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Great Depression Sites to Use

People & Events

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/peopleevents/pandeAMEX05.html
Photos from Great Depression

http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexdepression.htm
Great Depression in U.S.

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761584403/Great_Depression_in_the_United_States.html
Effects of Great Depression

http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Lesson_84_Notes.htm
Causes of Great Depression
THIS HAS POP-UPS!! DO NOT CLICK ON ADS!!!

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1569.html
Causes of Great Depression

http://www.amatecon.com/gd/gdcandc.html
New Deal

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0835397.html
Dust Bowl

http://www.usd.edu/anth/epa/dust.html
1930's Dust Bowl

http://www.ccccok.org/museum/dustbowl.html
Dust Bowl

http://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_02.html
Dust Bowl Photos

http://www.weru.ksu.edu/new_weru/multimedia/dustbowl/dustbowlpics.html
Hoovervilles

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/depwwii/depress/hoovers.html
Hooverville Photos

http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/strip/strip_n24.html
Hoovervilles in Seattle

http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/doclibrary/Hoover/index.shtml
Bonus Army
eyewitness account

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snprelief4.htm
Bonus Marchers (Army)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/peopleevents/pandeAMEX89.html
Child Labor during Great Depression
new laws

http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/ppet/labor/page3.asp?secid=31
Franklin D. Roosevelt
biography

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html
Great Depression
Online Quiz link

http://www.iq.poquoson.org/7socialstudies/greatdepression/greatdepression.htm
Out of the Dust

http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/outofthedust/
Out of the Dust resources
List of links for resources

http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/outofthedust/resources.html
Library of Congress site
In the 'Search' box @ the top, type in

http://www.loc.gov/index.html
List of American Memories links
Primary Resources

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query

Holt Online Scoring

Holt Online Scoring
scmstudent/student

http://my.hrw.com/index.jsp

Reliable Internet Resources

Civil War

http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/civilwar.htm
Tree Octopus

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
Biomes of the World

http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/biomes.htm
Beluga Whales

http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/Beluga.htm
Ova Prima

http://www.ovaprima.org/index.htm
Moon

http://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/moon.htm
Checking backlinks to a webpage

http://www.ehow.com/how_4505196_how-many-backlinks-website-has.html
Reliable Internet Resources Notes Sheet
document to go with lesson

Wading_Through_the_Web.doc
Snopes report

http://www.snopes.com/science/dhmo.asp
Internet Checklist

checklist.pdf
Reliable Internet Resources Presentation

Reliable Internet Resources.ppt
Fact Monster
free reference site for students, teachers, and parents

http://www.factmonster.com/
Search Engine for Kids!!

http://www.ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html
WolframAlpha
free online computational knowledge engine that generates answers to questions in real time

http://www.wolframalpha.com