I-Form Links (Grade 7)

English: Mythology

Science: Earth Force

Science: Health

Science: Water Issues

Science Topics: Disease Reports

Social Studies: 2008 Presidential Election

Social Studies: Biographical Diversity

Social Studies: Constitutional Amendments

Social Studies: Gettysburg

Social Studies: Pro-Con


Social Studies: Reconstruction to Civil Rights


English : Mythology

Mything Links

 

Latin: Roman Empire--Provinces

Map of the Roman Empire
This map is clickable by province, linking to the resources on the Web that are related to that province of the Roman Empire.

Roman Provinces
Provides information about the Roman Empire, its governments, military, culture and economy within the provinces.

Science: Earth Force

American Institute of Physics: Influences on climate
Background information on the history of global warming and climate change

EPA: Climate change
What you can do to affect climate change: 25 easy steps

EPA: Kids Site/Climate Change
Ideas and information about your ability to change climate

Fight Global Warming: Environmental Defense
Calculate your personal impact!

Global Warming Solutions
Focus: Pennsylvania environmental issues

Penn Future
Special Campaigns: Cool Pennsylvania - Stopping Global Warming Here at Home

*Pennsylvania State Legislative Directory

*U.S. Counties
Pennsylvania Counties/Township contacts

Union of Concerned Scientists: Ten Personal Solutions
History of how scientists came to (partly) understand what people are doing to cause climate change

*411.Com
Search for local business addresses/phone numbers

Science: Health

General Information
CBS Healthwatch by Medscape

Planned Parenthood: Teenwire

Science: Water Issues

National Geographic: The Environment

US Geological Survey (USGS)

EPA


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
Planned Parenthood: Your Contraceptive Choices

Feminist Women's Health Center

STD’S
American Social Health Association:  Facts and Answers

Relationships and Sexuality

Sexually Transmitted Diseases--The Basics

University of Maryland Medicine: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Web MD: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

 

Science Topics: Disease Reports

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
From the Department of Health and Human Services, this site features a "Diseases & Conditions A-Z Index" for searching

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

Weekly Reader Election Center

CNNPolitics.com: Campaign Issues

 

 

 

 

 

Social Studies: Constitutional Amendments

The Constitution

Exploring Constitutional Law
[Examines issues and controversies surrounding various of the Amendments]

Equal Rights Amendment

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

Social Studies: Pro-Con

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.