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Grade 8 Research Web Sites

Social Studies English Science
Position Paper Pop Culture Project Science Fair

 

 

Social Studies

US Government
US Electoral College Biographies of Supreme Court Justices US Supreme Court
Economy
Jump$tart Kids Bank Kiplinger for Kids
Big Money Adventure Main Xchange:
Stock Game		 EduStock
Currency Converter Economics ThinkQuest Inflation Calculator
Economic Statistics Briefing Room Economic Research Service: State Fact Sheets Economics Quizes
Religion
Basics of Islam Teacher's Guide
to the Holocaust		 Holocaust Memorial Center
Religions of
the World		 A Bow of the Head A Study of Hindu Religion
Judaism 101 Christianity Links
Geography
Geography Olympics The GeoNet Game GeoSense
Fact Monster: Geography Quizes World Capitals Flag Tag
US History
This Day in Cold War History

This Day in Vietnam (Conflict) History
Internet Modern History Sourcebook:
the World Since 1945		 Mr. Dowling's
Electronic Passport		 The Marshall Plan
Dateline Moon: Media & The Space Race Churchill Speech Interactive Pulitzer Prize Photographs
Nuclear Age Timeline McCarthyism
(scroll down for links)		 The Hollywood Ten
1950's Articles from Discovering Collection Fast Attacks & Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War CNN Interactive:
The Cold War
The American Presidency: Harry S. Truman Truman and the Marshall Plan CNN: Harry S. Truman and the Cold War
The Red Scare HUAC & Censorship (Hollywood Blacklist) Whatever Happened
to Polio?
CNN Interactive: Espionage Space Race Turning Points in the Cold War: Sputnik & Apollo 11
Cold War Museum Cold War International History Project The Nuclear Files
The Real 13 Days: The Hidden History of the Cuban Missile Crisis 14 Days in October: The Cuban  Missile Crisis NATO:
Origins of the Alliance
InfoPlease: Communism Twentieth Century's World Map of Communism Cuban Missile Crisis
NSA & Cuban Missile Crisis Documents Mikhail Gorbachev 
(& end of Cold War)		 BBC: Collapse of the USSR, 10 Years On
National Civil Rights Museum Civil Rights Movement Timeline Unseen. Unforgotten
(Civil Rights Photos)
African American Odyssey: The Civil Rights Movement Greensboro Sit-Ins Statistics About the Vietnam War
Vietnam War: An Overview American Experience: Vietnam Battlefield: Vietnam
History Place: Vietnam Watergate History of the
United Nations
The Vietnam War
(Links for Mrs. Burmeister's Class)		 Separate is not Equal: Brown V. Board of Ed Experiencing War: Veterans History Project
The White House Tapes:
The President Calling		 Levittown: Building the Suburban Dream Woodward & Bernstein Watergate Papers
American Cultural History:
The Twentieth Century		 Anatomy of a
Refugee Camp		 The Fog of War
(Companion site to Documentary)
United Nations Mrs. Burmeister's "We Didn't Start the Fire" Assignment

American Museum of the Moving Image: The Living Room Candidate

 
Genocide
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide The Crime of Genocide
(detailed definition)		 Committee on Conscience
History Place: Genocide in the 20th Century Genocide Watch: The 8 Stages of Genocide

Genocides, Politicides, and Other Mass Murder Since 1945,
With Stages in 2005
Rwanda: My Trip to the Underworld Leave None to Tell The Story: Genocide in Rwanda Horrors of Kosovo Revealed
The Cambodian Killing Fields The Genocide File: Genocide in Mogadisho Frontline: Ambush in Mogadishu (Synopsis)
Against Their Will:
North Carlina's Forced Sterilization Program		 Genocide in Bangladesh, 1971 Srebrenica: A Cry from the Grave
Operation Restore Hope / Battle of Mogadishu The US and the Crime of Genocide Against Native Americans Hindu Genocide in East Pakistan
History of Apartheid Encarta: "Apartheid" The Genocide of Native Americans: A Sociological View
Armenian Genocide The Artificial Famine / Genocide in Ukraine 1932-33 Scarred by History: the Rape of Nanking
Human Rights Watch World Report 2006   Genocide in Iraq

 

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English

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Image Magazine Online
Poetry 180:
A Poem a Day		 One Word On-Line English Grammar
The Elements of Style  The Grammar Lady Shakespeare's Globe

 
Complete Works of Shakespeare William Shakespeare
& the Internet		 Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
Lorraine Hansberry Discusses A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun National Civil Rights Museum Virtual Tour
Cybrary of the Holocaust Holocaust/Shoah Teacher's Guide
to the Holocaust
Holocaust Timeline Simon Wiesenthal Center Enola Gay & The Atomic Bomb
Holocaust Memorial Center Outline of Atomic Bomb Damage in Hiroshima A-Bomb WWW Museum
Hiroshima: Was It Necessary? National Atomic Museum Virtual Tour The Art & Politics of Arthur Szyk
History Place: Vietnam The Spirit of Hiroshima Statistics About the Vietnam War
Vietnam War: An Overview American Experience: Vietnam Battlefield: Vietnam

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Science

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Biology for Kids Einstein Chemistry for Kids
Explore Science Extreme Science Internet History of Science Sourcebook
JSC Images Collection (NASA) US Geological Survey's Learning Web Welcome to the Planets
Web Elements Chemical Elements Los Alamos National Laboratory: Periodic Table of the Elements
Understanding Genetics DNA Interactive Curriculum Center: Chemistry
Science Animations, Movies & Interactive Tutorial Links ADAM Medical Encyclopedia Science Reference Guides:
Locating Health and Medical Information
Internet Resources for Nurses and Nursing Students US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health Merriam Webster Medical Dictionary
Deciphering MedSpeak Dictionary of Common Medical Terms Kids Health

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Updated May 18, 2006 by Rita Hennessey, Media Specialist.