What's New - September 25, 2000

What's New - September 25, 2000

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Archaeology Creative Applications Diversity Sources Electronic Texts, Books and Zines Genealogy General Guides Geography/Economics Government/Politics General History Sources Some Non-Western History Sites Western Europe/Russia Some American History Sources Humanities/Art K-12 Resources Kids and Students Parents Leisure/Fun/Health News and Current Events Media Literacy Religion, Ethics and Philosophy Research and Critical Thinking Web Stuff Resources For Writers

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Archaeology

Welcome to American Archaeology
Web page for a magazine "...devoted to the excitement and mystery of archaeology in the United States, with additional coverage of Canada and Latin America. In four issues each year, American Archaeology's colorful features and departments present the research breakthroughs, persistent puzzles, and unique personalities making news in this fascinating field."
Daily Lesson Plan
Replacing Missing Links in the Evolutionary Chain -- a lesson on Tracing the Evolutionary Stages of Hominids.
Foundation for Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. - Home Page
Institute of Archaeology Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel
Yale University Department of Anthropology

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Creative Applications
Powerhouse Museum Ancient Greek Olympics
Sydney exhibit (from the Hellenic Ministry of Greece) that presents 1000 Years of the Olympic Games. The site is divided up into 'levels' for the major sections, with each level color coded and numbered for easy navigation. You may have to download a plug-in, as the site uses some advanced viewers.... The audio portions suggest that this is best viewed on a single computer (with sound card) at school or home.
Tempus Fugit: Time Flies (Launch Page)
From the Nelson-Atkins Musuem of Art in Kansas City. An excellent presentation, with sharp images that emerge and fade to complement music in the introduction. I explored the Teaching Topics which are designed to "...develop a new unit on time, integrate a discussion of time into an existing curriculum, or create a special time project. These educational guides will serve as springboards for explorations of time in art, science, history, and culture." In one section, objects and images are presented that reflect a historical or cultural dimension of time. Student activities and the questions invited students to explore and apply the time concept to their daily lives. A Resources and Links section offers a number of options for off-site exploreation at a series of time related web sites.

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Diversity Sources
Still Home - The Jews of South Philadelphia
Jewish urban culture and the transformation of America's immigrant neighborhoods.
La Ciudad - The City
Promo site for the film to be presented on PBS. The film section presents four black and white vignettes of the struggles of Latin American immigrants in New York City. A "Coming To America" section includes immigration facts and figures with the Immigration Timeline, Quiz, Fact Sheet and Glossary. Teachers might view the site first and try (and discuss) the "Myth and Reality" section with the students before they visiting the site. The film and the site could easily be used as a part of a larger unit...in U.S. History or Family History.
CLASS IN AMERICA
How income, family background, education, attitudes, aspirations, and appearance mark someone as a member of a particular social class? Companion to the forthcoming PBS documentary special and designed as "...a place to learn how social class works in America and to test your own preconceptions about who belongs where on the social scale. We've got games, resources, personal stories, provocative links, and plenty of places for you to add your own comments."
Taino Inter-Tribal Council
Ta�no peoples from the Caribbean who reside in the United States.
Canku Ota (Many Paths) Home
A Newsletter Celebrating Native America. A spot to learn How Did Gator Help the Hunter, Where Did Mosquitoes Come From, What is Inuuqatigiit and Who Gets the Canku Ota Salute.

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Electronic Texts, Books and Zines
Electronic Literature Organization: homepage
Dedicated to promoting and facilitating "...the writing and reading of electronic literature, with the ultimate goal of an expanded readership of literature written for electronic media. Electronic Literature Organization programs support new forms of literature which utilize the capabilities of emerging technologies to advance and extend literature for the benefit of current and future generations of readers." Does literature in digital format delivered in new form have the potential to reach more people? Should writers focus on the new potentials offered by the Web and alter or abandon their traditional forms traditional publishing outlets? You will need a 4+ browser and Flash... Other links demonstrate that electronic literature can be enhanced beyond the text/print format.
Atlantic Unbound
Issues are offered to teachers for their students at a substantial discount ($1.00 per issue), with a free copy for the teacher and a teacher's guide.

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Genealogy
Lutherans Online Genealogy Exchange - Trace your family roots and history
Archives and Knowledge Management:� Scholarly Online Resource Evidence and Records
GENEALOGY and HISTORY: Scholarly Family History Mega Site Of World Wide Internet Resources.
The Genealogy Register
Genealogical Research at the National Archives

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General Guides
CountryWatch.com - Website to the World
Social Studies School Service Affiliates
A special link page for partnerships, sponsorships, and affiliates. If you are net-wise, you probably have visited these key sites. All are well worth a revisit. Plan for some time at each link if you are new online.
Canada's Digital Collections - Main Page
I located the Victoria Tombstone Tales of Ross Bay Cemetery site at this location, but you are likely to find your own favorite. The "Teaching Resource" page offers Curriculum Units, Lessons Plans / Classroom Activities and other Resources. The classroom activities were also very intersting. I briefly explored the application of "Measured Drawings" to several landmarks in British Columbia at Exploring Your Architectural Past. Students are guided in exploring family history by studying the places their ancestors lived.

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Geography/Economics
Population Education
ZPG Population Education Program provides interdisciplinary Population Education training and teaching materials for grades K-12. Features information on teacher training workshops, teaching materials, including an online catalog, free downloads, additional resources for teachers and students, and links.
Nystrom, Educational Publisher and WorldAtlases.com
WISE : realworld
Offers a collection of world, continent, country, island, city maps and images. All I viewed were of high quality.
Global Population Project: population figures for cities, towns and places

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Government/Politics

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
Offering electronic access to the historic journals and debates of Congress from 1774 to 1873, with more than 500,000 digital items.

Foreign Government Resources on the Web [Frame Enhanced]

The United States Government Manual - 2000/2001
Text and PDF format

frontline: the choice 2000 (coming soon)

Web White & Blue
Offered as "...a landmark effort in the history of online civic involvement. �Web White &�Blue 2000 is a non profit, non-partisan project of the Markle Foundation ( http://www.markle.org ), designed to highlight the ways in which the Internet can expand and enhance citizen participation in our nation's democratic process. �We are working to sign up thousands of participating sites.

Teaching About the United Nations

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General History Sources

IISH - Women's History - ViVa Homepage
A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals

A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
PBS three-hour documentary premiering on Mondays, September 18 and 25. About those exceptional individuals and groups that chose to battle brutality and oppression with nonviolent weapons.

International Institute of Social History - Women's History

General and National History Day Research

Yahoo! Arts > Visual Arts > Photography > Exhibits > Historic

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Some Non-Western History Sites

INTERSECTIONS: Gender, History & Culture in the Asian Context">
The latest issue (9/00) examines Displacements, Transitions and Diasporas

National Geographic Magazine @ nationalgeographic.com
An expert team searches the Andean cloud forest for the last unlooted tombs of an ancient warrior people.

Africa: Cradle of Civilization

Other Maps Relating to Islam's Historical Development

NEW PERSIAN GALLERY
The Oriental Institute Museum recently (9/00) opened following a four year renovation project. The 1500-square foot gallery displays approximately 1000 objects dating from the Archaic Susiana Period (ca. 6800 B.C.) to the Islamic Period (ca. 1000 A.D.).

Ur Home Page
Treasures from the ROYAL TOMBS of UR at the Oriental Institute Museum

THE QINNASRIN PROJECT
About a famous city founded in the early Islamic period as the capital of the jund or province of north Syria.

Australia's Oral History Collections: Search by collection name

Yahoo! Social Science > Anthropology and Archaeology > Archaeology > Regions > Mesoamerica > Olmec

Images from History: An image archive to support the teaching and study of world history

The Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art

Formosa_index
After you visit this site on Formosa, you might view the scope of the history program at Reed.

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Western Europe/Russia

THE LEGACY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Explores an number of technological advances (some non-European) and events that helped to make the world what it is today.

Powerhouse Museum Ancient Greek Olympics

Old Stones

PBS : Napoleon
Web site for the program that airs in October 2000.

Conquistadors - An Online Learning Adventure

NOVA Online | Holocaust on Trial

NOVA Online | Hitler's Lost Sub

PBS - Daring To Resist

Shroud of Lirey - Chamb�ry - Turin Home Page

Museosweb - Directorio de Museos Direct�rio da Museus Directory of Museums

Hannibal Barca and the Punic Wars

Costume History

Tour the World's Cathedrals Online
Newspaper column on Touring Cathedrals Online (9/1/00) By Robin Nobles Posted on the Classroom Connect Net-Happenings E-Mail List. Notice the link near the bottem of the page to the Archives for Net-happenings. This is a great page to visit on at least a weekly basis, as teachers post great lesson sites and other information.

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Some American History Sources

Canada Heirloom Series

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory -- NRHP Travel Itinerary

National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
Be sure to visit the Home Page for this series which lists 33 locations for New York and about 40 for Massachusettes.

Common-place
An interactive Journal of early American life.

NOVA Online | Lincoln's Secret Weapon
"Its inventor called it a "sub-aquatic system of naval warfare." Historians consider it the boat that saved the North in the Civil War. Its name was Monitor, and as the first ironclad warship, it changed forever how navies waged war at sea." Explore a virtual version of the Monitor.

MPMRC - Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center

Tour Guide for above
A quarterly designed to explore and exchange research and ideas about early U.S history and culture.

By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943

13 Originals
About the orignial British colonies in North America.

Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project
Subject, language and content for very mature students under teacher supervision. Designed to "...collect, preserve and make better known the folklore, especially the folksongs, of Americans in war." Browse songs in Vietnam made by the American men and women, civilian and military for themselves. Some of these were part of the traditional occupational folklore of the military and were known by soldiers and aviators in the two World Wars, Korean War and the Vietnam experience. "Like all folklore, these songs served as a strategy for survival, as a means of unit bonding and definition, as entertainment. They also provided a means for the expression of protest, fear, and frustration, of grief and of longing for home. All of the traditional themes of military folksong can be found in these songs: praise of the great leader, celebration of heroic deeds, laments for the death of comrades, disparagement of other units, and complaints about incompetent officers and vainglorious rear-echelon troops."

A Chronology of American Slavery

The Port Chicago Disaster - A Resource for the Classroom
About the The Explosion, The Mutiny, The Court Martial, The Pardon Notice the sections of the student/teacher guide immediately below the main menu. This is an excellent page, especially suited for those with some experience with the Internet.

The Sneden Civil War Collection

"The discovery of the Robert K. Sneden collection brings to light a rich, new, and entirely unexplored Civil War resource of the first rank. The graphic materials � perhaps a 1,000 watercolors, sketches, diagrams, maps, and landscapes � constitute perhaps the largest collection of soldier art to survive the war. It is not just the art, however, that gives the collection its distinction. The pictures that Sneden painted in words carry at least equal weight for enriching our understanding of America�s great national trial."

Civil War Records

Museum and White House of the Confederacy

Common-place

The Jazz Age Page

Resources NARA for National History Day Projects, 2001

History Matters

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum

National Museum of American Jewish History -- Exhibitions List about 12 past or current exhibitions, but one of the links extends back to 1976!

OCS - Victoria Tombstone Tales
Students will learn some fundamental ideas about burial and death to enrich their understanding and empathy the next time they visit a cemetery The site centers on Ross Bay, but the information could be used to better understand and appreciate the task of preservation and restoration in any area.

Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources
An amazing page, and a must visit for teachers and students of Canada and Canadian History

Historical Atlas of Canada - ONLINE LEARNING PROJECT

Canada: Teaching & Learning About

Territorial Evolution of Canada

Statistics Canada: Historical Statistics of Canada

Canadian Confederation

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Humanities/Art

Voting Results: America's Greatest 20th Century Music

Continental Harmony

American Masters - Coming Soon

PBS Online - Jazz

KET Distance Learning - Humanities Home Page and LINKS OF INTEREST

Mythology

Antigone

Music Hall

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K-12 Resources

Educational Resources for Teachers and Parents. (GTA homepage)

The NPEC Sourcebook on Assessment

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Volume 1: Definitions and Assessment Methods for Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Writing [.pdf, 118 pages]. Offering "...a tool for researchers who are seeking comparative data about the policy-relevance of student outcomes measured in the primary skills areas of critical thinking, problem solving, and writing."

edudex.com

PBS - Standard Deviants TV

Daily Lesson Plan
From the New York Times. When I visited the lesson "Once Upon a Time: Writing Stories about Reading" was posted. See the left margin on the page for excellent resouces for students and teachers. To see past lessons, visit the Archive, which is searchable by subject or keyword.

Teaching Ethics
Created by an experienced classroom teacher. "The initial posting on Teaching Ethics is an ETHICS WORKBOOK* for students in grades 7 through 10. This workbook presents ways to embed ethics education into a standard world history program. It is offered as a modest first step toward building a database in this area."

Windows Me : [Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Me, home, homepage]

english2U.com Free English Vocabulary Email Lessons

Olympics

Sydney 2000 Olympic Games : academic activities

Links to Australia

TagTeacherNet: Special Educational Needs Resources

A+ Education and Learning Place

free software freeware downloads

Free Stuff For Canadian Teachers

Welcome to The George Lucas Educational Foundation

Download Learn & Live
About 10 chapters, each in PDF format

Scripts for schools
Under construction, but a site to watch for social studies students and teachers with a flair for the dramatic, and perhaps some classroom activities that students will never forget.

EdGate
With major resouces for parents, students and teachers.

Kiko - Find
Locate lessons with a fine search tool. Allow time to explore the WebQuest Showcase link.

Brief on Educational Progress 1992-2000

Teaching Jobs and Resources!

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Kids and Students

Historical Fiction for Children. A Bibliography.

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Parents

Generationslive.com Homepage

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Leisure/Fun/Health

The New York Times: 2000 Summer Olympics

Official Site of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

NBCOlympics.com

ScreenSaver.com for the very Best screensavers

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News and Current Events

Yahoo Internet Life! - Olympic Buzz - September 20, 2000

Daily Lesson Plan
The Real Dope on the International Olympic Committee Exploring Recent I.O.C. Controversies and Developing Drug Policy Proposals

Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children - 9/11

SURVEY OF THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM
A report that reveals wide racial and geographic disparities in federal death sentences.

WorldNewsTV.com-The International InternetOnly News Channel

frontline: drug wars (coming soon)

NOVA Online | Dying to be Thin

E-Conflict World Encyclopedia, country information.

Thousands of newspapers on the Net

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Media Literacy

NBCi:NBCTV: FRONTDOOR

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Resources For Writers

Robin's Nest for Writers and Web Surfers
Writers help and support in one convenient location.

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Religion, Ethics and Philosophy

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum

Exhibitions
Online exhibitions created by the National Museum of American Jewish History. A visually attractive page that links to some great exhibitions.

Introduction to Finding God in Cyberspace

Teaching About Religion In Public Schools: Worldview Education.
"Teaching about Religion with a View to Diversity" serves classroom teachers and other educators who focus on religion in curriculum of U.S. public schools. �The site emphasizes a pluralistic society and offers a variety of materials on the topic of teaching about religion and nonreligion, including lessons, links, background information, and position statements."

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Research and Critical Thinking

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