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From Haven to Home
A Library of Congress exhibition marking 350 years of Jewish life in America. The exhibition features more than two hundred treasures of American Judaica from the collections of the Library of Congress, augmented by a selection of important loans from other cooperating cultural institutions.
Levittown, PA
A website all about Levittown, Pennsylvania, which was the largest planned community constructed by a single builder in the United States.
Constitution Resources
Constitution Resources features resources for teaching and learning about the U.S. Constitution. View high-resolution images of the Constitution from the National Archives and read biographies of the founding fathers.
Mysteries of the Catalhoyuk
The site takes a comic bookish approach to talking about an excavation site of a 9000-year-old city in Turkey. There is a lot of detailed information intermixed with interactive activities.
Folklore and Mythology Texts
Thousands of ancient folktales have been placed online for your perusal.
Military Battles & Campaigns
This site contains maps showing campaigns of major military conflicts including troop movements, defensive structures and groundworks, roads to and from sites of military engagements, campsites, and local buildings, topography and vegetation.
How Instant Messaging Works
Learn how instant messaging works, with information on the history and the different services you can use.
NASA: Origins
Where did we come from? Are we alone? This website attempts to explain such questions with articles on the emerging modern universe, stars and planets and habitable planets and life.
A Brief History of Computer Operating Systems
A brief overview of how computers have changed from the 1960s to present.
Bonus Links
American President
The most comprehensive non-partisan resource available on the history and function of the American presidency. You can also learn about the first lady and important advisers to past presidents.
Smithonian Source - Resources for Teaching American History
Find teacher-selected resources that allow you to share the excitement of discovery.
Become a Video Game Designer
This site gives some great pointers towards what companies are looking for and options for education specializing in videogame design.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
A collection of interactive, Web-based virtual manipulatives encouraging active engagement in mathematical thinking and learning - helping students visualize relationships and applications.