Current Projects

 

Ancient Rome

BBC Ancient Rome for Kids

Ancient Greece

BBC Ancient Greece Site - Includes Greek hero game

Ancient Greece - British Museum Site

PBS Ancient Greece - Crucible of Civilization

Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia Web Quests:

Ancient Egypt - British Museum Site

British Museum Artifact Image Database

Ancient Egyptians - BBC (Build a pyramid, make a mummy)

Ancient Mesopotamia - British Museum Site


Prejudice Novels Links:


  1. •Anti-Semitism in History

  2. •Mexican-American Migrant Workers

  3. •German-Americans in World War I

  4. •Korea Under Japanese Rule

  5. •Understanding Prejudice

  6. •Teaching Tolerance  - General Prejudice Info

  7. •Slavery and the Making of America - PBS

  8. •The Civil Rights Era - Library of Congress

  9. •The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

  10. •Children of the Camps - Japanese Internment

  11. •The Holocaust - United States Holocaust Museum

  12. •Pearl Harbor - PBS


Islamic Countries Links

  1. •Travel Warnings  - From the State Department

  2. •Laws  - Nations of the World 

  3. •CIA World Factbook - Find great information about any country in the world.

  4. •Middle East Information Network - Specific country information about the Middle East.

  5. •Arab Data Net - Mostly business and trade information about Arab countries.

  6. •Peace Corps - Official government Peace Corps site

  7. •Doctors Without Borders - Official web site.


  1. • First Settlement:

  2. •Catalhuyuk: A First Settlement

  3. •Catalhuyuk: Official Excavation Site

Evolution/Early Man

  1. •Ardi - San Francisco Chronicle article

  2. •Ardi - National Geographic Magazine News

  3. •BBC: Prehistoric Life - Clear explanations of stages of early humans and how we know about them

  4. •Bradshaw Foundation - Journey of Mankind

  5. •PBS: Humans - A great site on the evolution of humans with a great timeline

Cave Paintings (Sixth Grade):

  1. •The Cave of Lascaux

  2. •Lascaux - New site

  3. •The Cave of Chauvet

  4. •Altamira, Spain  - UNESCO site

  5. •Altamira, Spain - Official cave museum site

  6. •Pech-merle - Cave in France

Ancient Greece

  1. •Sixth-Grade Information Literacy Survey  - Ancient Greeks Research

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  3. •British Museum - Pots/vases page for Mrs. Pompanin's class

  4. •British Museum - Take a test to become a Spartan, learn about Athens, daily life and war, play games to learn about Ancient Greece and compare the lives of Athenian and Spartan men and women. This is a great site!

  5. •Discovery Channel - Great stuff, more games and information

  6. •Ancient Greece: BBC - Tons of different links to topics including the Olympics, democracy in Athens, etc. 

  7. •BBC Kids - Ancient Athens, Corinth (pottery) and Olympia (Olympics) info in a fun, cartoon format

Seventh-grade Information Literacy Survey

Volcano Links:

  1. •Global Volcanism Program - Great information, eruption history, maps, etc. from the Smithsonian Institution

  2. •Current Volcano Activity - From the Smithsonian and USGS

  3. •Links by country and/or volcano

  4. •Volcano World - From Oregon State - with Kid Links

  5. •Volcano Live - from an Australian volcanologist

  6. •USGS Volcano Listings - by alphabet

Chemistry

  1. •Los Alamos National Lab Elements Info - Great elements information from a government lab for students. 

  2. •It's Elemental - Jefferson Lab elements information

  3. •Chemicool Periodic Table

  4. •Environmental Chemistry Periodic Table

  5. •Periodic Table

  6. •Pictorial Periodic Table

  7. •Web Elements Periodic Table

Famous Quotations

  1. •Bartlett's Quotations - Famous quotes from a reliable source

  2. •Quoteland - search by topic for a quote

  3. •Simpson's Contemporary Quotations - search by subject

  4. •Creative Quotations - search by subject, not as comprehensive as the first two

Ancient Egypt 

  1. •PBS  - Egypt's Golden Empire - Great site from a good source

  2. •British Museum Site - Highly recommended for everything from hieroglyphics to farmers

  3. •Mysteries of Ancient Egypt - Canadian Museum of Civilization - good info on Gods, daily life

  4. •BBC Ancient Egypt Site - More great trustworthy information on everything about Ancient Egypt

  5. •Egyptian Boats - From the Art Institute in Chicago - Quicktime video

  6. •Imhotep - Architect of pyramids, how to build them (AIC) - video

  7. •Mummies -  Movies from AIC

  8. •Valley of the Kings - Video on Thebes, tomb building, etc.

  9. •Ancient Egypt  - Good site from a Belgian Egyptologist

  10. •Life in Ancient Egypt - From the Carnegie Museums

  11. •Ancient Egyptian Culture Exhibit - Info on daily life, writing, etc. 

Endangered Species:

  1. •Endangered! Exploring a World at Risk - use the links on the left to find your animal

  2. •Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Info

  3. •World Conservation Monitoring Center - Search for your species for info\

  4. •EE-Link - University of Michigan site for students 

Earthquakes

  1. •List of Significant Earthquakes - Find information on your two earthquakes HERE (don't forget to use the tabs at the top of the article)

  2. •USGS Site on Earthquakes in Northern California - Includes information on recent quakes, preparedness and probibility. 

  3. •Understanding Earthquakes - From UC Santa Barbara

  4. •Earthquakes - From SF Gate (San Francisco Chronicle). Lots of photos, charts and GREAT preparedness information

  5. •California Earthquake Authority - Mostly insurance info, but a good section on preparedness, too. 

  6. •Earthquakes for Kids - Also from the USGS. Great site includes links to other good sites. 

  7. •ABAG Website on Earthquakes - Great stuff on preparedness

  8. •Google News Archives - Use this for eyewitness reports

  9. •SF Gate - Also try this for eyewitness accounts - this archive is free

1930s: 

  1. •America in the 30s - Great timeline, information, etc.  - Great links to film, radio, slang, comics, sports, etc. 

  2. •Surviving the Dust Bowl - From PBS

  3. •Teenage Hoboes in the Great Depression, Riding the Rails

  4. •Library of Congress photos of the Great Depression

  5. •Crash of '29 - A look back from the New York Times

  6. •Dorthea Lange

Also, remember to try SIRS Web Find for more Great Depression sites

Bill of Rights Hot Links

  1. •Founder's Constitution - From University of Chicago. Great primary sources on each amendment.

  2. •National Archives - Bill of Right info

  3. •First Amendment Handbook - Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press

  4. •California First Amendment Coalition

  5. •Freedom Forum

  6. •Sources on Second Amendement - from and UCLA Law Professor

  7. •Second Amendment Research Center

  8. •Brief History of the Third Amendment

  9. •Understanding Search and Seizure

  10. •ACLU Search and Seizure Press Releases

  11. •Fifth Amendment Rights, Cases, etc. 

  12. •Sixth Amendment  - From FindLaw

  13. •Seventh Amendment - From FindLaw

  14. •Death Penalty - Arguments for and against

  15. •Ninth Amendment Annotations from FindLaw

  16. •Tenth Amendment  - FindLaw

Gods and Myths of Ancient Greece:

  1. •Myth Web - for Ms. Pompanin and Ms. Roen's classes. Come up with a 10-question quiz and answer sheet based on the information you find on the web site. Questions can be true/false, fill in the blank, multiple choice, etc. 

  2. •Myth Web Home - Are the Greek myths relevant today? Find out by clicking on the link and then on "Today." Use the information to complete your worksheet. 

Civil Rights:

  1. •Rise and Fall of Jim Crow - Fantastic, interactive site with a lot of good information

  2. •Witness to the Holocaust

  3. •Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

  4. •Japanese Internment Camps - Suffering Under Great Injustice, Ansel Adams photographs

  5. •Civil Rights - Japanese Internment Camps

  6. •Jim Crow Laws - History

  7. •Jim Crow Online Encyclopedia

  8. •Martin Luther King, Jr. Speeches, Papers

  9. •Freedom Rides

  10. •Sit-Ins

  11. •Bus Boycott - From the Civil Rights Museum - a great site for many subjects on Civil Rights

  12. •Music of the Civil Rights Movement

  13. •Civil Rights Legislation - Learn about the laws for Civil Rights

Poetry Links: 

  1. •Find a Poet - From the Academy of American Poets, includes biographies, some photos, links and poetry from all but a few poets on the list (those not here include Bontemps, Lindsay, Crane, Freneau, de la Mare).

  2. •Biography.com - The Biography channel and magazine's site with about 60 poets to celebrate national poetry month.

  3. •Thompson - Thompson-Gale biographies of poets.

  4. •PoemHunter - Lots of poems from regular folks and famous poets

Triangle Trade:

  1. •Transatlantic Slave Trade - General Info

  2. •Slave Trade About.com  - Useful info and statistics 

  3. •Triangular Trade - National Trust Site - lots of really good information and links about goods, slaves, passage, ports, etc. 

  4. •African Cultural Center - General, but a great map of the trade routes

  5. •Bristol and the Slave Trade - Great links and info about all aspects of trade, life during that time, etc. 

  6. •Liverpool and the Slave Trade - More great links and info on all aspects

  7. •History of Sugar - From the University of Calgary

Columbian Exchange:

Remember to try SIRS, too!

  1. •Palomar College project - Specific origins of some of your terms

  2. •Metalworking - History with some good info

  3. •Iron Tools - Millersville Educational site

  4. •The Columbian Exchange: Plants, Animals, and Disease between the Old and New Worlds