http://www.classroomtech.com/subscribe.html

This is a great interactive site for showing students how to evaluate information that is found on the Internet. After you have reviewed the information on evaluating web sites, your student can use this information on several practice exercises at the bottom of the screen. All of this can be found at:

http://www.lib.vt.edu/research/evaluate/evaluating.html

These lesson plans have been created to utilize your computer. They all use software that you will already have and have complete directions for each project. These fund to do projects can be found at:

http://www.lessonplans.com.au/lessons.htm

The Home page of this web site has some helpful information and some free stuff. I especially like the Mini Webquests that are listed. Go to the home page at:

http://www.lessonplans.com.au/index.htm

This wonderful site by the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute has information and photographs of many women of the twentieth century. When you go into the Gallery area don't forget to place your mouse to the right hand side of the screen and you will see the scrolling information will lead you to many women who have made a mark on the last century. This site can be found at:

http://www.npg.si.edu/cexh/woot/

If you haven't visited the Love to Learn Place yet you will be surprised at the great collection of learning resources that can be found there. This is one of those sites that you will want to go back to time and time again. Find this site at:

http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/

Rivers are everywhere, winding their way through 3,500,000 miles of the United States. Chances are that there is a river near where you live. Celebrate American Rivers Month by sharing the natural beauty of a river. To find our more and to find some great activities go to:

http://www.smarterkids.com/rescenter/library/articles.asp?article=1449

For a collection of resources on rivers and fresh water ecosystems use the links on this site. You will also find a great collection of links to lesson plans on rivers and fresh water ecosystems go to:

http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/themes/Biomes/watereco.html#FRE

To find our information about American rivers, what you can do to help them survive, and activities (under the River ABCs button) go to:

http://www.amrivers.org/

For free stuff for teachers and students in the area of environmental protection, including an action kit for rivers, and a Save our Streams
kit, go to:

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/enved/free_teachers.htm

To find out more about the sometimes strange holidays that celebrate food go to:

http://www.alscycle.com/Taylor/Holidays/FoodHolidays.html

This week was established to honor all those volunteers throughout the world. These wonderful people render valuable service without compensation to the communities in which they live. The day is dedicated to making the world a better place in which to live.

If you are looking for a ways you can be a volunteer go to:

http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-in/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/...

Best known as president of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Jefferson Davis was also a Mexican War hero, served in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and was Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce. After the Civil War he became a symbol of the Lost Cause. To find out more go to:

http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/

To find out more about Davis and his home, Beauvior, go to:

http://www.beauvoir.org/

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Double Fifth Festival, occurs on the fifth day of the fifth moon of the lunar calendar. It is one of the three most important of the annual Chinese festivals. The other two are the Autumn Moon Festival and Chinese New Year. To find out more and draw a dragon boat, go to:

http://www.classroomtech.com/news/dragonboat.doc

To learn more about this artist and to see some of his paintings go to:

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gauguin/

Invention is the product of inspiration and hard work. To learn more about the invention of the ballpoint pen go to:

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story055.htm

If you are interested in inventions and how some important and not so important things began use the INDEX button at the bottom of the page to see a list of inventions. Simply click on those you are interested in an off you go.

The US Supreme Court rendered a 5-4 decision in the case of Miranda vs Arizona, holding that the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution "required warnings before valid statements could be taken by police." The decision provides basic legal protections to persons who might otherwise not be aware of their rights. Since this time police procedures routinely require the reading of a prisoner's constitutional rights ("Miranda") before questioning.

To find a detailed chronology that explains the historical events leading up to the signing of the Magna Carta and those that followed go to:

http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/hismcart.htm

To read the entire Magna Cart and to learn what the words and phrases mean go to:

http://www.britannia.com/history/magna2.html

To get people juggling on World Juggling Day they invite individuals and groups to plan a juggling event on June 14, 2003. Do anything! Stage a show, hold a club meeting, host a juggling festival, teach juggling in a public park, or just juggle alone in your back yard!

www.juggle.org/wjd/

America's favorite lasagna-loving cat first appeared in 1978.

Find out who was the real first president of the United States and how he created the Great Seal. Take some time to create a seal that represents you, your family, or another important thing in your life. Print out the information and worksheets at:

http://www.classroomtech.com/news/greatseal.doc

Take a look at this wonderful interactive president time line. Wow!

http://www.sprocketworks.com/shockwave/load.asp?SprMovie=pres...

Operation Vittles, was the airlift that began on June 26 when a USAF C-47 carried tons of food into Berlin. Find out more about this important event in world history and to work on some mathematics problems that utilize information from this event go to:

http://www.classroomtech.com/news/airlift.doc

By 1882, most of the estimated 60-75 million bison had been killed by hunters. Bison numbered only about 50,000 in 1882. "The Last Great Buffalo Hunt" took place on Indian reservation lands near Hettinger, ND. Some 2,000 Teton Sioux Indians in full hunting regalia killed about 5,000 bison. To find out more go to:

http://www.hettingernd.com/tourism.htm

The melody of probably the most often sung song in thew world, "Happy Birthday to You" was composed by Mildred J. Hill, a schoolteacher born in Louisville, KY. Her younger sister, Patty Smith Hill, was the author of the lyrics, which were first published in 1893.

Helen Adams Keller was born on 27 June 1880 in Tuscumbia, a small rural town in Northwest Alabama, USA. The daughter of Captain Arthur Henley Keller and Kate Adams Keller she was born with full sight and hearing.

But Helen's life was to change dramatically. In February 1882, when Helen was nineteen months old, she fell ill. To this day the nature of her ailment remains a mystery. The doctors of the time called it "brain fever", whilst modern day doctors think it may have been scarlet fever or meningitis.
Whatever the illness, Helen was, for many days, expected to die.

When the fever eventually subsided, Helen's family rejoiced believing their daughter to be well again. However, Helen's mother soon noticed how her daughter was failing to respond when the dinner bell was rang or when she passed her hand in front of her daughter's eyes.

It thus became apparent that Helen's illness had left her both blind and deaf. To learn more about Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, and their lives
go to:

http://www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/fctsheet/keller.htm

To learn more about this artist and to see some of his paintings go to:

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rubens/

http://www.classroomtech.com