Web Links

Language Arts

Vocabulary: http://www.princetonreview.com/vocabminute/#junior







Social Studies
The Civil War Summary: http://www.maniacworld.com/civil-war-in-four-minutes.html
Reconstruction Video (Teacher Tube) http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=4eb8a159bf78c206a387
Colonial Williamsburg:  teachistory@cwf.org
United States Documents:  http://www.archives.gov/pacific/education/curriculum/pdf/our-docs-grade-8.pdf
SOURCE: Education Week's Digital Directions
     Digital History:  www.digitalhistory.uh.edu   
     History Matters:  http://historymatters.gmu.edu    
     Library of Congress:  www.loc.gov    
     National Archives (Student and Teacher Section):  www.archives.gov/education     
     National History Education Clearinghouse (scheduled to go live in March):  http://teachinghistory.org  
     The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History:  www.gilderlehrman.org



Stuff
Helen Keller:  Kids' Museum:  http://www.afb.org/braillebug/hkgallery.asp?tpid=3
Simple Science:  http://blobs.org/
Space Colony Project:
     Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_colonization
     Near Earth Colony Proposals: http://www.permanent.com/
     Types of Colonies: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/spacecolony.html
     Solar System Colonization Overview: http://www.hudsonfla.com/spaceviewinner.htm




GATE
Science http://www.cogito.org/
How to Make . . .  http://www.instructables.com/