Links


NASA for middle-school students
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/index.html

National Geographic for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

National Park Service. A great resource for historical/geographical 
information.
http://www.nps.gov/

Cable News Network. A good site to keep up with the world around us.
http://www.cnn.com/

MLA Citation Generator (Pick the source then input the required information 
and it will generate the 
correct format for an MLA citation)
http://www.palomar.edu/dsps/actc/mla/

Oregon Trail-This site answers the most common questions regarding the 
Oregon Trail
http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/faq.html

Oregon Trail-A site created by teachers that provides information on all 
aspects of the Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/%7Etrinmich/Oregontrail.htm

Irish Immigration to the U.S.- A site through the Library of Congress on the 
Irish Immigration and why 
such a big wave came to the U.S.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish2.html

Irish Potato Famine- key information regarding the famine
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/begins.htm

Topic #1 - Civil War Camp Life
http://kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/CivilWar/CivilWar.htm

Topic #1 - Civil War Camp Life
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/gettex/

Topic #2 - Civil War timeline
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html

Topic #2 - Civil War
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ahd/index.html

Topic #3
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ahd/index.html

Topic #3-timeline
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/reconstruction/timeline.html

Topic #3
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/reconstruction/index.cfm

Civil War Quotes
http://www.brotherswar.com/Civil_War_Quotes_4c.htm

E-board
http://www2.eboard.com/eboard/servlet/BoardServlet?ACTION=BOARD_SHOW&SITE_NAME=Destination&BOARD_NAME=bailey-n&SESSION_ID=bli96gctz5l4kx65790

Andrew Carnegie
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/peopleevents/pande01.html

John D. Rockefeller
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/peopleevents/p_rock_jsr.html

Cornelius Vanderbilt
http://www.nnp.org/nni/Publications/Dutch-American/vanderbiltc.html

J.P. Morgan
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569415/J_P_Morgan.html

Henry Ford
http://www.hfmgv.org/EXHIBITS/HF/

Digital Time Line of political, social and economical events in U.S. history
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/timeline/timelineO.cfm

World War One cemeteries short film
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/wwi/cemetaryMovie.wmv

Film/movie analysis sheet
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/motion_picture_analysis_worksheet.pdf


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