What's New - August 16, 2000

What's New - August 16, 2000

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Archaeology

La Nati�re shipwreck, Saint-Malo 200
THE QINNASRIN PROJECT
Anthropology resources on the Internet - Contents
Arctic Cyber Anthropology Research by Neil Blair Christensen
National Archeological Database: National Park Service's Links to the Past
MOA
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia. Notice especially the First Nation resouces and the Links sections.
Archaeological Exploration of Sardis
Dig jointly sponsored by the Harvard University Art Museums and Cornell University.
The Anthropological Index of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Pre-Columbian Archaeology Related Links

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Creative Applications
Avenue
A gateway to artists in the fields of Photography, Digital Imaging, Motion Pictures, Animation and other online media. Flash required.
KEROSENE
Visual Art Magazine. How about a little noise to spice up your Summer?
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Mus�e de la civilisation: De quel droit?
Rights and human dignity.
Mus�e de la civilisation: Heavens! My Ship...
Relive the journey of an explorer at the end of the 17th century, and try to discover his identity.

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Diversity Sources
"Black Neighbors, Higher Crime?The Role of Racial Stereotypes in Evaluations of Neighborhood Crime by Quillian, Lincoln and Devah Pager. In the form of a 56 page PDF document. Shift/click to download for later reading.
Latino USA | The Radio Journal of News and Culture
AIROS Home Page
The American Indian Radio on Satellite Network provides Native programming to Tribal communities and to general audiences through public radio stations and the Internet.
Earthsongs
Explore the Native influences that help shape and define contemporary American music.
Alutiiq Museum and Archeological Repository - Kodiak, Alaska
American Immigration Resources on the Internet
- USA Immigration Software, Legal Immigration and Immigration law.
IPOLA - The Institute for the Preservation of the Original Languages of the Americas
Designed for those communities and individuals with information about effective methods for developing language revitalization programs.
PBS PICKS: The Cuban Americans
PBS PICKS: The Greek Americans II: Passing the Torch
"This special celebrates the ways in which second- and third-generation Greek Americans are preserving a sense of community with an industriousness and warmth that has marked the Greek American experience since the first wave of immigration."
"I" IS NOT FOR INDIAN:
Provides a guide that includes lists of recommended titles, books to avoid, and what to look for when evaluating books for sensitivity to the culture and characterization of Native Americans.
!OutProud!
The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth, offering awide range of resources available for youth and educators.
Stereotypes of Native Americans
Health Care to Native Americans Home Page
Online Version of an Exhibit Held at the National Library of Medicine.
91.02.07: The Inuit Family: A study of its history, beliefs, and images
Designed for the middle school art curriculum,but parts of the unit could introduced in a Social Studies, Home Economic or Woodworking classes.
CHICAGO IN THE YEAR | 2000
Books for and about Gay/Lesbian Teens and Youth
Within the Walls
Canadian resource. "Once in prison, many Aboriginal inmates are introduced to the Native Brotherhood. It is within the Brotherhood that many begin their journey on the Red Road . . . the good road . . . the road to healing."
Work Of Women!
100 Top Women Sites ** WELCOME! **
Policy Research Associates

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Electronic Texts, Books and Zines
American Indian Literature
BookSense.com
BBC Evolution Weekend: Origin Of Species - An Illustrated Guide
DoubleTake Magazine

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Genealogy
GENERATIONS
Geneanet - Welcome
A search engine for all the genealogical databases in the world, with 35 million individuals idexed.
An Ancient Scottish Clan: The Fletchers of Glenorchy

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General Guides
The Great Olympics Adventure with Spike and Eddie
ETHNIC CONFLICT CONTROL AND MANIPULATION
Skewl Sites - The Best in Educational Web Sites
The Net Now
Welcome to Learning with Museums web site
Canadian heritage resource, with museum listings, lesson plans,virtual exhibitions, event information, and other educational activities and resources.
Network Social Science Tools and Resources
NESSTAR Publisher offers tools and resources for making data and documentation available via the Internet.
Classroom Today - About Classroom Today - Topics
See the listing of topics that are or have been featured in Classroom Today.

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Geography/Economics
Helping Your Child Learn Geography
The GLOBE Program: Welcome
Future Harvest - Home
Gheos World Atlas - http://Gheos.com
Make this a required stop during your next browsing session. Many (perhaps most) social studies teachers use a current events theme in their daily or weekly lessons. This site could be used for student reports and demonstrations that combine news events and geography concepts.
Geo Teacher: Links for geography, high school students, teachers, parents, web page resources
Yahoo! Real Estate - City Comparison
Very fast resource for making comparisons between American cities on the basis of a large variety of variables. My first comparison was on the topic of air quality (amount of ozone in the air, as an index. (US average = 100) . Wisconsin Democrats have launched an "attack" political commercial on Bush's record in Texas on this issue. The data at this site reveals that of the top 12 cities that rate poorly on this measure, 11 are in Texas. (amount of ozone in the air, as an index. US average = 100. Top cities: Glendora, CA 169, The Woodlands, TX 166, Baytown, TX 166, Sugar Land, TX 166, Dayton, TX 166, Richmond, TX 166, Humble, TX 166, Katy, TX 166, Houston, TX 166, Willis, TX 166, Kingwood, TX 166, Crosby, TX 166)

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Government/Politics
ACLU Freedom Network: Your Rights and the Police
2000GOP.com - Republican National Convention
Campaign Finance Homepage
USA TODAY hot sites -- what's new, cool and notable on the Web--> Government-related sites
Yahoo! News Full Coverage-Republican Convention 2000
Canada's SchoolNet Lesson Plan - Laws of Canada
C-SPAN.org
Policy.com- News & Events: Daily Briefing: Time to Reform the Electoral College?
Documenting a Democracy - Australia's story

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General History Sources
Gateway to Art History
A true gateway with excellent current links to all areas and time periods. Priceless for K-16 teachers and students.
SchoolHistory.co.uk
WWW Virtual Library: Art History
Women In World History Curriculum
Minerva - History of Ideas Online
How to use Minerva | Concepts & Thinkers | Useful Resources | Philosophies of Nature | Assessment | Theories of Human Nature
BBC Education: Evolution homepage
Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions: Museum Directory
Space Art in Children's books 1950's to 1970's
Center for the Liberal Arts: History
Ancient Civilizations & Lost Cities
The History Guide -- Main
Birmingham Museum of Art
Archival Exhibit Information.

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Some Non-Western History Sites
Asia Pacific | BBC World Service
Americas | BBC World Service
Africa | BBC World Service
ARTS AND HISTORY-VIRTUAL FORUM OF MEXICAN CULTURE
Images from History: An image archive to support the teaching and study of world history
Provides "... a collection of digitalized photographs and maps to support the teaching of history at the upper secondary school and university level."
At the Tomb of Tutankhamen @ nationalgeographic.com
African History - African Cultures
Byzantine Studies
Mesoamerican Photo Archives
Middle American Research Institute
MARI Physical Collection: The Americas
INTERSECTIONS: Gender, History & Culture in the Asian Context">
An electronic journal devoted to the study of gender, history, and culture in the Asia-Pacific region.
Pharaohs Of The Sun
Flash and Quicktime required for image viewing and minipulation. Image-supplemented commentary on religion, art, culture, and daily life in the time of Akhenaten. Discover descriptions of the excavations that brought the artifacts to the museum and an interactive explanation of how archaeologists assemble their finds. Note the special section of educational materials for teachers.
Islamic Art - Images
Gold of the Nomads
Scythian gold objects from the Treasures of Ukraine Museum and the Archaeological Institute in Kiev.
World Civilizations
MUSEUMS AND CIVILIZATIONS: OCEANIA: The Pacific Islands
Mus�e de la civilisation: SYRIA, LAND OF CIVILIZATIONS
Key pages of the Origins of Civilization, Of Society, the Organization of the Economy, The Organization of Thought and the Transmission of a Scientific Heritage to the West.
Exploring Muslim Cultures
MFA - Exhibition - Felicities of Line: Persian and Turkish Drawings
MFA - Exhibition - Common Threads: A Showcase of Samplers
The Detroit Institute of Arts
The Papyrus of Nes-Min: An Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Flowers of Silk and Gold: Four Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery
TOC: Introduction, Textile Gallery, Ottoman Culture, Teacher Source.
McClung Museum - Ancient Egypt
Life and Death Under The Pharaohs
The Morgan Library Exhibitions | Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur
SOAS: The Brunei Galleries
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions: Art and Oracle: Spirit Voices of Africa
African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
Teotihuacan Home Page
Semitic Museum, Harvard Univ. Home Page
Exhibits: The Sphinx & the Pyramids, Ancient Cyprus, Nuzi & the Hurrians, Ashkelon Excavations, The White-Levy Publication Project, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations.

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Western Europe/Russia
Europe | BBC World Service
Ancient Greek Olympics in the Classroom!
RAF Museum
Classroom Today - Ancient Greece: Its Gifts to Us - Top
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
Anglo Zulu War Historical Society
Engineering in the Roman World
Anne Frank - The Attic
Anne Frank Diary Reference
NAVIS I. A Database on ancient ships
CLASSICS TROJAN WAR IMAGES PAGE
Maecenas: General Contents
Photographs of Greece and Rome (1400+).
Website Attica
The Richard III and Yorkist History Server
"King Richard III, last of the medieval English kings the Wars of the Roses, a dynastic struggle in the later middle ages that pitted Yorkist against Lancastrian fifteenth-century England and its culture the reputation of Richard III in history, literature, and drama, especially Shakespeare."
Learning Resources: The French Revolution, 1787-1799
Exhibits Collection -- Renaissance
Exhibits Collection -- The Middle Ages
Women's Life in Greece and Rome
Index location
Jewels of the Romanovs
The Royal Air Force - Home Page
Offering the complete Fighter Command Operational Diaries for the Battle of Britain will be published in full.
Staying in Tune: Traditions and Musical Instruments of the Francophonie
A virtual exhibition to discover traditional musical instruments from French-speaking countries.
Electronic Resources for Classicists
The Second Generation.
Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona
Navigation is somewhat obscure... click on the "Public Space" link, then in the left frame -- Country, City, Urban Expansion or Type of Intervention. You should be at the search page and the gateway to the text and images.
CCCB-Centro de documentaci�n - Atlas hist�rico de ciudades europeas
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna: EXOTICA
The age of Portuguese discoveries, exotic worlds and their impact on the Habsburgs.
KHM: Emperor Karl V. 1500 - 1558 | Europe`s Power and Powerlessness
Investigating the Renaissance Web Site
Elizabethan Costuming Page

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Some American History Sources
Wisconsin Historical Societies
World War II Oral History at Tankbooks.com
The American Experience | Coney Island
Welcome to The Tampa Bay History Center
Wisconsin Historical Societies
The Milwaukee County Historical Society Home Page
Great American Speeches
PBS has archived speeches in text format.
Colonization: African-American Mosaic Exhibition (Library of Congress)
The African-American Mosaic Exhibition (Library of Congress)
Virtual Tour
National Civil Rights Museum.
Union Songs
American Women's History: A Research Guide
Women in the Gold Rush
TOC: The Women, Excerpts from diaries and letters, For California's Gold, A new novel from JoAnn Levy, Daughter of Joy, Winner 1999 WILLA Award - Best Historical Fiction (They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush), The Gold Rush, A list of annotated links to related sites.
Unpacking on the Prairie: Jewish Women in the Upper Midwest
The National Women's History Project
Edison National Historic Site (NHS): Information
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History
Dred Scott: Introduction
Dred Scott v. Sandford
SDP: African Lessons
Selma to Montgomery March 1965 - 2000
Pearl Harbor Remembered main menu
Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions: Home Page
GETTING THE PICTURE
From the Smithsonian - art of the illustrated letter.
A Collaborative Study in American History
Whole Cloth: Discovering Science and Technology Through American History
Three units of an eight-unit interdisciplinary curriculum that examines "the history of textiles, the technology and science of production, and their consumption" for American history or social studies courses in middle and high school.
Prelude to the Study of a Totem Pole
The history and meaning of a Thunderbird totem pole carved in the mid- to late-1800s by a member of the Gitanyow tribe from the upper Skeena river area in British Columbia.
The 1939-40 New York World's Fair
The Renaissance of the Longrifle
Article from the Smithsonian magazine. The article provides links to related articles in the archive of past issues and links to related sites elsewhere on the Web. Use the Email subscription tool to be informed of future features and updates. The newsletter also links to the current issue (August,2000) which featured an article on Gavrilo Princip.
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest (American Memory, Library of Congress)
A showcase of "...over 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pages of text relating to the American Indians in two cultural areas of the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Coast and Plateau. These resources illustrate many aspects of life and work, including housing, clothing, crafts, transportation, education, and employment." See the Ten illustrated essays on tribal groups and on cross-cultural topics that are composed by anthropologists, historians, and teachers, which are included to provide background for K-12 students and teachers in using the primary sources found in the collection.
The Poster Girls of World War II
Visual resources (with some text) on the posters of United States Britain, Canada and Germany during the war.
The American Experience | Coney Island
As usual, this PBS site offers an excellent guide for teachers (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/coney/tguide/index.html)
Railway Women in Wartime: Index
Welcome to this collection of photographs. It was amassed while researching my book Women Workers on the Railways 1830-2000, forthcoming from Cassell.
CWM - Over The Top - Introduction
The Museum of Anthropology at U.B.C.
MOA - Site Map
Declaration of Independence
New addition to http://www.ushistory.org/index.html
The Oregon-Trail
See the
Online Teacher's Guide.
Classroom Today
About Classroom Today - Topics - Westward Expansion: Beyond the Mississippi. Gateway site for access to a virtual Field Trip, recent news and significant stories about Westward Expansion, Search the Classroom Connect Library for other resources on Westward Expansion.
Classroom Today - Westward Expansion: Beyond the Mississippi - Top

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Humanities/Art
Current Online | Webcasting links -- streaming audio and video
Amazon.com 100 Hot CDs
CGFA- A Virtual Art Museum
NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA
Information about Australian art, aboriginal art, Asian art and international.
American Indian Literature
The Modern English Collection -- Electronic Text Center
Interest areas: Texts by and about African Americans, Native Americans, Women Writers, Thomas Jefferson. Texts about the American Civil War.
87.03.05: How Do Artists Get Their Ideas? Culture and Environment as Sources of Ideas
Navajo Art: A Way of Life (Getty ArtsEdNet)
VKP | lobby
Connects "...artist-instructors with high school educators and their students to explore new ways of integrating contemporary art with core high school curricula."
AFRICAN INFLUENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN MUSIC
As illustrated in early Delta Blues performances. The lesson plan is designed for classes in American Studies, African-American Studies or History of Popular Music/Jazz.
KEROSENE Visual Art Magazine photographic magazine art and photography visual mix digital photography alternative visual art independent photography
The Symphony - An Interactive Guide
A tour of the history and development of the symphony. A search and timeline tool can be used to explore composers, compositions, and important events. RealAudio sound clips, a complete guide to the instruments of the orchestra, discussion board and online symphonic quiz will aid students in understanding and enjoying the Symphony.
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum - Permanent Collection
See the online lesson -- The Magic of Remedios Varo FANTASTIC CREATURES.
Ann Kipling: Prints (1958-1967)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions: Painters in Paris: 1895�1950
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions: Current Exhibitions
English Romanticism

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K-12 Resources
Times Educational Supplement
The Heroism Project
Heroism across the cultures and generations of the twentieth century American landscape using a nationally broadcast television series, an interactive multimedia Web site, a comprehensive curriculum and a companion book.
The Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Common Sense About Kids and Guns
SearchEdu.com
The Gateway to Educational Materials
Teacher Professional Development Institute (TAPPED IN)
TAPPED IN offers a monthly discussion on WebQuests led by Bernie Dodge, one of the creators of Webquests.
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Blackboard.com
Free resources for online teaching.
School Reform and Innovations for Out-of-School Youth in New York City
ZDTV | Top Ten Must-Have Downloads
Lesson Plans and a Education Resource for Teachers!
Austeacher.com.au - Lesson Plans and Australian Teaching Resources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
see below for health for k-12
Assessing the Health Risk Behaviors of Young People, AAG
Rethinking Schools Online -- Summer 2000 -- Home Page

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Kids and Students
ACLU Freedom Network: Your Rights and the Police
ARTABUNGA!
The Diary Project
National Trust Kids' Site
Official Site of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
"KIDS, the online presence of the Olympic 2000 National Education Program. Whilst O-News, the Olympic student newspaper for Australian Primary and High School students, and aspire the Olympic 2000 Resource for Australian schools are national initiatives, KIDS is our global face. We invite parents, teachers and educators from around the world to contribute and feel part of our program."
OKSWAT.COM
The Tobacco Industry has targeted youth for years, now they become our target.
Kid's Domain - KIDS
Welcome to Sweet16*Com

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Leisure/Fun/Health
Issues in the 2000 Election: Health Care -- Kaiser Family Foundation/Washington Post Survey
PDF Part of a series that examines voters' attitudes on policy issues of the presidential campaign.
PBS TeacherSource - Health & Fitness - High
Behavioral Health Online(BHO) Welcomes You!
Webcast Pilot - Your pilot for webcast navigation
ticketmaster.com
West Nile Virus - nationalatlas.gov
dna.com

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News and Current Events
The New York Times: International
Kiosk: Journal of Geo-Politics - World News and Current Events
Gateway to online newspapers and other resources related to the political world.
The Review Newsletter - Writing Project
"The Current Events Newsletter" Scheduled project for the Fall of 2000.
World & I Online
Bringing you the ideas of the world and a world of ideas! Online version of the print edition.
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
C-SPAN.org
Tobacco industry scheme alleged
washingtonpost.com: Tobacco
Tobacco Firms Probed Over Ads (washingtonpost.com)
Project for Excellence in Journalism - A Question of Character
From the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Committee of Concerned Journalists, The study examined five weeks of stories in newspapers, television, radio and the Internet to research the character issue in the 2000 presidential election Also, see ePolitics: Political Coverage on the Internet. See the Campaign 2000: Early Coverage and the Daily Briefing -- A digest of media news from the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
July 2000 NII: Introduction
VOTERS UNMOVED BY MEDIA CHARACTERIZATIONS OF BUSH AND GORE
Boston Globe Online / Living | Arts / A look at TV's first convention; Spectator adrift
U.S.News & World Report: 8/7/00
Historical perspective on Conventions and Philadelphia.
Conference "Marriage Penalty Relief" Provisions Reflect Poor Targeting -- 7/21/00
"Although two of the legislation's marriage penalty provisions are focused on middle- or low-income families, the bill as a whole is poorly targeted and largely benefits couples with higher incomes. The proposal's costliest provision, which accounts for more than 60 percent of of the legislation's overall cost when fully phased in, benefits only taxpayers in the top quarter of the income distribution. In addition, the bill would provide approximately two-fifths of its benefits to families that already receive marriage bonuses."
Opinion Journal
International Relations / Social and Political Thought Joint Seminar Series - SUMMER 1999
Hoover Essay in Public Policy - Climate Policy-From Rio to Kyoto: A Political Issue for 2000 and Beyond
Population Reference Bureau: Publications: Despair and Hope: The HIV/AIDS Epidemic
More and more of these special reports are published on HTML and PDF format. If you have the time, visit the home page of the Population Reference Bureau for a feel for the depth of resources at the site.

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Media Literacy
Antique American Field Cameras
A database of wood and brass wet-plate and dry-plate field view cameras manufactured in the United States between 1870-1930.
The English Emblem Book Project
CounterSpin: The Radio Show of Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Milwaukee, WI TV Directory
THE PEOPLE THE PRESS HOME PAGE
Daily Briefing
The Papers: Art and Commerce at the Crossroads
An Uneasy Relationship in National Newspapers. Short (7page) document of the topic. Remember to Shift/Click to download to a special directory for offline viewing.
Classroom Design Forum
Multimedia in the classroom.
Radio Hall of Fame
In my early youth, Radio (and Movies) were the only sound/visual media. Without portable radios, we would often attach pieces of cardboard to our bike spokes as noisemakers. If you have RealAudio, Flash and a sound system, you can listen to all the major radio programs at this site, and continue with your Web browsing at other sites.
BBC America - Daily Schedule

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Resources For Writers
The Five Paragraph Essay Wizard
Everything you need to know plus practice writing prompts.
Who Done It? Sleuthing & Self-discovery for 7th & 8th Grade Creative Writing Students
Language and Writing
Aids for middleschool and highschool students to read and write with clarity and vigor. The site is designed to be especially useful if students are below grade level.
Sharing Skills: Focus on Summarizing Information
A lesson plan that focuses on the skills students need to develop to write various forms of summaries such as abstracts, pr�cises, minutes, abridging digests, and restructuring digests. "The lesson plan offers examples of various kinds of summaries that students can be introduced to in grades 2 through 8 to develop skills such as distinguishing important information from unimportant, selecting the major ideas, understanding the relationship between ideas, condensing ideas, and generalizing about related ideas."

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Religion, Ethics and Philosophy

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Research and Critical Thinking
Google Web Directory - Society > History
End of Life
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
Netsurfer Education References Page
Folk Psychology vs. Mental Simulation: How Minds Understand Minds
Product of seminar "Folk Psychology vs. Mental Simulation: How Minds Understand Minds," a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College Teachers held at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, from June 14 to July 16, 1999.
Reference: Best Source for Facts on the Net - Refdesk.com
Google Web Directory - Reference > Libraries > Research�Libraries
Closer To Truth - Home
Explore the competitive marketplace of fundamental ideas.

Classroom Connect's Connected Teacher - Connected Newsletter
See the Newsleter for the ABCs of Web Site Evaluation: Teaching Media Literacy in the Age of the Internet.

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