Reading/Literature   WGBH: Mystery Games: Original Edward Gorey drawings for this interactive, British, mystery game http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/mystery/game.html This link will open in a separate browser window. Free Online Mysteries: Site with all sorts of mysteries to solve or write; short and interactive; an enjoyable way to hone reading skills; with many places to vote on "Who did it?" http://www.MysteryNet.com/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Macbeth: One site providing a short summary and the other an in-depth look http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/macbeth/shortsumm.html This link will open in a separate browser window. http://library.thinkquest.org/2888/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Values-Based Literature Program: A Center for Learning values-based literature program with a reproducible instruction guide can be found in their free catalog and useful with the text. http://www.centerforlearning.org/ This link will open in a separate browser window. The Watsons Go to Birmingham http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml Lindbergh Trial: A complete site on the Lindbergh kidnapping with all the characters listed and easily coordinated with the book (Surprise! Somebody involved in the case has a famous son.) http://www.lindberghtrial.com/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Agatha Christie Biographies: Both a short one and a longer one http://christie.MysteryNet.com/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Banned Books Week http://www.ala.org/bbooks/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Banned Books Week: Heros Honored at Library of Congress http://www.freeexpression.org/newswire/0911_2000.htm This link will open in a separate browser window. Ebook Publishers and Booksellers - page 3 of 3: Links to publishers and retailers of electronic books of all categories and genres. http://publishing.about.com/cs/ebookpublishers/index_3.htm  (About Publishing) This link will open in a separate browser window. Library Associations: Links to associations and organizations for libraries and librarians http://publishing.about.com/cs/libraryassociation/index_2.htm (About Publishing) This link will open in a separate browser window. Book Summaries and study guides: Links to the most useful book summary sites on the net, and descriptions of what you'll find there http://homeworktips.about.com/cs/booksummaries/index.htm  (About Homework/Study Tips) This link will open in a separate browser window. Young Adult Literature; Middle & Secondary English-Language Arts: English & language arts resources for teachers and librarians in middle and secondary schools http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/yalit.htm This link will open in a separate browser window. YALSA - Booklists: Young Adult Library Services Association provides several lists of recommended titles, including award winners and classics http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists This link will open in a separate browser window. The ALAN Review http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/ This link will open in a separate browser window. To Kill a Mockingbird: Lesson plans and resources for To Kill a Mockingbird - novel by Harper Lee http://7-12educators.about.com/cs/novelsmockingbird/index.htm This link will open in a separate browser window. http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/tokil/mocktg.htm This link will open in a separate browser window. http://us.imdb.com/Title?0056592 This link will open in a separate browser window. My 200 Favorite Movies: The 60s: Includes To Kill a Mockingbird http://classicfilm.about.com/library/weekly/BL60s.htm This link will open in a separate browser window. Survival Guide for Harper Lee's Harper's To Kill a Mockingbird Survival: Chapter-by-chapter study guide helps students with vocabulary, historical references, and idioms used in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird." http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/tkm This link will open in a separate browser window. Harper Lee: A site for locating all kinds of links to sites about the author and her famous work. http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/HarperLee This link will open in a separate browser window. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Lesson plans and resources http://7-12educators.about.com/cs/novelsmicemen/index.htm (About Secondary School Educators) This link will open in a separate browser window. http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/mice/micetg.html This link will open in a separate browser window.   Back to top   Writing     Back to top   Mathematics   Daily Lesson Plans for Math http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/mathematics.html This link will open in a separate browser window. Absurd Math: Completely engaging pre-algebra, interactive math game http://www.learningwave.com/abmath/absurd4/hotel1.html This link will open in a separate browser window. Funbrain: The site addresses many subject areas, especially for GED students who have much difficulty in math; with the making change section an especially good one http://www.funbrain.com/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Mapquest: Figuring mileage from one locateion to another http://www.mapquest.com/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Visual Fractions http://visualfractions.com/index.htm This link will open in a separate browser window. Create a Worksheet http://www.aplusmath.com/Worksheets/Fractions.html This link will open in a separate browser window. Multiplication Table http://math2.org/math/general/multiplytable.htm This link will open in a separate browser window. Biographies of Women Mathematicians http://www.scottlan.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm This link will open in a separate browser window. Biographies of Women Mathematicians http://cstl.syr.edu/fipse/Algebra/Unit3/solving.htm This link will open in a separate browser window.   Back to top   Social Studies   Web sites designed by ThinkQuest participants ThinkQuest http://www.thinkquest.org/library/search.html This link will open in a separate browser window. At this site, you can search for web sites designed by participants in the ThinkQuest competition. Especially target websites in the senior division, ( e.g., The Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy has a wealth of information). The National Civil Rights Museum http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/ This link will open in a separate browser window. CNN Teacher Page with Lesson Plans http://www.cnn.com/fyi/teachers/index.html This link will open in a separate browser window. Political Cartoons http://cagle.slate.msn.com/politicalcartoons/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Stamp On Black History: An introduction to just a few important black men and women who have been honored on United States postage stamps http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Little Rock Central High 40th Anniversary: A time line of events at this school regarding desegregation http://www.centralhigh57.org/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement http://www.mapquest.com/ This link will open in a separate browser window. In Memory of Four Little Girls - the 16th Street Baptist Church http://www.useekufind.com/peace/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Sites related to the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham http://www.useekufind.com/peace/summary.htm This link will open in a separate browser window. History of Birmingham http://www.al.com/birmingham/cityguide/cityguide.html This link will open in a separate browser window. The F.B.I. and the bombing of the Birmingham church http://www.workers.org/ww/birmingham.html This link will open in a separate browser window. Sixteenth Street Baptist Church: An Historic Place in the Civil Rights Movement http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al11.htm This link will open in a separate browser window. National Civil Rights Museum http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Seattle Times article http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/index.html This link will open in a separate browser window. History of Civil Rights Laws http://www.withylaw.com/history.htm This link will open in a separate browser window. Powerful Days in Black and White: A site with photos with a brief summary of Civil Rights history http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml This link will open in a separate browser window. 14 Days in October: The Cuban Missile Crisis: A well written explanation of the events and causes of this event http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/ This link will open in a separate browser window. The Holocaust - A Tragic Legacy: A comprehensive site, with the section on Terrible Choices being especially interesting http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Lisa Meitner: A site providing information about this physicist, who was discriminated in Germany for having a Jewish heritage and being a women http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/58.html This link will open in a separate browser window. http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi305.htm This link will open in a separate browser window. Back to top   Science   Hidden Killers: A site focusing on deadly viruses (requires a high level reading; has black background with white font/letters; contains dynamic information; has lesson plans at ThinkLink) http://library.thinkquest.org/23054/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Chernobyl: A site that details this Nuclear Disaster http://library.thinkquest.org/3426 This link will open in a separate browser window. Lesson plans and links to map the pollution points http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/air/monops/lessons/pollutionpoints.html This link will open in a separate browser window. Dolphins - Oracles of the Sea: A beautiful and easy-to-navigate site; river maps that could be used for a geography lesson; relevant environmental issues in the "Human and Dolphin" section; short movies and the sounds of the dolphins to draw student interest http://library.thinkquest.org/17963/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Fate of the Strait - Elusive Killers: A site containing a portion of a very long special ecological report from the Vancouver Sun newspaper available online from British Columbia, Canada http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/specials/fateofthestrait/index_01.html   (selected articles) This link will open in a separate browser window. http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/specials/fateofthestrait/index.html  (beginning of the entire series of articles) This link will open in a separate browser window. html (beginning of the entire series of articles) Maggot Surgeons: A site that illustrates that science can be fun and relevant simultaneously http://www.parascope.com/articles/1296/fortean1.htm This link will open in a separate browser window. Chem4Kids: A great (and understandable) chemistry site; with graphics and quizzes. http://www.chem4kids.com/ This link will open in a separate browser window. Percy Julian: A site for Julian, a scientist and symbol of integration in Oak Park, IL http://www.invent.org/book This link will open in a separate browser window. Enrico Fermi: Two sites providing information about this Italian scientist and Nobel Prize Winner (1938) who escaped the Nazis http://www.fnal.gov/ This link will open in a separate browser window. http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_6_detail.asp?vinventer10=84  (focusing on his work in Chicago) This link will open in a separate browser window.   Back to top   Job Skills   ThinkQuest: A site for student-designed projects on a variety of topics http://www.thinkquest.org/ This link will open in a separate browser window.   Back to top