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[|Diversity Literature Links] [|Crazy Quiz] (slj) ....a poetry quiz [|Famous Poets and Poems][| (TL)] Find information about poems and poets, and works from over 600 poets on this webpage. [|Harry Potter Wizard Challenge] (slj) ....select a Harry Potter book on which to take the challenge [|Bookwink] (TL) This site includes monthly video book talks, and selection help. The booktalks are all on non-fiction resources [|Sci-Fi, Fiction and Fantasy Database] An online index to historical and critical items about science fiction, fantasy and horror [|Knowing Poe] The literature, life and times of Edgar Allan Poe [|American Indian Children's Blog] Critical perspectives of indigenous peoples in children's books, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society-at-large.

Language
[|Merrian-Webster] (TL) Check out the podcasts, investigate the Word Central for Kids and sign up for Word of the Day!

Misc.
[|Brain Teasers] (slj) ...new brain teasers are posted weekly [|Mystery Net (]TL) A website where you get to solve it yourself! [|My Pop Studio] (slj) My Pop Studio is a site is an interactive site for middle school and high school girls aimed at strengthening critical thinking skills about tv, music, magazines and other elements of pop culture. The website includes lesson plans for each activity. [|Hero Reports] ... a site devoted to reporting the random acts of kindness and courage seen in and around New York City [|Whining Rubric] Finally, a way to score our students' whining without bias! [|TED] Ideas worth spreading- riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world. [|Ice Breakers!] Here are some ice breakers and ideas for the beginning of school from teachersfirst.com Bulleting Boards Need help coming up with ideas for bulletin boards? Here are some ideas! Templates Galore Templates for everything from graphic organizers to calendars at education world

Social Studies
Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips ...links to the electronic field trips, teacher resources and information [|GeoBee Challenge] (slj) ...an online geography bee [|Marcus Garvey] - Look for me in the whirlwind ...information about founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (U.N.I.A.) whose goals were racial unity, economic independence, educational achievement, and moral reform. [|What is Christianity?]This set of pages tries to summarize Christian beliefs and practices. It is intended as an introduction to Christianity for non-Christians. [|The Choices Program]The Choices Program is a national education program designed to introduce substantive international content into the secondary school curriculum. [|NCLH] National Center for History in the Schools [|Sacred Stories] Sacred Stories from Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism in animated format from the British Museum [|Visualizing Cultures] Visualizing Cultures was launched at MIT in 2002 to explore the potential of the Web for developing innovative image-driven scholarship and learning. [|Samurai Archives]

News
[|Who's Who and What's What] (slj) . ..a daily current events quiz with links to NY Times articles [|Newspaper in Education Online] ...Providing content and web services for Newspaper in Education programs

Science
[|Museum of History of Science] [U of Oxford] [|Mr. Jackson's science links] [|Instant Anatomy] a website with illustrations of the Human Body to aid the learning of Human Anatomy with diagrams, podcasts and revision questions

Environment
[|Clean Sweep U.S.A.] [|Eek! Recycling and Beyond] [|EekoWorld] [|N. Trubble and the Environauts Mission to Earth] [|Recycle Zone]

Music
[|Classics for Kids] [|Baltimore Symphony Orchestra] ...great activities and games [|Jazz and Blues] ...NPR audio links about jazz past and present from NPR programs [|Jazz: a Film by Ken Burns] ...primary-source audio clips from Burns' documentary film along with images and photographs [|Smithsonian Jazz] ...portal to all things jazz in the Smithsonian museums

Professional Development
[|Teachers' Domain] [WGBH/NSF connections] (media, lesson plans) [|ReadWriteThink [NCTE ]] (interactive graphic organizers) [|Yahoo Teachers] free social networking site that lets librarians and teachers create, modify, and share standards-based curricula [|Once Upon a School] ...a site devoted to ideas and projects bringing technology and education together

Bullying
[|Stop Bullying Now!](SLJ) This website consists of a 12 "webisode" cartoon covering many aspects of bullying and how kids should respond to it. There is also more information as well as games and downloadble podcasts. [|Cyber Bullying Info] [|Shrink the Cyber Bully] [|Kids Health - Dealing with Bullies] [|PBS - It's My Life] [|BaM - Body and Mind - The Bully Round Up] ...a CDC site [|Stop Bullying Now] ...an HRSA site for more bullying resources and links: [|Education World] [|ConnectSafely] ... for parents, teens, educators, advocates - everyone engaged in and interested in the impact of the social Web.

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