Links & Resources

check these out!

I'll add links here regularly, especially as we work on various projects and units, so be sure to visit here often!

DECADE LINKS

• History of the 20th Century

• History of the United States  

• 20th century resources  

• 20th Century Hotlist

• Decade Links and Resources

• American History - 1860 to present 

• American Cultural History - 20th Century

• Timeline of American History

• 20th Century American Culture

• American History Timeline

• Links to History Timelines and Sites

• Did You Know?

• World History Timeline at historychannel.com

• Invention Timeline

• Technology Timeline

ASTRONOMY / SOLAR SYSTEM

Stars/Planets

• Stikky Night - learn to locate Orion
  www.stikky.com/0001-nightskies/sample/s2.html

• Twin City Astronomer Club
  www.twincityamateurastronomers.org

• Constellations and their stories:
  visit there now

• Voyager 2
  voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/

• NASA
  nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/1977-076A.html

• 9 Planets
  www.seds.org/billa/tnp/

• Absolute Beginner's Astronomy Page
  www.absolutebeginnersastronomy.com/

• NASA StarChild
  starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

• Astronomy for Kids
  www.dustbunny.com/afk/

• Hubble Space Telescope's Greatest Hits 1990-1995
  oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/BestOfHST95.html

• Sky & Telescope magazine
  skyandtelescope.com/

The Space Stores

• Astronaut food, gifts, etc.
  www.thespacestore.com

• Astronaut food, gifts
  www.alltherightstuff.com

• Challenger Learning Center
  www.challengercentralillinois.org
  Check out student section and the gift shop

CIVIL WAR LINKS

• 29th Infantry  

• Regimental Flags 

• Civil War Links (wide variety)

• The Unknown Civil War 

• Civil War Recipes

• The American Civil War Homepage

• Civil War Photography

• History of CW Photography

• CW Photographs

• Selected CW Photographs and Related Links

• CW Photography Center

• CW Fashion Show

• Civil War Fashions 1861-1862

• CW Fashion Show

• Civil War Causes - Document-Based Questions

• The Civil War for Kids

• The Civil War Home Page

• Selected Civil War Photographs Home Page

• Spotlight Biography Civil War

• Time Line of The Civil War - 1861

• The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War

• The Civil War

• Civil War Music and Poetry 1

• Civil War Music and Poetry 2

• Civil War Music and Poetry 3 

• The American Civil War Homepage

• Civil War Medicine

• Africans in America-Part 4-Narrative The Civil War

• The Civil War for Kids

• The History Place - U.S. Civil War 1861-1865

• American Experience The Time of the Lincolns

• Letters Home from an Iowa Soldier in the American Civil War

• Beyond Face Value

• Exploring the Underground Railroad

• Underground Railroad: National Geographic

• Levi Coffin: "President of the Underground Railroad"

• UR Posters

• UR Map / Routes

• What was the Underground Railroad?

MISCELLANEOUS LINKS

• The REAL National Treasure WebQuest

• FLASHCARDS!: practice online, or create & print your own to practice at home or on the road!

• Mineral Identification Search

GOVERNMENT LINKS & RESOURCES

• FirstGov ... full of information on branches of government, etc.

• Country Studies - United States  (tons of info!)

• Ben's Guide to US Government - The Cabinet

• President Bush's Cabinet

• Members of the Supreme Court

• Supreme Court of the United States

• US Supreme Court Justices

• Government Websites for Students

• Search for U.S Reps using a map!

• U.S House of Representatives Directory

• U.S House Educational Links - good stuff!

• White House Poster
   

INDEPENDENCE PACKET RESOURCES

• rims.k12.ca.us/women_american_revolution/ glossary.htm

• www.kidskonnect.com/AmericanRevolution/ RevHome.html

• www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/ timeline_of_the_american_revolut.htm

• www.mce.k12tn.net/revolutionary_war/ american_revolution.htm

• www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/ uslistrevolution.htm

• lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html

• memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html

• directory.google.com/Top/Society/ History/By_Time_Period/Eighteenth_Century/ Wars_and_Conflicts/American_Revolution/

• www.thebattlefornewyork.com/links.php

• www.kidinfo.com/American_History/ American_Revolution.html

• www.state.de.us/facts/ushist/revfacts.htm

• americanhistory.about.com/cs/revolutionarywar/

• library.thinkquest.org/10966/

• worksheets.teach-nology.com/soc_studies/ amrev/vocab/

• www.law.ou.edu/hist/flags/fedflag.shtml#revolution

• www.greeceny.com/arm/welch/

• home.att.net/~russelj2/benchmarks/

• www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/index.html

• www.quia.com/tq/100643.html

• greeceny.com/arm/welch/qtext.htm

• www.si.umich.edu/spies/index-methods.html

• www.uen.org/themepark/html/liberty/ revolutionarywar.html

• library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/clothing.htm

• www.earlyamerica.com/crossword/current/ printable4.html

• www.websterschools.org/classrooms/ state_library/amrev.html

• www.studyworld.com/colonial_american_history.htm

• www.easyfunschool.com/article2127.html

• www.srcalifornia.com/nav2.htm

• foodbooks.com/recipes.htm

• 204.17.98.73/BurLib/JMSEA.html

• www.greeceny.com/arm/welch/cartoons.htm

• womhist.binghamton.edu/milit/doc21.htm 

• http://www.teacheroz.com/colonies.htm
   

COLONIAL LIFE

• www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

• www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm

• William Penn
  www.geocities.com/Heartland/4547/penn/html

• Anne Hutchinson www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhutchinsonA.htm

• LaSalle www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/l/lasalle.shtml

• King Louis XIV www.geocities.com/daniellla.geo/LOUISXIV.htm

• Jamestown Game
  http://www.quia.com/rr/68582.html
   

EXPLORERS

• Enchanted Learning - Explorers

• Columbus and Other Explorers

• Explorers and Exploration

• Unit Five Hotlist of Explorers

• Explorer links from the Prairieland IMC

• Even more Explorer links!

• Pictures of Explorers
   

SCHOOL-RELATED LINKS

• Flying Horse topics (optional - due each WEDNESDAY if you choose to participate)

• ISU Planetarium 

• Some great Space Links from ISU 

• Funbrain 

• How Stuff Works 

• Discovery 

• Bill Nye 

• Dictionary.com 

• Merriam-Webster Online 

• Thesaurus.com 

• Cool Math 4 Kids 

• All Math for Kids 

• Solar Views 

• Weighing in on other planets 

• About Explorers 

• History Channel 

• Space Hotlist 

• Columbus Hotlist 

• Native American Hotlist 

• President Hotlist 

• Civil War Hotlist 

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