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African-American History Month

Teacher Planet
activities, worksheets
Thomson Gale resources
biographies, timelines, quiz
Encyclopedia Britannica
biographies, source documents
Africans in America resource bank
from PBS
famous African Americans
resources sent by Kathy Morton
links to a variety of topics
Lawson State Comm. College
great site with pictures and bios
history of Black History Month
from Infoplease

Library

Writing/research tips and database links

Online Writing Lab--Purdue
MLA style guide, citation formats
Persuasive essay map
from Read Write Think
Easybib online citation maker
MLA format
online outline maker
create, print and save a formal outline
Rhyme Zone
online rhyming dictionary
Ask Oxford
dictionary with word origins
printable outline worksheet
shows format of an outline
EBSCO magazine database
username: hampton password: hampton
Science Daily articles
GIST worksheet
helps you summarize
3-2-1 reading chart
helps you organize information
How to summarize
tips for the college bound
World Book Online
username: hamptonva password:worldbook
ProCon
has pro and con arguments on 34 topics
Plagiarism Checker
Check your papers before turning them in
Tumble Readables remote access
username: hamptonhs password: login
Salem Health and Psychology databases
click on remote access tab- pw is crabbers

Technology Resources

Online brochure maker
Online graph creator
does not use Excel
Online bingo card creator
Online timeline creator
Online book cover creator
can choose from different layouts
Online puzzle creator
Word search, crossword, etc.
Picsearch
image search engine
online greeting card creator

online SOL preparation

Social Studies review
all social studies SOL subjects
Jefferson Labs
Math and Science
online Geometry activities
Algebra 1 activities
Algebra 2 activities
Wise County SOL practice site
all subjects
VUS history games
all different types
US history to 1861
48 questions
VUS practice
from Quia
VUS online test and games
many topics
Biology online review
from Bayside HS, VB

ESL phonics sites

ESL Grammar sites

Prepositions lessons and quizzes
Starship English past tense game
Miss Maggie's Clean Up Your Grammar Game
Grammar Ninja
Ms. Cooley's favorite but blocked at school
Making sentences
Punctuation practice
grammar games
recommended by Ms. Desseyn
TV 411
writing and reading tutorials

Classification

Kingdom to subphylum
Natureserve database
Animal diversity web
protists images
plant classification database
Tree of life images
Cook Islands Monera database
Biodiversity explorer
Index of plants
lists plants by their common and Latin names

Career Project

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Search by job
Know How Virginia
career assessment surveys, information about careers
My future
information about careers in the military
College Board College search
find a college that offers your major
Virginia Wizard
info about VA colleges and careers
Virginia career view
goal setting, career planning
Military.com
ASVAB practice tests

Social Studies links

Constitution Day Quiz
Reading Quest
graphic organizers and reading strategies for social studies

Marine Biology

Roman foods

personal finance

Practical money skills for life
try the games!
Webmath personal finance help
slide show --rent to own
Money smarts
interactive site from Girl Scouts
Merrill Lynch personal finance

IB 9 geography/culture project

CIA World Factbook
up to date geog. information
World Wedding Traditions
Wedding customs from around the world

Shakespeare/Romeo and Juliet

website evaluation

Honors Biology Research Projects

Center for Disease Control
Diseases and conditions
Mayo Clinic
Diseases and conditions
Human genome project
Biometrics
Mangroves
Allergies

A Raisin in the Sun project

Civil Rights Movement Veterans
history of Am. Civil Rights Movement
Univ. of Minn. Voices from the Gaps
bio of Lorraine Hansbury
Freedom Riders
historical info from PBS
Aberdeen Gardens
history of Aberdeen Gardens neighborhood
Memories and history of Hampton's Olde Wythe Neighborhood
history of Wythe neighborhood
Little England Historic District
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
history of Jim Crow
What was Jim Crow
website from Ferris University
Malcolm X official website
Maintained by the family of Malcolm X
Back to Africa movement
from New York Public Library
A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway
official website of the most recent Broadway version
Lorraine Hansbury bio
Black Power Movement
Montgomery bus boycott
from Montgomery, AL newspaper

Senior project service links

Hampton Teen Center
Hampton Healthy Families
Virginia Air and Space Museum
All For Good
use your zip code to find events in your area
Animal Aid Society
Sentara CarePlex
Peninsula YMCA
Foodbank of the VA Peninsula
Hampton Public Library
Uth Act
Hampton Youth Commission
Cat Corner Phoebus
Peninsula SPCA
Six House Hampton
needs help w/ after school homework club
HELP (homeless shelters and more)
Hampton History Museum
Riverside Hospital NN
Sentara Nursing Home Hampton

Yost/Menzel common assessment 2

Zero tolerance policy in schools
website #1
Zero tolerance policy in schools
website #2
Zero tolerance policy in schools
website #3

Evaluating Websites

Violent video games
website #1
Violent video games
website #2

Animal Habitats

National Geographic Kids
many animal habitats
National Aquarium
sea life habitats
University of Maine lobster page
lobster habitats
world book online for kids
animal gallery

Website evaluation--animal pages

Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance Authors
searchable database
Harlem Renaissance Artists
Jackson Creek Middle School
Harlem Renaissance Musicians
John Carroll University
Famous persons of the Harlem Renaissance
teacher website