Resource Page

 

Copyright

 

Copyright Basics from the United States Copyright Office - http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf

 Copyright Basics for Kids - http://www.copyrightkids.org/cbasicsframes.htm

 Copyright Do's and Don'ts for Teachers - http://www.portcharlottehigh.net/Documents/Copyright.pdf

 Fair Use Guidelines for Multimedia in Schools - http://www.wcs.edu/ihs/media_center/teacher_resources/guidelines_for_fair_use_of_educa.htm

 Copyright for Multimedia - http://copyrightformultimedia.pbworks.com/

 

Website Evaluation

 

Kathy Schrock's ABC's of Website Evaluation - http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/

 

Citation

 

MLA Formatting and Stlye Guide from Perdue University Online Writing Lab -  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

 Landmark's Online Citation Machine - http://citationmachine.net/

 

Reference

 

Online Dictionaries

Your Dictionary - http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Dictionary.com - http://dictionary.reference.com/

Spanish Dictionary - http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

Free Translation - http://www.freetranslation.com/

 

Almanacs

The World Almanac for Kids - http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/

The Old Farmer's Almanac - http://www.almanac.com/

 U.S. Census 2010 - http://www.census.gov/index.html

 

Quotations

Famous Quotations - http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/

 

Atlas/Maps

Outline Maps - http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/

Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century - http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm

National Geographic Map Machine - http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine

Multi Map - http://www.multimap.com/

Fact Monster World Atlas - http://www.factmonster.com/atlas/

 

Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia Britannica - http://www.britannica.com/

Columbia Encyclopedia - http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/

Wikipedia - http://www.wikipedia.org/

Encyclopedia.com - http://www.encyclopedia.com/

 

Biographies

Biographical Resources - http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Online/biograph.htm

PBS Biographies - http://www.pbs.org/history/history_biographies.html

Biographical Dictionary - http://www.s9.com/

Presidents of the United States - http://www.s9.com/

Who2 - http://www.who2.com/

Presidents - http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/

 

 Elementary School

Yahoo Kids Reference - http://kids.yahoo.com/reference

Kids Click - http://www.kidsclick.org/

Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/

Enchanted Learning Science Dictionary - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/science/dictionary/

Science Spot Kids Zone - http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzsearch.html

Awesome Library for Kids - http://www.awesomelibrary.org/student.html

Ask Kids - http://www.askkids.com/

Super Kids - http://www.super-kids.com/

Ben's Guide to U. S. Government for Kids - http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

State Reports -http://www.50states.com/

 

Image Searches

Pics4Learning - http://pics.tech4learning.com/

American Memory Photo Collection - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListAll.php

American Photography - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/americanphotography/

Discovery Education Clip Art - http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/

Smithsonian Photo Archive - http://photo2.si.edu/

 

Primary Sources

Using Primary Sources on the Web - http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm

Library of Congress American Memory - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

The National Archives - http://www.archives.gov/education/index.html

Primary Source Documents: An Internet Hotlist - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listdocumentpa.html

 

 Middle School

 Google Scholar -http://scholar.google.com/

 Google Books - http://books.google.com/

 Google Advanced Search - http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

 Info Please (Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Atas, Thesaurus, Timelines, Countries) - http://www.infoplease.com/

 Internet Public Library - http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/index.html

 State Reports - http://www.50states.com/

 CIA World Fact Book - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

 Country Reports - http://www.countryreports.org/

 Government for Kids - http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

 Flags of all Countries - http://www.theodora.com/flags.html

 

Calculators and Conversions

Universal Currency Converter - http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Periodic Table of Elements - http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm

Calculator - http://www.calculator.com/