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MLA Works Cited & Bibliography Help Top of Page NoodleBib MLA Starter Do you need help creating a Bibliography or Works Cited page?   Use this free online tool to help! Click here or on the image on the left to go to NoodleBib MLA Starter. If it is your first time logging in create an account so you can save your work!

Animals Top of Page Search Your School Library Catalog Your school library has an excellent collection of books on animals. Be sure to write down the title, author, and call number. The call number will help you locate books about your animal in any library! Grolier On Line An excellent collection of Encyclopedias, Multimedia, and Periodicals. Also includes more recommended web links. See your librarian or teacher for the user name and password! URL: http://go-kids.grolier.com/ Animal Diversity Web  An "online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology." Covers mammals, birds, arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, sharks, bony fishes, and other animals. Includes audio of selected animals, resources for teachers, and links to related sites. From the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/ National Geographic: Animals Browse or search for your animal in the brown box to the right. Includes profile, fast facts, multimedia photos, sound, and video, and a printable fact sheet page. eNature The site's core content of wildlife information about almost 6,000 individual species is the same data set used to create the printed Audubon Field Guides. All the data has been carefully reviewed and vetted by leading biologists, zoologists and other natural history specialists. All About Birds From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Includes summary and detailed pages with descriptions, sounds, conservations status, other names, and cool facts. BirdWeb BirdWeb offers extensive profiles of the 350-plus species of birds that occur regularly in Washington, along with shorter notes on more than 100 species of rarities. For each bird species, users will find color photographs, range maps, and information about the bird's habitat, behavior, diet, nesting, distribution, and conservation status. Monterey Bay Aquarium Online Field Guide Includes descriptions, pictures, video, and animations of the habitats and inhabitants of Monterey Bay, California.

The Ancient World Top of Page Grolier On Line An excellent collection of Encyclopedias, Multimedia, and Periodicals on the Ancient World. See your librarian or teacher for the user name and password! URL: http://go.grolier.com/   BBC – Ancient History Covers Greece, Rome, Egypt, India, and Mesopotamia. A vast collection of interactive content and multimedia. Note the left menu links to more Interactive Content and History for Kids. URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/   Daily Life in Ancient Greece Designed for elementary or middle school students and teachers, this site provides basic background information about ancient Greek life. Includes lesson plans, classroom activities, and annotated links. Created and maintained by two teachers. URL: http://www.mrdonn.org/ancienthistory.html   Internet Ancient History Sourcebook The goal of this ancient history resource "is to provide and organize texts for use in classroom situations. Links to the larger online collections are provided for those who want to explore further." Browse topics such as human origins, Mesopotamia, the Hellenistic world, Greece, Rome, and late antiquity. Edited by a historian. URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html   Exploring Ancient World Cultures (EAWC) Developed as an on-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, the early Islamic world, and medieval Europe with essays, chronologies and primary texts. Search for related essays, images, electronic texts, Internet sites and a space-time, cross-cultural chronology. URL: http://eawc.evansville.edu/   Timelines of Art History: The World (BC/BCE) "This is an educational website which is dedicated to art history. Timelines presents selected resources (web links) about the art and archaeology of ancient civilizations, including: Egypt, Greece and Rome, Asia, and the Middle East. ... Timelines pages are organized by civilization and period." Many of the linked sites include images. From an art history enthusiast. URL: http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/timelines/tl001.html   Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations Provides basic information and links for the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, China, and the Pacific Northwest Coastal Indians, with an additional section on EarlyMan. The information is suitable for elementary students, and there are lesson plans and classroom activities for teachers. Created by two social studies teachers. URL: http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/index.html   The Classics Pages This site includes "well over 1000 pages of news, information, games and controversy about the life, literature, art and archaeology of the ancient world of Greece and Rome, and the latest on my Greek Harry Potter." Your questions on the classics, Latin, Greek, or the ancient world can be answered by the Oracle of Loxias (in the guise of the site author). Topics include classic authors and their works, Greek vase painting and sculpture, women, technology, and links to other classical sites for teachers and a bookshop. URL: http://www.classicspage.com/   Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World "An interactive guide to the Ancient Art Collection of The Art Institute of Chicago" that focuses on the three cultures of the ancient Mediterranean: Italy, Egypt, and Greece. Eighteen objects are featured, each with close-up views and related stories in audio. There are also a timeline, glossary which comes with an audio pronunciation guide, maps, and lesson plans for grades 4 through 12. Also available in Spanish, except for the audio files and lesson plans. URL: http://www.artic.edu/cleo/   Olympics Through Time A history of early athletic competitions and the Olympic Games from prehistory (ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, and Greece) through its revival in the 19th century. Includes descriptions and rules of the early athletic contests, a history of attempts to revive the Olympics, excerpts of interviews with historians, a bibliography, and a glossary. Also available in Greek. From the Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW). URL: http://www.fhw.gr/olympics/ancient/   Greek Mythology Link Comprehensive guide to myths of Greece, containing sections on major events in Greek mythology; individual entries for divine, mortal, and semi-divine characters; genealogical tables; maps; a bibliography of ancient and modern sources; and an extensive set of links to sites of Classical interest. The content for this site is mainly based on the book Genealogical Guide to Greek mythology by Carlos Parada, published in 1993. URL: http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/ Winged Sandals This site designed for children age 6 to 12 provides animated stories and games about "the characters of classical [Greek] mythology [who] occupy three realms: the gods live on Olympus, the mortals (and monsters) occupy the Earthly Realm and the dead live in the Underworld." Also includes craft instructions, searchable and browsable information about characters in the myths, brief essays on ancient Greece, and an interactive Delphic Oracle feature. URL: http://www.wingedsandals.com/   The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization This site presents an introduction to ancient Greek history, culture, politics, art, and warfare. There is a detailed timeline covering 1200 B.C. to 337 B.C. The Greeks Interactive contains an interactive map, information about life in Athens, and ancient Greek language lessons. The Acropolis Experience includes a film clip about the Parthenon. Use the site index for easier navigation. Educational resources are also included. URL: http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/   The Perseus Digital Library This "evolving digital library" is diverse, covering the Greco-Roman world, Renaissance literature, history and topography of London, American expansionism, and British scientist Robert Boyle. The site provides reference works such as encyclopedias, grammars, and dictionaries as well as primary sources such as original texts, images, first-person narratives, and diaries. The Perseus Project is located in the Department of Classics at TuftsUniversity. URL: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/   Metis: A QTVR Interface for Ancient Greek Archaeological Sites A collection of virtual reality tours of many Greek ruins, including the Acropolis, Delphi, Olympia, and Troy. Movies allow users to virtually walk through these archeological sites; each has a link to more information and some have floor plans of the ruins. Designed by a classics professor at the University of Texas at Austin. URL: http://www.stoa.org/metis/ Antiqua Medicina: From Homer to Vesalius A survey of medicine from early Greece through Byzantine times. Among the topics covered are women (both as healers and patients), military medicine, cults, Hippocrates, and Galen. Illustrated with classic art works. From the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia. URL: http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/library/historical/artifacts/antiqua/ Hellenic History on the Internet Overview of the history of Greece from earliest times to the modern day. Time periods include the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Archaic period, Classical period, Roman period, Byzantine period, Ottoman period, rise of the Hellenic state, and contemporary (1945-2000) Greece. Includes image galleries, bibliographies, and related material. In English and Greek. From the Foundation of the Hellenic World. URL: http://www.fhw.gr/chronos/en/   Classics Unveiled This site consists of four sections with information culled from books on classical Greece and Rome. "MythNET" provides information about Greek gods and heroes and includes genealogical tables. "Rome Unleashed" provides information about Roman history and includes timelines and tables of rulers. "Rome Exposed" includes information about Roman life such as slavery, attire, and cuisine. "Latin Wordstock" features a Latin to English dictionary and a list of English derivatives from Latin. Searchable. URL: http://www.classicsunveiled.com/   Kidipede Introductory material designed for children about the history and culture of Europe, Asia, and Africa before 1500. Topics include North America, China, India, west Asia, Greece, Egypt, Africa, Rome, Islam, Germany, and the Middle Ages. Also includes materials for teachers. Kidipede began as a "community service learning project" and is organized and run by a history professor at PortlandStateUniversity. URL: http://www.historyforkids.org Greek Mythology Link Comprehensive guide to myths of Greece, containing sections on major events in Greek mythology; individual entries for divine, mortal, and semi-divine characters; genealogical tables; maps; a bibliography of ancient and modern sources; and an extensive set of links to sites of Classical interest. The content for this site is mainly based on the book Genealogical Guide to Greek mythology by Carlos Parada, published in 1993. URL: http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/ Foundation of the Hellenic World A collection of projects presenting events that shaped Greek society, politics, economy, and culture from prehistory to modern times; "every aspect of city life"; the history and revival of the Olympic Games; and the evolution of democracy in city-states. Searchable. URL: http://www.fhw.gr/fhw/en/projects/ Museum of Reconstructions Archaeological exhibits created with computer modeling technology "based on measurements, facts, interpretations, and reconstructions published in authoritative excavation reports and surveys." Reconstructions represent the Acropolis of Athens, the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret I at Lisht, the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret III at Dahsur, and Delight of Re: Solar Temple of Nuiserre at Abu Ghurab. From a nonprofit organization "dedicated to the development and free distribution of computer-generated archaeological reconstructions." URL: http://www.reconstructions.org/   In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great This site is a companion to a Public Broadcasting Corporation (PBS) series that traveled to the countries that formed the empire created by Alexander the Great. The site features a description of the journey, a FAQ, a brief biography of Alexander, a teacher's guide, a bibliography, and links to related sites. URL: http://www.mpt.org/programsinterests/mpt/alexander/   Hellenic Culture This site looks at the heritage of Greek culture. Included are museums, monuments, and archaeological sites; modern cultural creations, including literature and books, music, theater, dance, cinema, plastic arts, and photography; and links to cultural organizations. "Special Issues" includes a history of the Olympic Games. Also available in Greek. URL: http://www.culture.gr/ Resources for Greek Art & Archaeology A directory of annotated links to general archaeological and historical resources, texts, projects, journals, bibliographies, field projects, atlases, museum collections, associations, and more. From a classics professor. URL: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~ekondrat/greece.html

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California Missions Top of Page Grolier Online – California Missions An excellent collection of Encyclopedias, Multimedia, and Periodicals on the California Missions. Also includes more recommended web links. Search by the name of your Califonia mission. See your librarian or teacher for the user name and password! URL: http://go.grolier.com/   California Missions An essay, brief facts about each mission's founding and location, brief information about the photographers, and historic photographs (1895 through the 1940s) of all 21 California missions. From the CaliforniaMuseum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. URL: http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/projects/survey/missions/ The California Missions Trail: Missions of the Californias Brief descriptions of the 21 missions that "comprise California's historic mission trail [and which] are all located on or near Highway 101, which roughly traces El Camino Real (The Royal Road) named in honor of the Spanish monarchy which financed the expeditions into California in the quest for empire." Listed from south (San Diego) to north (Sonoma), making it a handy reference for a road trip. From the California Department of Parks & Recreation. URL: http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=22722 California Missions: A Virtual Tour This site has two histories (one brief and one in more depth) of each California mission. There are also historic and contemporary photographs of each mission, sketches of mission life, annotated links to related online resources, and a History of Mission Music with sound clips. A Java script feature is used to define words that might be unfamiliar to elementary school students. URL: http://www.californiamissions.com/ California Missions Interactive Trip reports of two bicyclists' 1995 tour of twelve of the California missions. Photos and interesting details on eleven of them. URL: http://www.rawbw.com/~cmi/ Virtual Reality Panoramas of the California Missions Take virtual reality tours of many Californian missions. See gardens, cemeteries, adobe walls, courtyards, interiors, and more. The Web site offers no information other than the mission's location and date founded, but the panoramic photography is terrific. URL: http://www.virtualguidebooks.com/ThematicLists/CaliforniaMissions.html Ranch and Mission Days in Alta California Full-text of a 1890 article on the California Missions from the Century Magazine. From the Museum of the City of San Francisco Web site. URL: http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/rancho.html California Mission Studies Association (CMSA) Find a directory of missions, articles on mission architecture, images of California missions, stories about mission life, and information about archaeological projects. Includes 3-D tours of some of the missions, a glossary, and related links. Searchable. URL: http://www.ca-missions.org/ The Missions of Alta California: Photographs by William Henry Jackson Exhibit of selections from William Henry Jackson's series of albumen photographs (1885-1890) of the Franciscan missions in California. Features images of twelve missions including Mission Dolores in San Francisco, and missions in San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, and Santa Barbara. Includes multiple images of some of the missions. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego. URL: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/missionsites/ San Diego Historical Society An overview of the history of San Diego from the time of the missions to the present. There are biographical sketches, a timeline, photos, exhibits on the California Pacific and Panama-California Expositions, and the full text of some articles from the Journal of San Diego History . Searchable. URL: http://www.sandiegohistory.org/index.html Will Connell Collection Online A collection of over 4,500 photographs by Will Connell (1920s through the 1950s). Includes photographs commissioned by businesses, images of California missions, and photographs of Hollywood, California, culture. Searchable, and browsable by topic (advertising, animals, architecture, art and photography, education, events, geography, industry, people). From the CaliforniaMuseum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. URL: http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/mainFrame/collections/guides/connell/ Early California Population Project (ECPP) This project "provides public access to all the information contained in California's historic mission registers. ... Within the baptism, marriage, and burial records of each of the California missions sits ... information on the Indians, soldiers, and settlers of Alta California from 1769 - 1850." Search records by criteria specific to each document, such as parent ethnicity, native name, and Spanish name for baptismal records. Registration (free) required to search. From the Huntington Library. URL: http://www.huntington.org/Information/ECPPmain.htm   Mission San Juan Capistrano Official website for this California mission, which was the "seventh mission founded [on] November 1, 1776, the Feast of All Saints, by Fr. Junipero Serra." Features history, photos, a mission map and guide, and details about the "Return of the Swallows" celebration that takes place on March 19 (St. Joseph's Day) each year. Also includes a calendar of events, details about preservation, and related material. URL: http://www.missionsjc.com   Spanish Missions of California A research guide on the Spanish missions in California, and more from Scholastic. Much of the material is also available through Grolier Online – see the first link. URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/missions/index.htm   California Missions Brief histories on the missions of California. URL: http://missions.bgmm.com/

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Olympians Top of Page Search Your School Library Catalog Your school library has an excellent collection of books on Olympic Medal Winners in both thee sports and biography collections . Be sure to write down the title, author, and call number. The call number will help you locate books about the Olympians in any library! Grolier On Line An excellent collection of Encyclopedias, Multimedia, and Periodicals. Also includes more recommended web links. See your librarian or teacher for the user name and password! URL: http://go-kids.grolier.com/ From Ancient Greece to Modern-Day Australia Scholastic Electronic Learning Activity URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/olympics02.htm EdGate Summer Games - Olympics Educators! Keep the spirit of the Games alive in your classroom with cross-curricular Olympic-themed lesson plans. For official USOC-approved Olympic-themed lesson plans developed by Griffin Publishing Group. For more official USOC-approved Olympic-themed lesson plans created by EdGate educators and Griffin Publishing Group. EdGate's newest partner, efg Educational Resources, Inc., presents their "Olympic World" themed lesson plans. URL: http://www.edgate.com/summergames/ Olympic Games Medallists Olympic medalists organized by event. URL: http://www.gbrathletics.com/olympic/ World Olympians Association Search by athlete name, sport, country, and Olympic Game URL: http://www.woaolympians.com/index.php?action=oly_search_big INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES To access an athlete's medal tally, you can either search by name or consult the complete results database of Olympic medal winners by using the medal winners search.Discover more than 300 athletes! To access an athlete's profile, you can either use the search engine or search by name (by clicking on the first letter of its last name) URL: http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/index_uk.asp Olympic Records Search Olympic & World Records Discover all current Olympic records and their historic evolution. URL: http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/records/results_uk.asp OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNERS The Olympic medal winner database is compiled using data taken from official publications containing Olympic results produced by the Organising Committees at the end of each edition of the Games. As the information is not yet fully standardised, we recommend that you search by nation, sport, Olympic Games, etc. URL: http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp Olympic Women This site is dedicated to women sporting pioneers, many of whom are Olympians. The year 2000 marked the centenary of the official participation of women in the Olympics and we celebrate their achievements here. With a few fine exceptions, women's Olympic sporting history is not well documented and so a quest began to find and record the memories of the world's oldest women Olympians. URL: http://www.olympicwomen.co.uk/

The Olympics: Ancient & Modern Top of Page Search Your School Library Catalog Your school library has an excellent collection of books on The Olympic Games both Ancient & Modern . Be sure to write down the title, author, and call number. The call number will help you locate books about the Olympics in any library! Grolier On Line An excellent collection of Encyclopedias, Multimedia, and Periodicals. Also includes more recommended web links. See your librarian or teacher for the user name and password! URL: http://go-kids.grolier.com/ EdGate Summer Games - Olympics Educators! Keep the spirit of the Games alive in your classroom with cross-curricular Olympic-themed lesson plans. For official USOC-approved Olympic-themed lesson plans developed by Griffin Publishing Group. For more official USOC-approved Olympic-themed lesson plans created by EdGate educators and Griffin Publishing Group. EdGate's newest partner, efg Educational Resources, Inc., presents their "Olympic World" themed lesson plans. URL: http://www.edgate.com/summergames/ The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games Brought to you by The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. URL: http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/olympics/olympicintro.shtml Ancient Olympics Guide Our Ancient Olympics Guide includes comprehensive coverage by leading scholars published in Archeology Magazine a publication of the Archaeological Institute of America. URL: http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/olympics/ AIA News - The Olympics History of the Olympics brought to you by the Archaeological Institute of America. URL: http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10198 Olympics Through Time A history of early athletic competitions and the Olympic Games from prehistory (ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, and Greece) through its revival in the 19th century. Includes descriptions and rules of the early athletic contests, a history of attempts to revive the Olympics, excerpts of interviews with historians, a bibliography, and a glossary. Includes 3D reconstructions and primary sources. From the Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW). URL: http://www.fhw.gr/olympics/ancient/ The Ancient Olympics Members of the Perseus Project created this exhibit on the ancient Olympics in 1996, as a tribute to the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia. In this exhibit, you can compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour the site of Olympia as it looks today, learn about the context of the Games and the Olympic spirit, or read about the Olympic athletes who were famous in ancient times. URL: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/ Olympia Greece - History This is an online travel guide to the ancient city of Olympia in Greece. Much information is provided about the history of Olympia and the Olympic Games. The history section is categorised into myths and worship, historical figures, ancient daily life, athletic contests, ancient music, ancient Olympics and Athens 2004. Video clips, and maps are also available. URL: http://www.olympia-greece.org/history.html Olympia Greece - Archaeology This is an online travel guide to the ancient city of Olympia in Greece. Much information is provided about the history of Olympia and the Olympic Games. The archaeology section is categorised into the ancient stadium, Temple of Zeus, and Temple of Hera. Additional information is given on the archaeology of the site and the museum and video clips are also available. URL: http://www.olympia-greece.org/site.html Origin and History of the Olympic Games Go for the Gold Student Activity Scholastic.com Origin and History of the Olympic Games From Grolier Online’s New Book of Knowledge URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/history.htm Modern Olympic Games Go for the Gold Student Activity Scholastic.com The Modern Olympic Games From Grolier Online’s New Book of Knowledge URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/modern.htm The Olympic Games in the Ancient Hellenic World: A Virtual Museum Welcome to the lobby of the Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum. Here you will find a plethora of information about these contests that are the forefathers of our modern Olympic Games. Click on a room below to enter. URL: http://minbar.cs.dartmouth.edu/greecom/olympics/home.php Poynter Online - Links to the News on the Olympics Directory of Olympic websites URL: http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=49&aid=1136

California Gold Rush Top of Page Grolier On Line An excellent collection of Encyclopedias, Multimedia, and Periodicals on the California Gold Rush. Also includes more recommended web links. See your librarian or teacher for the user name and password! URL: http://go.grolier.com/ The Dark Side Of The Gold Rush Legacy The legacy of the gold rush era is toxic pollution in California mines and waterways. URL: http://www.theunion.com/article/20080305/NEWS/411416803 Updated: 3/6/08   Modern Gypsy Sets Record On Gold Rush Voyage New Record set for a trip from New York to San Francisco around the Great Horn. Great Hook for the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleishman. URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/29/MN3HVB1CS.DTL Updated: 3/6/08   Chinatown Tradition Reigns At Marysville's Firing Of The Bombs This is the oldest Chinese festival in California URL: http://www.sacbee.com/107/story/762865.html Updated: 3/6/08 N.A. Chandler Gold Rush Era Letters N. A. Chandler Gold Rush Era Letters collection consists of fifty-six handwritten letters from 1855 to 1872. URL: http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cng/ California Legacy Project Radio Anthology Dramatic performances of great California writing. California Legacy Project, Santa Clara University. URL: http://californialegacy.org/podcast/podcast.xml By The Great Horn Spoon! A Gold Rush Adventure Interactive exhibits and "Sound Movies" on "The Journey", "San Francisco" and "The Diggings". Plus some excellent resources to accompany the book by Sid Fleischman. URL: http://hornspoon.info/index.htm Museum of the City of San Francisco A great collection of online exhibits covering a range of topics on the California Gold Rush URL: http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/index0.1.html#gold Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories This site presents a virtual tour of the Oakland Museum of California's Gold Rush exhibition, including sections on art, natives and immigrants, a quiz, and curriculum materials for educators. The exhibit includes photographs, artifacts, primary documents, audio files (some in Chinese), and maps. URL: http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/ Gold Rush City: San Francisco in the California Gold Rush A few selective Web resources and an extensive print bibliography, browsable by source and alphabetically, about San Francisco in the late 1840s through the 1850s and beyond. Includes links to articles about ships buried in landfill, and a local history treatise about a "Californio" family: "To Have But Not to Hold: The Bernals of Early San Francisco and Their Lost Corner of the City." From Greg Pabst, an MA candidate in history and local history buff. URL: http://gregnoevly.home.mindspring.com/welcome.html Land of Golden Dreams: California in the Gold Rush Decade 1848-1858 This online exhibit contains many of the materials available in the California Gold Rush exhibit at the Huntington Library and ArtGallery in San Marino, California. The items include original documents and diaries, illustrations, maps, letters, rare books, and photographs. Each item is interpreted in detail, and translated when needed. This is an excellent online resource for students of the Gold Rush; the exhibit was at the Huntington until September 10, 2000. URL: http://www.huntington.org/Education/GoldRush/ ReadWriteThink: Gold Was Discovered in California in 1848 Lesson plan and links to related sites for a classroom activity inspired by the discovery of gold in California in January 1848 and the ensuing Gold Rush. The lesson plan invites students to read Gold Rush letters and write fictional letters of their own. From the International Reading Association (IRA) and National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). URL: http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=403 Gold Rush Compilation of stories and related material to honor the sesquicentennial of the discovery of gold in northern California in 1848. Includes information about how gold was discovered, maps about how miners traveled to California by land and sea, details about life in mining camps, some types of people during the Gold Rush era (such as Latinos, black miners, Chinese workers, and women), the legacy of the Gold Rush, and more. From The Sacramento Bee. URL: http://www.calgoldrush.com California As We Saw It Maps, letters, books, and other resources from the archives of the California State Library are used to provide an outline of California history during the Gold Rush. Each item is described in detail with both small and large images of the original. URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/ The Gold Rush Geared for classroom use, this site gives brief commentaries on various aspects of the California Gold Rush. It starts with the 1840s and ends with how the mindset of early entrepreneurs shaped California. Features fun facts for children and classroom resources. URL: http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/ Gold Rush Chronicles History of the California Gold Rush, including a chronology beginning when Swiss-born John Sutter arrived in the California territory and covering the 1848 discovery of gold by James Marshall and California's admission to the United States in 1850. Features information about towns, mines and mining camps, people, the Pony Express, and more. From a company in the gold country that created a website for El Dorado County, California. URL: http://comspark.com/goldminer-mall/chronicles/ Historic Hwy 49.com \ This travel and tourism site for the towns along California Highway 49 includes historical background about California's Gold Country where "James Marshall discovered Gold in California at Sutter's Mill in [January] 1848 and set off the largest gold rush in history." Includes a business directory, city directory, and maps of the area and of individual cities such as NevadaCity, GrassValley, and Coloma (location of Sutter's Mill).  URL: http://www.historichwy49.com/home.html Our Gold Country Community Explores "how the California gold rush of l849 attracted the global community to Nevada County, California." Features information on notable people of the area (Nisenans, Chinese, women); hydraulic and placer mining; trains; and more. Includes timelines. From the DeerCreekSchool, located in Nevada City, California. URL: http://www.ncgold.com/goldrushtown/   California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900This site "consists of the full texts and illustrations of 190 works documenting the formative era of California's history through eyewitness accounts. The collection covers the dramatic decades between the Gold Rush and the turn of the twentieth century." Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project, Library of Congress. URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbhtml/ The Gold Rush Trail Collection of articles about a "month-long trek [in 1998] across the West retracing the steps of the emigrants along the GoldRushTrail." Features maps, photos, and stories about the overland trail to California and the trails used by miners following the January 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California. From the website for the San Francisco Chronicle. URL: http://www.sfgate.com/news/special/pages/1998/08/goldtrail/arcbin/arcdex_0731.shtml California Pioneer Project Directory of resources for genealogical research in California. See the California Pioneer List for "settlers to California who migrated to or were born in California prior to 1880 (included in the 1880 California Census ...)." Lists county information; libraries and databases; historical and genealogical societies; pioneer, trail, and California Gold Rush Web sites; a bibliography of diaries and journals; and much more. URL: http://www.cagenweb.com/cpl/ Wayback: Gold Rush! Aimed at children, this site offers "information about this fascinating moment in American history, looking at Californios, the Spanish-speaking community that had been in California since the mid-1700s; the various routes Forty-Niners took to reach the gold fields, with mixed success; and the overall history of the Gold Rush." Includes a guide for teachers and parents. From PBS Kids. URL: http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/ California History Lectures Audio of seven one-hour lectures on California history topics: California missions, the California Gold Rush, Mark Twain, water delivery systems, Henry J. Kaiser, Governor Hiram Johnson, and the history of the Bancroft Library. The lectures, moderated by the Director of the Bancroft Library, Dr. Charles Faulhaber, were recorded live in the Bancroft and originally broadcast in 2002 and 2003. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/audiolectures.html LearnCalifornia.org Homework and curriculum resources for students and teachers of California history. The site features documents and photographs contained in the California State Archives presented alongside thematically arranged collections of Internet links. Sample topics include the California Gold Rush, hydraulic mining, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the Progressive era, and the Great Depression. Also includes lesson plans. Searchable and browsable by topic. From the California Secretary of State. URL: http://www.learncalifornia.org The Lawrence & Houseworth Albums: Online Photographic Database This collection of nearly 1,500 pictures from a photographic publishing company, "used for the selection of prints by its customers, is ... 'without doubt the finest single pictorial record of the maturation of Northern California and the Pacific Coast following the rambunctious days of the Gold Rush and statehood.'" Includes images of the states of California and Nevada, San Francisco and Sacramento, mining, buildings, landscapes, and Native Americans. From the Society of California Pioneers. URL: http://www.californiapioneers.org/lh/ The Hihn-Younger Archive Website of an archive devoted to Santa Cruz, California, entrepreneur F.A. Hihn and Charles Bruce Younger Sr., Hihn's attorney. "A German immigrant to California's Gold Rush, F.A. Hihn is considered by many as the County's most influential entrepreneur, from arrival in Santa Cruz (1851) to his death (1913)." Contains biographies and family trees, photos, and material about correspondence files. From the University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. URL: http://library.ucsc.edu/Zope/hihn/ California History Guide Brief illustrated essays and associated education materials about California history through the mid-18th century. Topics include native Californians, missions and ranchos, and the California Gold Rush and statehood. Also includes links to online activities such as exploring life on a 17th century Spanish galleon, and learning about the use of cattle brands and the meaning of the state seal. (The rock art activity is not available.) From the NaturalHistoryMuseum of Los AngelesCounty. URL: http://www.nhm.org/education/cahistory/ UC Berkeley Library Digital CollectionsA searchable and browsable guide to the digital collections of the UC Berkeley libraries. Subjects include agriculture, architecture, business and industry, the Gold Rush, Chinese communities, social movements, the 1906 earthquake, and California places such as Berkeley, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Yosemite. Browsable formats include maps, stereographs, photographs, and oral histories. From the University of California, Berkeley, Library. URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/digicoll/   Guide to the Cased Photographs and Related Images from The Bancroft Library Pictorial Collections, Bulk ca. 1845-ca. 1870 "Approximately 440 cased photographs and related images from the collections of The Bancroft Library. Included are daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes dating from the 1840s through 1860s. Also present are some painted miniature portraits as well as other photographic processes such as opalotypes, pannotypes, and crystoleum prints." Features portraits, mining scenes, California gold rush towns, and views of San Francisco and Sacramento. Also contains a glossary of photographic terms, and bibliography. From the California Digital Library. URL: http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf7p3006fv&query=cased&query-join=and&brand=oac California Water Awareness Campaign (CWAC) The CWAC is an "effort by organizations throughout California to heighten public awareness of water and the role water agencies and allied entities play in conservation, management, water supply, water quality and distribution. The campaign focuses on the month of May each year with the observance of Water Awareness Month." Site features lesson plans (such as on water usage during the Gold Rush), interactive activities, and water saving tips for homes and businesses.  URL: http://www.wateraware.org The Gold Rush Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program that "tracks the evolution of the [California] Gold Rush from the easy riches of the first few months to the fierce competition for a few good claims." Features a map with major "strikes," timeline, background about people (such as Mexicans and Chinese immigrants) and events, a special feature on Native Americans, and an online role playing game. Also includes a teacher's guide. URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/ Welcome to Bodie... A California Ghost Town A brief history of the former gold-rush town, a map, and a good photo tour with brief notes for each structure photographed. URL: http://thelizards.com/bodie/ Health & Medicine in Sacramento During the Gold Rush Era This annotated bibliography describes materials from the collection of the Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library. It includes categories for physicians, hospitals, diseases, health care organizations, and other topics related to health and medicine during the Gold Rush. From librarian Judith Welsh. URL: http://trc.ucdavis.edu/jawelsh/Sacramento_Room/Bibliography.html Wells, Fargo & Co.'s History Pages "Over 150 years ago, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo founded a company [in San Francisco] that has become a legendary part of America," known for its banking operations and its stagecoaches. The site features a FAQ, company history (including information about Wells Fargo and black, women's, Hispanic, and veteran's history), information about stagecoaches and stagecoach travel, and about various Wells Fargo museums in California and other states. URL: http://www.wellsfargohistory.com The Maritime Heritage Project (MHP) The history of ships reaching and leaving San Francisco is presented with newspaper articles, letters, advertisements, passenger quotes, statistics, poetry, and illustrations. There are sketches of travel conditions, migration, commerce, the gold rush, and cultures. Vessels are listed, often with detailed descriptions. Captains provides biographies of "Masters under God" who sailed into San Francisco. Other categories cover foreign ports, shipping paths, passenger lists, ship nationalities and cargos, VIPs, gossip, and tall tales. URL: http://www.maritimeheritage.org/

Iditarod Top of Page Grolier Online An excellent collection of Encyclopedia articles, multimedia, and magazines on the Iditarod. Ask your teacher or librarian for the user name and password of this subscription database. URL: http://go.grolier.com/   Iditarod Official Site This official Web site of the 1,150 mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska includes a map of the trail plus mileage, rules and policies, a racing history (both fact and fiction), current weather on the course, a trail map, and an archive back to the 1997 race. URL: http://www.iditarod.com/ Added 3/10/08   Ultimate Iditarod for Kids & Teachers This site provides information about the Iditarod sled dog races, with a special focus on food and equipment requirements of the mushers and the dogs. Also includes images and basic information about the Iditarod races. From the Ultimate Iditarod racing team and Snowcrest Racing Sled Dogs. URL: http://www.ultimateiditarod.com/teachers.htm Added 3/10/08   The Alaska Daily News Check on for updated news coverage on the Iditarod. URL: http://www.adn.com/ Added 3/10/08   Education World: Iditarod Lesson Plans Teaching resources and Lesson Plans on the Iditarod. URL: http://www.education-world.com/a_special/march.shtml#iditarodross Added 3/10/08   Scholastic: Race Across Alaska Interactive maps and history of the race plus a Teacher’s Guide and lesson plans. URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/ Added 3/10/08   The Iditatrod Tour A virtual field trip of the Iditarod. URL: http://www.field-guides.com/tours/misc/idit-s/_tourlaunch3.htm   Eye On the Trail Official Iditarod news and perspectives presented as a blog. URL: http://iditarodblogs.com/news/ Added 3/10/2008   Iditarod Airforce “The Primary focus of the Web site is designed around the activities of the 28 volunteer pilots who fly for the IAF and the 6 load coordinators. However, we do our best to share stories and pictures from the many other volunteers that are involved in making the Last Great Race a reality.” URL: http://www.iditarodairforce.com/ Added 3/10/2008   Mush With Pride “PRIDE stands for Providing Responsible Information on a Dog’s Environment. The relationship between sled dogs and humans is one of the oldest bonds of its kind. Modern sled dog owners are proud of their dogs as canine athletes that are bred and trained to do what they love: run as part of a team. Mush with PRIDE supports the responsible care and humane treatment of all dogs and is dedicated to enhancing the care and treatment of sled dogs in their traditional and modern uses.” URL: http://www.mushwithpride.org/ Added 3/10/08   Iditablog Daily posts on the race by an enthusiast and native of Akaska. URL: http://www.iditablog.com/ Added 3/10/08   KTUU: Iditarod Coverage Local NBC coverage of the Race URL: http://www.ktuu.com/Global/category.asp?C=118724\ Added 3/10/08   Sled Dog Action Coalition “Committed to improving the lives of Iditarod sled dogs and providing truthful information about their treatment.” URL: http://www.helpsleddogs.org/ Added 3/10/08   Junior Iditarod Iditarod challenge for youths 14-17. URL: http://www.jriditarod.com/ Added 3/10/08

Election 2008 Top of Page As the election gets closer, use these news sites to keep on top of what's going on. New York Times Student Kids Newsroom Kid Post (Washington Post) Time for Kids 270toWin Interactive map that allows you to change the states to Republican or Democratic depending on which way they vote in the national election. The website will keep track of how many electoral votes each party has and how many the party needs to win. URL: C-SPAN Classroom PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CYCLE LESSONS: Electing a person to become the next President of the United States is a process that involves many steps. C-SPAN Classroom has resources that will help you teach the election process from the primaries and caucuses through Election Day, Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Follow the steps below by clicking on the images to help you teach the 2008 Presidential election. Each step includes teaching suggestions and links to helpful C-SPAN teaching tools. We will continue to follow the campaign and expand our educational resources as the Campaign 2008 process unfolds. URL: CSPAN Podcasts On the CSPAN Road to the Whitehouse website there is a constantly updated collection of podcasts covering and regarding the 2008 election as well as news articles and other information. URL: Election 2008 : NPR URL: Election Central 2008: A Guide for Students and Teachers Frequently Asked Election Questions Include: What are primary elections? What is the Electoral College? What are some of the differences between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party? Have third parties ever made a difference in presidential elections? Can President Bush run again during this upcoming election? Can Bill Clinton serve as vice-president? What is a "brokered convention?" Will we have one in this election? URL: http://www.cyberlearning-world.com/election2008/index.htm Election Resources for Educators | KQED Public Media for Northern CA Lesson Plans: What's at Stake for California? Tuning In to the 2008 Presidential Election; URL: FactCheckED.org You may think there are already plenty of Web sites devoted to teaching kids one thing or another, from elementary to obscure. Our goal is a little different. We believe that truth is an elusive commodity in our world of ceaseless communication, a world in which information is transmitted in huge helpings and in a virtual instant. All of us are overwhelmed with messages, many of them attempts to persuade us to do or buy something. Our aim is to help students learn to be smart consumers of these messages, not to accept them at face value; to dig for facts using the Internet, not to stop looking once they get to Wikipedia; and to weigh evidence logically, not to draw conclusions based on their own biases. URL: FactCheck.org Parent site for FactcheckEd URL: More Than Mock Elections: Especially for Intermediate | Scholastic.com URL: NewsHour This PBS site is devoted completely to the 2008 presidential election. On this site you can find information about the primaries, what's going on state by state, what the issues are as well as reporter's blogs and lesson plans. URL: NewsHour Lesson Plans This link will lead you directly to the NewsHour lesson plan page. URL: New York Times Here is a NYT site listing all the current candidates as well as giving links to blogs, websites and videos about them. URL: NYT Lesson Plans The following are election-related lesson plans from the New York Times Learning Network Lesson Plan Archive. Where do they Stand? Creating Profiles of the 2008 Presidential Candidates On the Leading Edge? Exploring Presidential Leadership by Examining a Times Column Public vs. Private Examining Positions on Health Care for the 2008 Election and Creating Campaign Advertisements Future Voters of America Writing Letters to the Editor Expressing Concerns about Key Issues in the 2008 Presidential Election Party Like It’s 1992 or ’84 or ’76 or ’68! Exploring How Political Party Platforms Change Over Time The New York Times Learning Network is very impressive. Not only do they offer a lesson plan a day, but the lesson plan archive is well organized and easy to use. I would definitely check back here on a regular basis. New York Times Learning Network Presidential Election 2008:Process & Problems By Alan Shapiro This student reading reviews major steps in the campaign process and such issues as the money race, fairness, and problems with the new voting machines. Suggested discussion questions and other activities are included, as well as links to other articles about issues related to the election. URL: Open Secrets This website gives a ton of information about the election, issues and primaries. It is very focused spending, donors and fundraising. I've put it on this teacher page because it is hard to track the authority and therefore might not be the most accurate source. URL:   PBS Teachers . PBS VOTE 2008 . Elementary URL: ServiceVote From Youth Service America, is an interactive website that is a hub for young people to engage in every aspect of the '08 election, including: news & information on the various races, the presidential candidates, and the defining issues; opportunities for peer interaction & dialogue through a discussion forum where youth can post videos, images, and audio files; and, resources to encourage action through service in the election and in the policy process.URL: Scholastic News This website allows you to follow kid reporters on the road as they follow the 2008 election. There is a place where students can enter their own question for the reporters to ask to the students. There is also information about voting rights and the electoral college. URL: Scoop08, is a national, daily online newspaper written and edited by young people for young people focused on the 2008 national election.  Young people of all ages are encouraged to submit columns, letters, articles or story ideas as well as journalism videos. Currently 400 young people have connected to this newspaper. URL: Teachable Moment Presidential Election 2008:Process & Problems By Alan Shapiro This student reading reviews major steps in the campaign process and such issues as the money race, fairness, and problems with the new voting machines. Suggested discussion questions and other activities are included, as well as links to other articles about issues related to the election. URL: Teaching about the 2008 Election This link from the Scholastic News page brings you to lesson plans and ideas from Scholastic on many different ways to teach about the election. Scholastic also offers a page of printables. URL: Teaching With and About the Conventions What do you want your students to know about the presidential nominating conventions? I have designed this page to assist you. You will find resources and links to lesson plans and other related materials. URL:   U.S. Presidential Elections: In History and Today ABC-CLIO, the leader in history reference and research, welcomes you and your students to this specially developed collection of resources, created to support both library and classroom 2008 election research and activities. URL: Votegopher, a