Social Studies
Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/digital/newspapers/civilwar/
Interactively explore the lives and administrations of the last twelve
Presidents of the United States.
http://presidentialtimeline.org/
Library of Congress website that put the story back in history and shows you
things that you've never heard or seen before.
http://www.americasstory.org
American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to
written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints,
maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital
record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the
collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle
historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America,
serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/about/index.html
View and listen to great speeches presented by the History Channel.
http://www.historychannel.com/speeches
The Los Angeles Public Library has digitized over 60,000 images from the
History and Genealogy Department's Photo Collection. This Internet-
accessible collection is one of the treasures of the Central Library and
images are continually being added from the archive. These images are from
various collections described in the Photo Collection Overview. The emphasis
of the photo database is Los Angeles, Southern California life and
California history.
The Los Angelos Public Library
NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 550,000 images digitized from
primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York
Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage
posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera,
and more.
The New York Public library
English
Quotes broken down into over 150 topics.
Quoteland
Quotations, famous documents, Shakespeare, games, and vocabulary quizzes.
Rhyme Zone
A vast archive of published articles that are constantly updated, dating
back to 1998, from more than 300 magazines and journals.
http://www.findarticles.com
General
Categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional
growth. It is updated to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
A searchable online of Blue ribbon web sites categorized by grade level,
content area, application, and Dewey Decimal number.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
SAT prep and testing, booknotes.
http://www.pinkmonkey.com/
Verizon Foundation is proud to provide engaging and classroom-ready
educational resources that support the daily work of teachers and our joint
mission to improve educational and literacy achievement.
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx
Education resources from the Times for teachers.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning
Springfield Township High School's Virtual Library by Librarian Joyce
Valenza.
http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/
Science
Biology Place
BioCoach activities allow students to visualize and apply their
understanding of biological concepts. During these practice activities,
students manipulate graphs, complete biological puzzles, and answer
questions. LabBench provides students with pre- and post-lab reviews.
Animations and interactive questions connect laboratory procedures to
biological principles. Designed for advanced students, these activities
correspond to the AP* Lab Manual and include sections on key concepts,
experiment design, analysis of results, as well as a lab quiz. The Glossary
is a comprehensive, online, easily accessible listing of definitions of the
key biological concepts and terms introductory students are likely to
encounter.
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/
BiologyBrowser, produced by Thomson Scientific, is a free web site offering
resources for the life sciences information community.
http://www.biologybrowser.org/
NetFrog guides you through a frog dissection that you can use as practice
before or instead of an actual dissection.
This site shows images and movies of a frog dissected without any clean up
or formaldehyde.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/Frog2/
View wonderful videos of cell processes at this site; a view afforded
nowhere else in the world.
http://www.cellsalive.com
Religion
Official Vatican web site. Several languages supported. News services,
Church documents, information on the Popes and departments of the Roman
Curia.
http://www.vatican.va
Largely a directory, with news stories from Zenit and National Catholic
Register. Is organized in channels.
http://www.catholic.net
CHRISTUS REX is a private, non-profit organization which presents over 5000
images of religious works of art preserved in churches and cathedrals.
http://www.christusrex.org
Searchable database of links on Catholic doctrine, morality, liturgy,
history, and discipline
http://www.internetpadre.com
The 1917 version of the Catholic Encyclopedia.Summa Theologica, letters,
speeches and books from the early Christians, The Bible and Catholic links.
http://www.newadvent.org/
NNDB is an intelligence aggregator that tracks the activities of people we
have determined to be noteworthy, both living and dead. Superficially, it
seems much like a "Who's Who" where a noted person's curriculum vitae is
available (the usual information such as date of birth, a biography, and
other essential facts.)
http://www.nndb.com
Writing and grammar
Searches 1,000 dictionaries and encyclopedias at once.
http://www.onelook.com
Columbia Enc., Amer. Herit. Dictionary, Strunk�s Elements of Style,
Bartlett�s Quotes, Roget�s Thesaurus, Oxford Shakespeare, Contemporary
quotes, etc.
http://www.bartleby.com
Guide to grammar and writing.Grammar, sentence, and paragraph structure help.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
General resource for writers.
http://www.writersdigest.com