Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities Resources

• Tina Scott's resources for music educators
• Incredible Art Dept. With easy to integrate lesson plans, this site can be incorporated into any regular curriculum.
• Arts and Social Sciences Gateway Cornell Theory Center
• The Art Deadlines List Info. for art educators: competitions, dates, prizes
• United Nations CyberSchoolBus for teachers of Social Studies, Geography, Art, History and Global Studies
• Leonardo da Vinci Museum
  
• WWW Colors Book Project Kindergarten and first grade students create pages for an online colors book. Includes free software.
  
• Pasta, Designed by Architects
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
• Artists in the White House

• American Institute of Architects (AIA) Home Page Includes K-12 resources and information on architectural careers.
• Global Environmental Options, a clearinghouse of information on sustainable buildings, development, and communities.
• The Sustainable Communities Network of Nova Scotia
• Urban Sprawl Located at Rice University, this site says it will be growing (sprawling?) in the coming months.
• Pasta, Designed by Architects
• Ancient Lands Technology Encyclopedia Multicultural with Mexican, Native American, and African links. Includes such diverse sites as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, snow igloos, early bridges and water wheels.

• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
• American Government Site
• Office of The First Lady
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK)
• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
• Peace Corps
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Selective Service System (SSS)
• United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network (UNCJIN)

• VOLTERRE-FR English and French Language Resources
• ESL Idea Page ESL/EFL postings with clever ideas for classes.
• Carey Cook's vocabulary resources
• Phoenix Braintrust with Grade 7 English Outlines and Grade 8 English Outlines
• Jane Coffey's Childrens' Literature Sites
• Houghton Mifflin Reading/Language Arts Center Includes links to other reading resources.
• Terry O'Connor's Unusual Word Research Page Terry O'Connor writes a newspaper column, and will research the meanings of unusual words or phrases for you. You might even end up in the column.
• Vocabulary Situations 24 questions that place students in situations where they need to make a decision. The situations are described using words that the students may or may not know. Regardless of whether students choose the right or wrong answer, a friendly explanation awaits them. This is a whimsical activity best suited for students in 4th grade on up. Adapted from a freeware HyperStudio stack.

• UNICEF: The United Nations Children's Fund (In English, Spanish and French)
• Official WEB Site Locator for the UNITED NATIONS System of Organizations
• Friendship, & what friends do for each other (k-3)
• More on friends Includes links to Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections and International Kids' Space.
• Calendars, celebrations, holidays
• Black History Online Resources: thanks to Lycos, an entire new file of links.
• Liz Tompkins' list of Hispanic Resources
• Some Multicultural Resources
  
• Weber State University's Clearinghouse for Multicultural/Bilingual Education
  
• ESL Idea Page ESL/EFL postings with clever ideas for classes
• Web of Culture Compares the cultures of the world: in cuisine, currency, government, holidays, languages, religions, gestures, etc. Also includes weekly cross-cultural quiz contest, Amigos de Email, consulting services, etc.
• ZIA Web Site Historical background of holidays; also includes craft ideas, party suggestions and online cards.
• The Bilingual/ESL Resource Page
• Tolerance and the Holocaust An interdisciplinary team at N. Hagerstown High School has developed a unit entitled "The Beast Within," about how US Students react to the US Holocaust Museum. This includes an introduction to student writings and the direct link to the writings.
• DPS Educational Links (including Bilingual & Foreign Language Links)
• Smithsonian: Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies. Includes education kits, curriculum materials, videos, and a selection of CDs appropriate for classroom use about cultural education.
• Bilingual Books for Kids A new commercial site.
• Ancient Lands Technology Encyclopedia Multicultural with Mexican, Native American, and African links. Includes such diverse sites as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, snow igloos, early bridges and water wheels.
• New file of resources for girls on the Net
• Crossdisciplinary site on aging

Masterminded by highschool kids, I thought the following site was quite amazing, really a knockout educational resource, in an area not often considered for cross-disciplinary curriculum development. Here is an excerpt from the opening paragraph at the site:

LinkAge 2000 is a web site created to provide students (ages 12-18) from around the world with the opportunity to interactively learn about aging and older adults. In addition, LinkAge 2000 serves as a resource for teachers and educators who want to incorporate the study of aging into the curriculum. LinkAge 2000's goals are threefold: to acquaint students with the science of geriatrics; to familiarize students and teachers with the major issues in gerontology; and to convey the social and cultural aspects of aging and growing old.

• Artsedge Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

• Vietnam -- Stories Since the War A gathering place for personal stories and a forum for dialogues about Vietnam's legacy. Developed in conjunction with documentary series on PBS.
  
• Documentary photography from our world (Bosnia, etc.)
  
• ERIC Clearinghouse's Social Studies/Social Science resources
• The Promised Land Keypal project from the Discovery Channel
• Grolier On-line Encyclopedia for Presidential Information.
• The White House Page: White House history & tours, virtual library including historic documents & photos, and so on. Send mail to the President & Vice President, catch up on new happenings at the White House.
• White House Kid's PageIncludes a newsletter for young people, historic moments of the presidency, and other great stuff.
• The Great American Web Site You'll find every branch of the government that's online here as well as site 'special attractions' like where the '10 Best Agency Sites' are.
• The History Place
• The 20th Century History Home Page
• Dennis Boals History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers A very thorough set of links
• United Nations CyberSchoolBus for teachers of Social Studies, Geography, Art, History and Global Studies
• U.S. Census Bureau The official statistics on business, telephones, sources of water, etc. New posting: Housing and Household Economic Statistics
  
• Global Environmental Options, a clearinghouse of information on sustainable buildings, development, and communities.
• The Sustainable Communities Network of Nova Scotia
• Urban Sprawl Located at Rice University, this site says it will be growing (sprawling?) in the coming months.

• Dogsleds across the Arctic: the 1997 Iditarod Race From two teachers: "The musher list is already posted along with all the information to get teaching packets for your classroom. I have participated in this with my 3rd grade class for 2 years and it's always a big hit!" The race is in March.
  
• Igalaaq, the first Community Access Centre in Canada's Arctic, at Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories on the balmy shores of Hudson Bay. The "Coolest" School in Canada's Arctic and the first school in Canada's Arctic on the WWW!!!
• Central Park Web Site Make an online visit to the famous park in New York City.
  
• Ancient EgyptLots of info on the pyramids, the sphinx, hieroglyphics, gods...
  
• Project Archaeology Featuring the Anasazi Heritage Center Museum, with special emphasis on environmental degradation: Select the link for Project Archaeology.
  

• HAWAI`I - Independent & Sovereign Nation-State
  
• Na Maka o ka 'Aina Home Page New site. Over 55 videos available on Hawaiian culture, history, sovereignty, environment, land struggles, language, the visual and performing arts, teaching and learning.
  

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