Scavenger Hunts & WebQuests:
Holiday Scavenger Hunts
Author Biographies:
Kids Read
Authors and Illustrators on the Web
Author Links
Yahoo Children's Authors Directory
Kids and Teens
Country information:
CIA World Factbook, for government and economy information
Outline and resource maps of all countries.
Cuturegrams
Country tables from the Library of Congress,
Background Notes from individual countries
Lonely Planet Guides
Civilizations:
Mayans and Incas
Greek and Roman civilizations
Egyptian civilization
Roman and Greek mythology
Election information
Web evaluation quiz - activity to determine validity of websites.
Explorers of Central and Latin America:
A Thinkquest: fun activity for those who want to test their knowledge of explorers.
Spanish Explorers of the Great Age - from World Book
de Soto, Coronado and de Vaca - the 15 year conquest of North America
a great timeline
many great sites - includes exploration maps
European explorers - with project ideas
Geology: rocks, rock formations types of soil. - webquest.
Wright Brothers: "A Century of Firsts."
Westward Expansion:
Western Expansion. - migration westward - wagon trains - a webquest, - the Oregon Trail - the first transcontinental railroad - the journals of Lewis and Clark.
