Biographical
Dictionary is an online
biographical dictionary that covers more than 28,000 notable
men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times
to the present day. Black
History.com This site
invites visitors to learn about, participate in, and
contribute to the rich tapestry of Black history, Teachers
and students will find it easy to navigate through the site,
which offers a forum for people to share their experiences,
stories and thoughts. Hints and tools show teachers how to
help their students prepare their own stories and pictures
for placement on the site. From
Revolution to Reconstruction
Now updated well into the 20th century. Holocaust
Pictures Exhibit This
site is home to dozens of World War II photographs related
to the Holocaust. Some pictures are not suitable for viewing
by younger students, so visit the site before pointing your
students to it. The
Institute of Egyptian Art and
Archaeology Ancient
Egyptian sites and artifacts. K-12
History on the Internet Resource Guide Labyrinth
A World Wide Web server for Medieval Studies, sponsored by
Georgetown University. Lesson
Plans & Teaching Strategies for Social
Studies This site
connects to many good social studies lesson
plans. Metropolitan
Museum of Art This is an
interactive museum. It features many collections that span
5,000 years and emcompasses cultures from all over the
world. National
Geographic Online This
site is full of content-rich online articles, maps,
geography quizes, and more. You can chat with Society
photographers, writers, and artists. You can even exchange
ideas with the leading scientific minds of our
time. Nebraska
Department of Education's Social Science Resources
Homepage This site
contains lesson plans that connect with the themes of
Nebraska's social studies frameworks. NCSS
Online: The Information Source for Social Studies
Education This site
contains excellent units for middle school students on the
Holocaust and women's suffrage in the United
States. Rabbit
in the Moon: Mayan Glyphs and
Architecture Tour a
Mayan palace and a pyramid and learn the Mayan
syllabary. RETANet,
Resources for Teaching About the
Americas This site has
accessible resources and curriculum materials about Latin
America, the Spanish Caribbean, and the U.S. Southwest.
There are more than 65 lesson plans dealing with culture
studies, a searchable annotated database of resource
materials, and an archive of photographs of Latin America
and the Caribbean. Selected
Civil War Photographs
This site contains 1,118 photographs which include scenes of
military personnel, preparations for battle, battle
after-effects, and portraits of Confederate officers, Union
officers, and enlisted men. The
Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World Pictures and text
describing the mysteries of the seven wonders. Smithsonian
Institute Within this
site, there is a site that is the perfect online field trip:
National
Museum of the American Indian US
Army Vietnam Combat Art
This site also includes non-war paintings, drawings, combat
art documents, and news articles. World
Art Treasures This site
is divided into a series of programs, each one focusing upon
a particular artist or artistic period. Program subjects
include Botticelli, Vermeer, gardens of the Renaissance,
Roman portraits, and the ancient art of Egypt and
China. Electronic
Telegraph FedLaw Politics
Now
March 2002
Curriculum
Links for
This site provides educators and students with an
in-depth view of headline news items from a British point
of view. It is a great opportunity to study current
events from a different perspective.
This site houses federal and government legal information
in a format organized to aid researchers. Among the
resources users can find are laws and statutes that
pertain to particular states, all congressional bills, a
breakdown of all court systems, labor rulings, and
professional legal organizations.
This project is funded by a grant from the U.S.
Department of Education. It is directed towards
demonstrationg how technology can be used to create a
user-friendly and powerful system for accessing U.S.
Federal Government Information.
This site is a collaboration between the creators of
PoliticsUSA and ElectionLine and is one of the most
informative political sites on the Web. Visitors can
download biographies of both Bill Clinton and Bob Dole,
follow the latest polling trends, and get the "skinny" on
controversial issues like campaign
finance.
This site provides full text of federal legislation files
and the Congressional Record.
Here you can "unearth" geographic and raw Census data
about every single U.S. state and county in the United
States. Click on the map of the U.S. and zoom in as close
as a county or as far away as a state.
This site lists candidates' voting records and
biographies in a simple, easy-to-read format. It also has
lots of good information for students on the inner
workings of the U.S. Government (How does a bill become a
law anyway?)