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Some links may have material inappropriate for all age groups. Teachers and Parents should preview the link, and associated links, before encouraging students to pursue this information.

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Foreign Language

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Teaching Foreign Language:

http://www.educ.iastate.edu/nflrc/mission.htm - resource center at Iowa State University.

http://www.cortland.edu/www/flteach/welcome.htmlx - forum for contacting other teachers.

http://edsitement.neh.fed.us/ - includes NEH grant information (3/1/03 deadline).

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/resource/helpful.htm - a listing of helpful links.

http://www.cal.org/ericcll/faqs/rgos/flint.html#sites - ERIC links. Be sure to scroll to the top.

 

Literature, English, Writing, etc.

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Dante:

http://www.divinecomedy.org/

http://martin.carthage.edu/departments/english/dante/

http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/world_literature/dante2.html

Writing:

http://www.ana-rsvp.org/vol2/issue4/mrwrite.shtml - how to relieve writer's block.

http://www.acwpress.com/links.htm - lots of links.

http://web.edcc.edu/gvb/block.html - overcoming writer's block.

John Steinbeck:

http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/steinbec/srchome.html - site under construction 12/30/02

William Shakespeare:

http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/ - Shakespeare on the internet.

http://www.shakespeare-online.com - some analysis of his works.

http://www.bartleby.com - internet search engine for various authors' works.

http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/ - complete works online.

http://www.allshakespeare.com/plays/othello/index.php - Othello and other links.

http://allshakespeare.com/plays/tempest/ - Tempest and other links.

Women Writers:

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ - recognizing women writers throughout history.

http://www.wwp.brown.edu - Women Writers Project, Brown University.

http://voices.cla.umn.edu/ - North American women writers of color.

http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/ - Victorian Women Writers Project.

Mark Twain:

http://library.berkeley.edu/BANC/Exhibits/MTP/ - Mark Twain at large, various papers.

http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/ - Mark Twain in his time.

American Writers:

http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.html - American authors sorted by date.

Poetry:

http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/index.cfm - an enormous, indexed list of authors & poems.

http://netpoets.com/learning/index.htm - suggestions for writing poetry.

Rhetoric:

http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/gallery/rhetoric/essay.html - a brief overview of rhetoric with links.

http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/documents/Cic.html - the Cicero home page.

http://douglassarchives.org - archives of American public addresses.

Newspaper and Journalism:

http://highschooljournalism.org/ - American Society of Newspaper Editors website.

Misc.:

http://www.word-detective.com/ - answers about words and language.

http://www.mit.edu/storyfun - fill in the blanks and create your own story.

http://www.promo.net/pg/ - the Gutenberg Project - free, out-of-copyright electronic books.

 

Social Studies

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Martin Luther King:

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/ - includes audio of MLK speech.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk

http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/dreams/dreams.main.html - ideas for student projects.

http://www.forusa.org/Nonviolence/MLK_DayEvents.html - resources.

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml - photos of civil rights struggle.

Black History Month:

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html - interesting links.

http://www.familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-4818,00.html - quizes, etc.

http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/ - internet African-American History Challenge.

Women's History Month:

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/1999/ff99-03.html - 1999 Census Bureau facts & links.

Newspapers in the Classroom:

http://www.usethenews.com/

http://www.naa.org/ - current news from the inside.

http://www.escort.org/products/chandler1990_using_newspapers.html - ERIC Digest.

http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/uaa/workbooks/highnewswrite.html - high school writing.

History:

http://historymatters.gmu.edu - articles and links about American History.

http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/stamp.html - the Stamp Act of 1765.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/ - official Whitehouse site and history of the Whitehouse.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html - internet modern history sourcebook.

 

Help for Teachers

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Discipline:

http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/5/cu9.html - NWREL School Improvement Research Series.

http://eric.uoregon.edu/publications/digests/digest078.html - ERIC database article.

General Resources:

http://www.teachermagazine.org/ - Teacher Magazine.

http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kappan.htm - professional journal for Phi Delta Kappan.

http://www.newhorizons.org - New Horizons for Learning Journal.

http://www.tcet.unt.edu/journal.htm - journal links, links, and still more links.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor.htm - Scholastic Instructor magazine.

http://www.creativeclassroom.org/index.html - Creative Classroom Online.

http://www.asbj.com/ - American School Board Journal.

http://www.learner.org - Teacher Professional Development Resources.

http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/ - Center for Improved Engineering & Science Education.

http://www.discovery.com/guides/expedition/expedition.html - the Discovery Channel online.

http://www.eduweb.com - educational web adventures - fun!

http://www.fi.edu - The (Benjamin) Franklin Institute Online.

http://www.gsn.org - The Global Schoolhouse, includes interactive collaborative projects.

http://www.iearn.org - International Education and Resource Network for students.

http://www.jason.org - The JASON interactive web-based project.

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov - NASA Quest.

http://www.onlineclass.com - lessons based on internet research.

http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/projects.html - various internet based projects.

http://www.worldtrek.org - around the world trek - online!

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/survivalguide/title.html - Survival Guide for New Teachers.

http://www.iste.org - *the* site for technology in education.

http://www.enc.org/ - Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - loads of links.

http://www.teachervision.com/ - Family Education Network for teachers.

http://www.filemaker.com/education - some free FileMaker Pro databases for teachers.

 

Science & Math related

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Citizen Science:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/coop/index.htm - National Weather Service observer program

http://birdsource.cornell.edu/cbc - Audubon Society bird count

http://www.americanlittoralsoc.org/tag.htm - tagging fish

http://www.vinsweb.org/ - Vermont Institute of Natural Science

http://monitoring2.er.usgs.gov/frogwatch/ - National Wildlife Federation Frogwatch program

http://www.globe.gov/ - hands on Science and education program

Math:

http://www.funbrain.com/math/ - Math baseball game online

http://www.cut-the-knot.com - interactive mathematics site (fun facts)

http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm - help find the 5 largest known prime numbers

Teenager's Brain:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/ - "The Teen Brain is a Work in Progress"

Science resources:

http://www.accessexcellence.com/ - National Health Museum - many links

http://www.scitechdaily.com/resources.htm Sitech Daily Review - many, many links

http://www.amnh.org/ - American Museum of National History

http://ls.la.asu.edu/askabiologist/ - Ask A Biologist

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/ - interactive site: The Great Plant Escape (with teacher plans)

http://www.americanforests.org/ - American Forest Organization - help by planting trees

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ - Near Earth Object Program

http://www.thinkquest.org/library/IC_index.html - Thinkquest Internet Challenge Library

Misc. Science:

http://www.ScienceBob.com - includes science fair help

http://www.improbable.com/ - Annals of Improbable Research

http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/ - uzzles for the brain to gnaw on

http://www.nobel.se - the Nobel Prizes (a nice contrast to the Ig Nobel prizes)

Olympics related:

http://www.usolympicteam.com/ - information about US Olympics teams

http://www.abcteach.com/Olympics/olympicsTOC.htm - classroom Olympic activities

http://www.museum.olympic.org - the International Olympic Museum in Lausanne

http://www.exploratorium.edu/hockey/ - the science of hockey including why ice is slippery

http://www.umkc.edu/IMC/olympics.htm - general information about the Olympics

 

Miscellaneous

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Leonardo da Vinci:

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html - exploring Leonardo

http://banzai.msi.umn.edu/leonardo/ - the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/l/leonardo/index.html - drawings paintings and scuplture

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/vinci.html - Leonardo as biologist plus links

Library:

http://bubl.ac.uk/ - user-friendly access to internet resources covering all subject areas

http://www.bpl.org/ - Boston Public Library

http://www.authorsontheweb.com/Reading_Lists/index.html - writers' reading lists

http://www.ipl.org/ - the Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/storyhour/ - IPL kids stories - some illustrated

http://vlib.org/ - virtual library - lots of topics

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/ - the Canadian Encyclopedia in English and French

http://www.libraryspot.com/ - the Library Spot with lots of links

http://www.archives.gov/index.html - National Archives and Records

http://www.bookspot.com/ - the Book Spot includes 2001 awards and links to downloadable books

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/ - Berkeley Digital Library search engine

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/Public_main.html - links to libraries on the web

http://www.promo.net/pg/ - Project Gutenberg

Earth Day:

http://earthday.wilderness.org - Earthday (April 22) Activities

http://www.earthday.net/ - activities and facts about Earthday

Trivia & the trivial:

(Note: some of these sites may contain objectionable material. Please preview them carefully before sending students on a search)

http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/ genealogy of the British Royal Family

http://www.jigsawland.com - interactive online jigsaw puzzles

http://www.jigzone.com - more jigsaw puzzles

http://www.pressanykey.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/pak/jquiz.cgi - an interesting test. Makes you think.

http://www.straightdope.com/ - Answers to questions you never had (do you know who first said "Elvis has left the building."? or why pigeons bob their heads? Do you want to??)

http://www.neosoft.com/~davo/livedead/ - helps keep track of who's alive and who's dead - among 'famous' people.

http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/ - lots of trivia, check out superstitions

http://users.tru.eastlink.ca/~brsears/fri.htm - information about numbers and links

 "Because of rapid technological progress, a school today must have access to equipment that, at times, is complex and expensive. This is not a luxury; it is simply what a school needs to carry out its role as a educational institution." The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School, 29, The Congregation for Catholic Education, 1988