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A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
Descriptions, pictures, and sound clips of 32 different instruments from the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Music Notes
The theory, history, styles, professions, and instruments of music; includes games.

Operapaedia
Find out everything you ever wanted to know about opera, including biographies of composers, summaries of specific operas, and more.

San Francisco Kids Fun with Music
Explore the instruments of an orchestra, visit the music lab, and more.

Biographies

A&E's Biography
Search the database of over 25,000 names, find the most often asked-for biographies, and play biography-related games.

American President
Profiles of all U.S. presidents, including personal facts and brief biographies.

Biographies
Historical people related to American History.

Sports Illustrated Top 100 Female Athletes
Biographies of the top 100 female athletes in history, as rated by Sports Illustrated.

Time 100
Biographies of Time magazine's 100 most important people of the 20th Century.

Current Events

Google News
Up-to-the-minute news items from over 4500 news sources, arranged by relevance. Customize the page to your preferences or search the Google news database.

National Public Radio news
Read or listen to current news stories.

ABYZ Newslinks
An easy-to-use directory of newspaper websites from around the world.

Dictionaries

RhymeZone
Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus

Word Central
An assortment of fun word-related activities, along with an online dictionary.

Homework Help 101

Awesome Library for Teens
This site offers help in many subjects; it can be accessed in six different languages.

BrainPOP
Movies for the visual learner! Science, math, social studies, English, health and technology are covered in a visual format.

High School Ace
Subject guides, reference collection, newspapers, and more.

Homework Spot
Subject-specific resources for English, math, science, social studies, art, music, technology, foreign language, health, and more.

Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library's web site for researching and writing term papers

Language Arts

California Department of Education Reading Lists
Recommended reading from the California Department of Education.

Quoteland
Find quotations on any topic, or identify the author of your favorite quotes.

Shakespeare and Internet Search Tools & Resources
A comprehensive guide to Shakespeare's life and times, his plays and poetry, and criticism of his works.

SparkNotes
Discussions of plots, characters, and themes in various classic novels.

Encyclopedia Mythica
An encyclopedia of articles, definitions, and images on mythology, folklore legends, and more.

Folklore, Myth, and Legend
Evrything you want to know about Aesop and his fables, King Arthur, the Arabian Nights and many other myths and legends.

The Academy of American Poets
Listen to a poem in the listening booth, read the poems of your favorite poets, check out the events calendar to learn about poetry happenings across the nation.

A+ Research & Writing Guide
Find out how to research and write your reports and papers.

Citing Sources and Assembling a List
This site from Duke University Libraries will help you create a bibliography. Examples for MLA, APA , and Chicago writing styles.

Grammar
Definitions and examples of various parts of grammar.

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Sections on choosing a topic, organizing, revising, editing, and documenting, as well as a focus on argumentative, exploratory, and informal essays.

Math

Ask Dr. Math
Math problems from algebra to trigonometry.

Calculus
Practice calculus problems.

FunBrain!
Math games for all ages!

Science

Exploratorium's Online Exhibits
Fun, interactive exhibit of visual illusions.

Science.gov
Quality science information from the U.S. Government

California Geology
Current information about the geological state of California; learn about mineral resources, earthquake engineering and geologic hazards.

The Nine Planets
An overview of the history, mythology and scientific knowledge of each of the nine planets.

Plate Tectonics
Watch an animated clip of the continental drift to see how the modern world was formed. Click on a specific time period for information on plant and animal life of that era.

Basic Genetics
Information on various aspects of genetics, including an animated tour of "the basics"

BBC's Interactive Human Body & Mind
Learn about organs, muscles, the skeleton, and nervous system in a fun, interactive way.

Biology and Evolution Theory
The Theory of Evolution explained.

The World's Biomes
An introduction to the major biomes on Earth.

Chem4Kids!
Information, interactive activities, and downloads on every "element" of chemistry.

Fear of Physics: Physics Explained
Lose your fears with these clear explications of physical phenomena.

Social Studies

BBC News World Edition: Country Profiles
Profiles on news, history, politics, event timelines, and economic background of world countries. Includes print, audio, and video pieces from the BBC archives.

Country Background Notes
Basic information on countries from the U.S. Department of State.

Country Reports
Clear images of world flags with corresponding maps, plus quick facts on each country.

Geography

Civil War Maps
Over 2,000 maps and charts from the American Memory project at the Library of Congress.

Geography Merriam-Webster Atlas
A good site for world maps.

Maps and Geography
A comprehensive location for maps from National Geographic.

Government

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
Information about the United States government, organized by grade level.

The Presidents of the United States
Brief biography and picture of every President, links the site with information on all the first ladies, quizzes and interesting trivia facts, and current information on happenings at the capital.

State and Local Governments
Mega and individual state links to local government from the Library of Congress.

U.S. History

African American Mosaic
A Library of Congress source for the study of Black history and culture.

American Memory
A gateway to over 7 million digitized primary and historical source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States in the Library of Congress collection; includes photographs, manuscripts, rare books, maps, recorded sound, and moving pictures.

America's Story
Appealing site all about our nation's history from the Library of Congress. Select "Jump Back in Time" to study a particular time period.

Charters of Freedom
View the primary documents containing the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, and numerous other American documents.

Historic Speeches
Read the famous speeches that have influenced and shaped the United States from its foundation to present times.

National Museum of American History: History Explorer
Explore our nation's history by era, theme, or year; includes links to related information on the museum's exhibits, collections, and programs.

This Day in History
Find out what happened this day in US history, or on your birthday, from the History channel.

1500s-1700s
13 Originals: Founding the American Colonies
Overview of the original thirteen colonies, including numerous maps and links to more resources.

The History Explorer
The History Explorer at Colonial Williamsburg introduces you to the people, places, and life of colonial America.

1800s
The Age of Imperialism
An overview of America's policy of expansionism in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Discovering Lewis and Clark
Includes a synopsis of the expedition, as well as maps, journal selections, photos, animation, and sound.

The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
A thousand images selected from a wide range of sources, most of them dating from the period of slavery.

Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
Companion site to a PBS American Experience program that shares the extraordinary stories of ordinary Americans as they struggled to shape new lives in the aftermath of the Civil War.

The Underground Railroad
An interactive adventure in pursuing freedom as a slave in the 1850s, resources and links are included too.

Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
A number of recordings of former slaves, interviewed between 1932 and 1975, are made available by the Library of Congress American Folklife Center.

Not For Ourselves Alone women's movement
Explore the women's movement with a focus on Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony from the PBS show, narrated and rich with visual images.

1900s

The New Deal Network
Information, primary sources, and images on the public works and art projects of the New Deal, designed for middle and high school students and teachers.

A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans
An online exhibit of Japanese internment from the Smithsonian Institution.

Powerful Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore
More than 50 photographs, organized under topics such as "Birmingham" and "Martin Luther King." Other material includes photo captions and a biographical essay on Moore.

Remembering Jim Crow
The companion site to an American Radioworks documentary about Jim Crow segregation, with interviews, sample Jim Crow laws, and links to related sites.

Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education
The history of segregation, the battle for education, and the events leading to the historic decision are chronicled on this site.

The Civil War
This site includes battle histories, a timeline, maps of the period, biographies of various leaders, and the texts of the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation.

Civil War Timeline
Illustrated timeline of Civil War events.

The Great War
Understand the history and effects of World War I from PBS, with interviews with historians, additional resources, and recommended sites.

Search the Internet

Ask.com
Not sure where to start, but have a general idea what you want to research? Type in a broad term like "nutrition"; and Jeeves will help you narrow your search.

Dogpile
A search engine that searches search engines! Results displayed by most popular or by specific engines like Google, Yahoo!, Ask Jeeves, and more. Also search audio, video, images, yellow and white pages.

Google
Search Web sites, images, directories, news stories, catalogs, and more. Narrow your search by requesting sites from a specified domain (i.e. sites ending in .org or .edu)

Internet Public Library

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