Founded by James Burke, the author, host, and narrator of the acclaimed television series Connections, the Institute exists to encourage innovative uses of educational technology.

 Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it, presented by Ibis Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of educational programming.

 Do you like to dig in the dirt? Find things that are lost? Put pieces together? Figure out stories from clues? Learn about the past? These are all things archeologists do—maybe you're one, too!

 Ask for Kids (formerly known as Ask Jeeves for Kids) is a fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids to search online. Designed to be a fun destination site focused on learning and "edu-tainment," Ask for Kids uses natural-language technology that allows kids to ask questions and perform web searches, such as "When did Hawaii become a state?" or "What's it like to live in space?"or even "Convert 122 inches into feet" in the same way they would ask a parent, friend or teacher.

 KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites.

Ancient Sumeria

Primary Author:  Robert A. Guisepi

Portions of this work Contributed By:
F. Roy Willis of the University of California

1980 and 2003

  A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum stimulates leaders and citizens to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen democracy. A public-private partnership, federal support guarantees the Museum’s permanence, and donors nationwide make possible its educational activities and global outreach.

 Of course we'd rather greet you personally in our Museum! But when that isn't possible for the moment because you don't have enough time, or because you are at the opposite corner of the Earth, you can still visit the site. In our virtual tour, you will be able to see the Villa from all sides and enter the inside rooms.

 You know, the world wasn't always like it is now. No one owned a car. Or a television. In fact, no one had even thought about inventing something like those. If you wanted to get around, there was plenty to choose from. An elephant, or a horse. Camels were a choice too if you lived in the desert. If you were rich, you could sit up on a chariot or wagon pulled by these animals, or have one helped up by people! If you were poor, you only had the choice to walk.

 This site brought to you by the California Travel & Tourism Commission.   State History Information

 

The American Heritage Virtual Archive Project a collaboration between the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, Duke University, and the University of Virginia is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Project is creating a shared database of EAD-encoded finding aids describing and providing access to collections documenting American history and culture.

The primary goal of this project will be the development of a demonstration system, which will also provide a test bed to evaluate both the effectiveness of the prototype's "virtual archive" in providing access to distributed digital library resources, and the feasibility of the decentralized production methods of the project. To achieve its goal, the project will explore intellectual, political, technical, and economic concerns.

 A quick history of the Revolutionary War 1765-1777. Plus an overview of the events leading up to the campaign.

 The National Women’s History Museum (NWHM), founded in 1996, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational institution dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and celebrating the diverse historic contributions of women, and integrating this rich heritage fully into our nation's history. Until legislation passes in Congress designating a permanent museum in Washington, D.C., the NWHM promotes women's history through its temporary exhibits, special events, Cyber Museum, and online educational materials.

 Mount Vernon is open seven days a week, every day of the year, including holidays and Christmas. Every child ticket purchase includes a * FREE * Adventure Map of Mount Vernon to inform and entertain! Special events and seasonal activities re-create the bustle of 18th-century life.

 ur first stop on our tour through the Legislative Branch will have to be the two houses that make up Congress. The House of Representatives WWW homepage present the same information, but obviously one looks better than the other. From the House WWW page, you can check on the current legislative activity through The Legislative Process. If the bill you were looking at is coming up for a vote, find out when through the day's Schedule. Also available through the House web page are the full text documents of the Declaration of Independance and the Constitution of the United States with Forward, Historical Notes.

 The Judicial Branch of government is third and final branch of government. It's responsibility, through the United States' system of checks-and-balances, is to keep an eye on and to punish those who have committed federal crimes. Through the Federal Court's Home Page, you can view their hypertext document, Understanding the Federal Courts (PDF -- requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). This document will give you an overview of how the federal courts system works. It is divided into subjects which explain the Third Branch of Government, The Courts themselves, the Administration of the U.S. Courts, and a directory of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, and a Glossary of Terms. Also through the Federal Court Home Page, you can read selected articles from the The Third Branch, the monthly newsletter of the federal courts.

Here you'll tour the White House and branches of the US Government. Additional links lead to House and Senate Web Sites, the Judicial Branch, Government Information Resources, Whitehouse Press Releases, Historical Documents, Politics and Political Newsgroups.

 from National Geographic

 Free Resources for Teaching Civics and U.S. Government

 KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites.

 A worldwide community of students, teachers, scientists, and citizens working together to better understand, sustain, and improve Earth's environment at local, regional, and global scales.

 These Sites present over 300 Museums, Exhibits, Points of Special Interest and Real-Time journeys which offer online multimedia guided tours on the Web. Most of the following offer text and pictures, others in addition transmit sound and an occasional movie.

 Welcome to the new website of Geographical, the magazine that explores the world. Geographical is the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), published continuously since 1935.  Geographical.co.uk brings the world into your living room, with a rich diversity of cultures, wildlife and places.

 Virtual Field Trips

 The Library of Congress The American Folklife Center 

 The Federal Government may seem big and confusing. Use these links to learn more about different parts of our government. You'll also learn some fun facts. Did you know President Harrison had a pet goat? One day the goat ran away and President Harrison had to chase him down Pennsylvania Avenue! You've GOAT to be KIDding!

 Do you need to find out information about a certain region, country or city? Do you want to investigate volcanoes or the rain forest? Wanna see pictures of the earth from space? Find out all these things and more - all right at your fingertips.

 Our past is an important part of our lives. There are so many amazing facts that we should know. Pop quiz: What year did Columbus arrive in the Americas? Answer: 1492. Now you're ready for Jeopardy!

Disclaimer:

Google notebook is a new technology which raises some new issues regarding intellectual property.

This notebook is intended for the personal use of  teachers and students at the invitation of the author.  There is no security system in place, however, to prevent the general public from discovering, using, and linking to it.  The notebook does not contain advertising, and is completely non-commercial.

Purpose of the notebook:   This notebook was created as a directory of web resources.  Its purpose is to help the users quickly identify and access useful classroom resources on the internet.   In this sense,  it serves the same purpose as a search engine or the yellow pages, although it differs in being non-commercial and highly specialized.   The author believes that this function is beneficial to the sites it links to, by increasing awareness of the sites among it’s users, and by increasing traffic to the sites (rather like free advertising).

Copyright issues:

Small photos and other graphics from the target sites are displayed by the notebook.   Note that these images have not been copied onto the author’s or google’s server.  It appears that google notebook works by facilitating the transfer of these images directly from the target site to the user’s browser.   The images remain the property of  the copyright holder.   They appear in the notebook strictly as an aide for identifying the link and facilitating navigation.  

In the early days of the internet,  the question of “unauthorized” linking to sites was unresolved.   Ten years later, it’s clear that sites may link to other sites without obtaining permission first  (imagine if google had to get the permission of each and every web site before including it in the search engine!).   This new style of link facilitated by google notebook remains a grey area.   Once again, we have to wait for the legal system to catch up to the technology.

I’ve also included in this notebook small (one paragraph or less) bits of text describing the linked sites.   In most cases,  I’ve chosen to use the site’s own description of itself, rather than writing my own (and getting it wrong).    This text likewise remains the property of  the respective copyright holders.    The situation is slightly different in that an actual copy has been made on googles server.   It is the author’s belief that this form of copying qualifies as “fair use”.

Trademark issues:

Some of the images described above contain trademarks.   These are used for identification purposes only,  in a similar fashion to the way newspapers occasionally include a logo in a story about a company.    Again, the use of these images is intended strictly as an aid to navigation.   .  It is not my intention to damage any trademark. It is the belief of the author that such use enhances, rather than dilutes the trademark in question.  Any trademark owner who feels for any reason that this use could harm their trademark in any way should immediately contact me at   ipissue@iwebman.com to have their notebook entry removed.