African
Art: Aesthetics and Meaning - Contains masks and sculptures of
Africa, with descriptions of the artifacts. Education
at the Getty - contains a guide to building visual arts lessons,
links to standards, a lesson plan search, and more for art educators. Art
Education Index - a great resource to art educators. Mask
Links - Images and information pertaining to masks; from Bejing
to Mardi Gras! WebMuseum:
Famous Art works exhibition - This delightful site is arranged
by themes and time periods as well as by artists of famous paintings.
Contains text and paintings.
Computer
Science Online - "On this business education and computer science
site you will find great Internet resources like handouts, notes, and
links to over 200 student based web projects."
Medieval
Drama Links - A large collection of links about books, performances,
news and disccusion groups, costumes, props, music and musical instruments,
and more! If you want to learn about medieval drama, this is a great starting
point.
Critical
Thinking Center- includes both college and K-12 resources. History
of Education - an international archive of links and source materials
about the history of education & history of childhood.
Creative
Writing for Kids - The Mining Company's Creative Writing site
offers a variety of activities, advice, and sites of interest to budding
writers. The guide for this section divides her content to make it age
appropriate for younger or older (up to 15) kids. Send in your work for
editing suggestions, or for publication. Guide
to Writing a Basic Essay - This presents the basics of essay writing
and an excellent links collection including writing sources, grammar and
study aids, and bibliography resources.
Dartmouth
College Language Resource Center - General information on countries,
regions, and cities. (Click on "other resources" once you reach the Dartmouth
site.) The
National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education - (NCBE) is funded
by the U.S. Department of
Education's Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs to collect, analyze, and
disseminate information relating to the effective education of linguistically
and culturally diverse learners in the U.S. News
and Weather on the Web - Links to several collections of newspapers,
magazines, and other periodicals, including foreign-language newspapers. Virtual
Tourist - A map-based interface,
the Web's most extensive library of communities. Here you can find general
information, tourist guides, and pictures for thousands of places.
French
Canadian
Government - This well-designed site provides thorough information
about Canada and its institutions. It is available in English and French. Ministre
de la Culture - Cultural information about France; a good site
for sudents and teachers who wish to read in French. (Text available in
English and French.) The
Paris Pages - Contains everything one wishes to know about the
City of Lights. Tennessee
Bob's Famous French Links - Hundreds of links to everything about
France.
Awesome
Library - The Awesome Library organizes your exploration of the
World Wide Web. It contains 14,000 carefully reviewed resources, including
the top 5 percent in education. Select who you are to see an Awesome Library
that is designed for you. Library
of Congress - catalogs, collection and research services.
CHANCE-
This data base contains materials designed to help teach a probability
course. CHANCE is a new introductory course being developed cooperatively
by several colleges and universities. It is based upon current chance
events as reported in the daily newspapers. CHANCE is designed for undergraduates,
but may be of interest in high schools, as well. Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse - a large list of math resources, but subscription
is now required. Graphics
for a Calculus class - This is a collection of graphical demonstrations
developed for first year calculus, but suitable and interesting for high
school students as well. From Douglas Arnold. The
Math Forum - A virtual center for math education on the Internet;
includes pages specifically for educators and K-12.
M.U.S.I.C. - Musicians United for Songs in the Classroom, Inc.;
includes database of songs, lyrics, and classroom activities along with
student work samples.
Access
Excellence - launched in 1993, is a national educational program
that provides high school biology teachers access to their colleagues,
scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the
World Wide Web. The Access Excellence site includes News and Discussion
relating to Biotechnology and Biology teaching, Activities, Collaborations
and Science Education Challenger
Center - explore and discover a host of educational activities
and programs while capturing the magic of space exploration. Discovery
Kids - adventures like building your own roller coaster, the Ultimate
guide to ants, and lots more. JASON
Projects are set of projects sponsored by NASA and others with
the purpose of getting children involved in and excited about scientific
exploration. Mr.
Wizard Homepage - info on Teacher To Teacher with Mr. Wizard and
the Mr. Wizard Science Video Library. NASA
Spacelink - An Aeronautics and Space Resource for Educators Since
1988 PageWorks - This site includes beautiful animated animals which the author allows
people to use non-commercially. Periodic
Table of Elements Project
2061 - A K-12 educational reform to improve science and technology
literacy for all citizens.
Africa - African art, culture, cooking, and information about each country. Any
Day: Today-in-History - There are no end of calendars online that
offer information about what happened on a certain day in history, but
this has one of the simplest interfaces and most complete listings. Contains
sections such as birthdays, deaths, missing in action, events, holidays,
and religious events of the day. Great for trivia buffs and fact finders
alike. Human
Rights Library - Contains a collection of over ninety of the most
important international human rights treaties and other instruments, and
links to other human rights sites. From the University of Minnesota. Invention
Dimension - Information on American inventors and inventions. Inventure Place, The National Inventors Hall of Fame - If you
are looking for information on inventors you are sure to find it at The
National Inventors Hall of Fame site. Latin
American Network Information Center - Collection of economic,
political, and tourism information about Latin American countries. Native
American Resources - A nice index of Native American resources
on the web. U.
S. House of Representatives - educational resources White
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