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Family games offers an online fantasy-adventure novel, randomly generated haiku poems and stories (reload for a new versions) and other interactive features for grades 5-12.

The English-Zone.Com is owned and operated by Kaye Mastin Mallor, an ESL teacher in Fyullerton.CA. This is a fun site for middle or high school students who are learning English as a Second Language, or for native speakers who are brushing up on their English grammar skills. Students can learn some idioms, practice with English verbs, play vocabulary games, check out the fun stuff page, win a million bananas, or write a silly story. Teachers will also find ready-to-print materials, in-class activities, and worksheets as well as links to other English sites.

this Internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion is suitable for grades 6-12. You'll find everything from A-gskw to Zveda Vechanyaya,k with plenty in between. the mythology section is divided to six geograqphical regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. The Folklore section contains general folklore, Arthurian legends, Greek heroic legend, and fascinating folktales from many lands. In addition, there are special topics, including A Bestiary, legendary heroes, an image gallery, and genealogical tables of various pantheons and prominent houses.

Edward Bonver's Poetry Lovers' Page provides the complete poetry collections of Famous English and Russian poets for grades 6-12. Included are the poems of Edgar allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and rudyard Kiplint, as well as the poems of Aleksandr Pushkin, Aleksandr blok, and anna Akhmatova. The site also contains poems submitted by readers, and features links to a poem of the day and a random poem.

This site provides a collection of free online and printable language arts activities and merials for grades K-8.

Daily Grammar provides simple and clear lessons on the basics of English grammar for grades 5-12. Set up in modules of five examples and a follow-up quiz, the simiplicity of the approach and the explanations make this a great site for students to use on their own when they feel they need self-paced remediation or enrichment. Mr. Bill Johanson, the author of the material, is a former junior and high school English teacher, with 30 years experience in the classroom.

cluemaster, a free subscription service for grades 5-12, offers a collection of hundreds of crossword puzzles, word searches, and othe rword games that can be pirnted from your browser. The 50 quizk crosswords and word searches are suitable for younger students, whereas the more challenging cryptic crosswords are suitable for high school students. Each word puzzle includes a printable answer sheet.

Eduweb is a site that provides simulations/interactives on various topics related to science, social studies/history, art, and more.

This site is terrific for students and teachers for all grade levels. Click Online Tours and you can explore an artist, theme, or artwork. Click NGA Kids and you will find interactive games and activities for elementary school children.

Asian Arts is an electronic journal for the study and exhibition of arts of Asia. For an online tour, click Exhibitions and Galleries. The site, suitable for grades 5-12, includes articles and links to other relevant resources.

Art Access looks at objects from the The Art Institute of Chicago's permanent collection. This site has a variety of online resources including lesson plans for the classroom and art projects for the home. The site is suitable for grades 5-12.

This PBS site has a Galileo biography, an exploration of Galileo's telescope, and other interesting articles as well as fun interactive activities for grades 6-12. These games feature animated experiments including Galileo's ingenious experiment on gravity demonstrating that all objects fall at the same rate. Teacher's can find an archive of over 120 companion Web sites to past Nova TV programs by interest, program title, or year of broadcast. There is a searchable teacher's section with classroom activities, TV program descriptions, related NOVA resources, and explorations for students. The video is not free but the interactive experiments on this site are very nice. They are animated and the kids predict what will happen before you activate the animations.

This National Geographic site, suitable for grades 6-12, makes excellent use of multimedia to explore the pyramids individually, and place themwithin historical context. It also includes photos and videos from King Tut's Final secrets as well as other ancient Egypt resources

Pennsylvania Dept of Ed. archives speeches from annual conferences by experts. The archives include the video coverage, PowerPoints, and transcripts. The archives date back several years, so teachers have instant access to a number of experts on relevant topics (2012 - grading + assessment)

The Virtual History Museum is a history-learning environment designed to promote the historical understanding. The Virtual History Museum (VHM) enables a teacher or student, who serves as a curator, to develop an exhibit about a historical topic. Exhibits include activities that help viewers investigate the exhibit and then communicate to others the results.

This is an interesting game that tests your vocabulary and your ability to type quickly.

This is a free online typing skill development program. It provides 27 graduated lessons designed to help students learn how to use their keyboard correctly.

Typing Lessons Online is a free touch typing program that allows its users to type fast using their ten fingers. It offers free and interactive typing lessons and exercises for all levels.

PowerTyping has a small collection of five typing games and lessons that students can use to develop their typing skills.

TypeFaster is a tool that teachers you how to touch type fast using a set of free typing tutorials. This program comes in three versions: Standard, Accessible and Spanish. The standard version is the ideal on so far it has quite many interesting features.