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SweetSearch (http://www.sweetsearch.com/), A Search Engine for Students, is a free custom search engine that searches only 35,000 Web sites that have been evaluated and approved by our team of Web research experts. It excludes unreliable sites that often rank high in other search engines and waste students' time. \n\nWith only credible results to evaluate, students can focus their energy on determining which results are most relevant to their research. \n\nHere are but two examples where SweetSearch's results are far superior to those of Google or Bing:\n\n"Shakespeare" http://bit.ly/7Reg7p vs. http://bit.ly/6lUphg vs. http://bit.ly/6ycRcZ\n\n"War of 1812" http://bit.ly/87HMYn vs. http://bit.ly/57hoOO vs. http://bit.ly/5L7xiz\n\nIt's not just that we exclude obvious spam sites; we also usually exclude marginal sites that read well and authoritatively, but lack academic or journalistic rigor, and thus are not citable.\n\nAs importantly, many of the best academic resources on the Web, such as university or other .edu web sites, make little effort to optimize their search rankings and thus often don't appear till the 3rd or 4th page of Google results. Because SweetSearch searches a smaller, more qualified pool of sites, these academic sites often appear on the 1st page of SweetSearch results. And to most students, the 1st page is the only one that exists.\n\nTo place a SweetSearch search box on your own Web site, copy the code for our widget onto your site: http://www.sweetsearch.com/widget.html\n

Some very different ideas on how to evaluate web sites.

SweetSearch Biographies offers profiles and outstanding search results for thousands of famous-or infamous-people from many walks of life, professions and countries, spanning many centuries.\n\nOur nifty filters help you choose the intriguing people you want to learn more about. Looking for female African American authors, for example? Choose Women from the categories on the left, then select African American and Author as your filters.\n\nThe names in bold link to profiles on our sister site, findingDulcinea. The rest link to the search results for that person on SweetSearch, a Search Engine for Students, which searches only 35,000 Web sites that have been evaluated and approved by our research experts.

"Top 25 Free e-books Sites, the Definitive List"

AdLit offers information and resources for parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers in fourth through 12th grade. Its content is free and provided by a nationwide multimedia project from WETA, Washington D.C.'s public radio and TV station. From book suggestions to classroom strategies and college-readiness advice, everything here is available to the public. There's no sign-in required; the site is easy to browse and broken down into sections such as Common Core Classroom, Hot Topics, and Research and Reports, among many others. Rotating features on the home page include segments like "Choosing a Book in the Comfort Zone" and "Thinking About Assessment and Evaluation." The site also hosts videos and webcasts featuring professional development and discussions related to adolescent literacy. Read More

Wonderful site created to help you teach digital citizenship, how to fight plagiarism, and copyright laws. There are tools for students and teachers.

This tool can be used to check the background of over 1000 news sites on the Internet. Find which might be questionable, have a certain bias, or written as satire.

This tool can be used to check the background of over 1000 news sites on the Internet. Find which might be questionable, have a certain bias, or written as satire.

A curated list of 101 websites that are useful for social studies classes

This looks like an excellent website--I forwarded it to all my Social Studies teachers!

Thanks Joquetta. That looks excellent.

Help students write resumes using this easy to use site with built in templates.

Living Sky School--site with information problem solving models, info literacy, teacher librarian 2.0

"David Rumsey Historical Map Collection The over 120 historical maps in the Google Maps Rumsey Historical Maps site have been selected by David Rumsey from his collection of more than 150,000 historical maps; in addition, there are a few maps from collections with which he collaborates. (more ...) link to this page "

The American Association of School Librarians produced a list honoring the top 25 Internet sites for enhancing learning and curriculum development.

great for teachers for searching, also includes a student section. Add to library site.

Out of New Zealand, this site offers free posters to use in a school library.