History

Ellis Island:

History.com  Exhibits:  This website shows a timeline, history, and photos http://www.history.com/content/ellisisland .

Big Apple History includes a "Gateway for Millions" under the Important Events section.  http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/index-flash.html

The Immigration Experience: This site includes primary sources. http://members.tripod.com/~L_Alfano/immig.htm

Liberty State Park shows a series of photos of Ellis Island. http://www.libertystatepark.com/immigran.htm

Ellis Island Foundation includes information on the immigrant experience, timelines, family histories, and photo albums.  http://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island.asp

An Interactive Tour of Ellis Island: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/index.htm

The Industrial Revolution:

Think Quest site information page includes Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Francis Cabot Lowell.   http://library.thinkquest.org/4132/

Child Labor during the Industrial Revolution http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/

Technology Timeline: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/timeline/f_timeline.html

Andrew Carnegie http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/timeline/f_timeline.html

American Inventors and Inventions http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/amerinv.htm

Inventor Archive http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/org/i/invent/i-archive.html

The Westward Movement:

Prairie Settlement in Nebraska http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/nbhihtml/pshome.html

The American West website includes information on pioneers, places, transportation, etc. http://www.americanwest.com/

Oregon Trail history and pioneer families http://www.historicoregoncity.org/HOC/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=21&Itemid=120

Covered Wagons http://www.thedqtimes.com/pages/castpages/other/wagonsho.htm

EyeWitness to History includes the Gold Rush, the Pony Express, crossing the plain, and lots more! http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/owfrm.htm

This site includes information on the Santa Fe Trial http://www.kansasheritage.org/research/sft/#history

The Lewis and Clark Expidition: http://www.42explore2.com/lewisclark.htm

Sacagawea: http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=womenshistory&cdn=education&tm=18&gps=158_1934_788_424&f=00&su=p897.4.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/saca.html

Mountain Men and the Fur Trade http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm.html

National Geographic site on Lewis and Clark - a must see! http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/

African Americans during the Westward Expansion http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4narr4.html

All About the Oregon Trail (Native Americans, exploreres, hardships, etc. http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Allabout.html

Ancient Civilizations:

Includes India, Egypt, China, Greece, and Rome:  http://eawc.evansville.edu/ropage.htm

American Museum of Natural History: http://www.amnh.org/ology/?channel=archaeology&c

Ancient Athens: http://www.stoa.org/athens/

Ancient Rome:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/

Rome, Greece, India, Mayans, Mesopotamia http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/

India http://www.hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/landmaurya.html

Ancient Egypt http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

Ancient Egypt http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/egypt/index.htm

The Mayan: http://www.jaguar-sun.com/mayacities.html

Mesopotamia: http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/meso.HTM

The Mayan: http://www.indians.org/welker/maya.htm

The Aztecs: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/AZTECS.HTM

The Incas: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/south/cultures/inca.html

SCIENCE

Weather:

Welcome to Tsunami includes a list of tsunami website links. http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/index.html

Natural Hazards http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/onaturalh.html

National Geographic presents Forces of Nature with information on hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanoes, and earthquakes.                        http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/

FEMA's homework help includes information on hurricanes and tornadoes. http://www.fema.gov/kids/hmwrk_hlp.htm

Planet Diary includes information on: Droughts, Earthquakes, Fires, Floods, Hurricanes, Cyclones, Typhoons, Severe Storms, Tornados, Tropical Storms, and Volcanos. http://www.phschool.com/science/planetdiary/background/

Animated Guide to severe weather: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5328524.stm

Clouds: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/cloud.html

Clouds: http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloudhome.html