Ancient Cultures
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A guide to Ancient Egypt by "Miss Rosetta Stone". |
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Pictures and information about Egyptian gods and goddesses. |
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A webquest for researching a Greek God or Goddess. |
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Look here for dozens of articles on the Greek gods and goddesses. |
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More Greek gods and goddesses. Contains a good glossary of mythological terms. |
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Biography
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Huge selection of biographies, current and historical people |
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Over 25,000 biographies of well-known people. |
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Biographies of 100 most interesting people of the century. |
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A list of biography links |
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Extensive collection of images (search engine) |
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Collection of bios on famous women |
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Collection of bios on famous women |
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Christmas
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Customs from many places and time periods. |
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A British site which contains Christmas facts about several countries around the world. |
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Traditions from 30 different places around the world. |
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Civil War
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Contains biographies, battles, letters and more. |
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Contains diary excerpts and other primary information about Civil War women |
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Contains biographies of civil war women |
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Dozens of links on people,
battles, timelines, from the |
Countries
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From Country Reports .org -- Also contains other country information. |
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A list found within Country Reports.org |
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A great reference site from the C.I.A. |
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The cartographic section of the United Nations Website |
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Travel the world virtually on
this website from Scholastic |
Explorers
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Dozens of links to information
about explorers from museums, |
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A part of Discover Web that lists explorers' biographies alphabetically. |
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An A-Z collection of explorers, including maps. |
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Government and States
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A colorful American history site from the Library of Congress. |
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Government information searchable for a range of grade levels. |
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Facts, photos, and videos from Grolier Publishing. |
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Information about presidents including scandals, pets, cabinet choices, first ladies, even tax returns |
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Profiles of the presidents including multimedia |
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Official site of the PA General Assembly. |
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Just what the title says! |
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Yahoo's directory page for state websites. |
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Lots of facts and definitions about our justice system. |
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Tons of facts about the Revolutionary War period. |
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Do you know who your representatives are? |
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Do you know who your senators are? |
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The president's official site. |
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Index and portal to government websites. |
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Official government documents available to the public. |
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Information on our nation's national parks |
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Find names, addresses, and info on elementary schools. |
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Same as above, but uses a nifty map. |
Native Americans
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Links to the websites of dozens of Native American tribes |
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Links to a few dozen brief biographies of Native Americans |
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