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Web Resources for 6th-8th Grades

Curriculum Content including
Interactive Sites for Student Projects

Autobiography Country Research Project

Bosnia

• Bosnia and Herzegovina-CIA World Factbook
  Learn quick facts about the geography, people, government, and economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  
• Cool Planet-Bosnia
  Filled with pictures and information, learn about Bosnia’s people, culture, geography, and history.

China

• China: Images and Insights
  Photos and notes from a traveller's trip to China.
  
• China Images 2002
  People, places, and events from the city of Harbin, China.
  
• China Images
  A small collection of images of China.
  
  

Mexico

• Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries
  Check out this online exhibit to view Mexico's artwork from the past to present.
  
• Mexico's Pictures
  This site has pictures of Mexico taken by Jose Luis Del Rio.
• Mexico Connect
  Pictures of Mexico City.
  
• Meet Mexico
  A site filled with images and information about the Mexico’s history, geography,customs, and people.
• Discovering Mexico
  Take a look at Mexico through the eyes of a photographer. Pictures and detailed descriptions about the country and its people can be found here.
  
• Beyond the Border
  Learn the stories of 4 brothers from the Ayala family who leave Mexico to seek a better life in the USA

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Philippines

• Philipines Images
  A large collection of photos taken by Mogens B. Christiansen.
• The Philippines in Images
  A picture of the Philippine flag and notable sites in the Philippines.
  
  

Vietnam

• Vietnam Images
  A large collection of photos taken by Mogens B. Christiansen.
• Vietnam-CIA World Factbook
  Learn quick facts about the geography, people, government, and economy of Vietnam.
  
• Hitchhiking Vietnam
  A site filled with images through a woman’s eyes who traveled through Vietnam.
  
• Cool Planet-Vietnam
  Filled with pictures and information, learn about Vietnam’s people, culture, geography, and history.
  
• Vietnam Passage
  Learn about the Vietnam war through several firsthand accounts including stories from a fatherless Vietnamese boy, a teenage girl who was a political prisoner, and an American journalist.
  
• Precious Cargo
  Stories about 8 people who were adopted and raised by American families through the US Operation Babylift. Learn about their journey back to Vietnam after 25 years.

Yemen

• Yemen
  Learn about Yemen’s places, people, and buildings through a French professor’s photographs.
• Yemen-CIA World Factbook
  Learn quick facts about the geography, people, government, and economy of Yemen.
  
• Flag and National Anthem of Yemen
  Go to this site to hear Yemen's national anthem.
  
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Autobiography of Jane Pittman

• SparkNotes of Autobiography of Jane Pittman
  Use these SparkNotes like CliffNotes about the book.
• Learning Guide to the Movie
  Teachwiththemovies website provides good questions and activities to use before, during, and after showing the movie.

Earthquakes

• Understanding Earthquakes
• Earthquake Teasers

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Electricity & Magnetism

• Electricity & Magnetism
  This site introduces you to "many of the basic concepts involved with Electricity and Magnetism. We will introduce you to static charge, moving charge, voltage, resistance, and current. Magnetism and how it relates to electricity will also be presented."
  
• Shocking Truth about Electricity
  Have you ever wondered how much we depend on electricity? Where does electricity come from? What are those volts, amps and watts anyway? If you have ever thought about any of these questions, then you've come to the right place. This page will tell you the amazing story of electricity. You'll be shocked by how hot it is.
  
• The Wizard's Lab
  Gives a nice summary of the different characteristics of electricity and magnetism. This is a Thinkquest website.(ThinkQuest is temporarily closed - come back later)

Evolution

• Evolution Homepage
• PBS Evolution Page
  

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Exploration

• Who Goes There: European Exploration of the New World
  The site includes an overview of the various motives behind exploration, information about individual explorers categorized by country, and several activities (i.e., crossword puzzles, word searches) students can complete using their knowledge about explorers.
  
• Discoverers Web
  This website has an alphabetical list of explorers as well as biographies on different explorers.
  
  

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Genetics

• Inherited Traits (lesson for students)
• You are Unique
• Population Genetics

Human Body

• Kidshealth - My Body
  Learn about the different parts of your body and how it all functions to work together. Nice graphics and simple summaries of each of the different body parts.
  
• The Human Body
  Nicely organized to each of the different parts of your body with short summaries and pictures to accompany each topic. (Thinkquest site)
  
• The Human Body
  Some nice lizards guide you along the human body. Each page has a nice summary of the different functions of the body with pictures to accompany each topic. (Thinkquest site)
  
  

Internet Research

• Internet Research 4-8th Grade
  This site was created to introduce you to search engines and tutorials that may help you find rich content on the web, find existing web-based activities for immediate use in your classroom, and develop a simple web-based activity using one curriculum site that you can use with your students immediately

Nat Turner

• Confessions of Nat Turner
  Primary Source Documents at "From Reconstruction to Revolution" that includes essays, biographies, documents, and more. May be high reading level.
• Nat Turner's Rebellion
  A PBS site (Chapter 3) about Africans in America 1831.including related links at the bottom of the page with more information on Nat Turner.
  
  

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Plate Tectonics and Earth Structure

• Story of Place Tectonics
  Interactive site by USGS and view of earth
• Geology: Plate Tectonics
  Descriptions of plate tectonics including animations of plate movements
• You Try It: Plate Tectonics
  PBS learning activity lets you manipulate tectonic plates.
• Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
  Sarah Shiplefrom Roosevelt Middle School found this great site to share with you.

Volcanoes

• Volcanoe World
• Predicting Volcanoes
• How Volcanoes Work

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Why People Rebel

• Liberty! The American Revolution
  Wells Fargo and PBS series created this online companion to a six one-hour broadcast of the American Revolution.
• Bacon's Rebellion
  Primary source documents on From Revolution to Reconstruction.
• Rebellion within the Revolution
  Cuban hip-hop is where rebels use lyrics instead of guns as stated by this CNN headline news.
• Revolution or Rebellion
  Research report that contains primary source documents from both British and American points of view. High reading level.
• Resistance, Rebellion and Abolition
  The Haitian Revolution and anti-slavery movements.
• The Beginning of the Revolution: Timeline of Rebellion
  A ThinkQuest site - down temporarily - save and check later
• History Timeline
  The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Story - provides background and timeline of rebellions.
• Guide to Black History Timeline
  Excerpts from times in history where African Americans rebelled against slavery.
• Antebellum Timeline of History
  Timeline with links to events where people rebelled.

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