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New! Web English Teacher New! Literacy Matters (adolescent literature site) New! Language Arts Warm-Ups New! Linda's Links to Literature (lesson plans & activities for children's/adolescent literature) New! 6+1 Trait™ Writing New! 6 Traits Writing Handbook New! Peep Research (research skills & processes) New! Nuts & Bolts of College Writing New! Romeo & Juliet WebQuest New! The Outsiders/Nothing Gold Can Stay New! Guide to Grammar & Writing New! Elements of Style New! The Short Stories of O. Henry (search for stories & author info/sites with author's name in quotation marks with a search engine like this: "o. henry") New! Arthur's Classic Novels (online selections) Discovery School Lit & Lang Arts Sites EdSitement Literature and Language Arts Sites EduHound Language Arts Sites Read-Write-Think FictionTeachers.com PoetryTeachers.com Poetry Daily Poetry Express Visual Thesaurus (click on the changing boxes in the upper left corner; then type a word in the search box) Creative Writing for Teens Project Gutenberg Free Online Books AuthorChats WriteSite.org Doucette Index of Literature Big6 Information Literacy Site Six Traits+1 Writing Mini-Lessons for Teaching Six Traits Writing Laura Candler.com (literature strategies and materials) Booktalks Quick and Simple Library of Congress American Treasures (original drafts of important documents, etc.)	New! Interactive Mathematics New! Math.com: The World of Math Online (Algebra tutorials and more) New! Understanding Algebra (online textbook) New! Professor Freedman's Math Help New! PurpleMath: Your Algebra Resource New! TEKS/TAKS Algebra Toolkit New! All About Ratios New! GetSmarter.org New! RIOT Baseball Project New! Math Warm-Ups New! Curriculum Resources in Mathematics New! Mathematical Interactivities New! The Learning Equation New! Math Forum Lesson Plans New! Mathematics Virtual Library New! Math Fun Facts New! Mathletics New! Math.com New! SCORE Math Resources New! World's Largest Math Event Illuminations Discovery School Math Links Eduhound Math Sites BrainPOP About.com Math Links Eisenhower National Math & Science Clearinghouse AIMS Math and Science Math in the News Math in the Media Online Graphing Calculator Linear Algebra Toolkit Texas Instruments Calculator Page Hall of Great Mathematicians Biographies of Women Mathematicians Math Forum Math Lessons that are Fun, Fun, Fun! Real Life Math, Architecture, and Computers Math Poetry Math WebQuests	New! National Science Foundation Science Newsroom New! CellsAlive New! The Virtual Cell New! Cell Structure & Processes New! Computer Animations of Physical Processes New! Creeping Sand New! The Solar System in Pictures New! Space Link New! Biomes of the World, Freshwater Ecosystems, Marine Ecosystems New! Arthropod.net New! Auroras: Up Close and Personal New! ClassroomEnergy.org New! CourtTV Forensic Files Science NetLinks Discovery School Science Sites Eduhound Science Sites Eisenhower National Math & Science Clearinghouse BrainPOP New! Chem4Kids HowStuffWorks.com Yucky.com Neuroscience for Kids About.com Biology Links WhyFiles Science News Online Science Daily AIMS Math and Science HistoryChannel Archive of Speeches (some audio archives) Exploratorium Franklin Institute Science Made Simple Author's Den Science Poetry Ask Professor Science	New! The Making of America: The People, Documents, and Events that Shaped our Country's History (online textbook) New! Library of Congress "We the People" Resources New! Map History/Early Maps on the Web New! Best History Sites New! Reading Quest: Making Sense in Social Studies New! National History Day New! Congress for Kids New! OurDocuments.gov New! Jewish/Holocaust Links New! University of Texas Historical Maps New! TeacherOz Maps, Flags, Timelines, This Day in History New! David Rumsey Math Collection New! Mesopotamia Discovery School American History Sites Discovery School General History & Social Studies Sites EdSitement History and Social Studies Sites EduHound American History Sites History ToolKit (DoHistory.org) Lone Star Junction The Handbook of Texas Online Texas State Library Archives & Manuscripts Armadillo's WWW Server Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index Teaching Tolerance EconLink About.com History Sites Great American Speeches HistoryChannel Archive of Speeches (some audio archives) Factmonster Timelines B.J. Pinchbeck's U.S. History Sites Texas Legislature Online Library of Congress American Treasures (original drafts of important documents, etc.)	New! Map History/Early Maps on the Web New! Postcard Geography New! Portals of the World New! Population Statistics New! Mesopotamia Xpeditions Discovery School Geography Sites Current World Information Sites About.com Geography Links Geography World Geography Humor National Geographic Map Machine Factmonster Maps 50 States Geography Poetry
Languages	Health/PE	Fine Arts	Computer	Resources for Strengthening Content Learning, Thinking, & Inquiry
New! Spanish and French WebQuests New! Comp-Jugador (Verbos en Espanol) New! Electronic Flashcards for Spanish New! Search the Web in Different Languages New! Spanish Vocabulary Quiz Hub New! Internet Picture Dictionary--Spanish Discovery School Language Sites EdSitement Foreign Language Sites LANIC (U of Texas Latin American Links in English and Spanish) About.com Spanish Language Links About.com French Language Links Embassy of France B.J. Pinchbeck's Foreign Language Links Search the Web in Different Languages	SportsMedia.org PE Central PE & Sports Sites Online Fitness Log.com Discovery Health EduHound Health Sites Sports Illustrated for Kids Plastic Fork Diaries BrainPOP HowStuffWorks.com Health and Medicine in the News	New! Lesson Plan Search Visual Arts Activities New! ArtsWork ArtsEdge Blue Web'n Arts Sites EduHound Art Sites About.com Art History Links WebMuseum Famous Artworks Exhibition Artcyclopedia (Fine Arts Search Engine) HistoryChannel Archive of Speeches (some audio archives) EduHound Music Sites EduHound Theatre Arts Sites About.com Theatre Links Aaron Shepard's Reader's Theater Site Storytelling, Drama, Creative Dramatics, etc. Resources Great American Speeches Speechwriting.com	New! Journey to the Inside of a Computer New! KidsClick Worlds of Web Searching New! Tutorials (Internet Basics, HTML, Excel, Unix) New! Web Publishing Curriculum Resources New! What's New with HTML? New! Electronic Portfolio Scoring Rubric About.com Computer Resources BrainPOP HowStuffWorks.com B.J. Pinchbeck's Computer Links Lissa Explains it All WebMonkey for Kids	New! Multiple Intelligences (online tool that graphs a student's responses to indicate learning style) New! eslGold New! Peep Research (research skills & processes) Graphic Organizers (graphic.com) Graphic Organizers (NCREL) Graphic Organizers (SCORE) CriticalReading.com Big6 Information Literacy Site Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index

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