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This is a wikispace link to the American Treasures Box. The students. The LIU 12 in collaboration with Waynesburg University's Teaching with Primary Sources program is now offering American Treasures Boxes and digital resources, each based on a specific topic from American history. The American treasures boxes consist of a resource CD/flash drive, printed documents and images from the Library of Congress and ideas about how you might incorporate the materials into your classroom. Collection currently available are listed on this link.

This folkloresite, suitable for grades K-6, contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each and every one of the 50 United States. It also includes lesson plans and teacher resources.

There are numerous videos that are history related. This site would have some materials that would possibly work to introduce science topics as well. There are a number of timeline.tv links about disease, plague, medicine of medieval times, etc. Very interesting material. Covers various periods of England's history and the American West.

Education in 2030 developed by the Hoover Institution Stanford University. This is an interesting look at different aspects of education and what it is anticipated education may look like in 2030.

This information does not surprise me. I thought it was very interesting and 2030 is really not that far in the future.

This site links to the American Museum of Natural History. There are a number of topics to select and then learn about. It looks very engaging.

Free clipart pictures. there are numerous categories.

This site has lots of clipart categories with a variety of pictures within each category.