Useful Links
The homepage for the Mansfield Independent School District
Mansfield I.S.D.
The homepage for Danny Jones Middle School
Danny Jones Middle School
Your child's grades for all classes may be found here.
Infinite Campus
Information on the new Infinite Campus grading system being used
by Mansfield schools this year.
Infinite Campus Information
An online edition of our textbook. (username) TAR1
(password) Fr6prEvahE
The American Republic To 1877
An excellent source of up-to-date information on countries around
the world.
C.I.A. World Fact Book
An excellent source for research information, home of the Danny
Jones Literary Cafe, and Bulldog, Books, and Bytes. - Thanks Mrs.
Andrews
Danny Jones Library Web Page
This site contains first hand accounts, videos, and audio
accounts of various events in history.
Eye Witness to History
This site contains over two million pieces of media that are free
for the public to use.
Wikimedia Commons
WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier
This blog is made up of transcripts of Harry Lamin's letters from
the first World War. The letters will be posted exactly 90 years
after they
were written. To find out Harry's fate, follow the blog!
World War I - Experiences of An English Soldier
Box.net is an online storage and sharing service that gives you
access to your files from anywhere. With Box, you can access
important
documents from your desktop computer, laptop, or even mobile
phone. Once
you've uploaded your files to your online storage on Box, you can
also share
them with anyone, anytime — Box makes online web file sharing
simple.
Box
The Freesound Project aims to create a huge collaborative
database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps, ...
released under
the Creative Commons Sampling Plus License. The Freesound Project
provides new
and interesting ways of accessing these samples, allowing users to
* browse the sounds in new ways using keywords, a "sounds-like"
type of
browsing and more
* up and download sounds to and from the database, under the
same creative commons license
* interact with fellow sound-artists!
FreeSound
Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing
sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows,
GNU/Linux, and other
operating systems.
Audacity
If you can't read the notes once they are downloaded, then you
probably need to install Adobe Reader. Here is the download link.
Adobe Reader
Generic U.S. Map that can be used to complete mapping assignments.
Blank U.S. Map
The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and
fully customizable to your online life. With Firefox 2, we’ve
added powerful
new features that make your online experience even better.
Firefox Web Browser
There ought to be but one large art warehouse in the world, to
which the artist could carry his art-works and from which he
could carry away
whatever
he needed... - Beethoven
Classical music performances in the public domain
Need help properly citing your resources? Look no further.
Citation Machine
Explore the National Archives a collection of our country's most
valuable documents.
National Archives Experience
The Institute has launched "I take up my pen: Letters from
the Civil War" to coincide with the opening, today, of an
exhibition by the
same name at the Museum and Visitor Center at Gettysburg National
Military
Park. The exhibition features letters between soldiers and their
loved ones
during the
Civil War, as well as rare photos and documents from the Gilder
Lehrman
Collection. To see the online exhibition, click here.
I Take Up My Pen:Letters from the Civil War
Welcome to quality educational clipart. Every item comes with a
choice of image size and format as well as complete source
information for
proper citations in school projects. No advertisement-filled
pages with pop-up
windows or inappropriate links here. A friendly license allows
teachers and
students to use up to 50 items in a single, non-commercial
project without
further permission.
Free Clipart
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studies and English.
Free Online Homework help courtesy of the Arlington Public Library
Political cartoons from around the country.
Townhall Political Cartoons
More political cartoons.
Comics.com - Editorial Cartoons
Information about the qualifications that must be met to become
President of
the United States.
The President's Job
More information about the President of the United States.
The President's and Vice President's Jobs
Guide to the Constituiton
We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for
voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion
in U.S.
politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by
major U.S.
political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches,
interviews and
news releases. Our goal is to apply the best practices of both
journalism and
scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.
FactCheck.Org
A week's worth of news, rapped. New every Friday.
The Week In Rap
AllMyFaves is the ultimate home page, offering an innovative
visual exploration of the Internet.
AllMyFaves
ToonDoo is a cool, comic-creating tool from Jambav, a fun site
for kids. Jambav is devoted to creating a unique array of free
and
customizable online games of educational value for children of
all abilities.
ToonDoo
The Today's Front Pages gallery gives visitors an up-close look
at the day's news on up to 80 newspaper front pages from every
state, the District of Columbia and countries around the world.
Newseum
Screencasting is a very simple concept: record your computer
screen and sounds
while talking about your actions.
Free Screen Cast Software
United States Constitution
This site was developed to provide teachers with a full range of
resources and activities to support the teaching of landmark
Supreme Court cases, helping students explore the key issues of
each case. The "Resources" section features basic building blocks
such as background summaries and excerpts of opinions that can be
used in multiple ways.
Landmark Surprem Court Cases
Supreme Court of the United States