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ENGLISH

Authors Info

All American Project from Univ. of NC
http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/allam.htm

Listing of authors
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/indeksi.htm
http://www.authors4teens.com
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/alpha.HTML

http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/browse/rw1000/
http://www.authorsontheweb.com/features/lists/listsmain.asp
http://www.teenreads.com/search.asp
http://www.literatureclassics.com/

"Beloved" - Brinn

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/index.php   - Ohio History, indexed by year
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/eyindx.htm Eyewitness to History


http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/kkk.htm Ku Klux Klan
     http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=913


http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/fdoug.htm Frederick Douglass
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/douglass/leader_1 Frederick Douglass and the North Star Newspaper

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm Slavery 
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/slaveship.htm Slave Ships
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/slavelife.htm Slave Life
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/slaveauction.htm Slave Auction
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAantislavery.htm American Anti-Slavery Society 
         http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=832
         http://www.wwhp.org/Resources/Slavery/aass.html

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=681 Cincinnati, Ohio     

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3396 African American Christian Church 
        http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/intro.html

http://www.nps.gov/apco/faqs.htm Treaty of Appomattox
        http://www.classbrain.com/artteenst/publish/article_124.shtml
        http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/appomatx.htm

http://www.nps.gov/hafe/historyculture/john-brown.htm John Brown and Harper's Ferry Uprising
       http://history1800s.about.com/od/americanoriginals/p/johnbrownbio.htm
http://www.sojournertruth.org/    Sojourner Truth
       http://www.sojournertruthmemorial.org/
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1537 Public Education
       http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/topic.php?nm=education&rec=9P>
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1483 Fugitive Act

College Choices

http://www.collegeboard.com
http://www.usnews.com
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Prepare/pt3.html
http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Folklore

http://geocities.com/varda_valar/frames/mythfrms.htm

Fable, folktale and fairy tales
http://www.aesopfables.com/
http://www.oldrussia.net/
http://lang.thefreelibrary.com/Arabian-Nights
http://www.bartleby.com/16/
http://dmoz.org/Society/Folklore/Literature/

Halloween Origins
       History of Halloween-SAVE THESE DOCUMENTS TO YOUR FILE BEFORE YOU OPEN AND TYPE  
       Book notetaking resource   
       Database notetaking 1.doc 

       Website Notetaking 1.doc 

        http://www.history.com/content/halloween
     http://www.loc.gov/folklife/halloween.html
     http://www.history.com/content/halloween/real-story-of-halloween/superstitions

     http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-themes-halloween.htm

     http://www.pumpkinmasters.com/halloween_facts.asp

Huck Finn

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/soapbox/teaching/huck.html
http://www.ncac.org/censorship_news/20030305~cn059~The_Continuing_Adventures_of_Huck_Finn_-_Figure_out_how_to_teach_the_book.cfm
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~acareywe/huck.html (scholarly evaluation)
http://classiclit.about.com/od/forbeginners/a/aa_whatisclass.htm

Literary Criticisms-Use Masterplots database

http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
Search for literary criticism on Internet Public Library’s website

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/hslit.html
Multnomah County Library maintains homework links to various authors

Lizzie Borden Essay

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/LizzieBorden/bordenhome.html-trials
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/borden/index_1.html
http://www.lizzieandrewborden.com/CrimeLibrary.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/lizzie-borden
http://www.historybuff.com/library/refborden.html

http://www.awesomestories.com/famous_trials/lizzie_borden/lizzie_borden_ch1.htm

Media Violence

www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/violence/index.cfm
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/violence/business_media_violence.cfm?RenderForPrint=1
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/OKeefemediaviolence.htm
http://www.faculty.missouristate.edu/M/MichaelCarlie/what_I_learned_about/GANGS/WHYFORM/mass_media_portrayals.htm
Rap music
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20070124/Feature1.asp

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=4569665

Middle East Essay-Chesley

http://www.world-newspapers.com/east.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/default.stm
http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage
http://www.jpost.com/
http://www.metimes.com/

http://www.merip.org/index.html - unbiased news of ME

Modern Day Injustices

Genocide
http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/ -Genocide in Rwanda
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/ -Links on prejudice
Human Rights
http://www.hrw.org/ - Human Rights Watch
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/hr101/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/ihavearightto/
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/cah/index.asp
http://www.tibet.org/
http://tibet.dharmakara.net/
Workers Rights
http://www.nlcnet.org/
http://www.stopchildlabor.org/
http://www.pdhre.org/rights/migrants.html

Myths and Legends

American myths and Legends
http://www.americanfolklore.net/
http://www.afsnet.org/
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/
http://www.merceronline.com/Native/native06.htm - Native American
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/NA-IndianMyths.html - Native American

Folk Art
http://folkartmuseum.org/
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/AmericanFolk/Folk1.htm
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/folk.html
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iad.htm

http://arts.state.wi.us/static/folkdir/index.htm - be sure to select "American crafts" from this site
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/qlthtml/qltbrov.html - quilt making
http://www.uky.edu/ArtMuseum/luce/folkart.html

http://www.folkart.org/links/linkmain.html - site with links to other folkart sites

Mythology
Greek gods
http://www.ancientgreece.com
http://www.milica.com.au/greek_myths/
http://www.gods-heros-myth.com/

Greek, Roman, and other cultures
http://www.pantheon.org -Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.messagenet.com/myths/
http://www.loggia.com/myth/index.html -Mythography
http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/welcome.html -- Scroll down to the chapters for in-depth info
http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/bulf/ -- Bulfinch's original writings on

Poetry

http://www.poets.org/
http://www.emule.com/poetry/
http://www.poemhunter.com/
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/
http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/
http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php

British Poets

http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/20CAmericanandBritish.htm - Scroll down to "British Poetry"
http://www.bartleby.com/verse/ - Scroll down to "English Poetry" and "Volumes" for poets
http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/people.htm - writers & poets of West Midlands, England
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/britpo.html

http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=l&p=i&a=l&ID=31 -English Lit by period
http://www.english.emory.edu/LostPoets/Brooke.html - Rupert Brooke
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/120 - W. H. Auden
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpsubject/literature/authors/thomasdylan(1914-1953)/thomas.html- Dylan Thomas
http://www.bartleby.com/126/index.html -John Keats
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/victorian/authors/rb/rbov.html - Robert Browning


Related Art

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/intro/atr/10sm.htm art and historical timeline
http://www.artelino.com/articles/modern_art_periods.asp -Short explanations of art periods
http://the-artists.org/art-movements.cfm - same
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ same
http://www.arthistoryguide.com/ -good explanations of art movements
http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=g&p=i&a=i -from the Humanities website
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/rom.html - Romanticism
http://www.shoshone.k12.id.us/romantic/art.htm#nation


Shakespeare's Life
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/timeline/timeline.htm
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/life.htm
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761562101/shakespeare.html
http://www.bardweb.net/man.html
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/quotes/quotes.htm -quotes
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/life.htm


Society and Witch Hunts

Salem witch trials
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm
McCarthyism
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthyism.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/mccarthyism.html
Hollywood Blacklist
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec97/blacklist_10-24.html
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/blacklist.html 
Genocide
http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/ - resources on the rule of the Khmer Rouge
http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/ -Genocide in Rwanda
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/ -Links on prejudice

Thesis and Writing Aids

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/ - Purdue Writing Lab
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/thesis_statement.shtml -Indiana University
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html
http://lrc.sierra.cc.ca.us/writingcenter/thesisbasics.htm

Victorian Era

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/19thcentury1860.htm  (1860's)
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/19thcentury1870.htm  (1870's)

FOODS

Herbs and Spices Project

General Information-Herbs
http://www.herbalextractsplus.com/single-herbs.cfm
http://www.holisticonline.com/Herbal-Med/Hol_Herb_Directory_Index.htm
http://www.gardenguides.com/plants/info/herbs/
http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/comindx.html Caution! written in 1931
http://www.globalherbalsupplies.com/herb_information/
http://www.innvista.com/health/herbs/default.htm
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/
http://www.allnatural.net/herbpages/peppermint.shtml

General Information-Spices
http://homecooking.about.com/library/archive/blspice2.htm

Medicinal Uses
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsLookups/Herbs.html
http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/biomed/spice/index.cfm?displayID=2
http://www.chaddsfordhistory.org/history/herbs2.htm

MATH

Alg III/Trig Project

Kid friendly explanation of basic statistical concepts
http://www.fedstats.gov/kids/mapstats/statsconcepts.html

Federal Government statistics

http://www.census.gov/
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ -Statistical abstract
http://www.fedstats.gov/
http://www.bls.gov/bls/other.htm - Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ -Statistics from the Center for Disease Control

WA state government agencies
http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/washington.html
http://www.mrsc.org/library/ctystat.aspx

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html -U of MI resource on statistics

A Pathfinder on how to find statistics
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48530

MUSIC

Guitar

Classical Guitar
http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/history/guitar_history.html
Country Music
http://www.roughstock.com/history/

Guitar History
http://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/frary/gtr_history_index.htm

Music History

Overview of Musical periods
http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/music-history.htm - periods and instruments
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/

http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/
http://www.radio.cz/en/article/49070-overview from a classical Czech radio station.
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/Welcome.html
Gives a great overview of classical music on the “Western Music: a short history” link

http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Music/History
Site from the Open Directory Project categorized by humans. Drill through to sites specific to your area of interest.

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
A timeline of world history in a chart format. See what was happening on various continents.
http://musicandhistory.com/ -good for composers and instruments
http://voyager.physics.unlv.edu/webpages2/picgalr2.html
Classical composers-many different artists from various countries (to navigate out of site, close it and then use the back button)

http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/
Use the Yahoo directory to identify instruments and other topics

PSYCHOLOGY

Psychological Disorders

Overview info on disorders and some with links
http://www.nimh.nih.gov - National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.mental-health-matters.com/disorders/list_alpha.php
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/child-mental-health/CC00078
http://www.healthyminds.org Look at links on right
http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/facts_for_families_keyword_alphabetical
http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~jnichols/disorders

Dissociative Disorder
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dissociative-disorders/DS00574
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/dissociative-disorders/DS00574.html
http://www.minddisorders.com/Del-Fi/Dissociative-identity-disorder.html
Factitious Disorders
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestURI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/factitious_disorders.jsp
http://www.minddisorders.com/Del-Fi/Factitious-disorder.html

SCIENCE

Biomes

Introduction to world’s five major biomes-breaks each one further
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/introbiomes.html
http://www2.ups.edu/biology/museum/worldbiomes.html
http://www.amnh.org
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/I/Invertebrates.html

Yahoo Directory for Ecosystems
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Ecology/Ecosystems/

Major Biomes of the World
http://www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/main.html

World Biomes-good links for explanations
http://www.worldbiomes.com/

Environmental Science
http://www.nwf.org/ -National Wildlife Federation
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome US Dept. of Ag
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/ -King County Metro Council
http://wdfw.wa.gov/ -WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife
http://www.wcs.org/ - conservation
http://www.epa.gov/ - Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.recycling-revolution.com/recycling-facts.html - Recycling
http://www.invasiveplants.net/-Invasive Plants
http://www.invasivespeciescoalition.org/GardenPlants/  - WA Invasive Species Coalition
http://www.wnps.org/invasive_species.htm  - Washington Native Plant Society


Genetic Disorders

Info on Genetic disorders
http://www.noah-health.org/en/genetic/
http://www.genome.gov/10001204

http://www.cdc.gov/az.do
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/
http://geneinfo.medlib.iupui.edu/

Mayo Clinic provides info on a number of genetic disorders
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/geneticdisorders.html

Genetic and Rare Conditions site
http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support

National Institute of Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/geneticdisorders.html

Genetic testing information
www.geneclinics.org

Invertebrates

General Info  - Invert graphic organizer
http://www.amonline.net.au/invertebrates/
http://www.cyhaus.com/marine/inverts.htm

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/hall_tour/spectrum/flash/
http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Animals.html
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/I/Invertebrates.html
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Invertebrates/Facts/default.cfm
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/phyla/phyla.html

Dangerous Invertebrates
http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/critters.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/C007974/2_4sco.htm

Insects
http://www.insectclopedia.com/
http://www.earthlife.net/insects/six.html

http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu./cee/biocontrol/home.html

Karyotype Activity-Logistic Expert Group

http://www.affordable-insurance.com/index.php?CURRENT_PAGE_ID=309
www.eHealthInsurance.com

http://www.ahip.org/content/default.aspx?bc=39|341|318
http://www.washingtonhealthinsurance.org/glossary_insurance_terms.htm
ttp://www.capitalone.com/
http://www.cbpp.org/11-14-06health.htm


Malaria Conference Project

Seattle Biomedical Research Institute -Intro w/ links to WHO
http://www.sbri.org/diseases/index.asp

Good info for fact sheet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/medical_notes/newsid_120000/120644.stm
http://www.malaria.org/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/malaria.html  Click on malaria
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/en/#M

Overview of prophylaxis and treatment
http://www.rph.wa.gov.au/malaria/prophylaxis.html

United Republic of Tanzania gov. w/ overview of health services
http://www.tanzania.go.tz/index2E.html

Background info on sickle cell anemia and malaria
http://genetics-education-partnership.mbt.washington.edu/class/activities/HS/sickle-back.htm

Article - "Improving Health Care in Tanzania"
http://web.idrc.ca/en/ev-5294-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

Searchable site on information regarding parasites and epidemics
http://www.cdc.gov/

Travel tips to avoid malaria
http://goafrica.about.com/od/healthandsafety/
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/diseases.htm#malaria

Use of DDT -
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9F0DEEDA1738F932A25757C0A9629C8B63

Mammals

General Info on Mammals
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/mammalogy/mamwash/mamwash.html

http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/mammpg.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/
http://www.4to40.com/earth/geography/htm/mammals.asp
 

Marine Biology

General Info on Marine Mammals
http://www.fws.gov  - use the search box to find your mammal
http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/learning/education/mammalinfo/mammals.asp
http://www.montereybay.noaa.gov/sitechar/mamm.html
http://www.marinebio.com/all.asp Use the Marine Bio search engine to search this site for info

Info on otters
http://oceanlink.island.net/biodiversity/otter/otter.html

Manatees
http://www.buschgardens.org/animal-info/info-books/manatee/index.htm

Walrus
http://www.buschgardens.org/infobooks/Walrus/home.html
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/oceans/walrus/

Dolphins
http://www.dolphin-institute.org/resource_guide/index.htm

http://www.orcanetwork.org/nathist/nathist.html - Orcas

Sea Lions
http://www.buschgardens.org/animal-info/info-books/california-sea-lion/index.htm

Whale Sites
http://whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html
http://www.gma.org/marinemammals/profiles.html
http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2k.html
http://www.buschgardens.org/animal-info/info-books/beluga/index.htm

http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/education/cetaceans/cetacea.htm
http://www.acsonline.org/index.html
 

Physics

http://www.slac.stanford.edu/library/nobel/-Information about Nobel Scientists

 Plants

http://plantfacts.osu.edu/ - Facts on plants
http://plants.usda.gov/ - Facts on plants
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/
http://efloras.org/index.aspx - plants of  world regions
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/ - Native plant database
http://rhsweb.org/library/botany.htm
http://hgic.clemson.edu/
 

Regional Policy Project - Environmental Science

10 Things to reduce stormwater runoff:
http://www.psparchives.com/our_work/stormwater/stormwater_wycd.htm

Seattle and King County Natural Yard Care
http://www.seattle.gov/util/services/Yard/Natural_Lawn_&_Garden_Care/index.asp

Washington State University Rain Garden Handbook
http://www.pierce.wsu.edu/Water_Quality/LID/Raingarden_brochure.pdf
Take care of your Septic System
http://ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/tips/septic.html

Shoreline Restoration
http://www.mudup.org/
Debate about Puget Sound
http://www.psp.wa.gov
Bulkhead impacts and alternative
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/building/bulkhead.html
http://www.metrokc.gov/shorelines/pdf/0709-fact-sheets/Bulkheads.pdf - shoreline

http://www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/measures/indicators/ae-marine-water-quality.aspx - marine habitat indicators


Well Water Lab

Group Chart
Ground Water Information
http://water.usgs.gov/
http://www.groundwater.org/
http://capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/

http://www.agwt.org/gwinfo.htm

Pollutants
http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/119/healthnews
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs210/en/index.html - arsenic
http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Index.html -iprodione


Mrs. Mowery's recommended sites
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/index.html
http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1622/eb1622.html
http://www.ejnet.org/dioxin/
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/DD5866.html
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/privatewells/booklet/index.html

SOCIAL STUDIES

Africa Project

Country Information
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ -comprehensive

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
http://www.princeton.edu/~pressman/afriweb.html - provides links
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Home_Page/Country.html
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp-basic info

African Art
http://africadirect.com/

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/afrilink.htm

Cooking
http://www.congocookbook.com


News about Africa

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/default.stm

http://allafrica.com
 

Ancient Civilizations

Architecture in Ancient Near East
http://lib.haifa.ac.il/www/art/archimedia.html

Ancient Sumeria
http://history-world.org/sumeria.htm

Ancient Civilizations
http://www.archaeolink.com/amazing_worlds_of_archaeology1.htm

http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/index.html
http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/

Web Chronology Project from North Park University
http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/Introduction.html

History for Kids Project from Portland State University
http://www.historyforkids.org

Ancient Egypt

Life
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html - website provides “stories” about aspects of daily life
http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/homepg.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mummy/ - mummification
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/
http://www.ancient-egypt.org – many links from this website

Technology
http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm - Egyptian lock & other inventions

Ancient Greece & Rome

Info on Ancient Greece and Rome
http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/
http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm

http://www.teacheroz.com/toc.htm
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophers-good info on well-known philosophers
http://www.iep.utm.edu/

Info about Ancient Greek and Roman gods and goddesses
http://www.loggia.com/myth/index.html

Basic information about many aspects (people, mythology, etc.) of Ancient Greece
http://www.ancientgreece.com

Basic information about Ancient Rome
http://library.thinkquest.org/26602/home.htm - Several categories about life in Ancient Rome
http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Greeks/romans.html -HS students in IL – works are cited
http://eawc.evansville.edu/ropage.htm - University of Evansville
http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/romanarmy.html

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/romanarmy2.html
 

Atomic Bomb Decision

http://www.history.army.mil/books/70-7_23.htm
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/hiroshim.htm
-links related to foreign policy and atomic bomb
http://www.dannen.com/decision/index.html - also on Mr. Sims' website
http://www.atomicmuseum.com/tour/decision.cfm
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php - list of primary documents
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/trinity/ - check the supplemental section for pro/con info
http://www.enolagay509th.com/default.htm - info on the Enlola Gay
http://www.lanl.gov/history/overview.shtml -Los Alamos National Laboratory-click on full overview

Cold War

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ColdWar.htm
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/coldwar.html
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/coldwar.htm
http://www.coldwar.org/index.html
 - excellent site organized by decades
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/coldwar - general site about the Cold War
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/Subs/index.html


Constitutional Issues

http://ratify.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/home.html
http://www.ontheissues.org/Issues.htm
http://www.cato.org/researcharea.php?display=9
http://www.politics1.com/issues.htm

Decades

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade10.html (1910's)
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade20.html (1920's)
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade30.html (1930's)
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html (1940's)
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html (1950's)
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html (1960's)
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade70.html (1970's)
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade80.html (1980's)
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade90.html (1990's)
http://www.1990sflashback.com/ (1990's)
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/US_History/index.htm
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/-links
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html#pro-links

 

Election Issues

Presidential Candidates Official Sites
http://www.barackobama.com/index.php
Official Political Party Sites
Republican Party - http://www.gop.com
Democratic Party - http://democrats.org

Issues
http://www.publicagenda.org/ - Nonpartisan and nonprofit website
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/ - CNN coverage
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18437398 - National Public Radio
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/e/election_issues/index.html-NY Times
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/politics/elections/ -Washington Post

Fact Sites
http://www.refdesk.com

http://factcheck.org
WA State Govenor's Race
http://www.chrisgregoire.com/ - Gov. Gregoire
 

Enlightenment

http://www.iep.utm.edu/
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook10.html
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/ENLIGHT.HTM
http://www.teacheroz.com/Enlightenment.htm
Philosophy and philosophers
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/
http://www.philosopher.org.uk/index.htm
http://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html
Wollstonecraft
http://www.bartleby.com/144/
Declarations of Rights
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/rightsof.htm
http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html
Adam Smith
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/adamsmith-summary.html
Karl Marx
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/marx.html-
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/marx.html
 

Five C's Project

Current International News
http://www.iht.com/

Country Information
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

World Sports
http://www.sportsnews.com

http://www.wnsport.com/
http://www.fifa.com/en/index.html 

Weather
http://weather.yahoo.com/regional/ITXX.html

www.weather.com

 

Foreign Policy

http://www.cfr.org/ - Council on Foreign Relations-Search for info on each president

President Carter'sMuseum - http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/ (documents)
NATO documents -
http://www.nato.int
State Dept. - http://www.state.gov/
SALT II - http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/acda/treaties/salt2.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/articles/tresalt2.htm 
http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/Amdipl_2/Oyos_1.html
http://millercenter.virginia.edu/scripps/digitalarchive/speechDetail/31 audio pres. speeches
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php primary documents of Carter’s speeches
Panama Canal - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/pancanal1.html
Israeli Gov. Camp David Accords- http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA can search site for docs like below:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace%20Process/Guide%20to%20the%20Peace%20Process/Camp%20David%20ds  Accords

http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Jimmy_Carter_Foreign_Policy.htm
President Reagan's Museum
http://www.issues2000.org/Celeb/Ronald_Reagan_Foreign_Policy.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/40_reagan/reagan_foreign.html
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2004/06/b89190.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reagan/peopleevents/pande08.html

http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/ - Final Report on Independent council
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/rd/17741.htm - Reagan Doctrine
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,964873-1,00.html - Reagan Doctrine
http://www.coldwar.org/articles/90s/fall_of_the_soviet_union.asp - Collapse of Soviet Union

President George H. Bush Museum http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/ - Gulf War
http://www.historyguy.com/GulfWar.html#gulfwarname - Gulf War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/thome.html - Gulf War
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4/newsid_2496000/2496277.stm Tiananmen Square
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/ - Tiananmen Square
http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/jul1999/usch-j15.shtml - Marxist bias Tiananmen Square & foreign policy
http://www.voanews.com/uspolicy/archive/2005-06/2005-06-03-voa4.cfm?CFID=298410903&CFTOKEN=53030936  - Tiananmen Square & foreign policy
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9806/26/tianamen.legacy/

http://www.afsa.org/fsj/may05/sutter.pdf -Retrospective on US-China foreign policy


 French Revolution

Vetted sources for primary documents from the era of the French Revolution
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html

http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-RevolutionaryFrance.htm#docs
http://history.hanover.edu/project.html#modern
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sc24/frenchrev.html
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/paris/index.html -background of era
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/browse/texts/
http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/napoleon.htm
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/marseill.html - La Marseillaise 1792



Genocide/Ethnic Cleansing

General Info (about genocide and multiple groups)
http://edwebproject.org/sideshow/genocide/index.html (must read this)
http://www.genocidewatch.org/8stages.htm
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/index.html
http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide.htm
Armenia
http://www.hyeetch.nareg.com.au/genocide/genocide_p1.html
http://www.chgs.umn.edu//Histories__Narratives__Documen/The_Armenians/the_armenians.html
http://www.armenian-genocide.org/

http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/brycereport_armenia.htm
http://www.theforgotten.org/intro.html
Bosnia
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2001/12/11/bosher3415.htm
http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/bosnia_genocide.htm
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/ksvindx.htm
Cambodia
http://www.yale.edu/cgp/

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/cambodia/index.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/04/15/world/main184477.shtml
http://edwebproject.org/sideshow/index.html
Jewish  Holocaust
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/evian.htm
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/louis.htm
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/wboard.htm
http://www.ushmm.org/

http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/history_of_the_holocaust.htm
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook44.html
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/holocaust.htm

Kurds
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/september96/kurds_9-6.html

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/iraq203/crossroads.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1614239.stm
Rwanda
http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/evil/
Sudan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3496731.stm
http://www.ushmm.org/conscience/alert/darfur/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/08/60minutes/main648277.shtml
http://www.afrol.com/News2003/sud001_darfur_conflict.htm
http://hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=darfur
 

Great Depression

a smorgasbord of links about the Great Depression
http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_GreatDepression.shtml
http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm
http://www.sagehistory.net/history122/part3.htm
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA02/volpe/newdeal/intro.html - New Deal
Walker Evans
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fachap04.html
Edward Hines
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/picturing_the_century/portfolios/port_hine.html
Dorothea Lange
http://www.dorothea-lange.org/text.home.htm
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/lange/index.html
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/lange
Arthur Rothstein
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fachap05.html

Holocaust Project

http://www.ushmm.org/ - Holocaust Museum is a rich source
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/ - Many of the following sites contain primary sources
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/holo.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook44.html
http://www.holocaustchronicle.org/Index.html
http://www.aish.com/holocaust/default.asp
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/filmmore/reference/primary/index.html -American response
http://fcit.usf.edu/HOLOCAUST/resource/document/document.htm -large source of primary documents
http://www.nizkor.org/
http://www.yadvashem.org/


Hot Spots

http://www.schoolwork.org/issues.html
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnews.html

Human Rights

http://hrw.org - Human Rights Watch
http://www.amnesty.org/ - Amnesty International
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/ihavearightto/ - BBC Human Rights
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx  - UN Human Rights Office
http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/ Narcotics Patrol Reports by US State Dept.
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2007/ Annual Terrorism report by US State Dept.

Imperialism

American Imperialism
http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/toc.html
http://www.spanamwar.com/index.htm
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec2/essay08.html#IMPERIAL
http://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/history/1999/1999slaughter.htm
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1903panama.html Panama Convention
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/panama.canal/stories/history/  Panama


Midwest Murders

http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/reference/starkweather_case.htm
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/apr/04/clutter_murders_reminiscent/ - historical significance
http://www.crimelibrary.com/starkweather/starkmain.htm - detailed info
http://www.filmsite.org/rebel.html - Rebel without a cause link
Univ, CM - Charles Starkweather

Univ. CM - Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate

Middle Ages

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/
Explore life in the Middle Ages
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/

More about life in the Middle Ages
http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/
Explore architecture through the ages

Pacific Rim

History of china with dynasties and timelines
http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/toc.html
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/
Specific Information on the Dynasties
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
A timeline of world history in a chart format.

Political Cartoons

http://cartoonbox.slate.com/index/index.html
http://cagle.msnbc.com/politicalcartoons/

http://www.politicalcartoons.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/cartoons/
 

Political Groups

Political Action Committees
http://www.moveon.org/
http://www.gopac.org/
http://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/pac/index.cfm
http://www.nowpacs.org/
http://www.ipaction.org/
http://www.familydocs.org/fppac

Think Tanks
http://www.politicalindex.com/sect30.htm
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psthink.html

Public Interest Groups
http://www.uspirg.org/
http://www.studentpirgs.org/
 

Presidents

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ - Official Whitehouse site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/ - PBS site on presidents
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ 

 

Renaissance

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
General overview of the Renaissance with links to people, events, etc
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.html
Presents primary source accounts to events in history from ancient to modern times. Good for a “birds-eye view” of a famous person or event.
http://www.historychannel.com/
Search by keyword or by century and decade
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
A timeline which spans 3,000 years of history on various continents
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/eurohist.html
A general place to start
http://www.englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs.html
Tudor Monarchs
http://www.tudorhistory.org/
Tudor History

Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/saccov/saccov.htm - note various authors
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/sacvan.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/oj/frankff.htm -Frankfurter’s original 1927 article
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/millay/sacco.htm - overview of the trial
http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/saccovanzetti/pages/050405.shtml - Parmenter & Berardelli
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1990/8/1990_8_50.shtml - online searchable database of articles
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/oj/porterf.htm - The Never Ending Wrong article on communism by Katherine Porter

Supreme Court Cases

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
Free searchable database of Supreme Court decisions since 1893
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/name.htm
Listing of Supreme court cases by name
http://www.tourolaw.edu/Patch/
Brief and longer summaries of supreme court cases
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/
An organization devoted to protection of First Amendment Rights which includes cases and opinions of the Supreme Court

Search for cases
http://www4.law.cornell.edu

http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
http://www.landmarkcases.org/index.html
http://lectlaw.com/tcas.htm -has some major Supreme Court cases
http://www.supremecourtus.gov 


Washington State

http://www.tvw.org/
Unedited coverage of WA state legislative events

Events in Washington state history
http://www.washington.historylink.org/output.cfm?file_id=5366
http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/frontier/local/
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/
http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/hstaa432/index.html
 

World Conflicts

http://www.flashpoints.info/FlashPoints_home.html
http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/ACRText/ACR-TitlePage.html
Human Rights Organizations
http://hrw.org
 

World Religions

Brief Summaries of World Religions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/world_religions/ - BBC Info excellent beginning place
http://comparativereligion.com

Meta-Religion Descriptions  (Info in English and Spanish)
http://www.meta-religion.com/World_Religions/world_religions.htm

Description of Christianity
http://www.religioustolerance.org/christ.htm
Islamism
http://www.al-islam.org

http://www.islam-guide.com
Judaism
http://www.jewfaq.org

http://www.us-israel.org/source/judaism.html
Non-Denominational Info on Religions (Very brief descriptions of numerous religions)
http://www.adherents.com
Other Religions
http://www.bahai.orgB’hai faith
http://www.sikhs.org – Sikh religion
http://members.ozemail.com/au~zarathus/tenets33.html -Zoroastrianism

A timeline of world history events
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Select the time period and area.

World War I

http://www.firstworldwar.com/ -corroborate with other sources as author suggests
http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/causes.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/causes.htm - simple explanation
http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm - Teacher provides links to many sites. Be cautious of where you are linking to.
http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/ww1/lectures.html -lectures from a college professor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/ - The BBC is a trustworthy site to search for info

http://www.fidnet.com/~weid/ww1.html - an organized wealth of links on WWI
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/about/ -PBS site
http://library.thinkquest.org/12367/background/#militarism -Thinkquest is a site created by students
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0852742.html


World War II

Causes of WWII
http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIcauses.htm
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/wwiieurcauses.htm
http://www.2worldwar2.com/
General Info
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac31
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/
The Road to War
http://www.omnibusol.com/wcessay6.html
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/causesofWW2.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/
War in Europe
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005593

Japan and the Pacific Front
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/amh/AMH-23.htm
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/pearl.htm

Women's Roles
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/st/~cg3/outline.html

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/72-14/72-14.htm
Statistics
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq11-1.htm

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/statistics.htm
http://www.infoukes.com/history/ww2/page-29.html

World Languages

Japanese Cultural Project

Japan-American Society local office
http://www.us-japan.org/jassw/

Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPPA)
http://www.capaa.wa.gov

Japanese Shotokan Karate Foundation
http://www.iskf.com/
http://users.digitaldaze.com/wwskc/

Japan Abacus Math School
http://www.jamsportland.com

Japanese Amer. Cultural and Community Center-preserve culture
e-mail: info@jacc.org

Japanese History Project

Overviews of Japanese History
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e641.html
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/FEUJAPAN/FEUJAPAN.HTM
http://countrystudies.us/japan/ -links very through
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/japan/japanese_history.html
http://www.jref.com/about/ - click on "culture"
http://www.pbs.org/empires/japan/timeline.html -timeline 1500's-1800's

Tokugawa period
http://www.us-japan.org/edomatsu/ - Edo