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Your school library has an excellent collection of books on animals. Be sure to write down the title, author, and call number. The call number will help you locate books about your animal in any library!
Grolier On Line
An excellent collection of Encyclopedias, Multimedia, and Periodicals. Also includes more recommended web links.
See your librarian or teacher for the user name and password!
URL: http://go-kids.grolier.com/
Animal Diversity Web
An "online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology." Covers mammals, birds, arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, sharks, bony fishes, and other animals. Includes audio of selected animals, resources for teachers, and links to related sites. From the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/
National Geographic: Animals
Browse or search for your animal in the brown box to the right. Includes profile, fast facts, multimedia photos, sound, and video, and a printable fact sheet page.
eNature
The site's core content of wildlife information about almost 6,000 individual species is the same data set used to create the printed Audubon Field Guides. All the data has been carefully reviewed and vetted by leading biologists, zoologists and other natural history specialists.
All About Birds
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Includes summary and detailed pages with descriptions, sounds, conservations status, other names, and cool facts.
BirdWeb
BirdWeb offers extensive profiles of the 350-plus species of birds that occur regularly in Washington, along with shorter notes on more than 100 species of rarities. For each bird species, users will find color photographs, range maps, and information about the bird's habitat, behavior, diet, nesting, distribution, and conservation status.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Online Field Guide
Includes descriptions, pictures, video, and animations of the habitats and inhabitants of Monterey Bay, California. | |
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An excellent collection of Encyclopedias, Multimedia, and Periodicals on the Ancient World. See your librarian or teacher for the user name and password!
URL: http://go.grolier.com/
BBC Ancient History
Covers Greece, Rome, Egypt, India, and Mesopotamia. A vast collection of interactive content and multimedia. Note the left menu links to more Interactive Content and History for Kids.
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/
Daily Life in Ancient Greece
Designed for elementary or middle school students and teachers, this site provides basic background information about ancient Greek life. Includes lesson plans, classroom activities, and annotated links. Created and maintained by two teachers.
URL: http://www.mrdonn.org/ancienthistory.html
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
The goal of this ancient history resource "is to provide and organize texts for use in classroom situations. Links to the larger online collections are provided for those who want to explore further." Browse topics such as human origins, Mesopotamia, the Hellenistic world, Greece, Rome, and late antiquity. Edited by a historian.
URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html
Exploring Ancient World Cultures (EAWC)
Developed as an on-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, the early Islamic world, and medieval Europe with essays, chronologies and primary texts. Search for related essays, images, electronic texts, Internet sites and a space-time, cross-cultural chronology.
URL: http://eawc.evansville.edu/
Timelines of Art History: The World (BC/BCE)
"This is an educational website which is dedicated to art history. Timelines presents selected resources (web links) about the art and archaeology of ancient civilizations, including: Egypt, Greece and Rome, Asia, and the Middle East. ... Timelines pages are organized by civilization and period." Many of the linked sites include images. From an art history enthusiast.
URL: http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/timelines/tl001.html
Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations
Provides basic information and links for the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, China, and the Pacific Northwest Coastal Indians, with an additional section on EarlyMan. The information is suitable for elementary students, and there are lesson plans and classroom activities for teachers. Created by two social studies teachers.
URL: http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/index.html
The Classics Pages
This site includes "well over 1000 pages of news, information, games and controversy about the life, literature, art and archaeology of the ancient world of Greece and Rome, and the latest on my Greek Harry Potter." Your questions on the classics, Latin, Greek, or the ancient world can be answered by the Oracle of Loxias (in the guise of the site author). Topics include classic authors and their works, Greek vase painting and sculpture, women, technology, and links to other classical sites for teachers and a bookshop.
URL: http://www.classicspage.com/
Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World
"An interactive guide to the Ancient Art Collection of The Art Institute of Chicago" that focuses on the three cultures of the ancient Mediterranean: Italy, Egypt, and Greece. Eighteen objects are featured, each with close-up views and related stories in audio. There are also a timeline, glossary which comes with an audio pronunciation guide, maps, and lesson plans for grades 4 through 12. Also available in Spanish, except for the audio files and lesson plans.
URL: http://www.artic.edu/cleo/
Olympics Through Time
A history of early athletic competitions and the Olympic Games from prehistory (ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, and Greece) through its revival in the 19th century. Includes descriptions and rules of the early athletic contests, a history of attempts to revive the Olympics, excerpts of interviews with historians, a bibliography, and a glossary. Also available in Greek. From the Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW).
URL: http://www.fhw.gr/olympics/ancient/
Greek Mythology Link
Comprehensive guide to myths of Greece, containing sections on major events in Greek mythology; individual entries for divine, mortal, and semi-divine characters; genealogical tables; maps; a bibliography of ancient and modern sources; and an extensive set of links to sites of Classical interest. The content for this site is mainly based on the book Genealogical Guide to Greek mythology by Carlos Parada, published in 1993.
URL: http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/
Winged Sandals
This site designed for children age 6 to 12 provides animated stories and games about "the characters of classical [Greek] mythology [who] occupy three realms: the gods live on Olympus, the mortals (and monsters) occupy the Earthly Realm and the dead live in the Underworld." Also includes craft instructions, searchable and browsable information about characters in the myths, brief essays on ancient Greece, and an interactive Delphic Oracle feature.
URL: http://www.wingedsandals.com/
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
This site presents an introduction to ancient Greek history, culture, politics, art, and warfare. There is a detailed timeline covering 1200 B.C. to 337 B.C. The Greeks Interactive contains an interactive map, information about life in Athens, and ancient Greek language lessons. The Acropolis Experience includes a film clip about the Parthenon. Use the site index for easier navigation. Educational resources are also included.
URL: http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/
The Perseus Digital Library
This "evolving digital library" is diverse, covering the Greco-Roman world, Renaissance literature, history and topography of London, American expansionism, and British scientist Robert Boyle. The site provides reference works such as encyclopedias, grammars, and dictionaries as well as primary sources such as original texts, images, first-person narratives, and diaries. The Perseus Project is located in the Department of Classics at TuftsUniversity.
URL: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Metis: A QTVR Interface for Ancient Greek Archaeological Sites
A collection of virtual reality tours of many Greek ruins, including the Acropolis, Delphi, Olympia, and Troy. Movies allow users to virtually walk through these archeological sites; each has a link to more information and some have floor plans of the ruins. Designed by a classics professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
URL: http://www.stoa.org/metis/
Antiqua Medicina: From Homer to Vesalius
A survey of medicine from early Greece through Byzantine times. Among the topics covered are women (both as healers and patients), military medicine, cults, Hippocrates, and Galen. Illustrated with classic art works. From the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia.
URL: http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/library/historical/artifacts/antiqua/
Hellenic History on the Internet
Overview of the history of Greece from earliest times to the modern day. Time periods include the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Archaic period, Classical period, Roman period, Byzantine period, Ottoman period, rise of the Hellenic state, and contemporary (1945-2000) Greece. Includes image galleries, bibliographies, and related material. In English and Greek. From the Foundation of the Hellenic World.
URL: http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/en/
Classics Unveiled
This site consists of four sections with information culled from books on classical Greece and Rome. "MythNET" provides information about Greek gods and heroes and includes genealogical tables. "Rome Unleashed" provides information about Roman history and includes timelines and tables of rulers. "Rome Exposed" includes information about Roman life such as slavery, attire, and cuisine. "Latin Wordstock" features a Latin to English dictionary and a list of English derivatives from Latin. Searchable.
URL: http://www.classicsunveiled.com/
Kidipede
Introductory material designed for children about the history and culture of Europe, Asia, and Africa before 1500. Topics include North America, China, India, west Asia, Greece, Egypt, Africa, Rome, Islam, Germany, and the Middle Ages. Also includes materials for teachers. Kidipede began as a "community service learning project" and is organized and run by a history professor at PortlandStateUniversity.
URL: http://www.historyforkids.org
Greek Mythology Link
Comprehensive guide to myths of Greece, containing sections on major events in Greek mythology; individual entries for divine, mortal, and semi-divine characters; genealogical tables; maps; a bibliography of ancient and modern sources; and an extensive set of links to sites of Classical interest. The content for this site is mainly based on the book Genealogical Guide to Greek mythology by Carlos Parada, published in 1993.
URL: http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/
Foundation of the Hellenic World
A collection of projects presenting events that shaped Greek society, politics, economy, and culture from prehistory to modern times; "every aspect of city life"; the history and revival of the Olympic Games; and the evolution of democracy in city-states. Searchable.
URL: http://www.fhw.gr/fhw/en/projects/
Museum of Reconstructions
Archaeological exhibits created with computer modeling technology "based on measurements, facts, interpretations, and reconstructions published in authoritative excavation reports and surveys." Reconstructions represent the Acropolis of Athens, the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret I at Lisht, the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III at Dahsur, and Delight of Re: Solar Temple of Nuiserre at Abu Ghurab. From a nonprofit organization "dedicated to the development and free distribution of computer-generated archaeological reconstructions."
URL: http://www.reconstructions.org/
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Corporation (PBS) series that traveled to the countries that formed the empire created by Alexander the Great. The site features a description of the journey, a FAQ, a brief biography of Alexander, a teacher's guide, a bibliography, and links to related sites.
URL: http://www.mpt.org/programsinterests/mpt/alexander/
Hellenic Culture
This site looks at the heritage of Greek culture. Included are museums, monuments, and archaeological sites; modern cultural creations, including literature and books, music, theater, dance, cinema, plastic arts, and photography; and links to cultural organizations. "Special Issues" includes a history of the Olympic Games. Also available in Greek.
URL: http://www.culture.gr/
Resources for Greek Art & Archaeology
A directory of annotated links to general archaeological and historical resources, texts, projects, journals, bibliographies, field projects, atlases, museum collections, associations, and more. From a classics professor.
URL: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~ekondrat/greece.html | |
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| | Grolier On Line
An excellent collection of Encyclopedias, Multimedia, and Periodicals on the California Gold Rush. Also includes more recommended web links.
See your librarian or teacher for the user name and password!
URL: http://go.grolier.com/
The Dark Side Of The Gold Rush Legacy
The legacy of the gold rush era is toxic pollution in California mines and waterways.
URL: http://www.theunion.com/article/20080305/NEWS/411416803
Updated: 3/6/08
Modern Gypsy Sets Record On Gold Rush Voyage
New Record set for a trip from New York to San Francisco around the Great Horn. Great Hook for the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleishman.
URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/29/MN3HVB1CS.DTL
Updated: 3/6/08
Chinatown Tradition Reigns At Marysville's Firing Of The Bombs
This is the oldest Chinese festival in California
URL: http://www.sacbee.com/107/story/762865.html
Updated: 3/6/08
N.A. Chandler Gold Rush Era Letters
N. A. Chandler Gold Rush Era Letters collection consists of fifty-six handwritten letters from 1855 to 1872.
URL: http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cng/
California Legacy Project Radio Anthology
Dramatic performances of great California writing. California Legacy Project, Santa Clara University.
URL: http://californialegacy.org/podcast/podcast.xml
By The Great Horn Spoon! A Gold Rush Adventure
Interactive exhibits and "Sound Movies" on "The Journey", "San Francisco" and "The Diggings". Plus some excellent resources to accompany the book by Sid Fleischman.
URL: http://hornspoon.info/index.htm
Museum of the City of San Francisco
A great collection of online exhibits covering a range of topics on the California Gold Rush
URL: http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/index0.1.html#gold
Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories
This site presents a virtual tour of the Oakland Museum of California's Gold Rush exhibition, including sections on art, natives and immigrants, a quiz, and curriculum materials for educators. The exhibit includes photographs, artifacts, primary documents, audio files (some in Chinese), and maps.
URL: http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/
Gold Rush City: San Francisco in the California Gold Rush
A few selective Web resources and an extensive print bibliography, browsable by source and alphabetically, about San Francisco in the late 1840s through the 1850s and beyond. Includes links to articles about ships buried in landfill, and a local history treatise about a "Californio" family: "To Have But Not to Hold: The Bernals of Early San Francisco and Their Lost Corner of the City." From Greg Pabst, an MA candidate in history and local history buff.
URL: http://gregnoevly.home.mindspring.com/welcome.html
Land of Golden Dreams: California in the Gold Rush Decade 1848-1858
This online exhibit contains many of the materials available in the California Gold Rush exhibit at the Huntington Library and ArtGallery in San Marino, California. The items include original documents and diaries, illustrations, maps, letters, rare books, and photographs. Each item is interpreted in detail, and translated when needed. This is an excellent online resource for students of the Gold Rush; the exhibit was at the Huntington until September 10, 2000.
URL: http://www.huntington.org/Education/GoldRush/
ReadWriteThink: Gold Was Discovered in California in 1848
Lesson plan and links to related sites for a classroom activity inspired by the discovery of gold in California in January 1848 and the ensuing Gold Rush. The lesson plan invites students to read Gold Rush letters and write fictional letters of their own. From the International Reading Association (IRA) and National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
URL: http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=403
Gold Rush
Compilation of stories and related material to honor the sesquicentennial of the discovery of gold in northern California in 1848. Includes information about how gold was discovered, maps about how miners traveled to California by land and sea, details about life in mining camps, some types of people during the Gold Rush era (such as Latinos, black miners, Chinese workers, and women), the legacy of the Gold Rush, and more. From The Sacramento Bee.
URL: http://www.calgoldrush.com
California As We Saw It
Maps, letters, books, and other resources from the archives of the California State Library are used to provide an outline of California history during the Gold Rush. Each item is described in detail with both small and large images of the original.
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/
The Gold Rush
Geared for classroom use, this site gives brief commentaries on various aspects of the California Gold Rush. It starts with the 1840s and ends with how the mindset of early entrepreneurs shaped California. Features fun facts for children and classroom resources.
URL: http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/
Gold Rush Chronicles
History of the California Gold Rush, including a chronology beginning when Swiss-born John Sutter arrived in the California territory and covering the 1848 discovery of gold by James Marshall and California's admission to the United States in 1850. Features information about towns, mines and mining camps, people, the Pony Express, and more. From a company in the gold country that created a website for El Dorado County, California.
URL: http://comspark.com/goldminer-mall/chronicles/
Historic Hwy 49.com \
This travel and tourism site for the towns along California Highway 49 includes historical background about California's Gold Country where "James Marshall discovered Gold in California at Sutter's Mill in [January] 1848 and set off the largest gold rush in history." Includes a business directory, city directory, and maps of the area and of individual cities such as NevadaCity, GrassValley, and Coloma (location of Sutter's Mill).
URL: http://www.historichwy49.com/home.html
Our Gold Country Community
Explores "how the California gold rush of l849 attracted the global community to Nevada County, California." Features information on notable people of the area (Nisenans, Chinese, women); hydraulic and placer mining; trains; and more. Includes timelines. From the DeerCreekSchool, located in Nevada City, California.
URL: http://www.ncgold.com/goldrushtown/
California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900This site "consists of the full texts and illustrations of 190 works documenting the formative era of California's history through eyewitness accounts. The collection covers the dramatic decades between the Gold Rush and the turn of the twentieth century." Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress.
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/
The Gold Rush Trail
Collection of articles about a "month-long trek [in 1998] across the West retracing the steps of the emigrants along the GoldRushTrail." Features maps, photos, and stories about the overland trail to California and the trails used by miners following the January 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California. From the website for the San Francisco Chronicle.
URL: http://www.sfgate.com/news/special/pages/1998/08/goldtrail/arcbin/arcdex_0731.shtml
California Pioneer Project
Directory of resources for genealogical research in California. See the California Pioneer List for "settlers to California who migrated to or were born in California prior to 1880 (included in the 1880 California Census ...)." Lists county information; libraries and databases; historical and genealogical societies; pioneer, trail, and California Gold Rush Web sites; a bibliography of diaries and journals; and much more.
URL: http://www.cagenweb.com/cpl/
Wayback: Gold Rush!
Aimed at children, this site offers "information about this fascinating moment in American history, looking at Californios, the Spanish-speaking community that had been in California since the mid-1700s; the various routes Forty-Niners took to reach the gold fields, with mixed success; and the overall history of the Gold Rush." Includes a guide for teachers and parents. From PBS Kids.
URL: http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/
California History Lectures
Audio of seven one-hour lectures on California history topics: California missions, the California Gold Rush, Mark Twain, water delivery systems, Henry J. Kaiser, Governor Hiram Johnson, and the history of the Bancroft Library. The lectures, moderated by the Director of the Bancroft Library, Dr. Charles Faulhaber, were recorded live in the Bancroft and originally broadcast in 2002 and 2003. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/audiolectures.html
LearnCalifornia.org
Homework and curriculum resources for students and teachers of California history. The site features documents and photographs contained in the California State Archives presented alongside thematically arranged collections of Internet links. Sample topics include the California Gold Rush, hydraulic mining, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the Progressive era, and the Great Depression. Also includes lesson plans. Searchable and browsable by topic. From the California Secretary of State.
URL: http://www.learncalifornia.org
The Lawrence & Houseworth Albums: Online Photographic Database
This collection of nearly 1,500 pictures from a photographic publishing company, "used for the selection of prints by its customers, is ... 'without doubt the finest single pictorial record of the maturation of Northern California and the Pacific Coast following the rambunctious days of the Gold Rush and statehood.'" Includes images of the states of California and Nevada, San Francisco and Sacramento, mining, buildings, landscapes, and Native Americans. From the Society of California Pioneers.
URL: http://www.californiapioneers.org/lh/
The Hihn-Younger Archive
Website of an archive devoted to Santa Cruz, California, entrepreneur F.A. Hihn and Charles Bruce Younger Sr., Hihn's attorney. "A German immigrant to California's Gold Rush, F.A. Hihn is considered by many as the County's most influential entrepreneur, from arrival in Santa Cruz (1851) to his death (1913)." Contains biographies and family trees, photos, and material about correspondence files. From the University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz.
URL: http://library.ucsc.edu/Zope/hihn/
California History Guide
Brief illustrated essays and associated education materials about California history through the mid-18th century. Topics include native Californians, missions and ranchos, and the California Gold Rush and statehood. Also includes links to online activities such as exploring life on a 17th century Spanish galleon, and learning about the use of cattle brands and the meaning of the state seal. (The rock art activity is not available.) From the NaturalHistoryMuseum of Los AngelesCounty.
URL: http://www.nhm.org/education/cahistory/
UC Berkeley Library Digital CollectionsA searchable and browsable guide to the digital collections of the UC Berkeley libraries. Subjects include agriculture, architecture, business and industry, the Gold Rush, Chinese communities, social movements, the 1906 earthquake, and California places such as Berkeley, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Yosemite. Browsable formats include maps, stereographs, photographs, and oral histories. From the University of California, Berkeley, Library.
URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/digicoll/
Guide to the Cased Photographs and Related Images from The Bancroft Library Pictorial Collections, Bulk ca. 1845-ca. 1870
"Approximately 440 cased photographs and related images from the collections of The Bancroft Library. Included are daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes dating from the 1840s through 1860s. Also present are some painted miniature portraits as well as other photographic processes such as opalotypes, pannotypes, and crystoleum prints." Features portraits, mining scenes, California gold rush towns, and views of San Francisco and Sacramento. Also contains a glossary of photographic terms, and bibliography. From the California Digital Library.
URL: http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf7p3006fv&query=cased&query-join=and&brand=oac
California Water Awareness Campaign (CWAC)
The CWAC is an "effort by organizations throughout California to heighten public awareness of water and the role water agencies and allied entities play in conservation, management, water supply, water quality and distribution. The campaign focuses on the month of May each year with the observance of Water Awareness Month." Site features lesson plans (such as on water usage during the Gold Rush), interactive activities, and water saving tips for homes and businesses.
URL: http://www.wateraware.org
The Gold Rush
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program that "tracks the evolution of the [California] Gold Rush from the easy riches of the first few months to the fierce competition for a few good claims." Features a map with major "strikes," timeline, background about people (such as Mexicans and Chinese immigrants) and events, a special feature on Native Americans, and an online role playing game. Also includes a teacher's guide.
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/
Welcome to Bodie... A California Ghost Town
A brief history of the former gold-rush town, a map, and a good photo tour with brief notes for each structure photographed.
URL: http://thelizards.com/bodie/
Health & Medicine in Sacramento During the Gold Rush Era
This annotated bibliography describes materials from the collection of the Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library. It includes categories for physicians, hospitals, diseases, health care organizations, and other topics related to health and medicine during the Gold Rush. From librarian Judith Welsh.
URL: http://trc.ucdavis.edu/jawelsh/Sacramento_Room/Bibliography.html
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s History Pages
"Over 150 years ago, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo founded a company [in San Francisco] that has become a legendary part of America," known for its banking operations and its stagecoaches. The site features a FAQ, company history (including information about Wells Fargo and black, women's, Hispanic, and veteran's history), information about stagecoaches and stagecoach travel, and about various Wells Fargo museums in California and other states.
URL: http://www.wellsfargohistory.com
The Maritime Heritage Project (MHP)
The history of ships reaching and leaving San Francisco is presented with newspaper articles, letters, advertisements, passenger quotes, statistics, poetry, and illustrations. There are sketches of travel conditions, migration, commerce, the gold rush, and cultures. Vessels are listed, often with detailed descriptions. Captains provides biographies of "Masters under God" who sailed into San Francisco. Other categories cover foreign ports, shipping paths, passenger lists, ship nationalities and cargos, VIPs, gossip, and tall tales.
URL: http://www.maritimeheritage.org/ | |
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| | Grolier Online California Missions
An excellent collection of Encyclopedias, Multimedia, and Periodicals on the California Missions. Also includes more recommended web links. Search by the name of your Califonia mission.
See your librarian or teacher for the user name and password!
URL: http://go.grolier.com/
California Missions
An essay, brief facts about each mission's founding and location, brief information about the photographers, and historic photographs (1895 through the 1940s) of all 21 California missions. From the CaliforniaMuseum of Photography, University of California, Riverside.
URL: http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/projects/survey/missions/
The California Missions Trail: Missions of the Californias
Brief descriptions of the 21 missions that "comprise California's historic mission trail [and which] are all located on or near Highway 101, which roughly traces El Camino Real (The Royal Road) named in honor of the Spanish monarchy which financed the expeditions into California in the quest for empire." Listed from south (San Diego) to north (Sonoma), making it a handy reference for a road trip. From the California Department of Parks & Recreation.
URL: http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=22722
California Missions: A Virtual Tour
This site has two histories (one brief and one in more depth) of each California mission. There are also historic and contemporary photographs of each mission, sketches of mission life, annotated links to related online resources, and a History of Mission Music with sound clips. A Java script feature is used to define words that might be unfamiliar to elementary school students.
URL: http://www.californiamissions.com/
California Missions Interactive
Trip reports of two bicyclists' 1995 tour of twelve of the California missions. Photos and interesting details on eleven of them.
URL: http://www.rawbw.com/~cmi/
Virtual Reality Panoramas of the California Missions
Take virtual reality tours of many Californian missions. See gardens, cemeteries, adobe walls, courtyards, interiors, and more. The Web site offers no information other than the mission's location and date founded, but the panoramic photography is terrific.
URL: http://www.virtualguidebooks.com/ThematicLists/CaliforniaMissions.html
Ranch and Mission Days in Alta California
Full-text of a 1890 article on the California Missions from the Century Magazine. From the Museum of the City of San Francisco Web site.
URL: http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/rancho.html
California Mission Studies Association (CMSA)
Find a directory of missions, articles on mission architecture, images of California missions, stories about mission life, and information about archaeological projects. Includes 3-D tours of some of the missions, a glossary, and related links. Searchable.
URL: http://www.ca-missions.org/
The Missions of Alta California: Photographs by William Henry Jackson
Exhibit of selections from William Henry Jackson's series of albumen photographs (1885-1890) of the Franciscan missions in California. Features images of twelve missions including Mission Dolores in San Francisco, and missions in San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, and Santa Barbara. Includes multiple images of some of the missions. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego.
URL: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/missionsites/
San Diego Historical Society
An overview of the history of San Diego from the time of the missions to the present. There are biographical sketches, a timeline, photos, exhibits on the California Pacific and Panama-California Expositions, and the full text of some articles from the Journal of San Diego History . Searchable.
URL: http://www.sandiegohistory.org/index.html
Will Connell Collection Online
A collection of over 4,500 photographs by Will Connell (1920s through the 1950s). Includes photographs commissioned by businesses, images of California missions, and photographs of Hollywood, California, culture. Searchable, and browsable by topic (advertising, animals, architecture, art and photography, education, events, geography, industry, people). From the CaliforniaMuseum of Photography, University of California, Riverside.
URL: http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/mainFrame/collections/guides/connell/
Early California Population Project (ECPP)
This project "provides public access to all the information contained in California's historic mission registers. ... Within the baptism, marriage, and burial records of each of the California missions sits ... information on the Indians, soldiers, and settlers of Alta California from 1769 - 1850." Search records by criteria specific to each document, such as parent ethnicity, native name, and Spanish name for baptismal records. Registration (free) required to search. From the Huntington Library.
URL: http://www.huntington.org/Information/ECPPmain.htm
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Official website for this California mission, which was the "seventh mission founded [on] November 1, 1776, the Feast of All Saints, by Fr. Junipero Serra." Features history, photos, a mission map and guide, and details about the "Return of the Swallows" celebration that takes place on March 19 (St. Joseph's Day) each year. Also includes a calendar of events, details about preservation, and related material.
URL: http://www.missionsjc.com
Spanish Missions of California
A research guide on the Spanish missions in California, and more from Scholastic. Much of the material is also available through Grolier Online see the first link.
URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/missions/index.htm
California Missions
Brief histories on the missions of California.
URL: http://missions.bgmm.com/
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270toWin
Interactive map that allows you to change the states to Republican or Democratic depending on which way they vote in the national election. The website will keep track of how many electoral votes each party has and how many the party needs to win.
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C-SPAN Classroom
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CYCLE LESSONS: Electing a person to become the next President of the United States is a process that involves many steps. C-SPAN Classroom has resources that will help you teach the election process from the primaries and caucuses through Election Day, Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Follow the steps below by clicking on the images to help you teach the 2008 Presidential election. Each step includes teaching suggestions and links to helpful C-SPAN teaching tools. We will continue to follow the campaign and expand our educational resources as the Campaign 2008 process unfolds.
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CSPAN Podcasts
On the CSPAN Road to the Whitehouse website there is a constantly updated collection of podcasts covering and regarding the 2008 election as well as news articles and other information.
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Election 2008 : NPR
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Election Central 2008: A Guide for Students and Teachers
Frequently Asked Election Questions Include: What are primary elections? What is the Electoral College? What are some of the differences between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party? Have third parties ever made a difference in presidential elections? Can President Bush run again during this upcoming election? Can Bill Clinton serve as vice-president? What is a "brokered convention?" Will we have one in this election?
URL: http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/election2008/index.htm
Election Resources for Educators | KQED Public Media for Northern CA
Lesson Plans: What's at Stake for California? Tuning In to the 2008 Presidential Election;
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FactCheckED.org
You may think there are already plenty of Web sites devoted to teaching kids one thing or another, from elementary to obscure. Our goal is a little different. We believe that truth is an elusive commodity in our world of ceaseless communication, a world in which information is transmitted in huge helpings and in a virtual instant. All of us are overwhelmed with messages, many of them attempts to persuade us to do or buy something. Our aim is to help students learn to be smart consumers of these messages, not to accept them at face value; to dig for facts using the Internet, not to stop looking once they get to Wikipedia; and to weigh evidence logically, not to draw conclusions based on their own biases.
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FactCheck.org
Parent site for FactcheckEd
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More Than Mock Elections: Especially for Intermediate | Scholastic.com
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NewsHour
This PBS site is devoted completely to the 2008 presidential election. On this site you can find information about the primaries, what's going on state by state, what the issues are as well as reporter's blogs and lesson plans.
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NewsHour Lesson Plans
This link will lead you directly to the NewsHour lesson plan page.
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New York Times
Here is a NYT site listing all the current candidates as well as giving links to blogs, websites and videos about them.
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NYT Lesson Plans
The following are election-related lesson plans from the New York Times Learning Network Lesson Plan Archive.
Where do they Stand? Creating Profiles of the 2008 Presidential Candidates
On the Leading Edge? Exploring Presidential Leadership by Examining a Times Column
Public vs. Private Examining Positions on Health Care for the 2008 Election and Creating Campaign Advertisements
Future Voters of America Writing Letters to the Editor Expressing Concerns about Key Issues in the 2008 Presidential Election
Party Like Its 1992 or 84 or 76 or 68! Exploring How Political Party Platforms Change Over Time
New York Times Learning Network
Presidential Election 2008:Process & Problems By Alan Shapiro This student reading reviews major steps in the campaign process and such issues as the money race, fairness, and problems with the new voting machines. Suggested discussion questions and other activities are included, as well as links to other articles about issues related to the election.
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Open Secrets
This website gives a ton of information about the election, issues and primaries. It is very focused spending, donors and fundraising. I've put it on this teacher page because it is hard to track the authority and therefore might not be the most accurate source.
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PBS Teachers . PBS VOTE 2008 . Elementary
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ServiceVote
From Youth Service America, is an interactive website that is a hub for young people to engage in every aspect of the '08 election, including: news & information on the various races, the presidential candidates, and the defining issues; opportunities for peer interaction & dialogue through a discussion forum where youth can post videos, images, and audio files; and, resources to encourage action through service in the election and in the policy process.URL:
Scholastic News
This website allows you to follow kid reporters on the road as they follow the 2008 election. There is a place where students can enter their own question for the reporters to ask to the students. There is also information about voting rights and the electoral college.
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Scoop08, is a national, daily online newspaper written and edited by young people for young people focused on the 2008 national election. Young people of all ages are encouraged to submit columns, letters, articles or story ideas as well as journalism videos. Currently 400 young people have connected to this newspaper.
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Teachable Moment
Presidential Election 2008:Process & Problems By Alan Shapiro
This student reading reviews major steps in the campaign process and such issues as the money race, fairness, and problems with the new voting machines. Suggested discussion questions and other activities are included, as well as links to other articles about issues related to the election.
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Teaching about the 2008 Election
This link from the Scholastic News page brings you to lesson plans and ideas from Scholastic on many different ways to teach about the election. Scholastic also offers a page of printables.
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Teaching With and About the Conventions
What do you want your students to know about the presidential nominating conventions? I have designed this page to assist you. You will find resources and links to lesson plans and other related materials.
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U.S. Presidential Elections: In History and Today
ABC-CLIO, the leader in history reference and research, welcomes you and your students to this specially developed collection of resources, created to support both library and classroom 2008 election research and activities.
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Votegopher, a one-stop, non-partisan election resource is created by young voters to focus on the issues with the motto "We dig, you decide". Staffed by Harvard students, the website provides in-depth information the candidates' positions, including a side by side comparison on various issue areas, as well as links to articles, videos and speeches the candidates have given.
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Washington Post Presidential Candidates
This site lists the presidential candidates with pictures. Click on the candidate to find out more information about them as well as to look at the issue coverage tracker cloud (this is a way of finding out what issues the candidates are talking about the most)
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Youth on the Trail, is a partnership between What Kids Can Do, a national non profit located in Providence RI, and Ypress, youth-led news bureau based in Indianapolis, to provide a youth perspective on the 2008 Presidential Elections, including: stories about the campaign, the candidates, and youth perspectives on the political process; results from surveys created by youth to gather information from youth nationwide about the candidates and the issues most important to young people; reports from the floor at both of this summer's national conventions.
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Profile of the author from IPL Kidspace.
Avi: The Fighting Ground - Book review and teaching ideas
Includes: Summary and Critique, Media Connections, Related Texts, and Teaching Ideas. From the University of Austin College of Education.
Avi; The Fighting Ground
Avi explains where he got the idea for the story.
Introduction of Revolutionary War Novel Study
From Curriki: An overview of the four novels is provided, as well as a suggested weekly and daily schedule for completing activities for the Revolutionary War Novel Study.
PBS Liberty Series
Online resources to accompany this PBS series on the American Revolution.
Social Studies Connections for Avi's The Fight ingGround
Includes: Reading Comprehension Activities, Primary Source Documents, Graphic organizers, and Cross Curricular Ideas.
The Fighting Ground by Avi
"The The Fighting Ground" is a chronicle of the 24 hours that a 13 year old boy experiences as a soldier. By the end of the story, the boy discovers that he no longer desires the life of a soldier. This book gives a realistic, unglorified, and compassionate view of how war was and can be.” Contained in this article are several activities to include while reading this book.
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This book would be a good tie in for a study of the American Revolution. An excellent read aloud Part of the We The People Bookshelf. Inlcudes book synopsis, Related EDSITEment Lesson Plans, and Related Websites.
Picturing America Homepage
There are many artprints and resources available through this program that tie into a study of the American Revolution. Check them out here. Picturing America is an innovative program that helps teach American history and provides students with a gateway to the entire universe of the humanities. Picturing America is a free resource that provides each participating institution with a comprehensive package of materials that includes: * Forty large, high-quality color reproductions of the selected masterpieces (24” x 36”). * A Teachers Resource Book providing a wide range of ideas and background information to support educators using the works of art in core subject areas. * Additional resources and lesson plans available through PicturingAmerica.neh.gov.
Picturing America: Educators Home
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Free trials of on line educational databases have been arranged with three vendors. I am interested in your feedback on their educational value. Please reply to me with your comments and feedback. In the meantime enjoy the free trials and feel free to ask me any questions about their use and integration with the curriculum.
I know that many of you currently use and value Grolier Online and United Streaming. Discovery Education Science is an add-on product to United Streaming. Grolier Online Encyclopedia was purchased through Microsoft Voucher funding for the entire school district and has been used very successfully. Hopefully this will be renewed from the software funding from the Voucher program.
Kids InfoBits Free Trial Access Until 12/1/2008 Select Kids InfoBits From the All Products List
VENDOR DESCRIPTION:
Designed for grades K-6, Kids InfoBits introduces young students to the research process -- challenging them to think and explore in fun new ways. Kid's Edition gives children easy access to magazines, reference books and newspaper articles on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more selected just for their age group.
Discovery Education Science Free Trial Active Until 12/1/2008: Username: deproduct Password: trial
VENDOR DESCRIPTION:
Discovery Education Science is a comprehensive, award-winning supplemental resource that will extend and enhance across the entire science curriculum offering differentiated digital resources, formative assessment and content recommendations based on assessment results. PRICE: $1695 (Elementary), $1995 (Middle School)**As a K-8 or K-6 school you can purchase a K-8 license for $1,995 and receive both products**
World Book Online Free Trial Active Until 12/1/2008: Username: california Password: shuttle (good from 10/7-11/3/08) Password: flight (good from 11/4 - 12/1/08)
VENDOR DESCRIPTION:
World Book has launched a great new database called World Book Discover for Differentiated Instruction. This database offers reference resources for students reading below grade level because of language or learning difficulties, including reluctant readers, ELL, and ESL.
The collection includes reference articles that can be translated into 14 different languages, text-to-speech capabilities, learning and life skills activities and much more. See for yourself the breadth and depth of information World Book Online provides. Click on How To Use This Site under the Educators Corner on the Home Page of World Book Discover for a tour. M.F. Specchierla District Elementary Library Media Teacher | |
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Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
Brilliantly Beaded
"Brilliantly Beaded celebrates the rich bead working traditions of Native peoples of the Northeast through the objects they created for their own use and to sell to others."
Curriculum Connections: Sign of the Beaver
From the University of Maine Hudson Museum
Essay: Signs in Speare's The Sign of the Beaver by Ann Mosley
"The Sign of the Beaver is a masterful title for Elizabeth George Speare's historical frontier novel aboutthe developing relationship between young Matt Hallowell and an Indian youth named Attean. In the novel, the words sign or signs come to symbolize the different communication systems of the two boys, and these communication systems, in turn, reveal the boys' contrasting cultural values."
Primer
Exhibits - Hudson Museum, The University of Maine. The Penobscot Primer is an innovative computerized Native American language resource for teaching and research.
Random House Teacher's Guide: Sign of the Beaver
Includes: Classroom Connections, Pre-Reading Activity, Thematic Connections, Interdisciplinary Connections, and Vocabulary
The Sign of the Beaver – Reading for Fact and Fiction
"The novel has been widely criticized by the Native community since its publication in 1983. The "crux" of this criticism can be read at the section of the Hudson Museum site devoted to the Penobscot: http://www.umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/sigbea.php and at Avoid Sign of the Beaver: http://www.oyate.org/books-to-avoid/signBeaver.html. A lesson focused upon Indian Stereotypes in the novel can be found at: http://www.leasttern.com/Wabanaki/WabanakiStereotype/StereotypeLessons. This lesson focuses upon determining the factual basis for details of Penobscot and settler life found in the novel. The novel is written at a reading level that will make it possible for most Middle School students (gr. 6-8) to read it quickly and independently in a classroom setting."
Sign of the Beaver Webquest
Webquest by Nancy Mazzoni of Rosemont School of the Holy Child by Nancy Mazzoni Rosemont School of the Holy Child
Sign of the Beaver Webquest
"The Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth George Speare, leads us through the adventures and challenges of a young boy named Matt as he struggles to survive as one of the first settlers in the Maine wilderness. This webquest is designed to help you share some of Matt's adventures before, during, and after you read the story. "
The Sign of the Beaver
Curriculum resource from the Utah Educational Network
The Survival Story By Elizabeth George Speare
See what the author has to say about where she got the idea for this story.
QUIA Quiz: Sign of the Beaver - fill in the blank
QUIA Online Quiz: Choose the best word to complete each sentence from the list following each sentence.
QUIA Sign of the Beaver: Java Games: Matching, concentration, word search, and flashcards.
QUIA Online Java Games: Matching, concentration, word search, and flashcards.
Wabanaki Timeline
Resistance, Making War and Negotiating Peace 1675-1796. ABBE MUSEUM Bar Harbor, Maine
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An excellent collection of Encyclopedia articles, multimedia, and magazines on the Iditarod. Ask your teacher or librarian for the user name and password of this subscription database.
URL: http://go.grolier.com/
Iditarod Official Site
This official Web site of the 1,150 mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska includes a map of the trail plus mileage, rules and policies, a racing history (both fact and fiction), current weather on the course, a trail map, and an archive back to the 1997 race.
URL: http://www.iditarod.com/
Added 3/10/08
Ultimate Iditarod for Kids & Teachers
This site provides information about the Iditarod sled dog races, with a special focus on food and equipment requirements of the mushers and the dogs. Also includes images and basic information about the Iditarod races. From the Ultimate Iditarod racing team and Snowcrest Racing Sled Dogs.
URL: http://www.ultimateiditarod.com/teachers.htm
Added 3/10/08
The Alaska Daily News
Check on for updated news coverage on the Iditarod.
URL: http://www.adn.com/
Added 3/10/08
Education World: Iditarod Lesson Plans
Teaching resources and Lesson Plans on the Iditarod.
URL: http://www.education-world.com/a_special/march.shtml#iditarodross
Added 3/10/08
Scholastic: Race Across Alaska
Interactive maps and history of the race plus a Teachers Guide and lesson plans.
URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/
Added 3/10/08
The Iditatrod Tour
A virtual field trip of the Iditarod.
URL: http://www.field-guides.com/tours/misc/idit-s/_tourlaunch3.htm
Eye On the Trail
Official Iditarod news and perspectives presented as a blog.
URL: http://iditarodblogs.com/news/
Added 3/10/2008
Iditarod Airforce
The Primary focus of the Web site is designed around the activities of the 28 volunteer pilots who fly for the IAF and the 6 load coordinators. However, we do our best to share stories and pictures from the many other volunteers that are involved in making the Last Great Race a reality.
URL: http://www.iditarodairforce.com/
Added 3/10/2008
Mush With Pride
PRIDE stands for Providing Responsible Information on a Dogs Environment. The relationship between sled dogs and humans is one of the oldest bonds of its kind. Modern sled dog owners are proud of their dogs as canine athletes that are bred and trained to do what they love: run as part of a team. Mush with PRIDE supports the responsible care and humane treatment of all dogs and is dedicated to enhancing the care and treatment of sled dogs in their traditional and modern uses.
URL: http://www.mushwithpride.org/
Added 3/10/08
Iditablog
Daily posts on the race by an enthusiast and native of Akaska.
URL: http://www.iditablog.com/
Added 3/10/08
KTUU: Iditarod Coverage
Local NBC coverage of the Race
URL: http://www.ktuu.com/Global/category.asp?C=118724\
Added 3/10/08
Sled Dog Action Coalition
Committed to improving the lives of Iditarod sled dogs and providing truthful information about their treatment.
URL: http://www.helpsleddogs.org/
Added 3/10/08
Junior Iditarod
Iditarod challenge for youths 14-17.
URL: http://www.jriditarod.com/
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Your school library has an excellent collection of books on Olympic Medal Winners in both thee sports and biography collections . Be sure to write down the title, author, and call number. The call number will help you locate books about the Olympians in any library!
Grolier On Line
An excellent collection of Encyclopedias, Multimedia, and Periodicals. Also includes more recommended web links.
See your librarian or teacher for the user name and password!
URL: http://go-kids.grolier.com/
From Ancient Greece to Modern-Day Australia
Scholastic Electronic Learning Activity
URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/olympics02.htm
EdGate Summer Games - Olympics
Educators! Keep the spirit of the Games alive in your classroom with cross-curricular Olympic-themed lesson plans. For official USOC-approved Olympic-themed lesson plans developed by Griffin Publishing Group. For more official USOC-approved Olympic-themed lesson plans created by EdGate educators and Griffin Publishing Group. EdGate's newest partner, efg Educational Resources, Inc., presents their "Olympic World" themed lesson plans.
URL: http://www.edgate.com/summergames/
Olympic Games Medallists
Olympic medalists organized by event.
URL: http://www.gbrathletics.com/olympic/
World Olympians Association
Search by athlete name, sport, country, and Olympic Game
URL: http://www.woaolympians.com/index.php?action=oly_search_big
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
To access an athlete's medal tally, you can either search by name or consult the complete results database of Olympic medal winners by using the medal winners search.Discover more than 300 athletes! To access an athlete's profile, you can either use the search engine or search by name (by clicking on the first letter of its last name)
URL: http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/index_uk.asp
Olympic Records Search
Olympic & World Records Discover all current Olympic records and their historic evolution.
URL: http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/records/results_uk.asp
OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNERS
The Olympic medal winner database is compiled using data taken from official publications containing Olympic results produced by the Organising Committees at the end of each edition of the Games. As the information is not yet fully standardised, we recommend that you search by nation, sport, Olympic Games, etc.
URL: http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp
Olympic Women
This site is dedicated to women sporting pioneers, many of whom are Olympians. The year 2000 marked the centenary of the official participation of women in the Olympics and we celebrate their achievements here. With a few fine exceptions, women's Olympic sporting history is not well documented and so a quest began to find and record the memories of the world's oldest women Olympians.
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Your school library has an excellent collection of books on The Olympic Games both Ancient & Modern . Be sure to write down the title, author, and call number. The call number will help you locate books about the Olympics in any library!
Grolier On Line
An excellent collection of Encyclopedias, Multimedia, and Periodicals. Also includes more recommended web links.
See your librarian or teacher for the user name and password!
URL: http://go-kids.grolier.com/
EdGate Summer Games - Olympics
Educators! Keep the spirit of the Games alive in your classroom with cross-curricular Olympic-themed lesson plans. For official USOC-approved Olympic-themed lesson plans developed by Griffin Publishing Group. For more official USOC-approved Olympic-themed lesson plans created by EdGate educators and Griffin Publishing Group. EdGate's newest partner, efg Educational Resources, Inc., presents their "Olympic World" themed lesson plans.
URL: http://www.edgate.com/summergames/
The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games
Brought to you by The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
URL: http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/olympics/olympicintro.shtml
Ancient Olympics Guide
Our Ancient Olympics Guide includes comprehensive coverage by leading scholars published in Archeology Magazine a publication of the Archaeological Institute of America.
URL: http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/olympics/
AIA News - The Olympics
History of the Olympics brought to you by the Archaeological Institute of America.
URL: http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10198
Olympics Through Time
A history of early athletic competitions and the Olympic Games from prehistory (ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, and Greece) through its revival in the 19th century. Includes descriptions and rules of the early athletic contests, a history of attempts to revive the Olympics, excerpts of interviews with historians, a bibliography, and a glossary. Includes 3D reconstructions and primary sources. From the Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW).
URL: http://www.fhw.gr/olympics/ancient/
The Ancient Olympics
Members of the Perseus Project created this exhibit on the ancient Olympics in 1996, as a tribute to the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia. In this exhibit, you can compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour the site of Olympia as it looks today, learn about the context of the Games and the Olympic spirit, or read about the Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times.
URL: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
Olympia Greece - History
This is an online travel guide to the ancient city of Olympia in Greece. Much information is provided about the history of Olympia and the Olympic Games. The history section is categorised into myths and worship, historical figures, ancient daily life, athletic contests, ancient music, ancient Olympics and Athens 2004. Video clips, and maps are also available.
URL: http://www.olympia-greece.org/history.html
Olympia Greece - Archaeology
This is an online travel guide to the ancient city of Olympia in Greece. Much information is provided about the history of Olympia and the Olympic Games. The archaeology section is categorised into the ancient stadium, Temple of Zeus, and Temple of Hera. Additional information is given on the archaeology of the site and the museum and video clips are also available.
URL: http://www.olympia-greece.org/site.html
Origin and History of the Olympic Games Go for the Gold Student Activity Scholastic.com
Origin and History of the Olympic Games From Grolier Online’s New Book of Knowledge
URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/history.htm
Modern Olympic Games Go for the Gold Student Activity Scholastic.com
The Modern Olympic Games From Grolier Online’s New Book of Knowledge
URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/modern.htm
The Olympic Games in the Ancient Hellenic World: A Virtual Museum
Welcome to the lobby of the Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum. Here you will find a plethora of information about these contests that are the forefathers of our modern Olympic Games. Click on a room below to enter.
URL: http://minbar.cs.dartmouth.edu/greecom/olympics/home.php
Poynter Online - Links to the News on the Olympics
Directory of Olympic websites
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Picturing America is an innovative program that helps teach American history and provides students with a gateway to the entire universe of the humanities. Picturing America is a free resource that provides each participating institution with a comprehensive package of materials that includes: * Forty large, high-quality color reproductions of the selected masterpieces (24” x 36”). * A Teachers Resource Book providing a wide range of ideas and background information to support educators using the works of art in core subject areas. * Additional resources and lesson plans available through PicturingAmerica.neh.gov.
URL: http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/index.php?sec=home
Picturing America: Educators Home
Educators Home includes links to: Resource Book, Additional Resources, Program FAQs, Comments/Questions, Image Gallery
URL: http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/index.php?sec=home
EDSITEment - We the People Bookshelf - Book Synopsis & Resources
The "Picturing America" Bookshelf Theme. The We the People "Picturing America" Bookshelf is the literary complement of NEH's Picturing America visual arts project. Instead of paint, marble, silver, or glass, words are the media used to portray significant themes in American history and culture. Readers are invited to steer their way across the continent by river with Lewis and Clark in 1802, travel the railroad with Robert Lewis Stevenson in 1879, or drive along the open highways with John Steinbeck and his dog Charley in 1960. Through the life and poetry of Walt Whitman emerge powerful images of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln; through the life and lens of Dorothea Lange we witness the impersonal forces and human faces of the Depression.
URL: http://edsitement.neh.gov/wtpbookshelf/PA-bookshelf.asp
We The People Bookshelf
Theme for 2009-10 - Picturing America. Click on the book images for more information.
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Special Mini-Speak Up Survey open through Inauguration Day,
January 20th, 2009 All CUSD schools have been signed up. To access the survey, your students will need the secret word: chico "What is the one thing you would do to improve schools to ensure that all students receive the education and skills they need to be successful in life?"
Through the Speak Up Inauguration mini-survey you have the opportunity to help your students participate in our democracy by sharing their ideas for improving our schools with President Elect-Obama and the new Congress.
URL: http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/speakup_inauguration.html
Inauguration Day 2009: Where to Watch on TV, Radio, and Online
Includes links for TV, Radio, and Streaming. Note if you would like to stream be aware that there could be network traffic issues at your site if too many computers attempt to stream at once. Coordinate with other teachers and your techs to avoid a surge in bandwidth.
URL: http://inaugurationday2009.com/broadcast.html
"I Do Solemnly Swear ... ": Presidential Inaugurations
"Approximately 400 items or 2,000 digital files from each of the 54 inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to George W. Bush's inauguration of 2001. This presentation includes diaries and letters of presidents and of those who witnessed inaugurations, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music." From the Library of Congress American Memory Collection.
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States: George Washington to George W. Bush
Find U.S. presidents' inaugural addresses, brief historical synopses of each inauguration, pictures of the presidents, and the text of the oath of office. Includes information about the five presidents who assumed office without inauguration. Searchable and browsable. From Bartleby.com.
URL: http://www.bartleby.com/124/
Inaugural Firsts
This collection of quick facts about presidential inaugurations includes dates and descriptions of such "firsts" as the inaugural parade, inaugural poet, inaugural ball, and inauguration broadcast over national airwaves. Learn who was the last president to wear the traditional stovepipe hat at an inauguration and who gave the longest inaugural address. Also features an image gallery of past inaugurations. From Smithsonian Magazine.
URL: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Presidential-Inauguration-Firsts.html
Presidential Inaugurations: Invitations and Tickets in the U.S. Senate Collection
Images of historical invitations and tickets for inaugurations of the president and vice president of the United States. Includes material back to the 1925 inauguration of Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes. Also provides the number of words in each inaugural address and a quick fact about each ceremony (such as Harry Truman's 1949 swearing-in, the first inaugural ceremony to be televised). From the U.S. Senate.
URL: http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/presidential_inaugurations/presidential_inauguration_introduction.htm
Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC)
Website for the nonprofit committee that is responsible for planning and executing 2009 inaugural activities in the nation's capital, with the exception of those events planned by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Site features an inaugural events schedule (starting with a "welcome" event at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, 2009), press releases, and a blog, covering topics such as a Neighborhood Inaugural Ball and participants in the inaugural parade.
URL: http://www.pic2009.org/
Presidential Inauguration 09
The District of Columbia's 2009 presidential inauguration website "will assist you in finding valuable information about the events surrounding the 56th Presidential Inauguration, including lodging information, transportation, security measures and closures." Also includes photos of past inaugurations, fun facts about the inauguration, and links to related websites.
URL: http://inauguration.dc.gov/index.asp
The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden
Activities, resources, and teacher materials from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Includes a Presidential timeline and Objects from the Presidency.
URL: http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html
Contacting the Whitehouse
Mailing address, phone number, and email for the whitehouse.
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
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Use the links above to access the software. or type renplace in the address bar of any computer in the district. TIP: Send a shortcut to the desktop of a computer for easy access. File - Send - Shortcut to Desktop OR Drag & Drop the Address Bar Icon to the Desktop Will It Work On My Computer? This link is also located at the botom left hand corner of the log in window. Necessary software includes: Flash, Adobe, & the Renaissance Place Print Plug-In to Auto print TOPS report when this preference is selected.
Implemention, Integration, & Coordination - Assessments available: Reading Practice, Vocabulary, Literacy Skills, Other Reading Quizzes
- Installing & Activating Other Reading Quizzes to support your ELA Textbook Series
- Establishing Quiz taking preferences for school and classrooms
Questions To Discuss With Your Colleagues
1. How are AR quizzes, points, and reading levels used as an intervention tool for under achieving and high achieving students? (ZPD, goal setting, understanding how students develop a love of reading and increase reading comprehension).
2. Do students set realistic personal reading goals, i.e. enjoyment of reading and improved reading comprehension, preview and selection skills?
3. How do students select books to achieve this goal? (Access to books at school, library, and home - quiz availability and testing environment)
4. What support strategies do teachers implement to assist students in reaching these goals? (Teams, Reading Certification, SSR minutes, reading to, by self, and with, reading logs, reciprocal reading strategies, literature circles)
5. What support strategies do parents have to support these goals? (SSR minutes, reading to, by self, and with, reading logs, AR Home connect, access to books at school, library, and home).
6. How are AR points, average reading level of books read, and achievement of goals used with formative and summative assessments? Is it part of their Language Arts or other subject grade, an indicator of progress, aligned with State tests and report cards?
7. How are the different types of AR assessments (reading practice, literacy skills, vocabulary, and textbook) and books available used to assess competency and integrate curriculum thematically through literature and narrative non fiction?
8. How do you use reports to assess student learning and guide intervention strategies? How are these reports shared with students, parents, other teachers, and administrators? | |
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Welcome to Bookworm, a magazine by and for kids, published four times a year. Bookworm was started in 2004 by eleven-year-old Sophie McKibben, who wanted to give kids a place to have their writing and art published and shared. Since then, Bookworm has published kids from all over the United States, as well as from a number of foreign countries. Contributors have been as young as seven and as old as sixteen. They have learned about the magazine from friends and teachers, writers-in-the-schools programs and the internet.
URL: http://bookworm-mag.com/
Letters About Literature (Center for the Book: Library of Congress)
The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, in partnership with Target Stores and in cooperation with affiliate state centers for the book, invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to enter Letters About Literature, a national reading-writing contest. To enter, readers write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, from any genre-- fiction or nonfiction, contemporary or classic, explaining how that author's work changed the student's way of thinking about the world or themselves.
URL: http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/letters/
NCTE presents: A Short List of Resources for Publishing Student Writing
Presented by the National Council of Teacher's of English.
URL: http://www.ncte.org/profdev/online/ideas/freq/125806.htm?source=gs
Places that Publish Student Writing and Writing Contests for Students
Writing Contests for Students and Places that Publish Student Writing The following information is useful for those requesting information on where students might send their writing. Below are links to NCTE positions, guidelines, resolutions, books, articles, and other resources to support the creativity of student writers--most of the resources can be found right here on our Web site--and some may take you to other locations on the World Wide Web.
URL: http://www.ncte.org/parents/students/108196.htm?source=gs
StoryTop Story Maker -- The Online tool for storytelling
Create multi-page stories, drag and drop clip art to illustrate your story, add text in dialog boxes, create storytelling clubs with your friends, share your stories with others.
URL: http://www.storytop.com/
Writing Contest
The Writing Conference, Inc., sponsors writing contests in poetry, narration, and exposition for elementary, junior high/middle school and high school students. Winners in each category receive a plaque, an invitation to have their writing published in The Writers' Slate, an on-line journal published by The Writing Conference, Inc., and an invitation for them to be guests at the evening Reception and Celebration of Writing.
URL: http://www.writingconference.com/writing.htm
The Writing Conference, Inc. 2008 - 2009 Writing Contest Topic
There are many pressures and stresses in today's society. Human relationships are strong basics that are still important; however, they sometimes are overlooked or bypassed. One of these basics in friendship. Guidelines can be found here: http://www.writingconference.com/contest.htm Use this theme of "Friendship" and create a poem, narrative, or essay in which you incorporate your ideas and feelings concerning friendship. Your writing should exhibit the qualities we have come to accept as appropriate for your school level and for the particular type of writing you have chosen.
URL: http://www.writingconference.com/topics.htm
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