WayBack: US History for Kids - cool online magazine with an issue each month about a different aspect of history in America. Includes bios, games, quizzes

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/kids/

How Far is it? This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude andongitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies).

http://www.indo.com/distance/

The Virtual Tourist Click on the colorful map to get information about different places.

http://www.vtourist.com

Kids Web Japan Explore Japan

http://www.jinjapan.org/kidsweb/

Encarta online encyclopedia

http://encarta.msn.com

Expedia, Part of Microsoft's travel site, the World Guide is an "illustrated guidebook to more than 250 destinations." The geography, history, arts, and culture information for these locations make this site a great place to learn. 

http://www.expedia.msn.com/wg/

Social Studies School Service Links. A well organized collection of resources on the Internet.

http://www.socialstudies.com/c/@bhE_7M_ZAqnjM/Pages/online.html

Social Studies Sources This is a large group of briefly annotated Social Studies links compiled for K-12 teachers and students.

http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/

National Geographic National Geographic has gone online with all its wonderful resources.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com

Ancient Egypt Hotlist Great links about Ancient Egypt.

http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegyptcontents.html

U.S. Holocaust Museum Visit the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC

http://www.ushmm.org

Peterson Online: Birds Peterson's online guide to birds.

http://www.petersononline.com/birds/

Library of Congress Visit the library of congress. for historic documents and information

http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits

The White House Tour the White House, see some important documents, and hear the Clinton's cat speak.

http://www.whitehouse.gov

Thomas From US Congress. Information on law and government.

http://thomas.loc.gov

Civil War letters Read actual letters written home by a civil war soldier. 

http://www.civilwarletters.com/home.html

The Life of Birds brought to you by PBS. Everything you ever wanted to know about birds.

http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/

Peru-An Introduction Discover the history and culture of Peru.

http://www.interknowledge.com/peru/index.html

Ancient Egypt This site explores what life was like in Ancient Egypt. Learn about the pharaohs, pyramids, temples, gods and goddesses, and much more.

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/

Immigration This site has great Internet resources on immigration.

http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/index2.html

 

page created and maintained by Erika Augenstein

Moses Brown School

Lower School

Technology Teacher

Providence, RI 02906

last updated May 2003