Welcome
1920s and Great Depression
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1. Authentic History site with audio and visual (speeches, songs, and pictures) arranged by decades
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2. Depression Activities
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3. Great Depression Treasure Hunt
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4. Lots of sites for the middle school
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5. Roaring 20s
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6. Walk the Plank - Great Depression
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7. Duke Ellington Songs and some video
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8. Langston Hughes - audio of a poem he wrote
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9. Venn Diagram - Art, Music, Poetry
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10. Faces of the Renaissance
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11. Harlem Renissance - Audio, Video, Images
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12. Jazz Profiles - Audio
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13. America's Story
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14. MUSIC of th 1920s
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15. Jazz Time - PBS
1930s
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Picturing the Thirties
wow- smithsonian
Activities
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Juicy Geography - Interactive Games
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American Moments
info, videos, music
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Liberty PBS
road to the revolution and good newspaper articles
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America's Story
good basic information
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American Revolution
lessons with quizzes
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Loyalty or Liberty
you are a slave, discover secrets and decide your side
American Revolution
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1. Kid Info
lots and lots of links
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2. Interactive Map with questions
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3. Scavenger Hunt
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4. Order in Court
3 cases to hear and decide
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5. Historical Tour of Philadelphia
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6. Liberty PBS
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7. Early America
click on movies at side - short -
8. American Revolution
lesson and quizzes
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9. Loyalty or Liberty
As a slave decide based on info which side
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10. Am Independence Short Video
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11. Independence Video
short
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12. Causes of Revolution
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13. Revolutionary War Music
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14. Boston Tea Party
have fun with history
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15. Declaration of Independence
music - have fun with history
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16. Story of Our Independence
movie 16 min -
17. Everyday Life
dramatization video - 30 min
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18. Wow site of Info Links
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19. Flames of Rebellion Game
can download
Bill of Rights
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1. Bill of Rights
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2. Bill of Rights Glossary
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3. Bill of Rights Golf Game
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4. Bill of Rights Activities
click on bill of rights and then make choice
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5. Words to Bill of Rights Rap
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6. Bill of Rights Rap Video
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7. Bill of Rights Rap Video
teacher performs
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8. Bill of Rights Match
yes or no
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9.9. Bill of Rights Drop and Drag
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10. Help Retore the Rights
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11. Bill of Rights Writing Activity
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12. Quia Concentration
Citizenship
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1. Citizenship Quizzes -
beginner, intermediate and advanced
Civics and Economics
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A list of all the presidents and then a directory for each one with more sites to find information.
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AmericanPresident.org, the most comprehensive non-partisan resource available on the history and function of the American presidency.
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Ben's Guide to Gov -Need to know more about how a law is made, historical documents, citizenship, election process, and branches of government
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Ben's Guide to Gov't
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Bill of Rights Webquest
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Build a Nation and run it
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CIA's Homepage for Kids
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Civics & Econ Review - Quia
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Comparing democracy while investigating branches
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Congress for Kids Constitution
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Congress for Kids elections
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Congress for Kids executive branch
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Congress for Kids independence
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Congress for Kids judicial branch
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Congress for Kids legislative branch
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Congressional Webquests
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Constitution, interactive, basic info, bill of rights
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Constitutional Basics
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Consumer Price Index to find out Inflation
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Court Room Staff
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dictionary, almanac, caculator or other forms
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Don't Buy It - Get Media Smart
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Economic games and interactive activities
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Economic Lesson Plans - good!
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Economic simulations, games and info, case studies, debate topics and brain teasers
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Escape from Knab
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Escape from Knab (economic simulation)
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Escape from Nab - make the right economic choices to return to Earth
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Executive Branch
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Factmonster - government
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Federal Courts Homepage
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Founding Documents for the Constitution
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History and Politics Out Loud
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How Laws are Made step by step with pics
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Incredibly usesful for getting statistics and reports from more than 100 government agencies
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Inside the voting booth
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Interactive Constitution
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Interactive History of the Constitution
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Journey to the Presidency PowerPoint
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Judicial Branch
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Kids Gov -Geography, Civics, and History sites and activities plus other subjects
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Legislative Branch
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Lots of sites
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Lots of sources about the govenment -whether it be a games, a review or a site for information on a subject to be explored
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Making of charter, declaration, constitution and bill of rights
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middleschool.net federal gov't sites
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More Civics & Enon Review - Quia
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Mrs. Dysart's webquest
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NationStates is a free nation simulation game. Build a nation and run it
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Official Democratic Party Site
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Official Republican Party Site
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Online Declaration of Independence Quiz
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Peanuts and Crackerjacks economic (ball game)
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Powers Denied National and State Gov't
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Powers of the National and State Gov't
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Presidential campaign commercials 1952-2004 with more than 250 television commercials from every election year beginning in 1952.
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Quia - SOL Practice for Civics
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Read Historical Documents
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Rights and responsibilities - quia
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Shenandoah County Gov't
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Social Studies for Kids has history, government, geography, culture, economics and fun
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SOL Civics and Economics Review
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The monuments of Washington, D.C.
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Time Machine - This U.S. Mint site has twelve hyhperlinked dates, each one tells a story.
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Trading Around the World simulation
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True FBI Case
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U.S. Presidential Maps 1860-1996
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United States Senate homepage
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US House of Representatives Homepage
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Virginia Gov't Homepage
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Virtual Tour of the Supreme Court
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Voting - Flash - Looks at the history of voting methods
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W-O-W Timeline of the constitution with flash player and sound of important dates
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Wallyt's Stock Ticker (econmic stock market simulation)
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Website for a mock trial
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White House Homepage
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White House Videos - tours at the bottoom
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Yahoo Economics
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You are a detective and must solve a crime
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You be the judge
Civil Rights
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Audio and Video on Civil Rights
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Civil Rights Movement 1954-1965 People and Events PowerPoint
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Civil Rights Movement 2954-l963
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Least We Forget Tour
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MLK, Jr. A Legacy of a Leader by Scholastic
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Picture History of the Civil Rights
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PowerPoint on the Civil Rights Movement
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The Voices of Civil Rights
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Timeline for Civil Rights
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Tripline of the Civil Rights Ride
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History of the Boycott thru documents and images
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Rosa Parks interview
Scholastic
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Civil Rights Hot Spots Map
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Cartoons
Cagle
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C-span video
teacher - look for info and music
Colonies & American Revolution
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American Revolution activities and lessons
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American Revolution story
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Birth of a Nation
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Chart of the Colonies
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Colonial America Webquest
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Colonial American History
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Daily Life in the Colonies
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Interactive Colonies Map
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Lots of American Revolution sites with info
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Map of the 13 Colonies
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Thirteen Original Colonies Activities
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The Great Exchange
drag food to old world or new world
Culture
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Pictures of Places
you choose continent and country
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Encyclopedia
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Lonely Planet
Culture
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Asian Etiquette
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Culture Videos - National Geographic
wow
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Currency Converter
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Quia Matching Countries and Currencies
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Quia Matching Terms
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World Music
watch & listen
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World's stats and more
interesting not the usual
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USD to GBP Conversion
Current Events
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Izzit
article and quesiton every day
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Time for Kids
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New York Times Student Connection
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Kids Post (Washington Post)
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Scholastic News
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National Geographic for Kids
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Channel One
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World News
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MSNBC Top Photos
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US News
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CNN
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Weekly Reader
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Dogo News
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Scholastic
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PBS Newshour Extra for Students
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Tween Tribune
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Sports Illustrated for Kids
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Science News for Kids
Day in History
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1. History Net
lots of info
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2. Those Were The Dayslot
lots of info and also birthdays
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3. Any Day in History
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4. New York Time On This Day
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5. Brainy History
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6. Discover Education
Economics
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1. Escape from Knab - Make the right economic decisions
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2. Economic Info and Activities
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3. Yahoo - Economics
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4. Consumer Index - Inflation Rate
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5. Economic Lesson Plans
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6. Economics Fun and Games
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7. Peanuts and Cracker Jacks an economic ballgame
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8. Wally Stock Ticker Simulation
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9. Don't Buy It - Get Media Smart
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10. Trading Around the World Simulation
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11. Be a "Hot Shot" Business Person
start a business and make money
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12. Couldn't Care Les Video on Supply and Demand
has teacher guide - video cartoonish
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13. Wealthiest Americans Ever Interactive
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14. Rags to Riches
your band must make money
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Economics University
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Supply and Demand Drill
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Economic Concepts
Quia
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Wage is Right
activity based on Price is Right
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Walk the Plank
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Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
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Concept Posters
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Today's Market Place - the Mall
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Are you a good on-line shopper?
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Fling the Teacher- Another one
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Economics Millionaire
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Shmoop - Supply and Demand Game
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Shmoop - Economics Site
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Gov't & Economy Hoops
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Financial Football
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Financial Soccer
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Business Organization Hoops
Elections
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1. 30 Second Candidate
commercials thru the years
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2. Living Room Candidate
Presidential Commercials
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3. Electoral Votes by State
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4. Electoral College Caculator
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5. CNN Politcs
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6. Barack Obama Official Site
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7. John McCain Official Site
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8. Scholastic News Eleciton 08
info, activities, simulations, build campaign poster
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9. Time for Kids Election Info
info on candidates, activities, and more
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10. Weekly Reader Election 08
info on candidates, activities, vocab
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11. Interactive Map
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12. Videos from Rebpublican National Convention
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13. Rebublican Platform
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14. Video from Democratic National Convention
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15. Democratic Platform
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16. Smallest Quiz
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17. Youth Leadership Initiative
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18. Ms. Coffman's Election Page
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19. Ms. Coffman's Quia Election Page
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20. Portaportal Election Page
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Trading Around the World
You are in charge - interactive
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Peanuts & Cracker Jacks
interactive economics ball game
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Wally's Stock Market Game
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Don't Buy It - Get Media Smart
Environment
Europe
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Alpine countries rags to riches activity
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Banknotes of Europe
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British Isles and Scandinavia Matching
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Europe Find It
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Europe Quizes
monuments, language, flags, money, capitals, rivers,
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Europe Trivia Quiz
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European Union
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Finland Pictures
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France Matching
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Germany Matching
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Mr. Donn's Info
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Travel Europe
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Travel Videos of Europe
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Virtual Tour through Ireland
Executive Branch
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1. Info and links
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2. List of US Presidents and links for each
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3. Living Room Candidate Presidential Campaign Commercials
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4. Ben's Guide to the Executive Branch
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5. Build a Nation and run it
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6. SOLpass
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7. US GOV made easy
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8. Congress for Kids
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9. White House Homepage
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10. White House Tours
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11. US Presidential Election Maps
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12. History of Voting - Flash
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13. American Presidents Info
info, videos,outline
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1. Explorer's Hall of Fame
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iCivics
Explorers
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Enchanted Learning
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Explorers - Info, Activities, Quizzes
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Lots of links
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How Stuff Works - Videos
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How Stuff Works - Articles
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Kid Info - Scroll to near bottom of page
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Explorers of North America
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Interactive Map
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Timeline
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Explorers - List of info
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History It's Happening
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North American Explorers
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Explorers Timeline with info
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Hall of Fame
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Discoverers by ABC...
First Thanksgiving
Geography
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A-Z Country Landscape Photos
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Animated atlas, interactive maps, information about flags
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Another fun way to test your knowledge of all the countries in the world.
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Atlas of how humans affect
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Bite size lesson from UK
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Boimes PowerPoint
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Bowerman
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Can You Survive PowerPoint
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Center for Innovation in Science and Engineering (some weather)
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CIA
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Communicate with students around the world by e pal
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European Unions
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Everything Site
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Explore Africa (make music, see pictures, take the interactive challenge)
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Explore the world by clicking on the map and view images, country info and more
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Explore your earth - climate
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Find a place any where in the world interactive map
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Find It map interactive
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Find your longitude interactive
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Flags of the World
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Flash Earth
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Geography for Kids and also Science topics
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Geography lessons
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Geography video clips
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Going Place (PBS) with info and slide shows
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Great interactive site for the PBS program with lots of video clips and interactive games
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How Volcanoes Work
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Interactive Atlas by National Geographic
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Interactive hunger map
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Interactive maps for the continents
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Know your world - check this out
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Label Latitude and Longitude Map
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Labeling maps, push pin maps, what do you know game show and quizzes along with worksheets
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land formations interactive
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Landform pics and info
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latitude map to label
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Learn about the continents and countries and their climates; listen to music from various countries, maps to print and more
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longitude map to label
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Lots and Lots of Country Information
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Lots of geography sites from middle school. net
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Lots of sites
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Major Religions of the World
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Map Projections
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Moving Continents Webquest
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Museum of Natural History - Earth and Archaeology
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National Geographic MapMachine
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Notes and More
great resource
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On line map and globe quiz
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Online maps
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Outline maps
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Pictures of Banknotes from around the world
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Population Growth teaching activity
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Pull up maps, facts, and photos from the National Geographic archive
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Quia- Shared Activities
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Quick Maps
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Reading Maps Activities
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Reference desk-dictionary, almanac, caculator or other
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Site for Geography map work
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Social Studies for Kids has history, government, geography, culture, economics and fun
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Terrafly - give your location and see a bird
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Test yourself on country locations, and the capitals of countries with the interactive activities.
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U.S. states, U.S. geography, U.S. capitals, and U.S. regions
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use latitude and longitude to determine location
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Video clips of places
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Videos for geography - short in lengths
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Webquests for earthquakes,interactive geology mapping tool that can generate regional maps according to address, zip code, and latitude/longitude coordinates, Try to re-create Pangea by moving and rotating the continents.
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Website for culture
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world map showing latitude and longitude
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Wow - Mapping our world interactive
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WOW a great site for continent (country) info
Geography 2
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1. World At Your Fingertips
Time for Kids
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2. Match Animal to Country
map with pics
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3. World's Top Wonders
History after 1866
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A list of all the presidents and then a directory for each one with more sites to find information.
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6th Grade SOL Review SOL Review
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Audio of America in WW II
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Authentic History site with audio and visual (speeches, songs, and pictures) arranged by decades
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Clips of Pearl Harbor attack
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CyberSleuth - Lots of sources of information and lots of places to go.
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Digital History - WOW - timeline, lesson plans, interactive
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Digital History with primary sources and interactive learning as well as historical music
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EASE History (WOW) is a rich online environment that supports the learning and teaching of US History- Hundreds of historical videos and photographs
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Ease History- learn about history thru pictures and videos
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Factmonster
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Great interactive site for the PBS program with lots of video clips and interactive games
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History of the US includes maps, tables, info, and interactive quizzes
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Historywiz with many links to major American events
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Kids Gov -Geography, Civics, and History sites and activities plus other subjects
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Life in America during WW II
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Lots of good history and geography resources
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Lots of sites
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Many topics with links
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Social Studies for Kids has history, government, geography, culture, economics and fun
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SOL Practice for 6th grade
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The Auschwitz Album
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Time Machine - This U.S. Mint site has twelve hyhperlinked dates, each one tells a story.
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Usbourne site
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Videos on various subjects
History before 1866
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5th grade SOL reveiw and activities
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A list of all the presidents and then a directory for each one with more sites to find information.
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Authentic History site with audio and visual (speeches, songs, and pictures) arranged by decades
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Digital History - WOW - timeline, lesson plans, interactive
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Digital History with primary sources and interactive learning as well as historical music
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EASE History (WOW) is a rich online environment that supports the learning and teaching of US History- Hundreds of historical videos and photographs
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Explorer FlashCards - Quia
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Explorers of North America
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Explorers' Hall National Geographic
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Explorers' On line quiz
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Flight to freedom interactive as you become a slave and live his/her life
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Great interactive site for the PBS program with lots of video clips and interactive games
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Historywiz with many links to major American events
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Lots of sites
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Many topics with links
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Social Studies for Kids has history, government, geography, culture, economics and fun
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SOL review for 5th grade
Immigration
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A room in time
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Ellis Island Webquest - be an immigrant or an immigration officer
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Immigration, railroad and the labor movement sites
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Moving to America Webquest
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Turn of the Century
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Yesterday Immigration stories
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Am. Immigration 1830-1920
vocie, reading stories
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Picturing Modern America
1880-1920 drawing conclusions
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Interactive Immigration Map
New york Times
Industrial Revolution/Inventors/Immigration
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Edsitement
go to suggested activities
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Immigration
lots of sources
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Industrial Revolution for Middle School - good visuals
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Industrial Revolution Webquest
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Interactive Tour of Ellis Island
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Inventors
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Inventors and Inventions - click next - good site for short info
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Inventors Scavenger Hunt
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Rise of Big Business
good basic info
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Stories of Yesterday and Today Immigration
Judicial
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1. Court Cases
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2. Historical Court Cases
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3. Interactive Time Line of Supreme Court Cases
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4. Trial with lessons
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5. Lots of Great Sites
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6. The Pick Twelve
you choose the jury
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7. Cape Justice Cape
learn about the people involved and their duties and decide a case
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8. Picture of Court Room
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9. Mock Trials
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10. Perp Walk
excuses good enough?
Legislative
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Ben's Guide - Citizenship
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Ben's Guide - How Laws are Made
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Ben's Guide - Legislative Branch
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Congress for Kids - Constititution
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Congress for Kids - Legislative Branch
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Congressional Webquest
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Deomcratic Party Official Site
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Inside the Voting Booth
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Powers Denied National and State government
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Powers of National and State government
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Republican Website
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Rights and Responsibilites - Quia
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US House of Representatives Homepage
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US Senate Homepage
Middle East
News
Other
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9-11 slide show
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America's Library
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Century in Review
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Channel One news videos
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Digital History
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Edison Motion Picture select by event, keyword or from ABC list
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Headline News - choose category or county and find breaking news
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History and Politics Out Loud
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History Channel Speeches and Videos
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History Place Great Speeches
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Lots of sites
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Lots of sites for History and Geography
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Media clips
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Multimedia Current Events and Archives
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Music
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Newseum
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Newseum Online with video
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Online lessons and mini lessons for History
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Popular Songs of American History
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Powerpoint presentations
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Rockingham County Social Studies
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School House Rock Songs
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Slide shows for news
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Subject oriented multiple choice questions with explantions
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The monuments of Washington, D.C.
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This week in pictures
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Time 100 - the last 100 years
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Time for Kids
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Time Magazine
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Timeline from 1750-1939
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United States Hisotry - Standards of Learning Info
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Video and Audio to see and hear
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Virtual Classroom
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Visit different events in history through a time machine
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Vocabulary for SOL Review
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Voices of the 20th Century
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WOW - History of the 20th century with videos and info
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WOW - Histroy by subject
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WOW Interactive map to show explorers' routes, westward expansion, revolutionary war battles and more
Political Cartoons/Parties/Elections
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1. Analyzing Political Cartoon
interactive
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2. Cartoon Analysis Guide
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3. Pearson - Political Parties
interactive with topics, info, video
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4. Civil Rights Perspective
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5. Association of American Editorial Cartoons
lots of examples
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6. Daryl Cayle's Professional Cartoonist Index
Has lesson plans for middle school
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7. Election Campaign Stats
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8. Dr. Seuss W W I political cartoons
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9. Republican Party
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10. Democratic Party
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11. Difference B/T Rep & Dem
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12. Peason Civics Book Home Page
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13. All About Elections
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14. Path to the Presidency
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15, Political Party Videos
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16. Political Party Simulation
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17. The Living Room Candidate
short commercials w/ questions
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18. Political Typology
SMARTboard & Inspiration
SMARTboard Ideas/Activities/Sites
SOL Civics Review
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1. Review Tests for Civics
5 tests and quia reviews
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2. Quia Site with all Civics review activities
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3. Hillyard Middle School Civics Activities
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4. Wilbur Pence Civics Activities
be sure to look at useful links - some fun activities
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5. SOL Games and Activities
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6. Civics Review with Content Generator Activities
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7. Fastrack Civics Review
SOL Maps, Graphics, Web Resources by SOL
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1. History to 1877 by SOL
graphics and maps
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2. History 1877 to Present by SOL
graphics and maps
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3. Civics and Economics by SOL
graphics for each SOL
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4. World History and Geography 1 by SOL
graphics
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5. World History and Geography 2 by SOL
graphics
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6. Virginia and U.S .History p
graphics
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7. Virginia and U. S. Government
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8. History to 1877 Web Resources
per SOL
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9. History 1877 to Present Web Resources
per SOL
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10. Civics and Economics Web Resources
per SOL
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11. World History and Geography 1 Web Resources
per SOL
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12. World History and Geography 2 Web Resources
per SOL
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13. Virginia and U.S. History Web Resources
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14. Virginia and U.S. Government Web Resources
per SOL
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15. Fasttracks Teaching Materials
maps, graphs charts, timelines
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16. Interactive Map
select crisis and see
Spanish American War
State Info
Vietnam and the Cold War
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Vietnam
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Authentic History site with audio and visual (speeches, songs, and pictures) arranged by decades
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Cold War - CNN
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Cold War Alliances Map
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History Place - Apollo 11
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Historywiz with many links to major American events
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Interactive Cold War Map
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Video and Audio of the Cold War
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Video and Audio of Vietnam War
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Vietnam era with info and activities
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Vietnam Experience with lesson plans and activities
Westward Expansion
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Authentic History site with audio and visual (speeches, songs, and pictures) arranged by decades
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Historywiz with many links to major American events
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Interactive site to travel with Lewis and Clark
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Lots of sites with lots of info
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Oregon Trail
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Oregon Trail Adventure
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Sites about the west
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Trails West
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Westward Experience Interactive PowerPoint
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Westward Ho
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Wow lots of sites of westward expansion
World War I
World War II
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Audio clips of Europe during the war
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Authentic History site with audio and visual (speeches, songs, and pictures) arranged by decades
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Children of WW II in England
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Historywiz with many links to major American events
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Personal History of Holocaust
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Provides readers with various sources for such topics as WW II, literature, space, civil rights and others
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Race to Build the Atomic Bomb
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The Home Front
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Time Witnesses
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Video and Audio
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W-O-W!!!! Shoah Foundation - Surviving Auschwitz - Personal journals - organized around an interactive map of the world traces the survivors
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Wartime posters, activities and lessons
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Web site of the newseum with with a virtual tour and quiz
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What life was life for children in WW II
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World War II animations and historical animations
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World War II timeline with explanation of events
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World War II virtual tours as well as other tours
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WW II Activities - Scholastic
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WW II Match Game
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WW II video and audio from Britain
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WW II Powers of Persuasion
posters, music, video