Wooster School - John D. Verdery Library

History & Geography Resources

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• Spartacus Educational

• Exploring Ancient World Cultures - Greece
• The Ancient Greek World
• Ancient Olympic Games
• Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Capitolium.org- The Official Website of the Imperial Forums
• Exploring Ancient World Cultures - Rome

• Black History Links
• Black Books - Required reading in African-American literature
• Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Literature -Synopsis
  
• Celebrate Black History - resources & links
• The African-American History
• Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black History Month Resources
• Black History Month Resource Links - FactMonster
• Black History Quiz - African American Literature Book Club
  
  
• University of Pennsylvania - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER - Bibliography
  
• Black History - 350 Notables
  
  
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Speeches
  • History & Politics Out Loud
  • "I Have a Dream" - audio
  • "I Have a Dream" - video
• Dr. Martin Luther King - Resources, Activities & Lesson Plan Links
  
  

• BigChalk Links to Battles
• About.com Links to Civil War Battle Information
• Battles and Campaigns - Yahoo Index
• Library of Congress Civil War Maps

• Click HERE for detailed resources

Election Resources - for all ages!

• Ethics Updates from San Diego University - great links
• PBS - Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
• Yahoo.com
  • Ethics Links
  • Government Ethics Links
  • Computer/Internet Ethics Links
• Google Index - Ethics
• Almanac of Policy Issues - Comprehensive, unbiased background information and links on major U.S. public policy issues.

• Exploration and Historical Geography
• Discoverers Web
• Discoverers by Alphabet
• South-Pole.com
• A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration
• Yahooligan Links to
  • Explorers
  • Space
  • Cousteau
• Institute for Exploration - Dr. Robert Ballard
• Age of Exploration Guide
• Primary Sources for Explorers on the Web

7th grade Explorers Project Pathfinder (click here for more resources)

• CIA World Factbook
• Portals to the World - Library of Congress
• Background Notes on Countries
• Governments on the Web: Embassies
• United Nations Statistics
• Information Please Almanac

• Biographical Dictionary
• Internet Public Library - Biography Links
• Biography Center

• Child Labour: 1750-1900
• Eli Whitney Museum
• Lowell National Historical Park - The history of America's Industrial Revolution
• The Richest Man in the World - Andrew Carnegie
• Rise of Industrial America, 1876-1900 - Library of Congress

• The Middle Ages
• The Labyrinth
• Ian's Land of Castles

• Extreme Weather Sourcebook
• Weather and Atmospheric Science History - USAToday Links
• About.com - Meteorology Links to Featured Topics
• About.com Links to Natural Disasters
• Volcano World
• KidsClick - Earthquakes
• KidsClick - Hurricane
• KidsClick - Natural Disasters
• KidsClick - Tornados
• KidsClick - Volcanoes
• KidsClick - Diseases
• About.com - Epidemics

• 1919-1939 The World Between the Wars
• Yahoo Links
  • 1930's
  • 1918 Influenza Pandemic
• America from the Great Depression to World War II - Library of Congress, American Memory Project
• 20th Century: 1930-1939 Decade
• Organized Crime Criminal Justice Links

• Click HERE for detailed resources

• US Supreme Court Multimedia Database - Oyez Project/Northwestern University
• FindLaw.com - Supreme Court - (very technical)
• FedWorld/FLITE Supreme Court Decisions Homepage

• The Virtual Tourist
• Travel - About.com links
• Travel - the Lonely Planet
• AOL - AnyWhere
• CNN - Travel Guide
• Fodors Online
• National Geographic Traveler
• World Travel Guide

Here is a link for each state, click on the state in the table, and visit that part of our country.