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This is a cool site. It has newspapers that were actually written during the Civil War era. It has them listed by year. The man who teaches next to me does an awesome job of teaching the Civil War each year. A good project for the kids might be to have them in groups or pairs and each research a particular time line during the war. They may not even believe newspapers existed back then so this site would be a good one to lead them toward to do research. Each paper has pictures and writing.

This is a great lesson plan resource for teachers. The plans are for k-12. They range from the great depression to pod casts about Michigan. The lesson plans are printable and yes, there are answer keys for the worksheets.

This site is a collection of advertisments from the early 1900s to the late 1950s. The advertisments are sorted by year and the subject. Some of the advertisments you can find on this site is beauty and hygenine, radio, television, transportation, and World War II. Students would love this site because they love to see how things have changed.

This site gives personal narratives from slaves during the Civil War and after.

This site includes diaries, autobiographies and travel accounts from ex-slaves. I would use this site in the study of the Civil War to give the students a better understanding of what the slaves thought of their situation.

Learn about the climates of biomes and how it affects the animals and plant life.

This is a science source. This site will give other sources for your different science sites like dinosaurs, biomes, volcanoes, and earthquakes.

List of sites for your students that need help with projects ranging from virtual zoos to biomes. This also has great sources for wolves, dinosaurs, and backyard astronomy.

This is one of the most active sites I have checked out. I think it has a little bit of everything for everyone. It has information on just about any topic one would want to check out. It has beginning of the year activities. It has helpful worksheets and ideas for things from social studies to English to science. It is a great site to check out. If it has an activity for one grade there is probably a way to adapt to another or from topic to topic as well.

The largest maritime museum in North America. The website provides valuable information on seafaring and oceanic voyages. The online image collection features over 2,000 images for personal or commercial use. Use this site as a primary resource for the study of explorers in Social Studies. Several biographies are given for explorers like John Cabot, Vasco Balboa, Magellan, and Amerigo Vespucci.

Learn what causes weather on Web Weather for kids. This site has activities, games, stories, and numerous ways to explain our unpredictable weather to kids. This site can be used by teachers to help explain weather concepts or show the concept in action.

This is a kind of database of author interviews that would be awesome to share during an author study unit.

Thanks for the heads up on this great site. I found lots of good reading info I plan to share with primary teachers and parents.

Fabulous! As a former drama teacher, this site is a must for anyone wanting original documets from Shakespeare's plays. The site drills down further for each play, going to detailed documents that are related to the plays. Study guides, lesson plans. This is the definitive source for Shakespeare anything. There is nothing as complete and authoritative as the Folger library for Shakespeare information, whether student or teacher.

This site provides primary documents with their transcriptions surrounding the Salem Witch Trials. Included are images of court records, books, and personal letters. The images can be made larger, and while students would not be able to read most of the document, the image brings life to the source. Having the transcription so that students can read what was actually said is powerful. Middle school and high school students would find the information fascinating. It would partner well with social studies and literature.

Women were active members in the American Revolution. See how women doubled as spies to help their husbands, fathers, and neighbors persevere in the uncertainty of the war.

I liked the educational direction this site provides for teachers. Besides the documents, this site provides lessons using the primary documents, and training on best practices for their use.