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| Animated Atlas.com: Growth of a Nation Explore the animated timeline that traces the growth of the United States at the animated atlas. |
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| Archiving Early America This site contains movies based on the 'Famous Moments' series which highlight a true story of historical significance, providing 'students' on early Amerian with a better understaning of the people, places and events of the important era. |
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| Ms. Lori Smith: smithl@og.noacsc.org | Edison Motion Pictures: A collection of 341 Edison films, including 127 title made from 1891 to 1918. For best results save the file to the computer before viewing. |
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| Current Events: | ||||
| 01. | Current Events | |||
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| 03. | Most-linked-to local news sites: | wickED:Interactive shockwave quizzes on topics of geology. |
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| 05. | Newsweek Education Program | |||
| 06. | The New York Times | 6th Grade Social Studies: | ||
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| News Broadcasts: | 8th Grade Social Studies: | |||
| 07. | Kid's Corner - Facts about the United States: A super site for kids to learn U. S. census information. |
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| 08. | NBC | |||
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| 10. | FOX | |||
| 11. | CNN | National Geographic's "Xpeditions": Check out this interactive "museum" that will take on geography journeys. Come in and visit an archeological dig or climb a mountain. |
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| 12. | MSNBC: | |||
| History: | ||||
| 01. | Best of History Web Sites | |||
| 02. | The Library of Congress An American Memory | |||
| 03. | The History Place Great online history exhibits include World Wars, Lincoln, Kennedy and more." |
Virtual Tourist: At this site there is an interactive world map and you'll be instantly transported to a large collection of online sites located in the continent, country, city, or town or your choice. |
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| 04. | On This Day.Com | |||
| 05. | Eye Witness to History: | |||
| 06. | The National Archives | |||
| 07. | The History Channel | |||
| 08. | US History.Org | |||
| Government: | Time Capsule: There are many time capsule sites available on the web and this is just one that students can use. At this site you can type in a specific date and see the highlights including music, politics, TV, movies, prices of goods, etc. |
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| 01. | U.S. House of Representatives | |||
| 02. | Congress for Kids | |||
| 03. | The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal | |||
| 04. | An Outline of the US Government | |||
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| Geography | Scholastic News: The News Zone presents current events that are most relevant to students, in a format that is fun and appealing. The current events and engaging activities include Note Now, Games and Quizzes, What’s Your IQ and Write a Caption |
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| 01. | 50states.com | |||
| 02. | Geography Teacher Links | |||
| 03. | Geographia:"In-depth destination guides to over 75 countries, online tourist offices, travel stories and more." |
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| 04. | National Geographics | Digital History: This site provides interactive timelines, essays, visual histories, and a reference room with speeches, music, images, maps, and more from various periods of American history. Ask a professional historian questions, play games, or watch a flash movie. |
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| 05. | Country Reports: Profiles of more than 260 countries from around the world. |
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| 06. | Outline Maps | |||
| 07. | Latitude and Longitude | |||
| 08. | Country Maps | |||
| Economics: | ||||
| 01. | Economic Education Web | The Seven Wonders of the World |
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| 04 | I Know That Social Studies Games | |||
| 05 | Social Studies Basic Skills and Games | |||
| Teacher Tools: | ||||
| 01. | Grade 6 - 12 Social Studies | |||
| 02. | Social Studies Teacher Tools | |||
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