Great Links for Eighth Grade Studies

American Cultural History-Decade 1920-1929
    http://www.nhmccd.cc.tx.us/contracts/lrc/kc/decade20.html
The American Experience: Lindberg
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/
Art Deco
    http://orathost.cfa.ilstu.edu/exhibits/pcfare/deco.html
Baseball in the 1920's
    http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5830/johnspage.html#top
Charles Augustus Lindberg homepage
    http://www.charleslindbergh.com/
Clash of Cultures
    http://www.history.ohio-state.edu/projects/clash/default.htm
Crash of 1929
    http://www.btinternet.com/~dreklind/threetwo/thecrash.htm
Greatest Films of the 1920's
    http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro.html
Harlem Renaissance
    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/february98/harlem_2-20.html
Jazz-Film by Ken Burns
    http://www.pbs.org/jazz/time/time_roaring.htm
The Jazz Age Page
    http://www.btinternet.com/~dreklind/threetwo/Jazzhome.htm
Jazz Age Lit/Culture
    http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html
Jazz Age Slang
    http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm
The Lawless Decade
    http://www.paulsann.org/thelawlessdecade/20_s.html
Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wghtml/wghome.html
Prohibition
    http://members.aol.com/SEVEN9000/prohib.htm
Ragtime alphabetic index
    http://www.rtpress.com/titles.htm
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
    http://mypage.direct.ca/r/rsavill/Thecrash.html
 Time 100:  Builders and Titans - Henry Ford
    http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/ford.html
Timeline:1915-1955
    http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/timeline.html
Welcome to the 1920's
    http://www.louisville.edu/~kprayb01/1920s.html
Why Prohibition
    http://www.history.ohio-state.edu/projects/prohibition/whyprohibition.htm

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American Civil War

Abraham Lincoln
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html
African-American Odyssey: Civil War
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html
American Civil War
    http://americancivilwar.com/
The American Civil War Homepage
    http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
American Memory Collection-Civil War Photographs
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/cwp/cwpintro.html
The Civil War
    http://www.civilwar.com/
The Civil War as photographed by Mathew Brady
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
Civil War timeline
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/tl1861.html
Civil War Women
    http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html
Documenting the American South: The Southern Homefront
    http://metalab.unc.edu/docsouth/imls/texts.html
Frederick Douglass
    http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/DOUGLASS/home.html
Ironclads and Blockade Runners
    http://www.wideopenwest.com/~jenkins/ironclads/ironclad.htm
The History Channel
    http://www.historychannel.com/
The HistoryNet
    http://www.historynet.com/
The Loss of the Monitor-First-hand account
    http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Brad_Haugaard/monitor.htm
Matthew Brady Portraits
    http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/index2.htm
Music of the American Civil War
    http://www.pdmusic.org/civilwar.html
National Underground Railroad Center
    http://www.undergroundrailroad.org/
This Week in the Civil War
    http://www.civilweek.com/
The United States Civil War Center
    http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/index.htm
USN Ships-USS Monitor
    http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/monitor.htm
The War for State's Rights
    http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/index.html

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Consumer and Family Science (Home Economics)

The Career Interest Game
    http://career.missouri.edu/holland/
Career Key
    http://www.ncsu.edu/careerkey/
Career Zone
    http://cbweb9p.collegeboard.org/career/bin/career.pl?runlevel=all#all
Information Occupational Outlook Handbook
    http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Keirsey Temperament Sorter
    http://www.advisorteam.com/user/ktsintro.asp
My Future.com
    http://www.myfuture.com/career.html
Personality Tests
    http://www.2h.com/personality-tests.html
Welcome to the Military Career Guide Online sites - 
    http://www.militarycareers.com/
Sites to take tests for career choices -
    http://www.nycareerzone.org/text/index.jsp
Peterson’ Home Page, College Career Information
    http://www.petersons.com/
The Salary Calculator
    http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html
Salary.com
    http://www.salary.com/home/layoutscripts/sall_home.asp  

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French Language Sites

Fast and Friendly French for Fun
   http://library.thinkquest.org/12447/
French for Beginners
    http://french.miningco.com/library/begin/bl_begin.htm
French verb conjugation
    http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/inflect.query.html
Learn French with The French Tutorial at frenchtutorial.com
    http://www.helio.org/education/french/
French Language Course Pages
    http://www.jump-gate.com/languages/french/index.html

Country of France
Country Guides
Paris Pages- An excellent collection of links to all things Paris
    http://www.paris.org
France Way- Guide to French history, culture, and travel.
Tourism in France- Information on hotels, restaurants, French wine, monuments, museums, and transportation. In both English and French.
France-- places of interest interactive map- Places of interest interactive map 

Cities in France
Arles- An ancient city in France where you can see ancient architecture and experience ancient France.
Biarritz- Famous for its annual Surf Festival 
Bordeaux- French wine country. 
Normandy- Discover Mt. St-Michel, Rouen, the beaches of D-Day, the Bayeux Tapestry, and much more.
Sightseeing in Paris- Here is a map of Paris which you can click on and get information about each district and its places of interest. 
Paris- Information on all sorts of stuff in Paris. Includes history and pictures of many monuments and museums.
Marseille- Information about Notre Dame de la Garde and other places to visit 
Nice- Official site of the city of Nice. Site in English and French.
Lyon- Discovering Lyon. Site in English. 
Orleans- Info about Joan of Arc’s city and region 

Monuments and Museums: 
Chartres- Site of the famous French cathedral, Chartres. Plenty of pictures and information on the cathedral.
Eiffel Tower Chateau de Versailles- Famous castle of Louis XIV, the Sun King. Gorgeous gardens and museum.
Le Louvre- Home of the "Mona Lisa" and the famous pyramid. 
Musee d'Orsay- An old train station that was turned into a museum in 1986. 
Centre Georges Pompidou- National Museum of Modern Art. Other Places of Interest: 
The Loire Valley- Home of many famous chateaux and gorgeous countryside. 
Discovering French Chateaux- Information on French chateaux with pictures of the chateaux, their gardens, etc. 
Claude Monet's Gardens in Giverny- Pictures of Claude Monet's (a famous painter) home and gardens. 
Vaux le Vicomte- Home of Nicolas Fouquet. Pictures of the many beautiful gardens of this chateau. 
Jardin d'Acclimatation- Children's park and farm animal zoo.

German

German Folk Tales, some in German
    http://faculty.acu.edu/~goebeld/maerchen/maermenu.htm
19^th Century German Stories
    http://www.fln.vcu.edu/menu.html

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History of Mathematics

Alphabetical listing of famous mathematicians
    http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Indexes/Full_Alph.html
Biographies of mathematicians
    http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
Egyptian Mathematics
    http://homepages.bw.edu/~dcalvis/egypt.html
History of Mathematics: Chronology of Mathematicians
    http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/chronology.html
History of Mathematics: by region
    http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/earth.html
History of Mathematics: by topic
    http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/HistoryTopics.html
Index of Ancient Greek Scientists
    http://www.ics.forth.gr/~vsiris/ancient_greeks/index.html
Mathematical Folks
    http://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/MathFolks.html
Famous Mathematicians
     http://euler.ciens.ucv.ve/English/mathematics/
Women Mathematicians
    http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

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U.S. Government
listing of sites with information on the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches as well as the many government agencies

Federal Agencies Directory
    http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
Govspot.com
    http://www.govspot.com/
GovConnect, a link to government agencies
    http://www.govconnect.com/portal.htm
Historical Treasure Chest- Rare Book of US Government written for children circa 1800's
    http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/treasure/book.html
Introduction to the U.S. Government-Project Vote Smart
    http://www.vote-smart.org/reference/primer/
SearchGov.com
    http://www.searchgov.com/
Welcome to the White House
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/

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The American Civil War

Abraham Lincoln
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html.
African-Americans fight for the Union
    http://www.ugrr.org/civil/cw-ess2.html
African-American Odyssey: Civil War
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html
American Civil War
    http://americancivilwar.com/
The American Civil War Homepage
    http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
The American Civil War Overview
    http://www.civilwarhome.com/overview.htm
American Memory Collection-Civil War Photographs
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/cwp/cwpintro.html
The Civil War
    http://www.civilwar.com/
The Civil War as photographed by Mathew Brady
    http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/brady.html
Civil War timeline
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html
Civil War Women
    http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html
Documenting the American South: The Southern Homefront
    http://metalab.unc.edu/docsouth/imls/texts.html
Frederick Douglass
    http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/DOUGLASS/home.html
Financing the Civil War
    http://www.financialhistory.org/civilwar/index.html
The History Channel
    http://www.historychannel.com/
The HistoryNet
    http://www.historynet.com/
Matthew Brady Portraits
    http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/index2.htm
Music of the American Civil War
    http://www.pdmusic.org/civilwar.html
National Underground Railroad Center
    http://www.undergroundrailroad.org/
This Week in the Civil War
    http://www.civilweek.com/
The United States Civil War Center
    http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/index.htm
The War for State's Rights
    http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/index.html
Women and the American Civil War
    http://www.geocities.com/acw_women/

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Presidential Links

American Experience/The Presidents
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/indexjs.html
American Presidents:  Life Portraits
    http://www.americanpresidents.org/
Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers
    http://www.colonialhall.com/index.asp
First Ladies Gowns
    http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/timeline/09ladies.htm
George Washington Biographical Information
     http://www.mountvernon.org/education/biography/
Hall of Presidents-National Portrait Gallery
    http://www.npg.si.edu/col/pres/
Handwriting US Presidents Signatures Samples
    http://www.handwriting.org/images/samples/pressigs.htm
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
    http://www.bartleby.com/124/
IPL POTUS -- Presidents of the United States
    http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
"I Do Solemnly Swear . . .": Presidential Inaugurations
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pihome.html
Presidency Game Show Quiz
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/quiz/president/
Presidential Libraries IDEA Network
    http://www.ibiblio.org/lia/president/
Presidential Parade Crossword
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/president-cw.htm
Presidential Word Guess
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/president-cc.htm
Presidents
    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/
Presidents of the 20th Century Crossword
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/president-cw2.htm
The Presidents of the United States
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
Presidents of the United States
    http://www.netcolony.com/news/presidents/
Theodore Roosevelt Association on TR, President and more.
    http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/
US Presidential Historical Sites
    http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/pressite.htm
US Presidents Lists
    Information and facts about our presidents listed by categories
    http://www.fujisan.demon.co.uk/USPresidents/preslist.htm
U.S. Presidents of the 20th Century
    Voice recordings
    http://www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/presidents/
Vice Presidents Trivia Quiz
    http://www.catsdogs.com/veepquiz.html
White House Jigsaw
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/president-js.htm

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World War I

Eyewitness World War I
    http://www.ibiscom.com/cbpintro.htm
The Great War
    http://www.pitt.edu/~pugachev/greatwar/ww1.html
Italian American Internment
    http://www.io.com/~segreta/
Japanese American Internment
    http://oz.net/~cyu/internment/main.html
WWI webquest-Covert Operations
    http://www.verona.k12.wi.us/vahs/academics/team/lnkpages/WWI.htm
World War One webquest
    http://www.milforded.org/schools/foran/kdefonzo/wq/worldwar1b.html
World War One timeline
     http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/ 
World War I Webquest
    http://www.sonic.net/bantam1/wqww1.html
World War I resources http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/Military_History/World_War_I/

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