ANCIENT EGYPT

Ancient Egypt @ The British Museum
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk
This site has been developed to help teachers get the most information for themselves and for their class. The site is divided into ten ‘chapters', which address themes or topics relevant to ancient Egypt. The ten ‘chapters' are presented on a menu page where the user can choose a chapter by clicking on the word or icon relating to that chapter. Within each ‘chapter' there are three sections: ‘Story', ‘Explore' and ‘Challenge'.
 
Egypt, Gift of the Nile
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/Exhibit/Archive/egypt/discover/teacher.htm The Seattle Art Museum has developed an extensive Curriculum Resource Unit in conjunction with this exhibition. It is available on-line for teachers everywhere to view lesson plans about the art and culture of ancient Egypt.

Ancient Egypt Online @ The Royal Ontario Museum
http://www.rom.on.ca/egypt/
This Guide is intended to provide parents, elementary and secondary school teachers, and their students with some of the tools they will need to explore the World of the Pyramids.

Travel Agent to Ancient Egypt Webquest http://questgarden.com/85/07/2/090719093250/ 
This WebQuest is designed for 7th grade students learning about Ancient Egypt. Students will work together in groups of four to research different aspects of Ancient Egypt, synthesize their information, and design and present a multimedia travel brochure.
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THE INTERNET

Forty-three years ago, in September/October of 1969, a team from Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN) installed the first Interface Message Processors (IMPs) at UCLA and Stanford and the first host computer was connected.

Some sites to help in this effort:

Nerds 2.0.1 @ PBS
http://www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1/
The intrepid Robert X. Cringely leads you on an adventure, delving into the history of the Internet. Including topics such as: Networking the Nerds, Serving the Suits, Wiring the World, Cast of Characters, Glossary of Geek and a Timeline.

History of the Internet, Internet for Historians (and just about everyone else)
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/frame_theorie.html
The Internet is an innovation (or rather a series of innovations) that enables communication and transmission of data between computers at different locations. It is an extremely new scientific development, but that does not mean that we cannot analyse it historically, using the concepts that we apply to other innovations in the past.

Hobbes' Internet Timeline
http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/
An Internet timeline highlighting some of the key events and technologies that helped shape the Internet as we know it today.

How Internet Infrastructure Works
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/internet-infrastructure.htm
One of the greatest things about the Internet is that nobody really owns it. It is a global collection of networks, both big and small. These networks connect together in many different ways to form the single entity that we know as the Internet.

LEARN TO DRAW

For the budding artists in your class, these mini-art lessons will inspire and instruct.

The Drawing Board
http://www.edbydesign.com/art/index.html
Edbydesign lets kids use their creativity to draw and color an online masterpiece. The Tracer allows them to copy Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Vincent van Gogh, and Leonardo Da Vinci. Take a look at Eye Bogglers, a unique collection of visual tricks.

Learn To Draw: A Project for Kids
http://www.billybear4kids.com/Learn2Draw/Learn2Draw.html
Follow step-by-step figures to draw cute bears, frogs, birds, cats, lions, and lizards. Special lessons focus on drawing eyes and hands. Learn to use grid paper to draw proportional figures. Kids will enjoy the mystery drawing lesson; as they draw each step they'll try to guess the final result.

Kids Draw
http://www.kidsdraw.com/lesson1.html
Try these simple steps to drawing a dinosaur, dog, chick, princess, or a leprechaun!

Chunky Monkey's Rainforest Drawing Lessons
http://www.chunkymonkey.com/murals/murallessons.htm
Students can create a beautiful mural as they learn to draw foliage, primates, insects, and flowers.

Draw and Color with Uncle Fred
http://www.unclefred.com/index.html
If you can draw a circle, an oval, and other simple shapes, you can draw all kinds of things. This Web site has step-by-step instructions for drawing a walrus, a penguin, and more!

ELECTION 2012

PBS: By the People: Election 2012
http://www.pbs.org/special/election-2012/
The lesson plans listed are organized by grade level and topic. All are designed to tie to state and national standards for civics, history, math and language arts.

The Office of the Federal Register
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/index.html
Coordinates the functions of the Electoral College on behalf of the Archivist of the United States, the States, the Congress, and the American People. They have assembled a variety of information and statistics on presidential elections, past and present:

Project Vote Smart
http://votesmart.org/
Covers candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances, public statements and interest group ratings.

C-SPAN in the Classroom: Campaigns & Elections
http://www.c-span.org/Campaign2012/
The site provides teachers with lesson guides and activities using the vast resources of balanced C-SPAN programming.

Dirksen Congressional Center: Congress For Kids
http://www.congressforkids.net/Elections_index.htm
Democracy requires citizens to participate in their government, beginning with the duty to vote. This section will help you learn more about the American process.

The Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov
The duties of the FEC, which is an independent regulatory agency, are to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections.

Election 2012 WebQuest
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson202.shtml
Students research candidates and issues to answer the question, Which candidate would you vote for?

Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov
Check out the citizen's guide, the Electoral College and the historical data.
Duration: Indefinite

Winning the Vote
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/elections/cover.html
Learn about presidential campaigns and elections, including lesson plans.
Duration: 3 hours

Kids Voting USA
http://kidsvotingusa.org/
This site is devoted to involving youth in the election process.
Duration: Indefinite

Presidential Election Simulation
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst043.html
This lesson plan is appropriate for older students after studying the election process.
Duration: Indefinite

VOCABULARY

Cuesta College: Guide to Vocabulary
http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/500index.HTM
Words are unique and interesting. Your vocabulary can and should be a reflection of you. Your vocabulary is you. And like you, your vocabulary should be alive. It should change and grow to meet your needs.

Vocabulary Training
http://www.vokabel.com
This site is meant to replicate on the Internet a means of learning words and phrases in In English, German, French and Spanish. The technique used in this site can be helpful in learning vocabulary because the vocabulary is presented randomly, emulating as nearly as possible the "flash-card" technique and the user may keep score, thus monitoring progress.

Self-Study Vocabulary Quizzes (ESL, EFL)
JAVA Quizzes: http://a4esl.org/a/jv.html
HTML Quizzes: http://a4esl.org/q/h/vocabulary.html
Study English with Quizzes, Crossword Puzzles and other activities for students of English as a second language.

Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun!
http://www.vocabulary.co.il
This interactive site offers a variety of games (wordsearches, crosswords, hangman, match games and quizzes) using words assigned by category (animals, food, geography, etc.).

Vocabulary Web Games
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm
Improve your vocabulary and boost your SAT/GRE scores. Master the 720 most frequently tested vocabulary words with these free web quizzes.

Vocabulary University
http://www.myvocabulary.com/
At Vocabulary U, students will enjoy the interactive word puzzles while expanding their vocabulary. Entertaining puzzles feature word roots, offer immediate feedback, and are designed to help students increase their vocabulary skills.

ALASKA

Sometimes called the Last Frontier, Alaska entered the Union on Jan. 3, 1959, as the 49th state. The wild grandeur of Alaska has fascinated people for several hundred years.

Some sites to help in this effort:

Alaska: The Greatland from National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/greatland/
As geographer Henry Gannett, a founder of the National Geographic Society, predicted in 1904, Alaska's “grandeur is more valuable than the gold or the fish or the timber, for it will never be exhausted.” Explore Alaska's land, wildlife, history and people.

Alaska's History & Cultural Studies
http://www.akhistorycourse.org
This site provides students, teachers and others interested in the state access to a rich source of facts and viewpoints about Alaska and its history.

Alaska Earthquake Information Center
http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/seis/
The Alaska Earthquake Information Center contains information on seismology and tsunami research, education and outreach projects, historical data and earthquake preparedness.

Iditarod.com
http://www.iditarod.com
IDITAROD 2013 STARTS ON MARCH 2, 2013 AT 10:00 A.M.IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. This site contains tons of information on the Iditarod, the mushers and their dogs.

The State of Alaska
http://www.state.ak.us
This is the official state site and includes Kids' Corner (http://alaska.gov/kids/), departments, job listings, news, notices, visitor guide and more.

50States.com: Alaska
http://www.50states.com/alaska.htm
This site and includes Alaska information, resource links, symbols, flags, maps, constitutions, representitives, songs, birds, flowers, trees and much more!

Building the Alaska Highway - from PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alaska/index.html
Offers insights into topics in American history including the American frontier, life in Alaska, World War II, the Pacific theater, homeland defense, African Americans and the military, the impact of a wartime economy, natural resource management, infrastructure planning and development, and more.

PROJECT-BASED LEARNING

Great links for incorporating project-based learning into your teaching style.

Buck Institute: Project-Based Learning Resources
http://www.bie.org/tools/freebies
The Buck Institute for Education is a leader in project- and problem-based learning. A number of useful tools are available for download from their Handbook for Project Based Learning. You must purchase the handbook, but the downloads are free.

4Teachers.org: Project-Based Learning Checklists
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/
Find customizable checklists to use with projects in all curricular areas. Also read background on what makes project-based learning an effective classroom tool.

GLEF.org: Project-Based Learning
http://glef.org/php/keyword.php?id=037
The George Lucas Educational Foundation is one of the leaders in exploring project-based learning. They offer a comprehensive site, made especially appealing by its inclusion of profiles of success stories in a variety of schools.

Project-Based Learning with Multimedia
http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/
If you're keen on integrating technology into project-based learning, this site will be a useful resource. You'll find suggestions on topics, rubrics, descriptions and analysis of project-based learning in real classrooms, and more.

University of Delaware: Problem-Based Learning
http://www.udel.edu/inst/
Problem-based learning differs from project-based learning mainly in its initial prompt to students: they have a real-world problem to solve. The University of Delaware offers a gateway to problem-based learning; see especially their Sample PBL Problems for good prompts.