manuscript materials, publications, etc
PBS: Riding the Rails
PBS: Surviving the Dustbowl
The National Archives
The University of Virginia: America in the 1930's

Antarctica

Discovering Antarctica
Royal Geographical Society
The Coldest Journey
Sir Ranulph Fiennes expedition

Arctic Explorers

American Museum of Natural History: Shackleton
Amundsen
American Museum of Natural History
BBC: Ernest Shackleton
BBC: Hillary
Edmund Hillary in Antarctica
New Zealand History online
Enchanted Learning: Antarctic Explorers
brief biographies
Enchanted Learning: Arctic Explorers
brief biographies
Louise Arner Boyd
National Geographic News: Matthew Henson
PBS: Richard Byrd
PBS: Secrets of the Dead. Tragedy at The Pole
Robert Falcon Scott
PBS: Shackleton's Expedition
PBS:Alone on the Ice Roald Amundsen
Robert Peary
Thinkquest: Peary and Henson
projects by students for students
Thinkquest: RIchard Byrd
Projects by students for students
Thinkquest: Roald Amundsen
Projects by students for students
Thinkquest: Robert Falcon Scott
Content created by students for students

Astronomy

Author Information

Betsy Byars
C.S. Lewis
Short movie on author's later life
Genre characteristics
Harper Collins Children's
Narnia page
Into the Wardrobe
*Fan site
Jacketflap
Kate DiCamillo
The Chronicles of Narnia
Movie Site
Gary Paulsen interview
Guys Read

Autumn links

Autumn Leaves
One tree - to the tune "What a Wonderful World"
Kidzone
Maple_leaf puzzle
Orchard from Summer to Fall
Time lapse pumpkin growing
Time-lapse Rotting Pumpkin
Youtube-
Tree Leaves - Transition

Biography Links

Cholera project

Citation Examples

Civil Rights History Links

Alabama State Archives
Civil Rights Museum
turn off sound!
Civil Rights Special Collection: WGBH Boston
Teachers create free log-in
Library of Virginia: Brown vs. Board of Education
Primary Source Documents from Virginians
PBS Civil Rights Timeline
PBS: Primary Source Documents
Seattle Times: MLK
Lots of helpful information and teacher resources
Stanford U: MLK Papers Project
The King Center
VCDH: Television News of the Civil Rights Era/Primary Documents

Computer Multiplication

Meteor Multiplication
Aquatic Speedway
Multiplication
Aquatic Speedway
Division
Jungle Jim
Multiplication Monkeys

Databases

Dictionary Links

Digital Storytelling

These Stories in These Pictures
A guide to writing into images from Canadian Film Centre's Great Canadian Storytelling Engine
KQED Digital Storytelling Showcase
Links to student stories
Youth Media Rocks
Telling Their Stories - Oral History Archives Project
Students interview elders who witnessed historic events of the 20th century
Marco Torres student projects

Directories

Awesome Library
Kids Click
Yahoo Kids
IPL for Kids
Library of Congress for Kids and Families
Awesome Library
Thinkquest
Student-created content

Encyclopedia Links

Geography Links

Grammar

Grammar Bytes: The Direct object
Grammar Bytes: The Indirect Object
Grammar Bytes: The Subject Complement
Grammar Bytes website
Helpful, practical grammar explanations and activities

History Links

History Webquests

Ancient Rome

image links

Library of Congress Photostream
Creative Commons - public link, not vetted by teachers
Non-commercial use only, may edit and remix, but must give credit to Flickr user who uploaded them.
Picsearch
School appropriate and previewed pictures
Life Photo Archive: Sponsored by Google
Pics4learning
Kidsnetsoft
Public Domain Resources: Choose from a wide selection of resources to use for educational projects. Be sure to respect their gui