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Lizzie’s List of Fabulous Websites for all Ages and Stages
Presented at long last and for your convenience in a categorized, described as well asalphabetized version. These are the best of what I have squirreled away and are allfamily friendly and kid safe sites to the best of my knowledge. As of March 2008, theseare all working sites.Technical note:If you reach a page that looks a bit like this…http://www.historyforkids.org/FirefoxHTML%5CShell%5COpen%5CCommand thatsays they couldn’t find the page, just cut off the part that begins with Firefox in your address bar and hit enter, so now you have this: http://www.historyforkids.org/ it shouldwork right after that
all subjects: study notes
American History resources
http://www.contemplator.com/america/popular songs, lyrics and background informationfrom the 1700’s to the 1900’s plus other categories like sea chantys and cowboyshttp://www.earlyamerica.coma very interesting site with primary sources, maps, portraits, and interactive menus andflash movies as well!http://www.nps.gov/history/logcabin/virtual tours of log cabins such as Abe Lincoln’s as well as Valley Forgehttp://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htmA categorized list of websites on Colonial America for K-12http://www.websterschools.org/classrooms/state_library/colonies.htmlanother categorized list of websites this one on the 13 colonieshttp://www.buchanan.org/000-p-library.htmlAmerican Heritage, stories, poems, prayers and lettershttp://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/index.html based on the Joy Hakim books this interactive website is loaded with information on UShistoryhttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.htmlthis is the Library of Congress, a great site for primary sources and resources
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American Revolution
Civil War
http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/civwar/index3.html
Ancients Resources
http://coolmaps.7wonders.googlepages.com/ancientwonders.htmlgreat for ancients geography this site map the 7 Wonders of the World and haddownloadable pictures for notebooking or lapbookinghttp://guardians.net/egypt/kids/index.htmvery cool website with research, games, activities and virtual tours. Lots link to other  pages so the fun never endshttp://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/ancient/TheBoysandGirlsPlutarch/toc.htmlan online version to read or print out of the Boys and Girls Plutarchhttp://www.michielb.nl/maya/math.htmla page on Mayan mathhttp://www.virtual-egypt.com/ photo tours, timelines, flash movies, lots of good stuff here
Architecture
http://www.greatbuildings.com/for art class or history class this has buildings worldwide with info about the design, thearchitect and the building itself.
 
Art/art historyhttp://www.janbrett.com/a treasure trove of delights, printables, online art instruction, games and activities by the beloved author http://www.artteacherconnection.com/pages/famouspainting.htmFABULOUS resource, lessons, games, activities on many great artists and art pieceshttp://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.htmlCategorized links of art throughout timehttp://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/loanfinder/index.mhtmConnect art andcurriculum by borrowing free learning materials from the National Gallery of Art'sDivision of Education.http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htmincredible clickable timeline of art historyhttp://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/artnet.htmwonderful site with tons of resources and lessons nicely categorized
 NEW 
!http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/main.taf?p=0 K-7, this site offers information and activities on the basic concepts of art. NEW!http://www.wildlifeart.org/Frame_Education.cfmwildlife art, art history and art appreciation lessons as well as some gameshttp://www.drawspace.com/Extensive site with online drawing lessons you have to register but they are freehttp://www.teachartathome.com/Free.htmlSome free projects, lessons and ideas for teachershttp://members.aol.com/mrsspyboy/beginners.htmstep by step art classes on lineAstronomy NEW!http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=ps&id=6Astronomy magazine’s homepage has stuff for kids of all ageshttp://www.nasa.gov/tons of stuff on earth and space science for all ageshttp://www.michielb.nl/sun/a virtual tour of the sun

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Nice collection!!!!!!!!

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thanks.for great stuff

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Wonderful list! Bookmarking away! Thanks