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TEAM 6 H KOALAS

The following links can be of interest to students, parents, and teachers.

PARENTS: Please review these sites to determine your approval of the content!

Web sites change frequently. The team teachers are unable to guarantee

appropriate content.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Language Network

Language of Literature

Online access for the sixth grade literature book

OWL

Purdue University's online writing lab-great composition and grammar tips and exercises

The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation

Guide to Grammar and Writing

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

About Christopher Paul Curtis

http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-curtis-christopher-paul.asp

An interview with the author

http://www.powells.com/authors/curtis.html

Depression News: Michigan Historical Museum

http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/1900-75/depressn/index.html

The Library of Congress: America from the Great Depression to WW II (photos)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html

The Great Depression Timeline: PBS American Experience

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails/timeline/index.html

Play Hangman using some Bud vocabulary

http://www.quia.com/hm/17159.html

Riding the Rails: PBS American Experience

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails/sfeature/obstacles.html

PBS Jazz Kids

http://www.pbs.org/jazz/kids/

The Library of Congress: Great Depression and WWII, 1929-1945

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/depwwii/depwar.html

Library of Congress: Hoovervilles

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/depwwii/depress/hoovers.html

Michigan Facts

www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108228.html

Map of Michigan

www.infoplease.com/atlas/state/michigan.html

The Great Depression

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt site with letters written to Mrs. R. by children of the depression:
http://newdeal.feri.org/eleanor/index.htm

About Eleanor Roosevelt, a short biography:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ar32.html

Great Depression Photos:
http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexdepression.htm

Research Depression photos from American Memory Archives:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html

Background Information, FDR and WWII
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/1929-1945

Songs of the Great Depression:
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/cherries.html

Migrant Camps

Specific information and photos on Arvin Camp from Okie point of view:
http://www.weedpatchcamp.com/

Photo of mother and child in tent, 1937:
http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/dougp3.htm

Photos of the camps:
http://www.cyesis.org/webinstruction/grapesofwrath/pictures2.htm

SOCIAL STUDIES

Exploring Our World: People, Places, and Cultures

Online version of the social studies text

National Geographic's GeoBee

Test your geography knowledge

National Geographic for Kids

Videos, activities, games, stories, and more

National Geographic's GeoSpy

Have fun learning the countries of Europe

Yahooligans Country Directory

Atlapedia

Maps, facts, and statistics

CIA World Factbook

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

Test your Geography Knowledge: EUROPE

50 States

Pennsylvania Geography

PA Factmonster

PA Key Facts

SCIENCE

Earth Science

Access your book online

User Name: escience54

Password: mrspro

The Yuckiest Site on the Internet

Fun science activities and information for parents

Discover Our Earth