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| ALMANACS CNN Daily Almanac Historical events for this day, previews of currently developing stories, and links to related sites. Daily Almanac Over 11,000 entries on birthdays, deaths, events, holidays and observances for each day of the year sponsored by Information Please. Daily Almanac of the History Channel "This Day in History" provides historical facts plus special entries for Wall Street, the Civil War, technology, and automotive history. The Writer's Almanac - Brief biographies and notable events associated with writers and particular days; aired and published weekly by Garrison Keillor and Minnesota Public Radio. Information Please Kids' Almanac, created by Information Please Created by Information Please, this site features articles about people, the world, science, the US, sports, life, and fun facts! Old Farmer's Almanac: This is a web version of The Old Farmers Almanac. BIOGRAPHIES A database of 20,000+ personalities, sponsored by TV's A&E Biography. Biographical Dictionary 28,000 notable men and women from ancient to modern times. CLIP ART Discovery School's Clip Art Gallery Hundreds of original clip art pieces, including animation. COUNTRIES Altapedia Physical and political maps, key facts and statistics on countries of the world. Anthems of the World National anthems for any country in the world. Background Notes U.S. Department of State information for all the countries in the world. The Global Gourmet: Destinations Recipes from countries around the world. Lonely Planet Destinations An abbreviated online version of the Lonely Planet travel guides. Nationalgeographic.com Maps, cultures, and facts from around the world. Nations of the World National anthems, flags, maps, weather, news and nations of the world. World Factbook Up-to-date information on every country in the world from the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency. DICTIONARIES American Sign Language Dictionary Handspeak Animated American Sign Language Homonyms Homonyms compiled by Alan Cooper RhymeZone Type in a word and this site will find a rhyming word, synonym, and more. WordSmyth Spanish-English / English-Spanish Alta Vista's Translation Service ENCYCLOPEDIAS Britannica Encarta (abridged edition) Funk and Wagnalls FLAGS The Flag of the United States The history of the flag, the meaning of the colors, the national anthem, what holidays to display the flag, how to fold the flag, and proper flag etiquette. World Flag Database Pictures of flags from around the world and basic country information can be found here. MAPS How Far Is It? Calculates the distance (as the crow flies) between two locations. The Map Machine Maps of the world and countries by National Geographic. MapQuest Maps, driving directions, and road trip planner. MLA STYLE GUIDE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES Multiple Intelligences: Eight Kinds of Smart. Lists of materials and activities for using the MI theory in the classroom. Tapping into Multiple Intelligences: A "Concept to Classroom" Workshop from WNET- PBS, New York. WNET, from PBS New York, offers an easy-to-use "Concept to Classroom" website specifically designed for teachers. It includes MI explanations, demonstrations, explorations, and classroom implementation ideas for the classroom. Project Sumit (Schools Using Multiple Intelligences Theory) Harvard University's Graduate School of Education conducted a three year study of 41 schools practicing MI, and identified a set of six practices, or Compass Pointsİ, associated with sound uses of the theory. Web links that exercise your Multiple Intelligences by Walter McKenzie, a consultant to the Creative Classroom Web Links to MI Theory from Yahoo: NEWS MAGAZINES The Economist (abbreviated online version) The online version of the weekly print edition. Time U.S.News.com NEWSPAPERS English Language Changing Times (online editions of London's Times and Sunday Times) The International Herald Tribune The Los Angeles Times The New York Times on the Web USA Today The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition The Washington Post POETRY Glossary of Poetic Terms Poet's Corner Authoritative biographies of over 20 poets, activities, a timeline, and other poetry resources from the Gale publishers. Poetry Index of Canonical Verse Poetry links and poems from the Carnegie-Mellon English Server RhymeZone Type in a word and this site will find a rhyming word, synonym, and more. Verse Project The University of Michigan is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920, keyword searchable. PUZZLEMAKER Puzzlemaker Create and print your own puzzles using mazes, word search, crossword, math, cryptograms, letter tiles,and phrases. QUOTATIONS Bartletts's Familiar Quotations A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs compiled by John Bartlett Quoteland Quotes by topic, author and special occasion. Simpson's Contemporary Quotations Over 10,000 of the most notable quotations from 1950-1988 compiled by James B. Simpson. SPANISH Culture: All About Spain Espanol Cuisine Museums in Spain The Nation's Soul in Stone (architecture of Spain) Si, Spain Spain: A Country Study World Heritage Cities of Spain WEATHER The weather for your region WORLD FACTBOOK World Factbook Up-to-date information on every country in the world from the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency. |
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