News from newspapers around the world.

This has different areas of science; chemistry, enginerring, and forces and energy. Teachers and students can click on the experiment they wish to try. There are step by step instructions and a material list provided. Children also comment on the results from conducting the experiment, which are listed after the directions.

WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. This site is a source for information about the President. Briefing room includes speeches, press briefings and presidential action. Issue link incorporates information from civil rights, economy to taxes and foreign policy. Overview of our govement is also included. The site has the history, presidents, Camp David, Oval Offices, Tour and Event information just to name a few.

Spend, share, and save. Students can learn the difference between wants and needs. Lessons on earning and spending money. Also lessons on paying taxes. Great sight for teachers. as well as games for students.

Activities for students such as neighborhood clean-up, book drive, state and loca laws, and "good citizenship" assemblies.

President Obama urging students to stay in school. His message to the students.

This website has information on Past population growth and future population growth. Students can find out what forces are responsible for the world's human population. Students can learn from models of future human population growth.

This website is full of world culture, ethnic heritage and social traditions.

This site has units and lesson plans on: Lewis and Clark preparing for the trip, politics, mapping, women, animals, language, trade and property, plants. There is a section on exploring and using primary and secondary sources.

National Resources Conservation Service Facts and a map showing the Mississippi River Basin. The Mississippi River Basin consists of all or part of 31 states plus 2 Candian provinces.

Census maps of population: Population over Time and Distribution of slaves in 1860. Through the Decades section: This section includes lesson plans, maps, classroom resources, and games. Fast Facts give paint a picture of the United States both statistically and culturally.

Timeline of history throughout the world.

This website is full of information on debates, news, people, books, and theories.

Primary Sources

Shows how views of our planet from above have helped us to better understand the Earth.

Even As Iran, North Korea, and terrorists race to get them, President Obama says his goal is a world free of nuclear weapons. Six decades after Hiroshima, is it possible?

Under One Roof: Legal & Illegal One child was brought her an illegal immigrant, the other child was born here. A look at a "mixed status" family.

This website is filled with articles on the history, geography, culture, and the enviroment around the Mississippi River.

Ideas related to people in U.S.History

A software tool used in K-8 settings.