Reference Sites/Search Engines
Ask Jeeves for Kids
It is a complete reference site with dictionaries, encyclopedias and links to other websites.
Yahoolagins
Like Ask Jeeves this site is a reference tool and portal to other internet sites. History sites by the
Government Printing Office/Ben’s Guide
GPOs kid’s page introduces kids to the US government and also has State’s statistics. This is a great site for understanding how the government works and learning about important U.S documents.
Library of Congress
The kid’s page on this site has historical information and biographies.
Smithsonian/Kids
Historical and biographical information are on this site.
White House
A few biographies, but mostly the site has information on the White House and the President.
Black History
This site is a portal to other sites on black history: Civil Rights, Slavery, Black History month and African-American biographies.
Civil War Battles by State
Each state that had a battle fought within its borders during the Civil War is listed.
Hyper History
A timeline and maps with brief articles of people and events is found on this site.
National Geographic Kids
Presenting useful information on different cultures, history and nature this site will answer many social studies questions.
Biographical Dictionary
This site lists over 28,000 biographies and has several ways, dates, names, occupations and works, to access the biography.
Biography Center
This is a portal to other sites with thousands of biographies. .
Nobel Prize
Biographies of Nobel laureates are available on this site.
Writing Den
How to write formulate complete sentences, paragraphs and essays along with other writing essentials is found on this site.
http://www.messagenet.com/myths
Greek mythology is covered on this site. There is a short definition of each Greek god and goddess.
The Blue Book of Grammar
The site lists punctuation and grammar rules. It also has test and quizzes to help with learning punctuation usage.
UW-Madison Writing Center Handbook
The site has pages on writing, punctuation and citing.
Anne Frank online
The Anne Frank museum maintains to promote tolerance though understanding Anne Frank’s life. There is a nice timeline of Anne’s life paralleling Nazi Germany’s rise to power in Europe.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Frontier Girl
Everything about Laura Wilder’s life is here on this site.
Martin Luther King Jr., Papers Project
Stanford University owns Martin Luther King Jr. personal papers and is making them available online.
Thomas Edison
Details of Thomas Edison’s life and inventions are found on this site. The best part of this site is most useful part of the site is the lists and descriptions of all Edison’s inventions
Thomas Jefferson
It includes a biography and timeline on Thomas Jefferson.
Bartleby.com
This site provides access to online reference sources, such as, dictionaries, encyclopedias, fact books, gazetteers and other reference tools.
CIA World Fact Book
The World Fact Book lists current census information about each country.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
This is an easy to use online dictionary.
Wikipedia
This site is a free online encyclopedia that “anyone can edit.”
AltaVista Babel Fish Translator
This is a translation site that will translate any word, phrase or sentence from one language to another.