What is Historical Fiction? Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction HyperHistory Online Timeline
Civil War
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/freemovies/civilwar/ Video explaining Civil War
http://school.eb.com/ Use Keyword: American civil war
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn:sirs:US;ARTICLE;ART;0000313901 Civil War: Ten Things You Should Know (But Probably Don’t)
WWII
http://school.eb.com/ Use keyword: World War II
http://decades.sirs.com/decadesweb/decades/do/frontpage Go to 1940’s
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwii/index.htm World War II Remembered
Westward Expansion
http://www.america101.us/trail/Oregontrail.html Oregon Trail
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/reform/jb_reform_gold_1.html Westward Expansion
Colonization/Early settlement
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn:sirs:US;ARTICLE;ART;0000296083 The 13 Colonies
Revolutionary War
http://school.eb.com/ Use keyword: American Revolution
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/American_Revolution.html Links to more information about the Revolutionary War.
NASA: Earth's Observatory (Information on changes to Earth - both natural & man-made)What is Matter?Chem4Kids Research Links:Encyclopedia Britannica http://school.eb.com/ has excellent information for the following topics: Recycling, Alternative Energy, Deforestation, Endangered Species, Pollution
Natural Disasters: http://www.extremescience.com/zoom/index.php/weather http://www.ready.gov/know-facts http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/Naturaldisasters.html Natural Disasters & Climate Change:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/06/global-warming-natural-disasters-conference
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-20128315/climate-experts-expect-more-weather-disasters/
Drought: http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/drought/kids_droughtinfo.htm http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com/weather-ed/weather-encyclopedia/heat-wave/what-is-a-drought/
Global Dimming:
http://www.globalissues.org/article/529/global-dimming
http://www.solarpowernotes.com/what-is-global-dimming.html
Global Warming: http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=1405http://www.clean-air-kids.org.uk/globalwarming.htmlhttp://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/gw.html
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/
http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics/kidspage.cfm
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/global_warming.htm
Melting Ice Caps
http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/qthinice.asp
http://www.ecomii.com/global-warming/ice-caps
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/effects/polarregions.html
Deforestation:
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview.html
http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0801.htm http://kids.mongabay.com/lesson_plans/lisa_algee/deforestation.html
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/causes-and-effects-of-deforestation.html
Ozone Layer:http://www.clean-air-kids.org.uk/ozonehole.html
Pollution: Water - http://www.water-pollution.org.uk/causes.html
Air- http://www.buzzle.com/articles/causes-of-air-pollution.html http://www.buzzle.com/articles/air-pollution-facts-for-kids.html
Water Deficit:
http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/kids.html
http://geography.about.com/od/waterandice/a/waterresources.htm
http://www.globalissues.org/article/601/water-and-development
http://thewaterproject.org/water_scarcity.asp?gclid=CJ-C5oTA2agCFUiK4AodMW-Xfw
http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/index.php?id=25
http://blueplanetnetwork.org/water/facts
CIA: World Factbook Thinkquest: Types of Govenments
PBS: Liberty KidsThinkquest: The Birth of a Nation Cesear Chavez French Revolution
CyperSleuth: Biographies of Scientists Have Fun With Science The Great Idea Finder Invent Now: Hall of Fame