Barlett's Quotations (who said it?)
Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
ABCDs of Learning. ABCDs of Learning provides over 40 language arts and math activities for preK and grades K-2. You can easily print the activities in GIF format. To find the sample language arts activities, click here for preK-2 and here for grades 2-4. Also, you can find activities in the main index to print at Language Arts - PK-G2 , and Language Arts - G2-G4.
A.Word.A.Day. (AWAD).A.Word.A.Day. (AWAD) increases your vocabulary daily. You can choose today's or yesterday's word.
Computer-Generated Haiku. Computer-Generated Haiku automatically creates Haiku poems. New poems appear every 25 seconds.
Cool Word of the Day. Cool Word of the Day presents a new word every day for grades 6-12. Click on Definition to find its meaning. You are also encouraged to submit your own cool word. For an archive of previous words, click on View Past Words.
Fun Fact. Fun Fact is a reservoir of interesting tidbits of knowledge such as: "The fear that he might conceal a joke in it was one reason that Benjamin Franklin was not entrusted by his peers with the assignment of writing the Declaration of Independence." (Source: Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts). For other tidbits, click on Fun Fact.
HAIKU for PEOPLE! HAIKU for PEOPLE provides instructions on how to write Haiku, numerous examples of Haiku poems, and links to other Haiku sites.
Holidays on the Net. Holidays on the Net features Mother's and Father's Day, Valentine's Day, Chanukah, Purim, Easter, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur. For each holiday, there are stories and fun activities to be used in the K-8 language arts teaching.
Life of Mark Twain. Life of Mark Twain is a comprehensive Web research project prepared by two high school students. The site contains Mark Twain quotes, information about his life, a bibliography, and related Web resources.
Quotation Guide. Quotation Guide offers large collection of quotes, arranged by topic. Many of the quotes are useful for sparking interest in creative writing and public speaking for grades 5-12. For other quotation sources, scroll to the bottom of the page to Links or go to good quotes by famous people or quote for pithy and wise sayings..
Reading Rainbow. Reading Rainbow is a PBS TV series designed to encourage and motivate young children to read good books and visit their local libraries. The site includes a broadcast schedule for 1996-1997 season and a program description and activity suggestions for each book.
Shakespeare Mystery. Shakespeare Mystery is a PBS update for AP classes on the question: Who was Shakespeare? The site includes transcripts, feedback, excerpts on RealAudio, air times and related links.
Shakespeare Showcase. Shakespeare Showcase features a collection of online Shakespeare's plays with sample study questions provided by JM Massi's Shakespeare Classroom and an alphabetical glossary of Shakespeare terms.
Shining Time Station. Shining Time Station is an award-winning PBS TV series that helps preschoolers develop language abilities. The site provides teachers with broadcast schedule, episode activities in Spanish and English, and online fun with coloring pages.
Special Monster Edition of Wacky Web Tales. Special Monster Edition of Wacky Web Tales, adapted from Awesome Animated Monster Maker CD-ROM and published by Houghton Mifflin, features two monster tales in which 3-6 students supply the required part of speech to create madlibs.
Stage Hand Puppets' Activity Page. Stage Hand Puppets' Activity Page for grades 3-6 includes tips and patterns for making paper and scrap hand puppets that can be used in the language arts curriculum. Also, included are short puppet plays written by kids.
Story Teller. Story Teller is on online interactive writing contest for kids. Contestants fill in the blanks to complete an online story. Winning entries are chosen weekly. To see previous stories, click on Story#1 or Story#2. To see examples of winning entries, select The Seven Thorns of the Crown, and click here to open the book.
Syndicate.Com. Syndicate.Com makes learning vocabulary fun in grades 4-8. The site offers a variety of crossword and comic strips puzzles, word finds and games, and other vocabulary-building activities. You can compete for prizes or just play for fun.
Theodore Tugboat. Theodore Tugboat is an interactive online story for the younger child about a friendly tugboat where the reader decides what happens next.
Tips for Using the Internet. Tips for Using the Internet tries to ensure that your students' online experiences will be educational, valuable, and efficient. The site includes Student Activities Guide and Teacher Activities Guide.
Tomorrow's Morning. Tomorrow's Morning is an online weekly newspaper with photos for kids in grades 4-8 that encourages reading, critical thinking, and creative writing. It covers national and international news, as well as entertaining features on science, movietalk, the environment, nature, the stock market and sports. For previous issues, click on archives.
Wacky Web Tales. Wacky Web Tales is an interactive site from Houghton Mifflin that allows students in grades 3-6 to generate madlibs by supplying the required part of speech. For additional madlib tales, click on Archive and Children's Archive. Students can also submit their own madlibs via email.
We're Making Macbeth. We're Making Macbeth is a multimedia journal of teaching Shakespeare to 10 year olds developed through a course at the University of Sheffield. The site requires Netscape 3.0. Additional sites for teaching Shakespeare in grades 5-12 are: other sites, a collection of links, and Shakespeare In Education.
Ideas And Activities For Teaching Geography
Capitals of the United States. Click on a state on a map, name its capital, and find facts about the state and capitol.
Helping Your Child Learn Geography. U.S. Department of Education's activities and ideas for teaching geography.
What Do Maps Show. Contains a poster and four detailed lesson plans for teaching about maps for grades 5-8.
Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me A Map. An online tutorial explaining cartographic terms and how to make a map. .
A World Geography Game. Kids play guessing-world-capitals game where they access more information about the countries of these capitals.
Name That Flag. Enter the contest by emailing your answers with the correct country.
The GeoNet Game:United States. To start the game, click on the "United States" or the "Northeast". All of the questions for each game will be about one country or region. You'll have two hours to complete the game. Click on "End Game" when you're done to see if you have become a GeoAdvisor, a GeoExpert, or a GeoChampion. .
A Color Landform Atlas of United States. Click on a state to find loads of geographical information about it.
U.S. Data Maps. Click on an U.S. map to obtain individual state profiles and statistics.
U.S. Gazetteer. Provdes an easy-to-use searchable index for locating any U.S. city.
Virtual Tourist II. Obtain all sorts of useful information about any city or region worldwide that you would like to visit.
World Flags. Brief information about countries and a collection of flags worldwide.
European Home Page. Click on a flag to visit an European country. For a tour of some famous European cities, go to "Beautiful Cultural European".
PCL MAP Collection. A large library of electronic maps including 300 U.S. maps.
Ardmadillo's Resources for Geography. Links to many geographical references around the world.
Other Resources For Teaching Social Studies
Wild West Home Page. A collection of some of the famous people and events that took place in the wild west.
This Day in History. Choose a day and a discover a list of historical events that happened on that day.
History Channel's "This Day in History". Highlights important historical events ocurring on this day. Scroll just below "Today's News From Yesterday's Past", enter a month and a day, and then click on "Submit Query" to find famous people born and newsworthy events on this day.
Today in History. Lists important historical events on this day and click on MORE! for further historical information.
Cinco de Mayo. Celebrates victory of Mexican forces over the French in the 19th century.
U.S. Holidays. Information and pictures about the most popular American holidays.
Brief Guide to State Facts. An outline of state facts suitable for school reports.
Negro Leagues Baseball: 75 Years of Glory. Online archives of the Negro Leagues featuring their history, the teams, and the players in an era when our national pastime prohibited Blacks.
A Salute to Black Pioneers. Presents the contributions of Black pioneers in American history, including links to related resources.
African American Pioneers. Contains information and pictures of famous Black Americans who have influenced American history.
Black History. Information on interesting dates, events, and people in Black History.
The Schoolhouse Project. A small muticultural index of countries, people, and cultures.
American Immigration Home Page. Gives information about how immigrants were treated throughout various periods of U.S. History, and why they decided to come to America.
Social Studies. Links to resources and materials for teaching social studies.
Distinguished Women of Past and Present. Brief biographies of women from a variety of fields.
The World Factbook 1995 . Reference maps and information on all the countries around the globe.
Election 96. Your class can participate in the current presidential election using this non-partisian resource.
The White House. Tour the White House and email President Clinton a message.
United Nations. Loads of resources about the U.N.
Native American Indian. A collection of resources such as history, culture, and many others.
African Studies. Provides detailed information for each African country.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Home Page. Contains links to resources for the King papers and other related links.
Library of Congress' Collection of Civil War Photographs. Contains photos and references to the American Civil War period.
American Flag. Traces the complete history of the American Flag, including pictures of every offical American flag and every state flag.
Maya Civilization. Various links to sites about Mayan culture, language, math, and other resources.
Name in Hieroglyphics. Enter your name as you would pronounce it and see it in Egyptian hieroglphics.
Cross Country Simulation Links
Numerous K-12 Lesson Plans from North Carolina
K-12 Math Lessons from the Eisenhower Nathional Clearinghouse
National Science Education Standards
National Science Teachers Home Page
Possibilities! : Integrating the Internet Into the Secondary Science Classroom
Han
Dynasty - Han Dynasty. By: Charlotte, Sheri,
Jennifer, and Leanna. The Han dynasty was the most
strongest of the imperial age. The Han dynasty ruled
China from 206..
--http://kings.k12.ca.us/lakeside/lakeside/char.sher.jen.lea.html
Han
Dynasty - Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220) List
of emperors who ruled the East Han Dynasty. List of
emperors who ruled the West Han Dynasty. BACK TO THE
TIMELINE. |TO...
--http://www.otal.umd.edu/history/han.html
KIDPROJ:
KIDLINK's Special Projects Youth Dialog - Previous Message] [Next
Message] [Return to Message Index Page] Virtual China Messages from
Xi'an Group 1Author: Gerard Pena. Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996...
--http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/msg/kidproj.003405.html
Three
Kingdoms Period - Three Kingdoms Period. 220-280. By the end of
the second century, the Han Dynasty had virtually
ceased to exist. The repression of the taoist rebellions...
--http://www.chron.com/content/interactive/voyager/china/history/three.html
Lung
Kong Association - Lung Kong Association
[¿s©£øÀ¸q§½©"] This is an
association of four surnames that trace themselves to four blood
brothers, Chew, Cheung, Lau, and Quan....
--http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/3919/lungkong.html
Traditional
Chinese Culture in Taiwan(5) - Calligraphy. The Art of Chinese
Calligraphy. K'ai Shu, or the Regular Script, was developed in the
Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.), based on the
Official..
--http://205.158.7.130/contents/gio/info/culture/5-3.html
Arts/Crafts/Design
- Arts/Crafts/Design. THE ART AND TECHNIQUE OF SUMI-E Japanese
Ink-Painting as Taught by Ukai Uchiyama Kay Morrissey Thompson. A
complete, how-to book on...
--http://www.cyber.ad.jp/~tuttle/back_arts.html
Kunsthaus,
Switzerland - April 4 - July 14 1996 Kunsthaus, Zürich,
Switzerland. Ancient China: Men and Gods in the Middle Kingdom. From
April 4 - July 14 1996 the exhibition..
--http://iias.leidenuniv.nl/iiasn/iiasn7/ascul/zurich.html
Chinese
History Part II - III.THE DECLINE OF CHINA. A. The Decline of
China from the Han Dynasty. 1. At the time of Christ
Wan Mang of the Han Dynasty made a bold
revolutionary...
--http://www.hk.super.net/~revival/96Feb/china02.htm
Chinese
History Part I - UNDERSTANDING CHINA AND THE CHINESE. A Christian
perspective of the history of China in outline form from antiquity to
1949. I. INTRODUCTION TO CHINAíS...
--http://www.hk.super.net/~revival/96Feb/china01.htm
ANUTECH:
Bibliotech Catalogue - ASIAN STUDIES. FOR STUDIES ON SPECIFIC
TOPICS IN ASIA SEE SUBJECT INDEX (eg ECONOMICS) Barnard, Noel. The
First Radiocarbon Dates From China. East Asian...
--http://galaxy.anutech.com.au:1080/btech/03asianst.html
CHINESE SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY - CHINESE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Since our defeat
in the Opium War, people have thought that China has little
technology. But this is not true: Many...
--http://www.nmns.edu.tw/chinese/01.html
WWW
-- Abdulrakhim Aitbayev's Page / Passages from "Turkistan Tumult"
- Passages from. "Turkistan Tumult" by. Aitchen K. Wu. Aitchen K. Wu.
Turkistan Tumult. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1940. Chapter 17
THE FOURTEEN RACES OF...
--http://yellow.ccs.uky.edu/~rakhim/doc_files/turk_tumlt.html
Early
History - Early History. Source: U. S. Army. THE VIETNAMESE TRACE
the origins of their culture and nation to the fertile plains of the
Red River Delta in northern...
--http://www.serve.net/vietnam/pages/viet0882.htm
China --
History of China - History Of China
--http://www.chinacommercial.com/chinahist.htm
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- N§Â™´ØSÆi. Among collections of
National Museum of History, there are a number of artifacts belong to
the Han Dynasty. Based on this collection, the...
--http://www.medialand.com.tw/~ssnet/museum/exhibit/han-dyn.html
Center for
Asian and Pacific Studies - Return to CAPS Home Page. Faculty
Research Notes. David Arkush (History) will spend next year as a
Fulbright Fellow in Beijing, China where he will...
--http://www.uiowa.edu/~caps/fac_resrch.html
Chinese
Painting - Chinese Painting. Very few paintings survive from
before the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.) Artifacts
from the Neolithic period and the Shang Dynasty...
--http://www.nmt.edu/~leroy/art/china_paint.html
CULTURE
& ART - 10 biggest digs in archaeology. THE top 10
archaeological discoveries in 1995 have been selected from more
than 400 archaeological profects carried out...
--http://power.beijing.cn.net/bikeserver/artE/artE01
Home
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Travel
- CHENGDE: CHINESE LANDSCAPE STOREHOUSE Edited by Yang Chunhua &
Feng Faguang Chengde was one of the first cities to be designated
a...
--http://www.chinabooks.com/Catalog/travel.html
RiceñFish
Culture in China: The Past, Present, and Future -
RiceñFish Culture in China: The Past, Present, and Future. Cai
Renkui, Ni Dashu, and Wang Jianguo. The combination of rice and fish
has a long history in..
--http://www.idrc.ca/books/focus/776/cairenk.html
Positions/Prospects
- Positions and projects. Present position. Postdoctoral research
fellow, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,
University of British...
--http://www.interchg.ubc.ca/arbgary/present.html
Lecture
Two - Lecture 2. In considering the intercommunication between
Chinese and Western philosophy, let us first discuss the differences
between them stemming from...
--http://www.nevada.edu/home/15/chancl/html/lect2.html
ORIENTAL
CERAMICS, FURNITURE & WORKS OF ART - Specialities. ORIENTAL
CERAMICS, FURNITURE & WORKS OF ART. Aronson Antiquairs Stand 61.
Konrad O Bernheimer Ltd Stand 57. Ariane Dandois Stand 71.
Michael.
--http://www.grosvenor-fair.co.uk/specia13.htm
Traditional
Chinese Culture in Taiwan(18) - Chinese Dance. The Art of Chinese
Dance. [Back to the Contents] [Next Page] Most people use sound to
communicate in their everyday life, but a dancer on...
--http://205.158.7.130/contents/gio/info/culture/cultur18.html
FACULTY
OF ASIAN STUDIES BOOKS IN PRINT 1995 - return to top page] [help]
Faculty of Asian Studies Books in Print 1995. Order by post or fax;
email enquiries to the Faculty of Asian Studies...
--http://online.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/publications/1995pubscatalogue.html
EAST ASIA - EAST
ASIA. This region of the world is a continent into itself: the areas
that it covers are so vast that it is difficult, if not impossible,
to know all..
--http://www.eyeneer.com/World/Ea/
thesum
- Restoring Dong Zhongshu" xii + 568 pp. Summary. This dissertation
was intended as a contribution to our knowledge of Dong Zhongshu (c.
195 - c. 115 BCE)...
--http://www.interchg.ubc.ca/arbgary/thesum.html
The
Herbal Medicine Revival - Page 3 of 7 - The Herbal Medicine
Revival Page 3 of 7. The origin of herbal medicine Sounds a bit like
the stuff of myth. A doctor who received a strict and...
--http://ww3.sinanet.com/sinorama/0296/article036/english/2.html
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