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"This year it will be our mission to find out more about each of these places we live and to find out why there are so many answers to the question"

Great for 2 minutes on a Friday that wraps this weeks news.

"The Week in Rap is a weekly summary of news headlines in the form of a short rap video. The site was created by Flocabulary, and the songs and videos are written by Flocabulary artists."

Timelines.com is the first web site that enables people like you to collaboratively record, discover and share history. It's history recorded by the people, for the people.

Timelines.com is the first web site that enables people like you to collaboratively record, discover and share history. It's history recorded by the people, for the people.

is a new educational web site created by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in collaboration with the University of VA that allows teachers and students to explore the 1930s through paintings, artist memorabilia, historical documents, newsreels, period photographs, music, and video. It even allows students to create their own videos.

This site has free computer games to put a fun spinon learning about government. This site is an expanded version of an earlier site called OurCourts.org. Games on icivics include "Do I Have a Right", in which the player runs a virtual firm specializing in constitutional law; "Executive Command," which offers a chance to play president; "Supreme Decision," about the Supreme Court; "Branches of Power," which gives the player control of all three brances of government; and "Law Craft," in which the player is a member of Congress. The Icivics program is based on Georgetown University Law School. The online role-playing games on Icivis are free, teacher-friendly, and effective--and it has been found that kids like them so much that they play them at home.

iCivics (formerly Our Courts) is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support.

Cases include: Brown v. Board of Education New Jersey v. T.L.O. Texas v. Johnson Miranda v. Arizona Snyder v. Phelps

Collection of Google Earth files to view recreated 3-D models of buildings from the American Civil War ( like Fort Sumter ).

Game that simulates international trade. Great info on economics and advantages of trade agreements.

TeAchnology is a site that has tons of resources for teachers. There are worksheets, lesson plans, rubrics, teacher resources, printables, tools, tips and there is a membership option. Some of the materials are available free as samples but if you want access to all of them I believe it is 29.99 a year.

Creativity is part of every discipline from computer science to business; it isn't just for the arts department.

FREE federal resources for Educational Excellence. This site has it all--lessons, videos, documents and more. All content areas are included.

Compare statistics about where you live with other countries, in categories about what your life would be like.

Use this site to access more than 2000 resources. Search to find Smithsonian educational resources aligned to national, common core, or state standards in Art & Design, Science & Technology, History & Culture, Language Arts! I tried Texas for Art in grades 8 and was thrilled with the resources in the Smithsonian to support the Texas Standards! A must use resource!

DOGONews is a free online newspaper and Web guide for elementary and middle school students, providing short articles about current events with photos, videos, a dictonary for challenging words, and maps for geographical context. Teachers can create a custom online newspaper for their students by choosing articles and Web sites based on content area. Students can post news or discuss articles with other users in a safe, education-focused environment.

PBS Teachers is a wonderful site with lots of resources and supplemental material for teachers to use with students. This particular link will take you directly to the STEM education resource center: Professional Development and the focus on this page is Global Climate Change Modules from PBS and NASA. However, if you look at the top of the page you can choose a specific grade band and then within that there are various content areas that can be chosen. Looks like a very interesting site with lots of resources to select from.

Looks like a good site full of supplemental resources. Worth the search and a look.