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Hampton Online Resourcs

Elibrary
Use for Periodical articles
Biography Resource Center
Use for current biographies
Grolier
Serveral different encyclopedias
World Book Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia and much more!
Nettrekker
Search engine for students; websites have been evaluated by educators
Infotrac Junior Edition
Great source for articles and other online resources
Reading Tests
Reading Tests
Practice SOL Tests
Quizlist Interactive
Use this site to search for AR tests that are in Syms' AR database
PBS Org
Find It Virginia
This site is through your public library. Use your public library barcode to access Elibrary and Infotrac
Alexandria Online Catalog
Fact Monster
Information from the Information Please Almanac
Plagiarism Guide
This link gives information about how to avoid plagiarizing another person's work
What's next?
What books are in a series and how do you know what book to read next?
How to choose another book in a series
Do you wonder what book is next in a series? Here's a link to help you.

Native Americans

International information

CIA
List of details about countries
US State Department
Information about various countries
Website for the Lonely Planet Guides
Planning to travel somewhere? Check this out first!

Ms. Sivongsa

Mr. Tait

Encarta on Great Depression
Provides analysis of the causes, effects and responses to the Great Depression. Also info on the New Deal.
PBS Online
A basic overview of the Great Depression, the New Deal and other people and events related to the Grt Depression.
The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers and the Great Depression
An overveiw of the Great Depression including archived photographs taken during the time period & Hyperlinks.
Library of Congress: Great Depression and WWII
Great Site! Overview of the Great Depression including various hyperlinks to Library of Congress articles under the heading
Wikipedia on the Great Depression
The contributing authors to this article provide analysis of the cause and effects of the Great Depression.

Big6 Iinformation

Mrs. Silvis' Class: How Does Heat Energy Move?

SOL Sites

Mrs. Davis' Online Resources

Ms. Norlund

Science

Cell structure: plant and animal
Another interactive place to look at and quiz cell structure
Science Buddies
Free Science Fair information!
Science Fair Central
Tons of science fair information from Discovery Educaiton
Chemical Elements through the Periodic Table--includes electron shell diagrams

Señora Bogues

the Sante Fe site
History of the city of Santa Fe, NM
St. Augustine
History of St. Augustine, FL
Fact monster
Hispanic Heritage Month
Present progressive tense
Here is where you can study the present progressive tense

Mrs. Poole

Abraham Lincoln

Teaching with Lincoln
Library of Congress site with lots of links
Abraham Lincoln Learning Page
Library of Congress
One Life: The Mask of Lincoln
Created by the National Portrait Gallery, this site links to some great images of Lincoln
Teaching Abraham Lincoln
The National Endowment for the arts created this website and features links to lesson plans and websites.
Lincoln 200 Years
Lots of images of Lincoln brought to you by C-SPAN

Book searching links

Common Sense
book reviews for families--home site has movies, websites, etc.
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
About.com on Children's Books
ratings by age group of children's books
VOYA
Voice of Youth Advocates--teen and high school ideas
School Library Journal
Library journal with links to blogs, lists, etc
Juvenile Series and Sequels
The 'Juvenile Series and Sequels' database currently contains over 26,700 books in series titles that are classified into three

Useful Library Links

Common Sense
Book Reviews for families--home site has movies, websites, etc.
About.com rates children's books
About.com gives book ratings by age group
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
From University of Illinois
VOYA
Voice of Youth Advocates--teen and high school ideas
School Library Journal
Library journal with links to blogs, lists, etc
Juvenile Series and Sequels
The 'Juvenile Series and Sequels' database currently contains over 26,700 books in series titles that are classified into three
Lesson planner
Links to lesson plans and webquests
Houston Library
Lesson plans for the library

Foreign language links

German grammar songs
Songs by Ruth Trice of Charlottesville to teach important grammar topics sung by German teachers at a conference at Sweet Briar
Ed Helper
This seems to be a pay site, but it has some really cool materials for the FL teacher.
Children's Library
Read various children's books online in a wide variety of languages.
Hello world
a subscription site with some cool activities and a few freebies
Michael Miller's web site
Useful information on TPRS
Plan a trip

Responding to Literature without AR

Design a character T Shirt
Students will use graphic organizers to analyze characters. In turn, students will exhibit their ability to analyze a specific c
Character scrapbook
Students create a picture of a character and then tell ten things they know about the character.
Middle school ideas from Scholastic
Story builder for Esperanza Rising
Tools to write a play or new scene using characters from the book.
One teacher's ideas
There are several ideas here including blogging.
91 ways to respond to literature
Just what it says
Books are like apples
Students could respond to several questions from each level
Grassfield High School ideas
The librarians at Grassfield High in Chesapeake have these ideas

Useful links for teachers

Colonial History

Math

Math Playground
Play with numbers and give your brain a workout. Includes videos.
Math practice site by grade

Mrs. Walker's Travel options

Mr. Jones' links

Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
This is site is blatantly anti tobacco
American College of Physicians
Links to anti smoking groups
Campaign for a Smoke Free America
More anti Smoking information
WebMD
Link to online medical information
Teen Drug Abuse
An organization for parents of teens with problems related to drugs
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Facts, tests results, etc. from Government agency which studies traffic safety
Creative commons
Search for pictures here, but remember to give credit.

Images

Creative commons
Use this site to search for images. Make sure that you give credit for what you use.
Wikimedia Commons
Collection of photos (re-usable media). Images owned by individual creators. Almost all may be freely reused without individual
Discovery Education clipart
EduPic Graphical Resource
Free photos and graphics for education
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

SOL related links from Ms. Tolliver-Johnson

Holocaust