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Geography

Earth from Space

http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/

EarthRISE

http://earthrise.sdsc.edu/

Geography from Space

http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/GAW/GFSintro.html

CIA Factbook of Geological Data

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Maps on Us

http://www.mapsonus.com/

History Sites

Revolutionary War

http://www.history.org/

Civil War

http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/bycampgn.htm

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow/vshadow2.html

World War II

http://hyperion.advanced.org/17573/

http://www.fsu.edu/~ww2/links.htm

Presidents

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/index.htm

White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov

Virtual Tours

St. Mary Parish Virtual Field Trips

http://www.stmary.k12.la.us/virtual_field_trips2.htm

Resources

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/history.html

Mr. Donn's Site

http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/SiteIndex.html

Smithsonian Education on the Web

http://educate.si.edu/lessons/start.html

Encarta Lesson Collection Online

http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/lessons/

Schoolhouse

http://teacherpathfinder.org/School/socstud.htm

Library of Congress

http://lcweb.loc.gov/

Websites and Resources for Teachers-Social Studies

http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/socialstudies.html

Busy Teachers Website K-12 (Social Studies)

http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/soc.html

Homework Central

http://www.homeworkcentral.com/

Ask ERIC

http://www.askeric.org/

Virginia Standards of Learning Sites

University of Richmond

http://www.richmond.edu/~educate/solsites/

Commonwealth of Knowledge

http://www.knowledge.state.va.us

Economics

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (daily price quotes)

StockMaster (stock market info)

World Bank

Small Business Administration

NASDAQ

AMEX

New York Stock Exchange 

Government

White House (tour, hear message from President, account of life in the White House, leave message in Guest Book if you want)

U. S. Department of Education (Headlines, Issues, All you want to know about services of DOE at federal level)

U.S. Census (most recent census available for look-up use)

U. S. Congress 

Supreme Court

United Nations

U. S. Treasury

World Health Organization

Library of Congress

CNN Newsletter (Only about Politics)

Project Vote-Smart (tracks performance of politicians at national and state levels)

Legal Information Institute (Cornell University)

Virtual Law Library (Indiana University)

American Bar Association 

Evidence (Federal Laws overview)

Carter Center 

Census

Humanities

Confucius (site honoring Confucius)

Voice of the Humanities  (University of California site designed for research in the humanities)

Humanities  (National Endowment site)

Exploring Leonardo