Evaluating Websites Webquest

High School English Resource Page
- relevant resources on the web in the areas of literature, writing,
and grammar
Write Net
- resources for writers and teachers including teaching techniques,
student writings, contacts, poets, writers, and virtual poetry workshops
Grammar Now!
- answers grammar, composition, research, and formatting questions,
plus includes links to other grammar and writing resources on the web
College Board
- information for parents and students
AP English Literature and Composition
- sample questions for AP English exam
National Council of Teachers of English
- resource for elementary, middle, high school, and college English
teachers/topics include books, events, journals, ideas and teacher talk
British Poetry: 1780-1910
- a hypertext archive of scholarly electronic editions of Romantic
and Victorian poetry produced between 1780-1910
Celebration of Women Writers
- comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information
about women writers and complete books written by women
Project Bartleby Archive
- great books online
Works of the Bard
- full-text plays and poetry of Shakespeare, plus other links to Shakespeare

          LitLinks

- provides biographical and critical information on a variety of authors

Online Literary Criticism

            - The IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection contains 3265 critical
            and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be
            browsed by author,by title, or by nationality and literary period.

            Literary Resources on the Net    

            Yahoo! Authors on the Web 

            LSU Libraries Webliography Author Guides   

   Mrs. Combs' Grammar Websites
            Grammar Internet Sites for Exam Preparation
          Guide to Grammar and Writing 
            Grammar Sites 
            Grammar Guides 
            Grammar Help 
            Grammar Bytes! 
            Educational Websites 
            Grammar Websites 
          Grammar for Writing 
            English Grammar Homework Help

Mrs. Combs' Hero's Journey Links
www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/smc/journey/ref/summary.html
ias.berkley.edu/orias/hero/index.htm
www.cerritos.edu/fquaas/resources/English102/HeroNotes.htm
library.thinkquest.org/19300/data/Odyssey/odysseus2.ht
hubcap.clemson.edu/~sparks/sffilm/mmswtab.html
http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/century/index.html 

Mrs. Combs' The Miracle Worker
 

            Grapes of Wrath
         The Grapes of Wrath
          Dust Bowl
          History Place
          Understanding "The Grapes of Wrath" A Novel by John Steinbeck
          Yeats
 

        Mrs. Noble's Class
        Pop-up Grammar
        Grammar Bytes
        English Grammar 101  
        Crucible WebQuest
 

      Mrs. Rudd's Class
      United States Holocaust Museum

    Contemporary Literature
        Poet Laureate Timeline

     Mrs. Peter's Shakespeare Assignment
           Shakespeare Timeline

     Mrs. Peter's Service Paper
           Learn and Serve America
           National Service Learning Partnership
           National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
           National Youth Leadership Council
         Service Paper Handout

     Mrs. Rudd's class -- Satire
           History.com
         Nuclear Arms Race
         Berlin Wall
         Race for the Super Bomb
         Gulliver's Travels
         Jonathan Swift

 GOVERNMENT

Census Bureau
-- the official source of statistics for social, demographic, and
economic information about the United States.

White House
--extensive information on the executive branch of the government.

Justice Information Center
--a service of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service
providing information on such topics as corrections, courts,
crime prevention, criminal justice statistics, drugs and crime,
juvenile crime, law enforcement, research and evaluation, and
victims.

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
--search the full text of all House and Senate bills from recent
Congressional sessions.

The Legislative Process
--full text and current status of bills introduced into the House of
Representatives.
--House Votes gives pro and con tally and how each member voted.

CIA World Factbook
--geographic, economic, and political information on most countries

Fed World/FLITE Supreme Court Decisions
--contains the full-text of Supreme Court Decisions from 1937
to the present.

Supreme Court Decisions
-- provides a variety of information relating to the Supreme Court
including full-text historic and current Supreme Court Decisions.

Project Vote Smart
-- offers biographies, issue positions, voting records, etc., on
over 13,000 U.S. political leaders.

FindLaw
--great for Supreme Court case research if you have case number
(e.g. 410 US 113)
--gives full text of decision

FedStats
--provides easy access to statistics and information produced by more than 100 U. S. Federal Government agencies.

GPO Access
-- a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that offers full-text information from the three branches of the Federal Government.
-- databases generally date back to 1994.

50 States
--provides extensive information about the fifty United States of America.

 SCIENCE

Access Excellence
-- assists high school biology teachers and students by providing
access to scientists, research laboratories,
and many other resources relating to biology at the high school level.

Endangered Species Program
--information on endangered species in the United States including
lists of endangered species by states,
maps, species recovery, and links to related sites.

El Nino Theme Page
-- comprehensive information on El Nino from the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
-- includes FAQs, forecasts, impacts, maps, etc.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
-- assists teachers and students in finding training opportunities
and current research in molecular biology and infectious disease.

National Center for Biotechnology Information--Human Genome Project
--excellent up to the minute information on human genes and
biotechnical research.

Environmental Protection Agency
-- government watch dog for all environmental problems in our country.

Food and Drug Administration
-- government agency for quality products in food/nutrition,
pharmaceuticals, includes public policies.

Science News On-Line
--selected full-text articles, other online features, and a search
engine for Science News

Interactive Healthy Eating Index

 HEALTH

        Pyramid

          Brainpop

          American Academy of Dermatology

Yahoo.Health
--excellent source for consumer information on health and diseases

Internet Mental Health Net
-- an award winning mental health encyclopedia providing
information on the 50 most common mental disorders.

New York Online Access to Health
-- provides authoritative full-text health information

Medicine Net

--a network of physician educators dedicated to providing
up-to-date, quality medical information for the public.

NetWellness

AllRefer.com

National Center for Infectious Diseases
-- information on the prevention and control of traditional, new,
and reemerging infectious diseases in the United States and
around the world.

The Web of Addictions
-- fact sheets developed by different authors and organizations on
a wide variety of addictive substances.

Oncolink
-- excellent resource for information about cancer provided by the
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center.

Centers for Disease Control
-- the official government agency providing information on health and
disease. The CDC is home to many sites offering information on specific
topics such as Occupational Safety and Health, HIV, STD, and TB Prevention,
Health Statistics, Women's Health, Injury Prevention and Control, Public Health,
the National Immunization Program, and more.

American Cancer Society
-- the place to start in search of any cancer information

Harvard Medical School
--as good a source as any for up to date medical information

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
-- a good place to start in looking for information on birth defects

National Institutes of Health
-- government source of current research in health and medicine

New England Journal of Medicine
-- the best weekly journal for physicians

Mrs. Heise's Health Class Links for Skeletal System
READ
BUILD IT
COMPARE

 FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Lonely Planet Destination
--offers detailed travel information about cities and countries of the world.

Foreign Language Resources on the Web
-- provides links to excellent foreign language/culture websites

The Washington Post
--online edition of this well known newspaper

          PASO A PASO
          -- Here you can extend your textbook to sites worldwide as well
          as do online activities, games, and puzzles, and take self-tests.

          Learn Spanish
          -- offers a number of useful study aides such as Free Online Tutorial,
          Verb Drills, Vocabulary Practice, etc.

          Quia
          -- provides activities on many subjects including Latin, French,
          and Spanish

 CATHOLIC RESOURCES

Archdiocese of Cincinnati
-- provides links to all departments and offices of the
archdiocese, the Catholic Schools Office, Parish and
Schools Directories, Catholic Social Services, and Gate of
Heaven Cemetery.

IPDP

          Catechism of the Catholic Church
         --contains full text of the catechism

The Catholic Telegraph
-- features the full-text of the current issue and archived issues
from January 31, 1997.

Catholic Information Center on the Internet
-- contains the full-text of The Baltimore Catechism and
The Catechism of the Catholic Church, links to Catholic magazines,
newspapers, and other resources.

Vatican Web Site
-- the official website of the Vatican

Patron Saints Index
-- who's the patron saint of your state, occupation, vocation,
hobby, etc?

Catholic Online Saints & Angels
-- a list of the saint pages on Catholic Online

Catholic Pages Directory -- Saints

Catholic Social Teaching
-- posted by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
-- contains official documents, notable quotations, explanation of
major themes, and much more.

Religious Orders, Congregations, Institutes and Communities

  Bible Study Tools

Christology WebQuest

          Bible Gateway
            Hinduism 

        Mrs. Yerke's Class
             Fact Check
           adforum
      

 COLLEGE INFORMATION

CollegeNet
-- includes College Search, Scholarship Search, Featured Schools,
Financial Aid Scholarships, etc., and online application.

College View
-- an online college search service with profiles of 3,700+ colleges and
universities, virtual tours of hundreds of schools, electronic applications,
financial aid information, career planning tools, and more.

The College Board
-- offers online SAT registration, College Board test dates,
CSS/Financial Aid Profile, college search, online essay evaluation
service, and more.

 HISTORIC EVENTS

On This Day

          History of Today

Events and Birthdays for a given Month & Year
Events and Birthdays for a given Day & Month

 TRAVEL

COMPREHENSIVE SITES:
Travelocity
--flights, cars, vacations & cruises, hotels, bed & breakfasts...

Yahoo Travel
--check on flights, price and book airline ticket, rent a car or hotel
room. Check out world wide destination information.

AIRLINES
American Airlines
Delta Airlines
TWA

AUTO RENTALS
Alamo
Avis
Budget
Dollar
Hertz
National
Thrifty
Guide to Airport Rental Cars

CURRENCY
The Universal Currency Converter

Mrs. Martin’s Class

Internet Trig. Investigation