Homework Mega-Sites
Link to Learning
Links you to websites which support the Ontario curriculum.
Independent Learning Centre's Ask a Teacher
Ask a Teacher is a free chat room service available Sunday-Thursday from 5:30-9:30 that lets high school students chat one-on-one with teachers and uses a virtual whiteboard for graphics and diagrams. Very very cool.
Virtual Reference Library
Internet sites selected by Toronto Public Library staff. Check out NewsConnect Š a great link to reading and researching news from around the world. Science Net is worth checking out as well.
Canada's SchoolNet
An amazing site! Links are organized by school subject area.
B.J. PinchbeckÕs Homework Helpers
Discovery Channel's great site for research with an American outlook. Cool links include Science Fair Central and Puzzlemaker.
Multnomah County Homework Helper
Another mega homework site. This one is easy to use and very extensive! Check out their Wars and World History category. Lots of Canadian content.
Canadian Points of View
This full-text database is designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides information on 100 key topics of interest to Canadian researchers, with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument), counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Topics include the environment, human rights, race, substance abuse and many more.
World Book Encyclopędia
The Virtual Reference Library: a reliable and extensive source of Canadian information on the Web. (For use at home)
World Book Encyclopędia
For use at the Library
Presidents of the United States
Gives background information, election results, notable events and links to biographies, historical documents, and audio and video clips.
The Vietnam War
This web site includes a Vietnam War timeline, an introduction to the war, a "who's who", and great resources to info about "America's most controversial war".
Famous FBI Cases
Meet some of the folk you've heard about ... Bonnie & Clyde, Al Capone, John Dillinger and many more ... and read about American kidnappings, robberies, espionage and other crimes investigated by the FBI through the years! A history of the FBI is included.
The History of American Agriculture
You can search through the decades for details about developments in farm machinery & technology, with corresponding info on the country's economic and transportation development at the time. A very useful website!
The Presidents
Covers the lives, careers and major policies of each American president.
Gives background information, election results, notable events and links to biographies, historical documents, and audio and video clips.
The Vietnam War
This web site includes a Vietnam War timeline, an introduction to the war, a "who's who", and great resources to info about "America's most controversial war".
Famous FBI Cases
Meet some of the folk you've heard about ... Bonnie & Clyde, Al Capone, John Dillinger and many more ... and read about American kidnappings, robberies, espionage and other crimes investigated by the FBI through the years! A history of the FBI is included.
The History of American Agriculture
You can search through the decades for details about developments in farm machinery & technology, with corresponding info on the country's economic and transportation development at the time. A very useful website!
The Presidents
Covers the lives, careers and major policies of each American president.
United States History
America's Story
Explore America's historical past; find out what Americans' favourite past-times have been throughout history, and meet some famous Americans from the pages of history - explorers, singers, writers, artists, inventors, scientists and others!
About American History
Many topics of U.S. history are covered here - explorers, the War of 1812, Colonial America, Black History, the Civil War, the Civil Rights movement, the Great Depression, the World Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Cold War, the mission to the moon & more.
American History
This web site offers links to information about various events and aspects of U.S. history.
The American Civil War Homepage
You'll find many Civil War resources here: biographies, accounts and other documents, images, music...
U.S. History
Click on "United States History"or "African-American History" for links to information. Includes a link to American presidents and a "Today in History" feature.
The History Place
Learn about some of the events that shaped America's history - the Revolution, the Civil War, World War II, the Apollo 11 moon landing, etc.
The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
Search various documents by topic or subject, or even by a person's name.
The Salem Witch Trials
This web site offers an excellent list of links to court records, letters, record books, maps and more about the Salem Witch Trials.
The Lewis & Clark Trail (1803)
Take a trip west - in 1803 - with explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the two men who "opened" the American West!
The American Colonist's Library
This web site offers a long list of primary documents that relate to early American history.
American History: The Revolution and After
Use this web site to link to relevant documents, essays, outlines and related sites. Some of the features are "Biographies" and "Presidents".
Eyewitness to History: The Civil War
Some of the key events of the American Civil War are explored on this web site, eg. General Lee's Retreat from Gettysburg in 1863.
The American Civil War
Click on the "Timeline" of the Civil War, or go to "Resources" for some excellent links to information about the U.S. Civil War.
Pages from her Story
Read the interpretations of various American women of historic events and times, in their correspondence through memoirs, journals, diaries, letters and speeches.
Eyewitness to History: the Old West
Some of the key events in the history of the American West of the late 1800's are explored on this web site , eg. Custer's Last Stand at Little Bighorn.