History

• The Mathematics of Cartography by Cynthia Lanius. Good integrated material on mapping by one of the leaders of the Girl Tech Project.
• American Studies WebA Guide to American Studies Resources on the Internet. A Very nice and exensive survey of links.
• Abridged History of the United States by William M. Brinton. This is a good, short overview of the history of the US.
• An Outline of American History This is a publication of the US Information Agency converted to Hypertext by a group of students from the Arts Faculty of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
• Grolier's Enyclopedia is making this material on the American Presidents available.
• Discoverer's Web This is a nice set of links from a site in the Netherlands; lots of material on the explorers of the world.
• History Resources - organized by Era and by Region.
• An American Studies Web Good material on American History by David Phillips.
• The White House - An Interactive Ciitizens' Handbook A great tour of the White House and material on the Executive Branch of the Government.
• The 20th Century History Homepage
• The History Place Some good material on WWII, Lincoln, and Kennedy.
• The Rhone Family of Fayette County, Texas An exhibit of photographs that chroncile a central Texas black family from 1886 to 1971.
• The American Civil War, World Wide Web Information Archive
• Scrolls from the Dead Sea - Exhibit at the Library of Congress

Geography

• Virtual tour of Ottawa
• Edinburg Capital of Scotland
• Nova Scotia - includes tours, information about the cities Halifax and Antigonish.
• Residence of the Prime Minister of Japan equivalent to our U.S. White House.
• India - history, religions, languages and other information.
• Gateway to Antartica- Wonderful information about Ozone Depletion and educational resources related to Antartica.
• New South Polar Times -- A biweekly newsletter from the South Pole with lesson plans and suggestions
• Topics and Links of Interest to Alaska
• Latin America - A listing of srvers from Latin American Countries.
• Rwanda - Crisis in Rwanda - including e-mail to and from the U.S.President
• Russian and East European home pages
• Slovakia - including map of Slovakia, picture tour around Slovakia and geographical descriptions.
• Chinese Web Server - information about chinese lunar calendar, Chinese associations,etc.
• Natural Resources Canada

  United States

  • State of Utah
  • Atlanta's Home Page
  • Oklahoma - Sooner State - including events, arts ans recreation.
  • Nebraska - includes outdoor recreation areas in Nebraska.
  • Aloha from Hawaiiincluding educational resources and information abotu Hawaii
  • Hampstead, N.H.
  • Kansas - Kansas History and Life.
  • Center for Study of Southern Culture - including cultural events in 11 Southern States.
  • South Dakota - including information on Mt.Rushmore.
  • New Mexico
  • United States Geological Survey server - well-constructed server with lots of information for the K-12 world. The Education Page is especially valuable.
  • National Wetlands Inventory includes a U.S. map indicating availability of both hardcopy and digital versions of wetlands maps.

Social Sciences

 
• Uncle Sam for Kids is a very image intensive page but extremely useful for children. If you are accessing this from home via a modem, we suggest you turn off the images.
• The Ballot Box Battle An election site for kids, beautifully illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner Emily Arnold McCully.
  
• Social Science Information Gateway
• African Studies from Penn State A great repository of information.

Government

 
• The US Whte House
• Reinventing Government National Performance Review. How electronic communication can streamline governing.
• United States Census Bureau
• U.S. House gopher
• U.S.Office of the Secretary of Defense
• Office of Senator Edward Kennedy

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