I-Form Links (Grade 7)
Science Topics: Disease Reports
Social Studies: Biographical Diversity
Social Studies: Constitutional Amendments
Social Studies: Pro-Con
English : Mythology
Mything
Links
Latin: Roman Empire--Provinces
Map
of the Roman Empire
What you can do to affect climate change: 25 easy steps
Ideas and information about your ability to change climate
Calculate your personal impact!
Focus: Pennsylvania environmental issues
Special
Campaigns: Cool Pennsylvania - Stopping Global Warming Here at Home
*Pennsylvania
State Legislative Directory
History of how scientists came to (partly) understand what people are doing
to cause climate change
Search for local business addresses/phone numbers
General
Information
CBS
Healthwatch by Medscape
Planned
Parenthood: Teenwire
National Geographic: The Environment
AID’S
AIDS
Handbook (Middle School Site)
Avert
AID's Education
ABSTINENCE
ISSUES
Abstinence
Educator’s Network
National
Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Sex
Has Consequences
CONTRACEPTIVES
STD’S
American
Social Health Association: Facts and
Answers
Web
MD: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Science Topics: Disease Reports
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
Mayo
Clinic: Diseases and Conditions
A comprehensive overview within an A to Z list, to read all about a disease
or condition
MEDLINEplus:
Health Topics
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, gives lists of topics alphabetically,
including diseases and conditions
WebMD:OnHealth:
Diseases and Conditions
A source for original and timely health information as well as material from
well known content providers, this site lists common health topics alphabetically
N. Y. State Department of
Health
A list of "Diseases & Conditions: Information About Diseases, Viruses,
Conditions and Prevention"
Social Studies: 2008 Presidentail Elections
CNNPolitics.com: Campaign Issues
Social Studies: Constitutional Amendments
Exploring
Constitutional Law
[Examines issues and controversies surrounding various of the Amendments]
1st Amendment
First Amendment Center
2nd Amendment
Second Amendment Foundation Online
4th Amendment
Understanding
Search and Seizure Law
5th Amendment
Amendment
V to the U.S. Constitution
[Use the Section "Legal Encyclopedia" from Thompson-Gale]
6th Amendment
Amendment
VI to the U.S. Constitution
[Use the Section "Legal Encyclopedia" from Thompson-Gale]
8th Amendment
Amendment
VIII to the U.S. Constitution
[Use the Section "Legal Encyclopedia" from Thompson-Gale]
10th Amendment
Amendment
X to the U.S. Constitution
[Use the Section "Legal Encyclopedia" from Thompson-Gale]
13th Amendment
Amendment
XIII to the U.S. Constitution
[Use the Section "Legal Encyclopedia" from Thompson-Gale]
14th Amendment
Fourteenth
Amendment to the United States Constitution
[Use the Section "Legal Encyclopedia" from Thompson-Gale]
19th Amendment
Women's
Fight for the Vote: The Nineteenth Amendment
22nd Amendment
Constitutional Topic:
Presidential Terms
24th Amendment
Twenty-fourth
Amendment to the United States Constitution
[Use the Section "Legal Encyclopedia" from Thompson-Gale]
25th Amendment
Presidential
Succession
26th Amendment
National Youth Rights Association
Social Studies: Gettysburg
(*-ed sites should be checked first, according to your topic!)
*Civil War Biographies
http://www.civilwarhome.com/biograph.htm
Biographies of some of the most important men and women, organized alphabetically.
*Civil War Medicine
http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarmedicineintro.htm
Links to information about battlefield medicine, the health of soldiers, and
the roles of nurses and surgeons in care for the sick and wounded.
In their own Words
http://members.aol.com/CWSurgeon0/indexwrd.html
Report of Dr. Jonathan Letterman, MD, who was with the Army of the Potomac,
concerning the conditions at Gettysburg for treating the wounded.
GETTYSBURG.COM History Information Center
http://www.gettysburg.com/bog/bogcent.htm
Site has numerous general links to the background of the region as well as the
battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg, Battle Summary
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/pa002.htm
Quick stats and facts about the battle.
Gettysburg National Military Park on the Web
http://www.nps.gov/gett/home.htm
Description of park grounds, explanation of battlefield area; click on "Visit
Gettysburg NMP on the Web" at the bottom of the page to access sites on
Soldiers' Life.
*At Gettysburg or What a girl Saw and Heard of the Battle; a True Narrative
by Mrs. Tillie (Pierce) Alleman. 1889.
http://www.ibiscom.com/gtburg.htm
(Abridged version, with photos and maps)
15 Year old Tillie Pierce witnessed the entire battle, and published her observations
Gettysburg: Unofficial Visitors' Guide
http://www.gettysburgguide.com/
Links listed under "The Battle and Battlefield" section describes
the lay of the land and important local landmarks. Under" Other Links",
a variety of general Civil War sites, some with primary source material, can
be found.
John Buford
http://www.gdg.org/wittidx.html
J.L. Chamberlain
http://www.gdg.org/blodfire.html
George Meade
http://www.gdg.org/gbm7left.html
Opposing Viewpoints: Selected Topics
http://www.woodbridge.lib.nj.us/oppview.html
Video game/teen violence issues
http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/test/virtual%20violence/links.htm
Social
Studies: Reconstruction to Civil Rights
American Experience:
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War/PBS
This site offers insights into topics including the Civil War, slavery, abolition,
race relations, definitions of freedom and citizenship, civil rights, black
suffrage and election to political office, impeachment, regional political differences,
nationbuilding after war, the cotton economy, sharecropping, federal government
intervention in the states, and more.
Digital
History: America's Reconstruction--People & Politics after the Civil War
E xamines one of the most turbulent and controversial eras in American history.
It presents an up-to-date portrait of a period whose unrealized goals of economic
and racial justice still confront our society.