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American Memory - Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
American Experience - PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/
8th Grade Geography
Obe Hostetter's Geography SOL site
http://www.quia.com/pages/solgeography.html
Art
Nat'l Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/onlinetours/
Authors/Illustrators/Books
Children's Book Council: Authors & Illustrators
http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/aboutauthors.html
Calendar
Destination Imagination 2004-05
Explorers
Passages: North American Explorers
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/passages/index-e.html
Zoom Explorers Alphabetical database
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexe.shtml
Explorers of the Millenium
http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/vespucci.html?tqskip1=1
Cortes
http://www.umich.edu/~proflame/texts/mirror/conflict.html#pagetop
Discovering New Horizons database
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/english/index.php3?subject=explorers/database&type=name
Explorer Biographies
http://www.mariner.org//educationalad/ageofex/biographies.php
WorldHistory.com
http://www.worldhistory.com
For Teachers
Rubric construction for idiots
http://rubistar.4teachers.org
Kate Santhuff's P-Portal WVPT Ed'l Media Developer
http://guest.portaportal.com/?kjsanthuff
Blue Web'n: Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Web Quest Resources: Barbara Hunnycutt
http://www.cstone.net/~huneycut/webresources/webquest.html
Tracey Saxon's P-Portal: tsaxon
http://guest.portaportal.com/
SOS Teacher: Help site from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/sosteacher/index.shtml
SOL Resources 6th Grade
http://www.quia.com/pages/sol6.html
SOL Resources 7th Grade
http://www.quia.com/pages/sol7.html
SOL Resources 8th Grade
http://www.quia.com/pages/sol8.html
Linda's Links to Literature
http://www.lindaslinkstoliterature.com/lll/
Copyright Guidelines for Teachers
http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/plmc/copyright.html
PowerPoint in the classroom
http://www.actden.com/pp/index.htm
6th,7th, 8th Grade SOL Resources
http://www.quia.com/pages/sol8.html
Joyce Valenza's website
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/
Fun
US Politics and World News
http://www.lexisnexis.com/news/
Homework Helpers
Citation Machine: citing reference sources
http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php
Nat'l Geographic pictures, maps, articles & more
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/homework/
Kid Info Homework Help
http://www.kidinfo.com/schoolsubjects.html
Citing resources: APA Style
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
Bartleby: Reference, Verse, Fiction, Non-fiction
http://www.bartleby.com/
Kids Click -- Web Searching Tutorials
http://www.rcls.org/wows/index.html
MLA Stylesheet
http://www.sunyniagara.cc.ny.us/library/mla.html
Inventions 1865-1914
Inventions A-Z
http://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl12.htm
Zoom Inventors & Inventions 1851-1900
http://www.zoomschool.com/inventors/1800b.shtml
Language Arts
Wilder, Laura Ingalls -- author info
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~irby1/laura/index.html
Shan, Darren -- author info
http://www.twbookmark.com/authors/88/2068/
MLA Stylesheet
http://www.sunyniagara.cc.ny.us/library/mla.html
Library Lessons
Teachervision
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/curriculum/lessonplans/index.html
Citation Machine: citing reference sources
http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php
Banned Books Week activities
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/actionguide/actionguide.htm
ALA Banned Books Week
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm
Mary Laine Block's Neat New Stuff I Found This Week
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html
Plagiarism
http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/plagexamples.htm
Joyce Valenza's school website
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/
Library Web Sites
Fairfax Co. Public Library -- Sites by Subject
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/internet/default.htm
Math
Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Jarvis
American Revolution
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/American_Revolution.html
Spy Letters of the American Revolution
http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/
111 Founding Fathers & 34 of their Wives
http://www.colonialhall.com/
Revolutionary Americans -- Biographies
http://www.multied.com/Bio/RevoltBIOS/
Revolution: Causes, Battles, Bios
http://www.multied.com/Revolt/index.html
Other Portaportals
National Book Festival in DC 10-8-04
http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/
Connecting books to VA SOLs
http://www.fcps.edu/cpsapps/connections/index.cfm
VEMA Shenandoah Region
http://harrisonburg.k12.va.us/thms/library/vema/
Weed of the Month
http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/
GN categories and age groups
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/lml/comics/pages/recommended.html
More Weeding/Collection Development
http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/coldev2.html
Paul Barron -- guest access barron
http://guest.portaportal.com/
Web Quest
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html
Web Quest - Teacher
http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/wq-write.htm
Keeping the fires burning - Danville Web Quest
http://www.danville.k12.in.us/ms/lmc/WebQuest/resource.htm
Curriculum Connections -- fiction dealing with bullying
http://www.adl.org/education/curriculum_connections/winter_2005/bibliography.asp?cc_section=biblio#4
WorldCatLibraries: Find in a Library
http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/ow/1e2bb95a9dcafcb2a19afeb4da09e526.html
Outdoor Classroom
Ecology: Ecoliteracy
http://www.ecoliteracy.org/pdf/totc-color.pdf
Global environmental & outdoor education council
http://www.geoec.org/resources/
Rivers of Life: Watershed education resources
http://cgee.hamline.edu/rivers/
Cornell U: All about birds
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/
Missouri Botanical Gardens: Freshwater ecosystems
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/
National Geographic Society: Rivers 2001
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/rivers/
USGS Water Science for Schools
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthrivers.html
EPA: Your Riverand Its Watershed
http://www.epa.gov/rivers/yr_w.html
EPA: Threats to freshwater wcosystems
http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/aquatic/freshwater.html
Educators' Ref Desk: Botany lesson plans
http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science/Botany
Butterfly Gardening
http://www.butterflyhouse.org/gardening.html
Recommended Books
new book of popular science -- auction
http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/exchange-glance/Y04X3290639X9644860/102-8735654-9616119
Stars of 2004 from HB, BCCB,SLJ
http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/Kathy.L.Latrobe-1/stars2004.html
Literature corresponding to SOL
http://www.fcps.edu/cpsapps/connections/index.cfm
Science
Chemical Elements Comics - U Kentucky
http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/
Topographical Maps
http://www.topozone.com/viewmaps.asp
Astronomy: Solar system, planets, more
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/
Chemical Elements online periodic table
http://www.chemicalelements.com/
WebElements Periodic Table: Scholar edition
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html
Topographical Maps
http://www.topozone.com/viewmaps.asp
Invasive Species
http://www.invasivespecies.gov/
World Health Org -- Health Topics
http://www.who.int/topics/en/
Birds - Cornell University Ornithology Lab
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/
Chemicool -- Periodic table and MORE
http://www.chemicool.com/
It's Elemental
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental
Los Alamos Nat' Lab Periodic Table of Elements
http://periodic.lanl.gov/
Social Studies
Westward Expansion
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Pioneers.html
Gold Rush
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/westward.html
History Resources
http://www.snowcrest.net/jmike/westexp.html
First Nations History
http://www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html
Native North American Tribes
http://www.ameritech.net/users/macler/nativeamericans.html
Native American Religion, Culture, Legends
http://www.thewildwest.org/native_american/
Pictures of Kwakiutl and other Northwest Tribes
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award98/wauhtml/aipnSubjects17.html
Native American Shelters
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/settlements/index.shtml
Northwest Coast Tribes info and pictures
http://daphne.palomar.edu/ddozier/course_notes/regions/nwcoast_files/northwest_coast.htm
NE Native American Tools and Art
http://www.nativetech.org/
Land of the Midnight Sun -- Inuit middle school project
http://mcgee.berlinschools.org/Library/socstudies/inuit.htm
History & Geography Poetry
http://inquiryunlimited.org/lit/poetry/ghistpoems3.html#K
Vietnam War Casualty Data Base
http://www.no-quarter.org
The Virtual Wall: Vietnam Memorial profiles
http://www.vvmf.org
Luis Hines Photos -- Industrialization
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/
Hines and Riis Photos -- Documenting Social Reform
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA01/Davis/photography/home/home.html
Byron Collection -- Historic Photos of NYC
http://museumofnyc.doetech.net/voyager.cfm
TSA -- Useful Sites
Ten Top Digital Photography Tips
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/celebrate/tips.html
Useful
World Factbook (CIA)
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Yahoo
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2004/yahoo.htm
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com
U Va: How Things Work
http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/
Bartleby: Reference, Verse, Fiction, Non-fiction
http://www.bartleby.com/
ALA Great Websites for Kids
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm
FindIt Virginia for Public Schools
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/menu
Reading Suggestions for Kids and Teens
http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/youth/booklists/index.html#elementary
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
Virginia Young Readers
Reading Links
http://www.vsra.org/links.htm
VYR 2005 Middle School List & Annotations
http://www.vsra.org/middle05.html
VA Center for Children's Books Author Links
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/tempo/VCCB/Youngreader.html
WebFeet
Yo Yo Ma Field Trip 2006
Zoe Keating's Radical Cello
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5046348
Yo Yo Ma: news, tour, bio, pictures, more
http://www.yo-yoma.com/