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A
Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust |
An overview of the people and events of the Holocaust
through text, documents, photographs, art and literature. |
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City Net |
- Looking for a vegetarian restaurant in Gainesville,
Fla.? Or a villa for rent on the isle of Corfu, Greece? Check
out CityNet, an efficient gateway to Web-based information from
and about cities across the globe. You'll find it indispensable
for trip planning. Select a popular country or region, find the
city you're looking for, and prepare to be launched into a list
of city-related Web sites. Each list is broken into interest-specific
categories, such as travel, education and culture.
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Flags
of all Countries |
The most popular flag site in the world. |
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Mapquest |
The MapQuest Web site helps Web users explore
millions of towns and cities worldwide. Users can display addresses
on a map, view nearby businesses, get driving directions, and
plan a trip with Mobil Travel's rated lodging, restaurant, and
city information. The MapQuest site is consistently rated as
the top Travel site on the Web, and one of the top 20 web sites
overall. |
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National
Atlas of the U.S. |
- The National Atlas is designed to promote
greater geographic awareness through the development and delivery
of products that provide easy to use, map-like views of our natural
and socio-cultural landscapes. The National Atlas is being designed
to serve the interests and needs of a diverse populace in many
ways; as an essential reference; as a framework for information
discovery; as an instrument of education; as an aid in research;
and as an accurate and reliable source for scientific information.
First time users take the introductory
tour.
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National
Geographic Online |
The features here tell stories in new, exciting
ways, drawing you into virtual journeys with the sort of visually
stunning photographs you would expect from National Geographic.
In "The River Wild," you'll learn about white water
rafting as you travel down a river on a tour that's both educational
and entertaining. Other features include a Travel Tip of the
Day and What in the World!, a guess-the-picture game. |
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PBS Online |
This site includes PBS Learning Services, program
schedules, links to PBS stations nationwide, and more. Be sure
to see their outstanding PBS Kids! site at http://www.pbs.org/kids
and their TeacherSource site at http://www.pbs.org/teachersource. |
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TerraServer |
- Have you ever wondered what your neighborhood
looked like from space, or wished you could get an aerial shot
of your favorite vacation spot? Welcome to Microsoft® TerraServer,
one of the Web's most engaging sites - providing a bold demonstration
of Microsoft's scalability while taking on the ambitious challenge
of presenting the earth in a mosaic of photographic imagery.
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Time
Warners Pathfinders |
Home of the Web's most complete news, information
and entertainment site. Great source for current events. Contains
links to the following online magazines: Time, People, Money, Fortune, and Entertainment
Weekly. Also featured are: Ask
Dr. Weil and Parentline. |
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WGW
For Kids |
Welcome To WorldGenWeb For Kids Come on in and
learn about Your Family History (Warning: Genealogy is very addictive,
but fun!)This site is for kids (18 and under) or classes
to do genealogy/history . |
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World
Atlas.com |
This world atlas includes every continent, country,
dependency, island, province, state and territory on the planet! |
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AskEric |
AskEric is a personalized Internet-based service
providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors,
administrators, parents, and others throughout the United States
and the world. It began in 1992 as a project of the ERIC Clearinghouse
on Information & Technology at Syracuse University. Today,
it encompasses the resources of the entire ERIC system and beyond.
So when you need education information, all you have to do is
AskERIC! |
