Books & Book Sites:
Draw Write Now books This is where to locate the drawing books showcased in Verla Kay's "Bringing History Alive" workshops
ABE Books THE place to find out of print and hard to locate books
Booklist (ALA's online magazine)
Publisher's Catalogues Homepage
History/Geography Sites:
The Sacramento Railroad Museum
More History/Geograph Sites:
History Timelines around the Globe
The National Archives Online Exhibit Hall
Oral History Sites:
Shared by Mary:
"A wonderful web site with some oral histories that I believe was done during the depression. It is the Federal Writing project from the library of Congress and it is FASCINATING reading."
Shared by Laura:
Historical/Timeline Websites:
Shared by Marty:
3000 Years of History with links
World History Timeline
Civil War:
Shared by Marty:
Stratford Hall Plantation The birthplace of Robert E. Lee
Freedmen Links pertaining to Freed Slaves
Civil War literature from the pages of Harper's Weekly
Library Reference Programs (many are academic institutions):
Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Information and Resources
Global Problems & Culture of Capitalism
Ohio State University Lots of research aids
Teacher Resource Sites:
Sites for Kids:
Mysteries.net - solve a mystery
Sites to find Authors:
Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
MANY children's author's & Illustrator's websites are listed here
Find Authors -No longer adding authors to its list, but good as far as it goes
Also, try a web search for individual children's authors & illustrators.
More of them are putting up their own websites every day.
General Info:
Alta Vista (search engine)
Ask Jeeves (search engine)
Finding people (lycos search engine)
Finding people (yahoo search engine)
Google (search engine)
HotBot (search engine)
Languages, Literature and Searches:
Guide to encyclopedias on the web
Liszt the Mailing List Directory
Education & Careers Information
Finding Experts/Statistics/Quotes
Science:
People:
Writing:
Verla Kay.com Extensive info writing site with message board & live chat
Write 4 Kids (CBI)
English Langauage & Literature Resources
Freedom's Nest Authors' quotes
Maps:
Historical Atlas of the 20th Century
Map links (in html docs)
National Geographic Map Machine
Map and Geographic Information at U. Conn.
Crime:
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
Gold Panning:
Nugget Hunting Lots of info here
A supplier of reasonably priced gold panning supplies for schools is:
The Lifestyle Store
10180 I Avenue
Hesperia, CA 92345
760 948-3333