Information about the 13 colonies.

Interactive exploration of 18th Century life with insight into the classes of society.

Many links including slide shows and video clips.

Passenger records search.

Family histories and a timeline of immigration history.

Students travel back in time to the Constitutional Convention and talk to the delegates with animation and voice.

Timeline, people, important events, and what life was like.

Pictures and information about the history of immigration.

With a map as your guide, trace the growth and settlement of the United States.

A brief biography of Benjamin Banneker and his contributions.

Brief but interesting biography of the United States' first great Black Inventor.

Interactive site to examine the people and times of the American Revolution. Game included.

Links to fifth grade explorers.

Videos, tours, image gallery, and timeline.

Habitats, home, food, dress, customs...

The secret to cutting a 5-pointed star just like Betsy Ross!

An alphabetical look at Ben Franklin's contributions.

Graphics help explain what the Pledge means.

Match picyures with facts about the Statue of Liberty.

Symbols of the United States color book pages for kids.

National Geographic for Kids interactive site of facts about the Statue of Liberty.

Kids get 4 clues and try to guess the name of the bug.

Animated bear spins his rifle to Simper Fidelis

John Wayne explains what the Pledge means to him.

Play a game of concentration with U.S. symbols.

Includes graphic along with rules.

Online interactive coloring pages of American Symbols.

Learn facts about our flag and make a flag of your own.

Lesson plans, fact sheets, how to care for insects, and bibliographies for k-2.

Glossary, pictures,

information about bald eagles and raptors

Kids can color pictures while learning the Pledge.

Basic facts and links about the Virginia colony.

Links to Underground Railroad sites. Warning: Pop-ups appear on sites.

Links for fourth grade.

Learn about the language, culture, history, legends, and other facts.

Interactive stories, coloring pages, dress the Berenstain Bears.

Games, activities, movies, and stories.

Games, music, stories online.

An easy interactive way to learn all about Pocahontas!

Read along stories and songs.

Activities, games, photo gallery.

Songs, lyrics, fun and games.

Interactive activities to help children learn about dental health.

Create your own snowman by answering questions.

Create your own scarecrow by answering these questions.

An interactive calendar with a month's worth of literacy activities for your preschoolers.

Learning activities for a variety of topics and seasons.

Stories, games, songs, and more from the BBC.

Click on a letter to see pictures of things starting with the letter.

Games and activities from Australia.

Great lesson ideas for pre-k and k students.

thematic units, holiday units, games and activities for kids

play and learn letters, numbers, colors, shapes and more.

Internet-based classroom activities, lesson plans, and related book resources organized by conceptual themes

Many resources and interactive links.

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) created the Braille Bug® web site to teach sighted children about braille, and to en

Dynasties and inventions.

Coloring pages

Coloring pages, crafts for kids, word searches, puzzles, zodiac, recipes, tangrams.

Egypt site for kids with many resources for education and fun.

Extensive list of words about Egypt.

Interactive jigsaw puzzle.

Simple life cycle illustration.

From the American Museum of Natural History

Links include articles and songs.

You are in charge of making a mummy.

Each slide includes a photograph depicting the word, along with the word written in Chinese and English and then used in a sente

Interactive jigsaw puzzle.

Have you got what it takes to be a pyramid builder?

Chinese New Year links

Chinese New Year links

An interactive game to test your knowledge of China.

A virtual walk on the Great Wall of China.

Type a note and have it translated into Braille.

A robot is used to explore the inside of a pyramid.

Students cool or heat the beaker to see what happens. They can also sort items into solid, liquid, or gas.

Houses, food, clothes...includes Lakota.

Listen to thumb piano tunes, see actual photos of African schools, make a mask, or hear a Swahili Folk Tale.

Play the Gladiator-Dressed-to-Kill Game

A selection of sites to explore Africa.

Black History Month: Civil Rights Movement Heroes

Peggy Noatbaert Nature Museum

Remix video of Cesar Chavez speech.

Create a rock collection as you learn about the three main types of rock, find out how to tell the different rock types apart, a

Nettlesworth Primary School basic info about Ancient Roman life.

Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement from the Seattle Times.

All about rocks.

Home page for Roman studies.

Includes a short biography and comprehension questions.

Photos of the bus where Rosa Parks ignited the Civil Rights Movement

What's really going on under the soil!

Interactive game about Roman times.

Facts, fun, and games.

Find out how to greet people in hundreds of languages.

Gettysburg Address, text, photos, extensive bibliography.

Primary source material (documents, maps, portraits, movies, games) documenting the 18th century America.

Make customized maps for printing.

games for rome and egypt

games and movies to explore early America

Games and movies to explore civilizations and historical times.

Interactive activities: dress a colonial woman.

Interactive site introduces colonists.

See if you solve the jigsaw puzzle pictures of Williamsburg.

Play interactive games, view videos, tour the town, and meet people.

Constitution Day links and lessons.

Ideas for using documents to teach about the Constitution.

Click on a continent and hear its name.

Library of Congress collection of documents.

Links to a variety of resources.

Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it,

Interactive activities about Columbus and Pocahontas.

An interactive adventure with Lewis and Clark.

History links for all grades.

Explore the facts and myths with interactive visits with children.

An alphabetical approach to history subjects created by a brother and sister.

Tribes, clothing, legends, maps, housing, projects, famous people...

Pictures, drawings, maps, cross-section of the Mayflower.

Interactive Constitution

National Constitution Center provides many different ways to engage in the American experience.

Colonial Period interactive activities

Free maps and puzzles.

Video of his famous speech.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, ‘Paul Revere’s Ride’

coloring pages, recipes, stories, glossary, homework help, and "Talk Like a Pilgrim".

Download coloring pages of each President.

Paul Revere’s personal account of the night of April 18, 1775

This site provides a wide variety of resources including current events, fun and games, book reviews, history, economics, geogra

quizzes and activities

Student activities from Scholastic include taking the voyage on the Mayflower, touring the Mayflower, daily life comparing the P

Includes information, quizzes, and short video clips for a variety of American and religious holidays.

Includes timelines for people, periods, places and events.

Try this "Choose Your Own Adventure" site to learn more about it.

44 US Presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama morphed to the music Boléro by Ravel.

Kids learn about Veteran's Day and Veteran's Affairs.

Secrets about the Presidents.

Download, print and color drawings of the presidents.

Click on White House Floor Plan to see Rooms.

Holiday history, customs, traditions, and games.

Flags and maps of the world. Flags and maps of the world with information of each country.

Explore and create free timelines...including Barack and Michelle Obama's.

Investigating the first Thanksgiving

Math games, puzzles and lessons.

Use the 100 number grid to find the dog's bones.

View money from all around the world.

unlimited math questions in more than 1,000 topics

Harvey Almatohl's portaportal!

Interactive math activities for k-6.

Learn all about money, savings, EFT, interest, and checks.

Online math dictionary for k-algebra-formulas, definitions,diagrams, and examples.

An action-packed site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!

Alphabetical listing of math terms.

Printouts to spice up any animal unit.

Information on 585 species in our online bird guide

learn about bears and what zoos are doing to protect and conserve them.

Light, magnets, forces,shadows.

Plants, animals, environments.

Rocks and soil, solids, liquids, and gases,

students anywhere in the world can explore the microscopic world of insects.

Water cycle animation.

Interactive activities fron the EPA.

get the answers to these and many other of life's most interesting questions through scientific inquiry.

Learn what causes disasters and how to be prepared.

games and interactive activities focused on ocean and air themes

Over 200 home experiments.

Photos, links, and other resources.

National Zoo Web Pages Just for Kids

Sponsored by the Defenders of Wildlife, includes facts, games, and activities about wild and endangered species.

Facts about tornadoes, lightning, hurricanes and storm chasing.

interesting facts about Koko and her pals

Interactive site to create virtual snowflakes.

Biomes and ecosystems information.

replacing misconceptions with scientific facts about bears, their role in ecosystems, and their relations with humans.

Links for kids from the American Museum of Natural History

Interactive site includes games, printables, and video clips.

Everyday a new photo from National Geographic.

Games, simulations, movies, and virtual tours (NASA)

A learning site for young astronomers from NASA

hundreds of articles about butterflies and moths, an extensive clipart collection, many photographs, videos

Coloring pages, FAQ, life cycle, links, photographs...

EPA interactive site

Current activity, games, virtual Field Trips, and Rocky's Adventure Stories by Jane Kurtz.

Identify trees by leaf, fruit, or name.

Features animals of the Fort Worth Zoo

General wolf information.

Art Zone invites children of all ages to design a virtual mobile; create a collage, painting, or a geometric sculpture online

National Gallery of Art Kids' Page...interactive art

Online games with art from the Getty Museum.

Nursery Rhymes, holidays, folk songs.

Hear songs and print lyrics of children's songs.

lyrics, videos, and music for 2,069 kid's songs and nursery rhymes

songs from around the world. The songs can be searched for by continent

Here is a list of sources for borrowing or purchasing braille and print/braille children’s books and magazines in the United Sta

Braille Institute is a private non-profit organization whose mission is to eliminate blindness and severe sight loss as a barrie

National Braille Press is a nonprofit braille printer and publisher offering braille books, magazines, textbooks, tests, and emb

Seedlings Braille Books for Children is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to increasing the opportunity for litera

Located on the second floor of the Staunton Public Library, providing free library service for anyone unable to read regular pri

We are a not-for-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for blind persons everywhere. We believe the key

APH is the world's largest provider of accessible educational and daily living products.

Classroom copyright chart.

Includes definitions,links, and help with asking permission to make copies.

Many links about copyright.

Shows the progression of copyright issues.

A simple tool to help determine copyright issues.

6 minute video clip

interviews with creative professionals and students, stories of how creative rights affect you, and more.

Doug Johnson's Information Technology Ethics scenarios for students.

Lists for primary, intermediate, and older readers.

A collection of brief recordings of authors & illustrators saying their names. Hello, my name is . . .

A collection of brief recordings of authors & illustrators saying their names. Hello, my name is . . .

Many links to authors and illustrators from Scholastic.

Alphabetical list of links to favorite authors.

An extensive list of children's author and illustrator links.

Find reviews of popular children's books.

Author of Punished and "Weenies" series

Author of Wolves and Meerkat

Series lists.

Podcasts with children's book reviews and interviews with authors and illustrators.

Check the archives for favorite authors' profiles.

To help you find another author you might enjoy. Helps students find what to read next!

Newbery winner 2009!

Activities and information about the series.

Author of A to Z mystery series and Capital Mysteries series.

Author interviews, featured story readings, and video booktalks.

View art work of popular illustrators.

Includes a biography, activity, and color pages.

Author of I'm Going to be Famous. Website and blog.

Video interview with thirty-six children's authors and illustrators. Includes biographical information and a bibliography of th

Alphabetical list of links to author and illustrator sites.

Author and related links.

Biographies, videos, and author links.

Includes short biographies, picture, and "Author Talks".

Addresses of author publishers where students can send letters to their favorite authors.

Alphabetical links of authors and illustrators as well as multi-author links.

Information about favorite authors as well as lesson plans.

Author of Suddenly Supernatural series

Contains stories, games and video clips.

Meet your favorite American Girl characters, play games and send e-cards to your friends on this interactive site.

children's series links

various sites

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt text books activities

AOL for Kids. Help with math, L.A., history and science.

Help for K-2nd graders.

Internet search guide for k-12 students.

Recommends safe, educational, and fun sites for kids.

Children's BBC

...of kids, by kids, for kids

Washington Post for Kids

Grades 3-12

Puzzles, jokes and conversations with Owl and Chickadee

Scholastic news for kids.

The kids magazine for animal lovers 5-12.

Activities for little kids!

NEA recommends best books grouped by age levels.

New York Public Library recommendations grouped by subjects.

A diverse look at picture books by theme, author/illustrators, and art mediums selected by the New York Public Library.

Reading List wiki ATN Reading Lists was started in 1996 as part of a librarian collaborative project

Bookwink's mission is to inspire kids to read. Through podcasting and web video, we hope to connect kids in Grades 3 through 8 w

Arranged in alphabetical order by author.

Books chosen by children themselves.

abstracts of over 5000 children's picture books;

Share book reviews with friends.

Pictures and short book talks of books sure to grab the attention of boys!

books, films, plays, and television shows that all relate to specific math concepts.

Published each year by the Association for Library Service to Children.

Selected for grades K-8 by National Council for the Social Studies

Annotated list of science trade books.

The best of books recommended by James Patterson, Judy Freeman, and others.

Arranged by theme for children ages 0-9.

Searchable by series title , author, book title, and series subject.

Annotated lists chosen by International Reading Association.

Enter a book or author to see what real readers recommend.

Lists fiction series.

Lists from Lexington, MA Schools.

ABC list of links to authors and illustrators.

Books by month and themes.

Sponsored by the American Library Association

An alphabetical list of homonyms and their meanings.

Many links of all subjects.

37,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.

resources to help students master the basics of math, science, English, social studies, and more.

Links to a variety of reference resources.

ESL Idiom Page...meanings and examples given.

Teaching and learning resources from federal agencies.

A to Z look at the most popular idioms...examples of their use.

New Book of Knowledge: reference and current events for elementary students and higher.

Videos of actual world records being made and games.

Educational links, jokes, games, etc.

Offers a wide variety of links and also parent and teacher resources.

Educational sites for kids.

The purpose of this project is to create a free, open simple dictionary for students to use.

Web search for kids by librarians.

Explore 15 themes with more than 6,000 images.

English language flashcards to help you study English and have fun at the same time!

Created for kids in K-4.

A dictionary with real photographs for entry words.

Image search for pictures and images.

Information and news links.

Type in a word and find its rhymes, Mother Goose rhymes, recerse dictionary, and games.

vocabulary, word puzzles, and activities.

Interactive activities for all ages.

Be informed of the newest words around. Subscribe to Twitter, RSS feds, or daily emails.

Search & Reference Sites that are Safe for Kids

Interactive map, tools, and geography fun.

Ready Reference and Copyright Sources Bibliographic citation format for elementary students modified for each grade level.

Links to supplement Usborne books.

DJ Montague School Library Research Links

Age-appropriate bibliography formats for grades 1-6.

Clustering search engine

searches for and ranks pages based on their content and relevance.

presenting results in topically organized visual formats that make it easier to conduct actionable research

search results based on meaning match, rather than by the popularity of search terms.

Quintura for Kids is a visual and intuitive search engine for children.

Many online research tools for students.

Interactive game...can you find where the book belongs and beat the timer?

Links to Booktalk sites.

Nancy Keane's Resources.

Our mission is to motivate boys to read by connecting them with materials they will want to read, in ways they like to read.

Podcasts about children's books.

Book reviews, lists, author studies, quizzes on books, holiday info, homework help, and fun activities.

Create a virtual snowflake.

Lesson plans, coloring pages, speech, clipart, links...

Help the groundhog find its shadow.

Valentine poems

From Surfnetkids.com

Lots of links.

Help the groundhog find its shadow.

Links for activities and games.

Links to Lincoln's and Washington's Birthday sites.

Crafts, short stories, biographies...

Puzzles, cards, crafts, stories, origins...

Biography, costumes, books, and activities.

Ideas for Poetry Month lessons using his works.

Facts, coloring pages, crafts for kids, word searches

Lots of sites.

Everything you need to throw a Halloween party.

A brief history of Presidential Inauguraions and slideshows from 2009.

Games, crafts, puzzles and lots more fun.

Interactive activities include "Be President for a Day", "How does Government affect Me?", and "Step Inside the Voting Booth".

activity kit, poster, campaign buttons, and teacher's guide

Thanksgiving theme unit

Look back into history, read all about elec

Interactive site with Wampanoag and Pilgrim points-of-view

Students send messages to President Obama about isssues important to them.

Frankenstein, Godzilla, and Mermaid make campaign promises and students vote for their favorite candidate.

Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving links

Slide shows, videos, interviews. and games.

Students can vote here. choose from games, quizzes and activities.

Choose a candidate.

examples of English words, greetings and phrases that might be used back then

Election links

Inauguration links

Lots of links.

Activities for the SmartBoard.

Fun facts, letters to the President.

Great interactive sites.

From Barkley Interactive.

track Santa as he leaves the North Pole on Christmas Eve.

Lots of links!

Create your own snowflake and send it to a friend.

SmartBoard links

Decorate a gingerbread cookie online.

Better Homes and Gardens interactive Christmas tree trim site.

Lots of ideas and crafts.

From surfnetkids.com

Links for science, polar bears and penguins, arts and crafts, poetry, coloring pages.

Games, puzzles, and snowflake designs to print.

Holidays by month.

Links for each month.

Animations, music, cartoons, recipes...for all holidays.