Great Political Cartoon
http://www.cagle.com
Mr. Stein's Portaportal. This is where I bookmark a lot of sites.
Use guestid: steinfms
http://www.portaportal.com
This site updates a new Geography Quiz every week. They come from news events
from the week. This will be good topics for you to discuss with your families!
Geography Quiz
This is a list of 12 ways to better use google for searching... stop wasting
time and get real!
smart googling
This will help you define the 5 Themes of Geography with the necessary
categories. Take a look at it and fill in the definitions on your work sheet.
5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
Congress for Kids. This site will lead you through the various aspects of the
Constitution and our governmental structure.
CONGRESS FOR KIDS
Here are some fun quiz games that will challenge you in a number of different
subjects.
Challenging Quiz Games
This is the Blue Crew website. You can find the Week in Preview as well as
e-mail addresses for all the Blue Crew Teachers
BLUE CREW WEBSITE
This is a launching off point for the study of Islamic cultures
ISLAMIC STUDIES MAIN PAGE
This is a link the a physical map of the Middle East. Click on the top to
download the image and then you can ZOOOOOOOOOM in on it. This is from the CIA
factbook.
Middle East Physical Map From CIA
Here is a link for a map quiz game that will help you practice for the map
quizzes. Look at both the physical and political maps.
MIDDLE EAST MAP PREP
This is the link to use to get information about the Islamic Culture Project.
Under each topic is a series of information as well as guiding questions. SCAN
the whole topic page first before you begin reading carefully.
ISLAMIC CULTURE
This is a list of Newspapers from around the world. They are listed by region
as well as an alphabetical list on the right side. If you are looking up a
non-English speaking country make sure that you choose a newspaper that has
(ENGLISH) written next to it.
International Newspapers!
This is a collection of radio theater scripts
Radio scripts
Compare and Contrast Three Religions
Three Religions
Practice Quiz
practice quiz three religions
This is a Persuasive Essay graphic organizer... USE IT... it's great!
Persuasive Essay Graphic Organizer
The CIA FACTBOOK give good basic information about many countries. It provides
statistics and maps.
CIA FACTBOOK
Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project.
Wikipedia's articles provide links to guide the user to related pages with
additional information. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers
from all around the world. Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown
rapidly into one of the largest reference Web sites.
WIKIPEDIA
Follow the links to find your country. There you will find basic information
on the people, sights and government of the country. Click "more" to find even
more details!
COUNTRY REPORTS
Great map games... lots of levels with different goals... good luck on the
Cartographer level! (thanks Molly for this site!)
Sheppards Map Quiz
Medieval Occupation descriptions
Medieval Occupations
There is a lot on this site to guide you to various aspects of Medieval
Life... Look carefuly
General Medieval life
Follow the links to make your own Heraldry crest!
Heraldry crest
UN news on Sudan
UN news on Sudan
Who's Who's of Darfur
PBS On Sudan
BBC" Powell decares Genocide in Darfur
Powell declares Genocide
New York Times: U.N. Finds Crimes, Not Genocide in Darfur
New York TImes : No Genocide
Amazon interact
Amazon interact
Pictures of the rain forest
rain forest pics
Maine's eco tourism
maine's eco tourism
Speak Swahili
Speak Swahili
Here is a survey about what YOU think the US should do in terms of Genocides
around the world....
Genocide Survey
How to build a castle
Castle building
Here is a site that explains many of the heraldic symbols, colors and styles.
Use it as a guide when creating your own heraldry shields.
Symbols of Heraldry
Follow the links to make your own Heraldry crest!
Heraldry Crest
AMAZING time line for the Medieval Ages. Scroll down the timeline and find the
people/events that you are looking for. Double click for more info, and then
click again to open a separate window with even deeper details.
Medieval Timeline
Medieval Site
A little of everything