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Standards
» California State Standards
» National Education Technology Standards


Avenues of Research
» AskERIC Database
» Educational Resources Information Center
» National Association of Independent Schools
» Association of Institutional Research
» Task Stream
» Profusion (Meta-Search Engine)
» National Research Center on English Learning & Achievement
» LightSpan
» Scholarly Societies Project
» National Center for Education Statistics
» Zoomerang (Creating Surveys)
» California Department of Education
» U.S. Department of Education


Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Language Translators
» BabbleFish, Language Translator
» WorldLingo, Language Translator
» Your Dictionary
» OneLook Dictionary
» Merriam-Webster Online
» Dictionary.com
» Cambridge Dictionaries Online
» Webopedia (Computer & Internet Terms)
» Online Dictionaries and Translators
» Quotations
» HandSpeak -- Visual Languages
» A Basic Guide to American Sign Language
» SignLanguage Dictionary


Encyclopedias
» World Book Online Reference Center
» Encyclopedia Britannica
» Libraryspot
» Infoplease
» Information Sphere
» Encyclopedia.com
» Encyclopedia Mythica
» Grolier Online
» Funk and Wagnalls


Maps
» ABC Maps of the USA
» MapQuest
» World Atlas
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» National Geographic Maps
» MultiMap


Museums
» Photography museum
» American Museum of National History
» Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA
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» The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
» The Smithsonian, Washington, D.C., USA
» The Louvre, Paris, France
» The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA
» The Ufizzi, Florence, Italy
» Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
» The Tates, London, England
» The Guggenhaim, Bilbao, Spain
» The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
» The Krannert Art Museum
» Bayly African Mask Exhibit
» The First Impressionist Exhibition, 1874


Libraries and Book-Finding Resources
» Van Nuys Middle School's Library Homepage
» Library of Congress
» CSUN Library Homepage
» Los Angeles Public Library Home Page
» Virtual Reference Desk
» Library Catalogs
» University of California Library (MELVYL)


Philosophy topics
» Philosophy topics


Famous Speeches
» History Channel Speeches
» Facts About the USA, Speeches
» Famous Speeches and Documents
» Great Speeches
» Women's Speeches from Around the World
» Angelfire Speeches
» Great American Speeches
» Audio Online:UCB Speech Archives
» Archives of American Public Address


Newsreels
» Pre-TV Newsreels
» Wired News: A Peek at History
» British Universities Film & Video Council
» Newsreels of years gone by
» Images: WWII Nurses in Movietone Newsreels
» Old Newsreels online for free
» The American Presidency


Character Education
» Character Counts!
» Emily Post's 1922 Edition of Manners
» Manners Madness
» Manners and Conduct in School
» Manners for Kids and Parents
» Manners by Michele
» Miss Manners
» Table Manners
» CuisineNet Digest, Table Manners
» Character Organization
» The Virtues Project
» Living Values
» Positive Coach
» JalMar Press
» Center for the Fourth and Fifth R's


Multicultural Resources
» The Curry Community Committee
» Cultural Survival
» National Multicultural Institute Online
» Voice of the Shuttle: Minority Studies Page
» Multicultural Awareness in the Language Classroom
» One-World Global Calendar
» INCORE (Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity)
» Walk a Mile in My Shoes
» Sharing our Differences; Learn from Each Other
» U.S. Census Bureau Minority Links for Media
» Peace Kids


History
» Anne Frank
» Amazing Ancient World
» An American Timeline
» K-12 African Studies Resources
» 100+ Links to Indigenous African Resources
» Holocaust
» Labyrinth, Medieval Studies Resources
» The Middle East Institute
» Links to Indigenous Asian and Middle Eastern Resources
» D-Day Museum
» Settling Frontiers in America and Russia
» Aboriginal Studies Virtual Library
» Meet Amazing Americans
» Anthropology Net
» Native American Resources
» The National Museum of the American Indian
» Native American Portraits and History
» China the Beautiful
» Modern Japanese History
» U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
» Terraserver, World Satellite Imagery
» The History Channel
» The National Museum of Natural History
» The National Council for Social Studies
» National Museum of American Jewish History
» Civil War History
» The Underground Railroad
» Battlefield Vietnam
» Trenches on the Web, WWI History
» Propaganda Research
» The White House
» Links to Greek History
» The Roman Empire
» Vatican Exhibit of Rome
» Flags of the World
» The Constitution of the United States of America
» The International Monetary Fund
» Cave Art
» The Dead Sea Scrolls
» American History Database of Documents
» Mayan Art History
» The National Women's History Project
» Women in History
» WPA Slave Narratives
» World War I
» World War I Naval History
» The Alamo
» The Spanish American War
» The Journals of Lewis and Clark
» Lewis and Clark
» The Salem Witch Trials
» The American Civil Rights Movement
» Martin Luther King
» The Legacy of Dr. King
» The New Deal and 1930s America
» The Revolutionry War, A Journey Toward Freedom
» Early America
» Battles of the Revolutionary War
» The Korean War
» American Organized Crime
» Ellis Island Immigration
» The Cuban Missile Crisis
» The Roaring '20s
» The History of the Media (Origins of Radio through the Internet)
» The Reformation
» The Crusades
» Russian History
» The Scopes Monkey Trial
» The Manhattan Project
» The Dust Bowl
» Multicultural Links for Social Studies/Geography


Math
» Amazing Mathematical Object Factory
» Financial Times (Markets)
» Coolmath
» Geometry Online by Cynthia Lanius
» Online Math Lessons
» Math.com
» WebMath
» Education Place Brain Teasers
» Brain Teasers and Math Puzzles
» Math Stories
» World of Tessellations
» Connect Four
» Math History
» The Birthday Problem
» The Monty Hall Problem Probability Page


Science
» View of Earth from Four Mile Lab
» BrainPOP, Animated Learning Movies
» The Search for Extraterrestial Intelligence
» The Global Warming Information Page
» The Space Telescope Science Institute
» World Health Organization
» Exploratorium
» The Mt. Wilson Observatory
» National Science Foundation
» Los Alamos National Labs
» Volcano World
» Artificial Intelligence Group at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
» StarGazer
» Astronomy
» Space.Com, Daily News on Space Exploration
» Earthquake Prediction
» Discovery.com
» Dinosauria
» WhaleNet
» The Jason Project
» The KinderGARDEN, Horticulture for Kids
» The SeaWiFS Project, Earth Imagery
» Ask an Expert
» Hydrology and Climate Center
» Insecta-Inspecta
» The Bug Club
» Internet Weather Source
» Federal Aviation Administration
» National Audubon Society
» NASA
  Education
  SpaceLink
  Science in the Classroom
» Zoom Dinosaurs
» Scripps Institute of Oceanography
» Birch Aquarium of the Pacific


Physical Education and Health
» American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance
» American Chapter of the Red Cross
» American Council on Exercise
» BrainPOP Animated Learning Movies (Health)
» Calorie Control Council
» Exercise and Beginners
» Health World Online
» Just Move
» National Public Health Week
» Sexuality, Health, and Relationship Education
» Whole Life Times


The Drama Teacher's Resource
» The Drama Teacher's Resource


Art Resources
» Art and Architecture History
» ArtNet
» Fine Art Forum
» A Fine Arts Search Engine


Languages
» American Institute for Foreign Study
» Bilingual Education Organization
» Center for the Advancement of Language Learning
» Columbia Index of Language Lessons
» Cristina Heeren Flamenco Society
» CSUN's ESL Resource Site
» ESL Cafe
» Ethnologue
» Foreign Language Resource Center
» Foreign Language Teaching Technologies
» Linguistic Funland
» National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
» Newspapers from Mexico
» Newspapers of the World
» Say Hello in 640 Different Languages
» Web-enhanced Language Learning
» Webspanol
» World Language Resources


Songs
» Folk Songs
» The Experience Music Project
» Essentials of Music (Classical)
» The Aaron Copeland Collection


Videos, Multimedia, and Technology
» United Streaming Videos
» WebQuest Page at SDSU
» Discovery Channel
» National Geographic
» Teacher Interactive Software
» Touch Graph (Dynamic Graphing)
» PBS Online
» Virtual Field Trips, Museum Tours, Exhibits


Useful Forms
» School Calendar
» "U" form
» Impact Referral
» Field Trip Approval
» LAUSDnet Application
» Student Photo Release
» Transportation Waiver


Helpful Websites
» Google
» Dogpile Meta-Search Engine
» YourHomeWork (Post and read homework assignments)
» Metacrawler Search Engine
» TeacherWeb (Create your own web page)
» Homestead (Create your own web page)
» Scholastic (Create your own FREE web page)
» Acrobat Reader
» Download!Net (Download software)
» Down Load A Lot (Software downloads)
» Shareware (Download free or inexpensive software)
» Gateway to Educational Materials
» Free Software Downloads
» Free and inexpensive software tutorials
» Tammy's Technology Tips (brush-up sessions and how-to's)
» Electric Teacher (Instructional resources)
» QuickTime Guide
» RealAudio Guide
» Shockwave Guide
» Download.com
» Shareware.com
» TUCOWS
» Jumbo


Unions
» California Federation of Teachers
» National Education Association
» American Federation of Teachers
» United Teachers of Los Angeles


Local Colleges, Universities, and Training:
» California Lutheran University
» California State University, Northridge
» Los Angeles Valley College
» Loyola Marymount University
» National University
» Pepperdine University
» Pierce College
» University of California, Los Angeles
» UCLA Extension
» University of Phoenix
» University of Southern California
» Professional Development Online


Local Attractions
» Los Angeles Zoo
» Aquarium of the Pacific
» Descanso Gardens
» The Queen Mary


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