Lesson Objectives

• To discover Internet Web sites that can assist you with your school work, including sites in the Humanities (Art, English Literature, Music and Non-English Languages), the Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Multi-Disciplinary and Physics), Mathematics (Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus and Inter-Disciplinary Mathematics), Social Studies, Extra-Curricular Activities and Study Skills.

The Lesson

It's great to know that the Internet can help you to shop and to plan your day, entertain you and lead you to a super job, but something else the Internet is terrific at doing is giving you information about the many things you like to study. As the latest cool school tool, the Internet can't be beat for the scope of information offered and the currancy of what you will see.

You will be learning some hints about how to travel through the World Wide Web to find useful information and you will be looking at a number of Web sites that will help you do serious research by using the Web.

Keep in mind, though, especially when you are doing research for school or your own personal studies, that the Internet may not always be the best place to go to look for the answers. Sometimes, the best and quickest place to go for your answer is to a printed resource or a person.

Ever go to a garage sale and find something great buried under a lot of clutter? A first edition Mad Magazine, an original 45 single of Diana Ross singing "Love Child," a funky pair of Dr. Martins (with rainbow laces) to wear to your best friend's party? That's what a lot of people say finding useful information on the World Wide Web is like. You sit down at your computer to hunt for something on "Spanish holidays" for a school report due tomorrow (so you got a late start; that's ok. You always work best under pressure). But now you're freaking out because all your Internet searching is showing you is stuff on Spanish villas to rent, a list of summer school courses at a University in Cordova and a site offering online greeting cards. Don't dispair. Blended into the mix is the bilingual site Spanish Festivals and Traditions. There they all are, everything from the Day of the Dead to the Running of Bulls.

Check out some of the sites below. We've sorted through the clutter and come up with some treasures. See how the World Wide Web can help you with your school work. These cool school sites manage to combine the information weight of your current textbook with some great eye-catching graphics and hands-on action. Your head will spin. Try giving it a whirl now.

Humanities

Art

Indexes

Art History as Viewed Through the Web
        www.idbsu.edu/carol/art.htm
Not a very visually exciting site, but functions as a well-arranged index to such catagories as "Some of the Masters" and "Art of Other Cultures and Times."

The Association for Art History
        www.indiana.edu/~aah/
Click on "Other Resources" and see some major sites listed for specialties including Architectural, American, Renaissance, Impressionist and others.

Museum Resources
        wwar.com/index.html
An exhaustive site, covering artists, museums, exhibits, art history, art education as well as the performing arts. All topics subdivide and allow searching or browsing through indexes. All entries are thoroughly annotated.

Activities

The Art Teacher Connection
        www.primenet.com/~arted/
A site for teachers and students. Includes "WWW Art Lessons," "Lesson Connection," "Hot Art Links" and "Teacher to Teacher." The site is somewhat confusing to negotiate and needs editing. The most clearly written, useable and up-to-date section is "Art Lessons on the Web," (one of the "Hot Art Links" (www.primenet.com/~arted/pages/lessons.html), where sites are arranged into general, color theory, cartooning, and architecture.

Eyes on Art
        www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art/art.html
Includes seven hands-on activities: "You Choose" (recreate your favorite painting), "Visual Glossary," "Eyes of the Beholders," "Miles of Styles" (closely examine 7 representative masterpieces), "2 Views 4 U," "Your True View," and the "Eyes on Art Expert's Quiz." An attractive, easy-to-use and fun site that makes use of many, well chosen links to teach about major works and styles.

English Literature

Bibliographies

Online Literary Criticism Collection
        www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/
Find over 1000 pieces of criticism available online by browsing through author names, titles of works, or time periods. Critical works are included based on the scholarliness and authority of their authors. Some come from online journals and others are published independently.

Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide
        www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/TABLE.HTML
Covers the American literary tradition in 10 chronological chapters. Each chapter includes author entries with a bibliography of works both by and about the author. Additional Web links included for some authors. The author of the site is a professor at the California State University, Stanislaus.

Full-Text Primary Sources

The Internet Classics Archive
        classics.mit.edu
Includes 441 works by 59 authors, primarily Greek and Roman, in English translation. Browse author/title lists or search keywords. Title entries include introductory commentary. Readers also supply comments of varying quality.

Project Bartleby Archive
        www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby
Links to works by nearly 50 American and British poets, playwrights, essayists, novelists and lexicographers ranging from the 18th century Mary Wollstonecraft throught the 20th century Agatha Christie. Also includes inaugural addresses of the U.S. presidents from Washington through Bush. The search engine is quick and effective.

Project Gutenberg
        sailor.gutenberg.org
The comprehensive site of links to thousands of full, electronic texts. Includes copyright-free literature from Beowulf through the present. Browse or use the search engine to access authors and titles.

Indexes

Digital Librarian
        www.servtech.com/~mvail/"
Covers over 100 subject catagories, including Literature. Of related interest are the catagories Medieval and Renaissance, Judaica, Classics and other topics that include literature. Each subject includes very extensive listings of annotated links arranged alphabetically by title.

Literature Resources for the High School and College Students
        www.teleport.com/~mgroves
Catagories include "Literature," "Indices," "Books," "Magazines," "Writers' Resources" and other materials. Links under Literature accessible by time period and by genre (e.g., African-American, Children's, Satire, etc.). Time period links lead to authors. Click on broad term Literature to see genre index. Entries for authors and genres followed by Web links.

Reference

Dictionary of Literary Terms
        www.bell.k12.ca.us/BellHS/Departments/English/apLiterary.Terms.Menu
Lists and illustrates over 100 terms; some are cross-referenced.

Shakespearian Glossary
        gopher://wiretap.spies.com:70/00/Library/Document/shake.dic
Nothing fancy but a very extensive list of several hundred words.

Textbook

Outline of American Literature
        www.usia.gov/usa/oal/oaltoc.htm
This is a publication of the U.S. Information Agency, written by a professor at the University of Tampa. An online book with eight chapters covering "Early America and the Colonial Period" through "Realism and Experimentation." Each chapter is essentially text with literary quotations interspersed. Following each chapter are author biographies. The book includes a glossary and opens with links to "Key Internet Sites on American Literature" arranged by time period.

Music

The Lyrics Library
        web2.kw.igs.net/~wgarvin/lyrics.html
A way to get to a wealth of information on musicians in addition to finding the lyrics to their songs. Provides an alphabetical index to independent sites arranged by names of the artists. Finding the link to music lyrics on each page may require some hunting around.

Music Emporium
        tqd.advanced.org/3656/html/index2.htm
Find out how instruments work, compose your own midi music, learn how music is handled on the Internet and visit other music links. Information on strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion instruments with Javascripted illustrations. A visually and aurally exciting site, but may not always be fully functioning. Requires a Java enabled browser.

Eyeneer Music Archives
        www.eyeneer.com
A guide to new music including an "International Music Archive," a "Contemporary/Classical Music Archive," an "American Music Archive," and a "New Jazz Archive." Obtain biographical information, discographies, reviews, photos, video and sound samples.

MusicSearch
        www.musicsearch.com
Choose from many catagories, including artists, insturments, and events. Select your search term from a pull-down menu within your catagory and then browse through a list of links.

Instumental Music Resource Page
        fcweb.fcasd.edu/~Dan_Traugh/imrp2.html
Provides links to text for "Beginning Instrumental," "Intermediate and Advanced Techniques," "Parent and Student Guides," "Teacher's Tools," "Music Education Resources" and "Commercial Music Sites." Tips offered for playing the major woodwinds, brass and percussion instuments.

K-12 Resources for Music Educators
        www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html
An index of briefly annotated links for "Band," "Orchestra," "Vocal," "Classroom" and "All Music." Also includes indexes to links of "Summer Music Education," "Commercial Music Resources," "Musician Biographies," "MIDI Resources," "Music Newsgroups," "The Beatles" and the lyrics to "Baby Boomer Bus Songs."

Non-English Languages

Culture

Festivals Home Page
        wfs.vub.ac.be/cis/festivals/index.html
Listings for France, Germany, Finland, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Austria and Sweden. Many include life-cycle, seasonal, regional, religious and historic holidays and festivals and are bilingual.

Indexes

Foreign Language Resources on the Web
        www.itp.berkeley.edu/~thorne/HumanResources.html
Includes links for 19 languages from Arabic and Chinese through Turkish and Yiddish.

Foreign Languages Learning Resources - Center for the Advancement of Language Learning
        www.call.gov
Access Internet resources ("Instructional Materials" and "Authentic" (every day) "Materials") for learning approximately 100 languages. Choose a language or a topic such as "Multilingual Browsing," "Language Testing," "Newspapers" or "Online Catalogs." Languages subdivide into topics and lists of links follow.

Human Languages Page
        www.june29.com/HLP
1800 reviewed links cover "Languages and Literature," "Products and Services," "Schools and Institutions," "Organizations," "Linguistics Resources," "Jobs and Internships," "Dictionaries" and "Languages Lessons" for approximately 40 languages. The site uses the "Altavista Translation Services Page" to allow review of links in German, Spanish, French, Italian and Port. Initial page may download slowly.

Reference

Non-English Font Archive
        babel.uoregon.edu/Yamada/fonts.html
Covers approximately 40 languages and includes help with installation on Windows (see FAQ). Fonts offered are in the public domain and therefore free.

Travlang's Translating Dictionaries
        dictionaries.travlang.com
Covers 14 languages including Latin. Includes 3800 terms in each language. Allows for translation between any two of the languages. Speedy results on searches.

Individual Languages

French

Fast and Friendly French
        library.advanced.org/12447/
For an absolute beginner. Nine brief lessons introduce the simple grammar and vocabulary. Assumes little knowledge of any grammar. Extensively illustrated with charts and images.

French Grammar Help Online
        omni.cc.purdue.edu/~indeed/FGHOnline.html
A page in frames format with many charts and examples. Includes a "Human Body Reference Page" and forms of verbs. This is a work in progress. As such, many parts of speech have yet to be included, but the site looks promising.

French-English/English-French Dictionary
        humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/FR-ENG.html
Uses search forms and covers 75,000 terms. Clear retrieval presentation.

French Grammar Exercises
        www2.sp.utexas.edu/fr/student.qry
Covers 14 grammatical topics, each subdivided. Fill-in the blanks for a dozen questions in each section, submit the form and see your results. An attractive, cleanly functioning site.

HAPAX: French Resources on the Web
        hapax.be.sbc.edu/
Arranges links into approximately 30 catagories, such as "Culture," "Especially for Students," "Government," "Humor," "Language" and "Sports." Dozens of links included in each catagory, some briefly annotated in English or in French.

Spanish

Basic Spanish for the Virtual Student
        www.umr.edu/~amigos/Virtual/
Arranged in 8 sections with goals outlined for each section. Includes useful charts.

English to Spanish/Spanish to English Dictionary
        grub01.physto.se:8080/cgi-bin/ssis/~calcato/espanol.html
In a frames format, uses a search engine. Includes 27,000 terms. Retrieved term appears in small print among much clutter.

Spanish Grammar Exercises
        www.trinity.edu/~mstroud/grammar/
A straight-forward site with fill-in sentences to practice all parts of speech in Spanish. The site will score results of each practice page you submit.

Spanish Language Resource Center, University of Tennessee
        funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~hoyal/spanish/spanish3.htm
Provides links to "Teaching Tools," "Guides and Directories," "Reference," "Grammar and Vocabulary," "Readings," "Multimedia," "Newspapers," "History," "Art," "Music," "Culture and Cinema," "Food and Recipes," "Transportation, Maps and Weather" and "Government." Entries are written in English and annotated; sites linked to are multilingual or Spanish.

Sciences and Mathematics

Sciences

Biology, Life Sciences and Medicine

Advanced Placement Biology Page
        www.hcca.ohio.gov/mcauley/apbio.htm
Provides an online, 40 chapter textbook covering everything from biochemistry, Mendelian genetics and gene expression to the plant and animal kingdoms. Students have compiled lists of external links so that the format and appearance of each chapter varies, but some links are treasures; see, for example, the clickable Periodic Table, accessible from the biochemistry links page.

Access Excellence Activities Exchange
        www.gene.com/ae/AE/
Visit the "Mystery Spot" and solve online scientific mysteries or view the "Access Excellence Fellows Collection" for biology classroom activities and the "Classic Collection" for the history of major scientific discoveries. The hundreds of classroom activities list the target audience and objectives and include abstracts, background and project and materials descriptions. Related information is found in the "AE Partners Collection."

The Biology Project - University of Arizona
        www.biology.arizona.edu/
Modules on "Biochemistry," "Cell Biology," "Chemicals and Human Health," "Developmental Biology," "Human Biology," "Mendelian Genetics," "Immunology" and "Molecular Biology." Each module includes problems sets (a brief quiz to introduce the topic), Web links, illustrated tutorials and vocabulary links. A very readible approach to a variety of life sciences topics.

Bio-wURLd
        www.ebi.ac.uk/htbin/bwurld.pl
A search engine that finds "Institutes and Government Projects," "Databases," "Journals," "Software," "Learning Tools," "Fun and Games" and others. Do a global search or browse the list of URLs for each topic.

Medline - HealthWorld Online
        www.healthy.net/library/search/medline.htm
A search engine for finding journal articles in biosciences and medicine. Multiple search terms may be used and searches may be limited by database year, article type, language and age group. Entries include article abstracts.

The Virtual Library: Bio Sciences
        vlib.stanford.edu/Biosciences.html
An index to dozens of expected catageories in the biosciences including biochemistry, botany evolution, immunology, medicine, visions science as well as some unexpected entries including "Tibetan Medicine" and "Animal Health, Wellbeing, and Rights."

Swiss-Quiz
        expasy.hcuge.ch/www/sw-quiz.html
Take a quiz on molecular biology offered by the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and you may win a Swiss chocolate bar!

Chemistry

The Catalyst - Chemistry Resources for the Secondary Education Teacher
        www.TheCatalyst.org
Covers "General," "Specific," "Organic," "Periodic Tables," "History," "Experiments," "Laboratory," "Software," "Organizations," "Magazines," "General Science Sites," "Teaching," "Supplies," and "Industry." Each catagory has extensive, listings. Some are annotated. The site is also available in Spanish. It claims to be kept current, but given the extent of the coverage and the fluid nature of the Web, expect some dead links.

Chem 101 Home Page
        tqd.advanced.org/3310/higraphics/index.html
On online textbook divided into four large units. Each is subdivided into several sections. Well-organized and informative. Some illustrations.

Chemistry Solutions for Students and Teachers
        www.chemistry.co.nz/chemmap.htm
A site from New Zealand with useful Chemistry links on safety, measurements and mathematics, elements, compounds and chemical reactions, atomic structure, chemical bonding and molecular models, periodic tables, energy and entropy, states of matter and their properties, stoichiometry and the mole, equilibrium, nuclear chemistry, organic chemistry, alchemy, history of chemistry, analytical chemistry, careers in chemistry, practical applications and miscellaneous information, science teaching and learning, science search sites.

High School Chemistry 250+ Links
        home.ptd.net/~swenger/
Links arranged within 25 catagories including "Measurement in Chemistry," "Atomic Structure," "Energy and Entropy," "Alchemy," "Careers in Chemistry" and others. Listings within each topic are extensive. Periodic Tables, for example, includes 14 links. Links in some categories are annotated and evaluated.

Physics

Fizzix Guide
        www.cyberenet.net/~hodges/fizzix/fizz.html
Includes guides to kinematics, dynamics, energy and "fizzicists." Each guide includes terms, variables, equations and concepts. Table format enhances readability, but page is marred by many typographical errors and has not been revised in over a year.

Physics Lab
        www.futuresouth.com/~mhenders/physics/physics.html
Internal links to 24 demonstrations of topics in "Mechanics," "Thermo/Waves" and "Electro/Magnetism." Demonstrations may begin with an introduction explaining a principle, activities that demonstrate properties and questions that enhance the understanding of the properties. Demonstration may also list the purpose, materials, procedures and conclusions of experiments that demonstrate a principle. Demonstrations include illustrations.

Project Physics
        
Includes a half dozen projects such as the Chair Project, the Hydraulic Project and Crazy Car Construction. Each project includes an overview and list of needed materials, a design brief, pictures and teacher resources. An attractive, clear and useable site.

The Virtual Library: Physics
        vlib.stanford.edu/Physics.html
Links to other indexes, including "Aeronomy, Solar-Terrestrial Physics and Chemistry," "Astronomy and Astrophysics," "Beam Physics," "Energy," "Geophysics," "High Energy Physics," "Horology," and "Nuclear Physics."

Sciences - Multiple Disciplines

Science World - Table of Contents
        www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/2595/table.htm
Tables give links to topics in "Ancient Life Science," "Earth Science," "Life Science," "Physical Science" and "Chemical Science." Each table is extensive. "Life Science," for example, covers a dozen categories including several divisions of "Animal Science," "Agriculture" and "Water Sources and Their Life." Each of these topics is then thoroughly sub-divided further with an additional table and within each of these divisions appropriate Web links are given in a list.

Virtual Courses on the Web
        lenti.med.umn.edu/~mwd/courses.html
Science topics include "Genetics and Cell Biology," "Molecular Biology," "Microbiology," "Biocomputing," "General Biology," "Medicine," "General Science," "Chemistry," "Electronics," "Robotics," and others. Some courses are hands-on, such as "Frog Dissections" in "General Biology."

Mathematics

There's more to high school mathematics than your teacher scratching numbers on the blackboard and you laboring your way through theorems and trig tables. Check out some of these Web sites for alternatives to the usual grind on everything from algebra to calculus.

Multiple Topics

Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway
        www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/math.html
Link to dozens of Web sites and Listservs on "General Topics," "Geometry," "Fractals," "History of Mathematics," "Tables, Constants and Definitions," and "Mathematics Software" (free and commercial). Contains everything from Flash Cards for Kids to A Fractals Lesson. Sites on list include brief annotations. Many sites included are interactive.

Explorer
        unite.ukans.edu/explorer-db/browse/static/Mathematics/index.html
Clickable outline covers "General Mathematics," "Mathematics Tools," "Whole Numbers and Numeration," "Measurement," "Geometry, Statistics and Probability" and "Algebraic Ideas." Dozens of subtopic choices lead to instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans and student created materials. Each entry is described by resource type, physical media, grade levels, availability, content and appropriate curriculum. Many items available as PDF files and require Adobe Acrobat to be running on your computer.

Math Pages
        www.seanet.com/~ksbrown/
Links to author Kevin Brown's notes on "Number Theory," "Combinatorics," "Geometry," "Algebra," "Calculus and Differential Equations," "Probability and Statistics," "Set Theory and Foundations," "History of Mathematics," "Physics" and "Music." Each topic links to dozens of subtopics (listed in no particular order) with clear explanations of terms in text following.

Mathematics Archives
        archives.math.utk.edu
Includes "Topics in Mathematics," "Software," "Teaching Materials," and "Links." "Topics in Mathematics" allows you to browse through a list of approximately 40 topics in pure and applied mathematics from Abstract Algebra to Trigonometry or search on a key word. Links to topics brings up a reviewed list of appropriate links. Each of these is annotated with keywords and coded with grade level and page information such as whether the linking page has many images or additional links.

Hands-On Activities

The Integretor
        www.integrals.com

Mega Mathematics
        www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/index.html
Offers some great guides for teachers, but students can go in directly and try activities in 7 areas including "Colorful Math," the "Hotel Infinity," "Games on Graphs," the "Unusual School," the "Mathematics of Knots," "Algorithms and Ice Cream for All" and "Machines that Eat Your Words." Each activity begins with background information and includes key ideas and vocabulary. Find out how to draw a two-color map and figure out what a pizza maker sprinkling chocolate chips on a pizza has to do with a finite state machine.

Individual Subjects

Algebra

Review Algebra in Ten Lessons
        www.math.uakron.edu/~dpstory/mpt_home.html
Ten lessons compose a several hundred page PDF format textbook viewable with Adobe Acrobat. Lessons include "Basic Algebra," "Polynomials," "Functions" and other topics. Click when the hand points and move through the chapters.

Calculus

Alvirne High School A. P. Calculus
        www.seresc.k12.nh.us/www/alvirne.html
Includes sample problems, an archive of problems and sample multiple choice questions from A. P. exams.

Calculus Net
        www.calculus.net
Find a textbook and software directory and link to the 20 top calculus Web sites and listservs.

Fairfield High School A. P. Calculus Homepage
        www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/2619/"
Try your skill at "Difficult Problems" and "Logic Problems." Read "Biographies of Famous Mathematicians," "Quotations" relevant to calculus and information about the relevance of calculus for "Careers." Additional information available from the "Bibliography" page and "Calc Links" page. Finish off your experience by taking the "Math Geek Quiz" or by reading the "Comics."

Graphics for the Calculus Classroom
        www.math.psu.edu/dna/graphics.html
The site promises animated gif images illustrating 11 principles in calculus such as computing the volume of water in a tipped glass and the intersection of two cyliners. Text explanations accompany illustrations.

Materials for Calculus
        kahuna.math.hawaii.edu/%7Elee/calculus/
Gives definitions and stresses the use of calculus in applications.

Geometry

Gallery of Interactive Geometry
        www.geom.umn.edu/apps/gallery.html
Ten hands-on activities including "Build a Rainbow" and "Orbifold Pinball."

VEE: The Visual Elements of Euclid
        thales.vismath.org/euclid/vee
An extensive and impressive work in progress, presenting, in English, six of Euclid's 13 books. Each book includes text and illustrations and is divided into "Definitions," "Postulates," "Common Notions" and "Propositions."

Pre-Calculus

The Fairfield High School Pre-Calculus Study Page
        www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/2426/
Fifteen buttons link to chapters covering "Functions," "Exponents and Logarithms," "Analytic Geometry," "Trigonometry," "Derivatives and Slopes" and other topics. Topics subdivided and include explanations in plain English, illustrative examples, diagrams and tests with answers. Garishly presented, but contains much useful information.

Social Studies

Activities

Awesome Library Social Studies Lesson Plans
        www.neat-schoolhouse.org/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/Social_Studies.html
Links to approximately 200 lesson plans covering themes, cultures, regions of the world and time periods. The links are useful primarily for teachers in primary and secondary education (grade level is indicated following each link), but some activities are laid out appropriately for students working independently. The site is maintained and up-to-date.

dMarie Time Capsule
        dmarie.com/asp/history.asp
Enter a date and get back top news, sports events, top songs, prices and birthdays for the date.

The History Channel
        historychannel.com
Hear "Great Speeches" and learn about "This Day in History." In "Fun and Games," play Tomb of the Pharaoh, try the "Who said that?" Quiz, learn a "Fact of the Day."

Articles

The History Net
        www.thehistorynet.com
An online magazine for the general reader covering "World History" and "American History." Special sections include "Personality Profiles," "Arms, Armies and Intrigue," "Eyewitness Accounts," "Homes and Heritage" and a "Picture Gallery." Browse through a section or one of 16 archived magazines including, among others, American History, Vietnam and Women's History. Keyword searching on all articles as well as within a section is also possible. Attractively illustrated but not referenced.

Indexes

American Studies Web
        www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/
See "Historical and Archival Resources," among ten other major topics. Dozens of annotated links listed for each topic. ASW covers non-American events and cultures as well despite its name. For example, find links under "History" on the holocaust and the Irish famine, find information on Hinduism under "Religion" and find Rudyard Kipling included under "Literature."

Awesome Library Social Studies Topics
        www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Social_Studies/Social_Studies.html
Topics included range from conservation and current events, through geography and government, history, holidays and a dozen others. Each topic is then subdivided into subtopics with their own links. "History," for example, subdivides into "American Presidents," "Ancient and Medieval," "Biographies," "Civil War," "Colonial America," "Genealogy," "the West and Pioneers," "WWI and WWII." Category links within a major topic or subtopic may offer links to alternative search terms, online books, multimedia materials, games, lesson plans, assorted internet sites (including documents and images), online materials, papers, periodicals and projects. Extent of coverage varies from topic to topic. Under "Multicultural/ Africa," for example, there are a dozen links whereas "African-American" offers links to over 100 Internet sites. Be sure to check through major topics for links relevant to a subtopic.

SCORE History-Social Science Resources
        www.rims.k12.ca.us/SCORE/index.html
The site is designed to correspond to and supplement the California K-12 social studies curriculum, but it remains a rich resource for others as well. Arranged by grade level and theme. "Grade level" table denotes link to major topic(s) (e.g., grade 12 = "Principles of American Democracy" and "Principles of Economics"). Topics are then subdivided into several units which lead to annotated lists of links. "Thematic" access includes pull-down menus for keyword, resource type and grade topic searches. Choose only one search for each form submitted or zero hits will result. Links listed are chosen by educators and rated for quality.

Primary Sources

American Memory - Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
        lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.html
Includes millions of items covering the history and cultural development of the United States. Search the site or browse through the major topics and the subtopics within: "Photos & Prints," "Documents," "Motion Pictures," "Maps" and "Sound Recordings." Textual information appears as facsimilie of the original documents. All images are adjustable in size. An incomparable, comprehensive site.

Textbooks

A Hypertext on American History - From the Colonial Period Until Modern Times
        grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/revolution.html
Based on a publication of the United States Information Agency. Link to one of two versions of an Outline, 1990 or 1994. Select desired chapter and page forward and back through text. Link to "Documents" for a chronological list of links to primary materials with complete citation information (see "quote" for each document). Also includes links in a supplementary essay list, an uneven assortment of biographies and links to information on the presidents. An extensive site.

Reading About the World: A Reader for the Study of World Civilizations
        www.wsu.edu/~wldciv/world_civ_reader
A Web site corresponding to a two volume printed reader of the same name. Volume 1 covers "Ancient Mesopotamia" through the "Southern European Renaissance." Volume 2 covers the "Northern European Renaissance" to the "Present." The Web page for each volume provides the table of contents for all sections within, with some of the readings hotlinked. The readings are historical, philosophical and literary. A clearly laid out site that is easy to browse, but there is no search engine.

Extra Curricular Activities

Contests

Think Quest
        www.advanced.org/thinkquest
An annual scholarship competition for students 12-19 "to use the Internet as a collaborative, interactive teaching and learning tool." Students collaborate in teams of two to three, usually with team members working at a distance. Think Quest provides an online database of interested particpants looking for a team. Teachers are allowed to assist. Click on "compete" to find out the rules and procedures. The home page Music Emporium is an example of a winning site.

School News Papers

High School NewsWeb
        www.nvnet.k12.nj.us/newsweb
Access to over 100 online school newspapers in the United States and abroad. Find individual papers using a clickable U.S. map. Check out the discussion on the "Editor/Advisor Roundtable." Add your title to the list.

High School Publications
        eb.journ.latech.edu/Schol_Journ/HS_pub_web.html
Includes school magazines, journalism projects and newspapers. Plain vanilla presentation.

Yearbooks

High School Yearbooks with CD-ROM Supplement
        computernewsdaily.com/live/Latest/261_091897_120007_28094.html
Read an article about another option for publishing the school memoirs.

Yearbook Archive
        www.highschool.com
Provides a place in history for your school's annual publication. Try out the game "Name the Stars."

Getting Help With Your Schoolwork

Student Gorilla Tactics
        www3.islandnet.com/~tactics/
A practical and ethical approach to research when in a pinch for time. Useful tips worth keeping in mind even when you are not in a hurry include "Tactics for Writing a Term Paper, Fast," "Research Sites That Will Help You, Fast," Getting an Extension" and "Cramming Tactics."

Study Strategies - (The CalREN Project, University of California, Berkeley)
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"Tips on When to Study," "Help with Managing Procrastination," "Learning to Listen and Take Notes" and "Test-Taking Skills." Clearly laid-out, straightforward, practical advice for students in many situations.