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Access PA Power Library The POWER Library is offered as a service of Pennsylvania's public libraries, school libraries and the State Library. The POWER Library allows you to access thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more. You'll find materials of interest in most subject areas for all age groups from young children to adults. To Access the POWER Library From school click here From home click on the name of your location below or call your local public library branch. Chester County Delaware County Montgomery County Philadelphia County Back to Index

Art Access Art Art Access The Art Room The Artchive Artcyclopedia ArtsEd Net Artlex Crayola Art Education The Impressionists NGA Kids (from the National Gallery of Art) Back to Index

Copyright Information *Code of Best Practices for Fair Use  Copyright Chart       Copyright Friendly Media Sources   Copyright Permission Letter from Bellingham Schools The Copyright Website   Creative Commons Content Directory   Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use Incompetech (royalty-free music) Back to Index

Current Events and Holidays Summer: Boating Safety  RSHC Summer Reading  Summer Reading 2010 (from NYC Library) Sunbeams and Sundials  Swimming Safety  News: CNN Student News Google News Timeline   New York Times Learning Network Time for Kids Today's Front Pages   Weekly Reader

Fun *ABC Ya  Arcademic Skill Builders   Billy Bear Bubblesphere Candystand Chesskids Academy Club Penguin Coffee Break Arcade These categories only: Classic Games Sports Games Racing Games Cyberchase (from PBS Kids) Educational Online Games Enchanted Learning Family Games Funbrain Funschool  Gamequarium *InventNow  KBears   Kerpoof    Kid Crosswords Learning Planet Lego.com MaMaMedia Miss Maggie's Earth Adventures My Hero Noggin Games PBS Kids Ranger Rick Scholastic Kids Back to Index

Homework Help   Bibliography Tools:  BibMe (Use "Manual Entry Mode" and remember to indent all but first line)   RSHC Style Sheet SourceAid Citation Builder (NOTE - replace all underlining with Italics!)   Other:  Basic Steps in the Research Process BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper Easy Bib E-notes IPL Homework Help KnowPlay Reference Noodle Tools - accessible via Online Services in the Student Portal Power Library Shmoop    Vocabulary University  *Web Research Guide  World Book Online (access from within Portal) Back to Index

Language Arts Bibliography Tools:  BibMe (Use "Manual Entry Mode" and remember to indent all but first line)   RSHC Style Sheet SourceAid Citation Builder (NOTE - replace all underlining with Italics!)   Exercises: 1st through 8th Grade Language Arts Skills (use purple arrows to move to desired grade)  7th Grade Literature Jeopardy Game (must have Power Point to open) Comma Use   English Grammar Connection   English Works  Free Rice (Vocabulary) Grammar Blast   Interactive Grammar Excercises  Literacy Net  (select a story then an activity from the left-hand pane) Persuasion Map  Review Parts of Speech   General: *Center for Digital Story Telling  Classic Notes Common Errors in English Creative Writing Prompts Cyberguides Elementary Writing Prompts E-notes Fun with Words Instant Poetry Forms  Internet Picture Dictionary Kerpoof    Literary and Rhetorical Terms Read-Write-Think Sparknotes Vocabulary University Writing a Book Review Online Stories: Ant and Bee's Stories Beantime Stories Speakaboos   Storyplace Folk Literature and Myths: African Folktales American Folklore China - Stories to Read and Tell Greek Mythology Grimm's Fairy Tales (from National Geographic) Mythman Mythography Myths, Folktales and Fairytales (from Scholastic) Reading and Literature: *60 Second Recap   Book Adventure Bookworm at Kidsreads Carol Hurst's Childrens Literature Site Childrens Literature Web Guide *Into the Book  Kids Reads Story Arts Online Back to Index

Latin Map of the Roman Empire Nova Roma Timeline: Ancient Rome Back to Index

Math AAAMath A+ Math Ask Dr. Math Cool Math Cyberchase (from PBS Kids) FigureThis! Math Central Math.com Math Gooodies *Math Matters, Apply It  Math Stories.com Max's Math Adventures   *Seeing Math  Virtual Manipulatives Webmath Back to Index

Media and Information Literacy Advertising Propaganda WebQuest Campaign Ad Critique Center for Media Literacy Common Advertising Strategies  Common Sense Media  Don't Buy It! (from PBS Kids)  Family Education.com (Search for Media Literacy) Information Literacy Resources Living Room Candidate *Media Awareness Network - Educational Games  New Mexico Media Literacy Project Ontario Media Literacy Homepage Other Media Literacy Links Back to Index

Music Classical Net Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Students Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Teachers The Essentials of Music Happy Notes, Sad Notes Jazz at the Smithsonian Musical Glossary Popular Songs in American History San Francisco Symphony, Kids The Symphony: An Interactive Guide  Wild Music Back to Index

Parents Family Fun Family Education.com Kinderstart Teachers and Families WiredKids Yahooligan's Parents' Guide Current Issues in Student Health H1N1: 2009 H1N1 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Swine Flu Guide  Ten Things to Know About H1N1    Head Lice: American Academy of Pediatrics Centers for Disease Control Harvard School of Public Health National Association of School Nurses Nemours Foundation   Back to Index

Physical Education, Health and Safety For Current Issues in Student Health see the Parents section  10 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity FDA Kids Food Guide Pyramid Kidnetic Kids Health President's Physical Fitness Challenge Back to Index

Reference Primary Sources:  Historian's Sources  Historical Propaganda  Historical Treasure Chests  National Archives  Primary Access  Primary vs. Secondary Sources  Using Primary Sources on the Web  General Reference:  Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Britannica Online CIA World Factbook Easy Bib E-notes Fact Monster Guide to Grammar and Writing History Timelines Information Please Almanac Internet Picture Dictionary Internet Public Library - Youth Division KidsConnect KnowPlay Reference Library Spot Nettrekker (password required) On-Line Dictionaries Power Library Research It Rhyming Dictionary Virtual Middle School Library  World Book Online (access from within Portal)   World Almanac for Kids Wordsmyth Back to Index

Religion American Catholic The Bible Gateway Blest are We Catholic Information Center  Daily Readings   Dictionary of African Christian Biography  Education for Justice  Faith First Holy Child Schools Network Kids Bible Study Lives of the Saints   Mustard Seed's Virtual Tour of the Holy Land New American Bible Parables and Parabolic Images in the Gospels Understanding Others The Vatican Home Page Who is Jesus? World Religions Index Back to Index

Science General Science: American Museum of Natural History *Arizona Science Center Online Exhibits  *The "Atoms" Family  Breathing Earth Crazy Pattern Machine  EPA Explorers Club Exploratorium FOSS Web Fuel Our Future Now  Franklin Institute Science Museum *InventNow *Mad Sci Network    Protist Lab  *Science Day: Learning by Doing  Science Master Science Spot Science Vocabulary Hangman Science Clips (from BBC) Try Science The Weather Channel *WISE Web-based Inquiry Science Environment Animals: Animals (from the BBC) Biomes Bronx Zoo Congo Gorilla Forest Butterfly Life Cycle Creature Feature (From Nat. Geo.) Dolphin Institute National Wildlife Federation National Zoo Home Page Oceanography (from the Office of Naval Research) San Diego Zoo Animal Bytes Sea World Animal Bytes Shedd Aquarium Switcheroo Zoo Switcheroo Zoo Lesson Astronomy: Amazing Space NASA Kids Nine Planets (multi-media tour of the Solar System) SpaceKids Space Place Star Child Tiny Planets Zoom Astronomy Dinosaurs: Age of the Dinosaurs Digging Up Dinosaurs (WebQuest) Dino Dictionary Dino Directory Dino Profiles   Dinosaur Dig Dinosaurs (from Mother Goose Caboose) Dino Show (WebQuest) Zoom Dinosaurs Science Fair: Agricultural Ideas for Science Fair Projects IPL Science Fair Guide National Student Research Center  Science Buddies   RSHC Science Fair Info Science Fair Studio Science Fairs Homepage ScienzFair Project Ideas Super Science Fair Projects Ultimate Science Fair Resource Back to Index

Search Engines Search Help: Search Strategies Search Engine Showdown *Worlds of Web Searching General Search Sites: About.com AltaVista Answers.com Ask.com  *Clusty   Google Infomine Library Spot Lycos Yahoo Webcrawler Student Friendly Search Sites: Ask for Kids KidsClick! *Kid Rex  *Kigose  NetTrekker (password required) Super-Kids Special Searches - Remember to follow good copyright practices! Images: AltaVista Image Search AP Photo Archive (via Access PA) Ditto.com FreeFoto.com Image Databases (from KidsClick!) Pics4Learning *PreKinders (Resources for Pre-K Teachers)  Sounds: AltaVista Audio Search FindSounds.com Sound Collections (from KidsClick!) Back to Index

Social Studies Middle School Social Studies Text Companion Site Jeopardy Review for 7th Grade Final Exam (must have Power Point to open) National History Day (Social Studies Fair) Info National History Day Rule Book Africa: Africa (from PBS)  Africa Review Game (must have Power Point to open) Amish: The Amish and the Plain People Amish - The Gentle People Among the Amish (from Discovery.com) Ancient Cultures: Ancient Egypt (from The British Museum) Ancient History (from the BBC) The Cave of Lascaux Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc The Greeks (from PBS) The Lost Ark Mystery of the Maya Odyssey Online The Roman Army Page Senet Asia: American WW II Internment Camps   Ancient China (from The British Musuem) China: Celebrations, Holidays and Customs Dim Sum: Chinese American Culture Folk Tales from China   Gung Hay Fat Choy Historical Propaganda - Japanese Internment  Japanese American Internment (from the UCLA Institute for Primary Resources)   Samurai Archives   Samurai's Tale Six Paths to China Civics: Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government Bill of Rights Institute Constitutional Rights Foundation Federal Court Concepts National Constitution Center State and Local Government on the Net Colonial Period/Revolutionary War: The American Revolution American Revolution (from KidInfo) America's Lost Colony     Battle of Lexington and Concord Battles, Campaigns and Skirmishes Chronicle of the Revolution (from PBS) Lost Colony of Roanoke   Major Battles Major Events of the Revolutionary War The Philadelphia Campaign Plimoth Plantation Revolutionary War Battles and Campaigns Virtual Tour of the Plimoth Colony Colonial Trades: Colonial Period Trades Colonial Trades Colonial Village Fur Traders Trades in Colonial Williamsburg Explorers: Age of Exploration Timeline All About Explorers Exploration (from Kids Click) Explorer Sites (from Kid Info) Explorers (from Enchanted Learning) Explorers (from Yahooligans) General: Breathing Earth    Cultural Profiles Project Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Doing History Eye Witness to History A History of the World   History Timelines Infonation Newsbowl ParkNet Portals to the World Primary Sources Resource Page National History Day Guide Using Primary Sources Geography: Continents (from About.com) Continents (from Enchanted Learning)  Countries of the World (was CIA World Factbook) Country Reports.org Geography Home Page Geography Knowledge Quiz Go Places (from Time for Kids) Map Zone Miss Maggie's Earth Adventures The Seven Continents Global Learning: BBC News Country Profiles  CIA World Factbook 2007   Countries of the World (was CIA World Factbook)  Foreign Embassies (from Embassy.org) Infonation  Library of Congress Country Studies   Library of Congress Portals to the World   Model U.N. Links UN CyberSchoolbus US Dept. of State Background Notes UN Global Warming Plan Ice Age, etc.: Beringia and First Nations Ice Ages La Brea Exploration Guide Jamestown: History of Jamestown  Jamestown Online Adventure Jamestown Settlement   Virtual Jamestown Japan: Beyond Fluttering Sleeves Folk Legends of Japan Flora and Fauna in Japan Japanese Calligraphy Japanese Cookbook Japan: Information Quest in Feudal Japan Sadako Links Virtual Japanese Culture Lewis and Clarke: Adventure into the Unknown Discovering Lewis and Clark Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark Historic Steps of Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark.com Lewis and Clark.org Lewis and Clark as Naturalists Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Lewis and Clark Trail Lewis and Clark Travels in Montana Native Americans: Canku Ota (Native American Newsletter) Homeland (from PBS) Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains Native American Shelters Native American Resources (KidsClick) Native American Resources (Yahooligans) Native Web Pennsylvania: Experience PA Historic PA Documents PA State Home Page USA: 50 States.com American Civil War Home Page American Folklore America's Story (from the Library of Congress) Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government Birth of a Nation Civil War at the Smithsonian Congress.org (find your elected officials)    *Constitution (from Congress for Kids)  *Democracy Rules (video series)  Digital History The First Americans History Wired  *iCivics  Journey Towards Freedom Links to the Past (from the NPS) Major Events of the Revolutionary War Memorial Hall Museum National Archives National Underground Railroad Center Stately Knowledge The Twentieth Century US Geography US Mint *Wayback: US History for Kids Vietnam War: Battlefield: Vietnam The Fall of Saigon Radical Times: The Antiwar Movement of the 1960's Return with Honor Vietnam Era Editorial Cartoons Vietnam Online Vietnam War Vietnam War - Pictures The Virtual Wall The Wars for Vietnam Washington Post - Cartoons World War II: American Cultural History: 1940-49 America's Story: Depression and WWII Eyewitness to History: WWII Pearl Harbor Remembered What did you do in the War, Grandma? The World Wars: A Kid's Perspective WWII Air Force Stories WWII: An American Scrapbook WWII in the Pacific Back to Index

Spanish About Spain (from CIA World Factbook) About Mexico (from CIA World Factbook) Adelante  Diccionario de la lengua española   Spanish-English Dictionary  Spanish Language News and Magazines Back to Index

Teachers 21st Century Learners and Learning: Literacies and Skills: 21st Century Learning  Building 21st Century Skills  NCSS 21st Century Skills  NCTE Definition of 21st Century Literacies  NETS Standards (for Students, Teachers and Adminsitrators)  Standards for the 21st Century Learner  Towards a Comprehensive Definition of Digital Skills  Education Blogs:  50 Must-Read Uo and Coming Blogs by Teachers  100 Most Inspiring and Innovative Blogs for Educators  Determining the Top Education Blogs  Top 100 Education Blogs Web 2.0 Tools General Resources: Awesome Library *Center for Digital Story Telling  Childrens Literature Web Guide Crossword-Puzzle Maker Discovery Learning Adventures Education place (HM, Co.) Education Week Educator's Reference Desk Eduhound Federal Resources for Educational Excellence  The Gateway to Educational Materials Global Schoolhouse Idea Box Internet Geography  Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Misunderstood Minds New York Times Learning Network PBS TeacherSource Pearson  Puzzlemaker Rubistar Rubrician *Rubrics for Assessment  Scholastic Network Superkids Surfnetkids Teacher Pathfinder Teachers' Corner Teachers First Teachnet *Thinkfinity  Web English Teacher www4Teachers Differentiated Learning: The Definition of Differentiating Instruction Differentiated Instruction Differentiated Instruction Links Gifted Teachers Resources Hoagies' Gifted Education Page How to Differentiate Instruction Professional Development: *Concept to Classroom Workshops  *Intel Teach Elements  *Library of Congess - Teaching with Primary Sources  *National Science Teachers Association Web Seminars  Professional Organizations: ADVIS - Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools ERB - Educational Records Bureau Holy Child Network of Schools IRA - International Reading Association ISACS - Independent Schools Association of the Central States NAIS - National Association of Independent Schools NCEA - National Catholic Educational Association NCSS - National Council for the Social Studies NCTM - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics NEA - National Education Association NSTA - National Science Teacher Association PAIS - Pennsylvania Assocation of Independent Schools PA Department of Education PSLA - Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Back to Index

Technology General: CyberSurfari Headquarters *Digital Story Telling Center  ISTE Literacy and Technology Odyssey Online Odyssey World Trek Online Practice Modules Ozline Schrockguide Technology and Learning Network Virtual Architecture Home Page Virtual Field Trips Web 2.0 Tools  for K-5    The WebQuest Portal www4teachers Yearbook Internet Safety and Savvy: CyberSmart Curriculum Ethics in Computing Internet Safety and Searching (from RSHC Library Page) *Media Awareness Network - Educational Games  *OnGuard Online  Robotics: Challenge 2009   NXT Tutorial  *Robotics: Sensing, Thinking, Acting  *SPARK  Web 2.0 Tools: Animoto Audacity   Blog Hosts: Blogger Blogmeister  Edublogs Wordpress  Flickr  Glogster   Google Apps  Graphic Organizers: Mindomo Webspiration iSpeech  Kerpoof  Kideos Microblogging Sites: Jaiku  Plurk  Twitter  Personal Web Portals: iGoogle  My Yahoo  Pageflakes  Prezi  Productivity Apps: Google Docs Zoho RSS Feed Aggregators: Bloglines  Google Reader  My Yahoo  Scribd  Shelfari  Skype  Slide Share SnagFilms Social Bookmarking: Delicious  Diigo  Mister Wong  Social Networks: Bebo  Facebook  Ning  Speakaboos  Stories from the Web  StumbleUpon  TeacherTube  Voicethread  Voki  YouTube  WatchKnow  WhenIsGood  Wiki Hosts: PBWiki  Wetpaint  Wikispaces  Zoho Wiki   Wordle Xtranormal  Zoho Apps WebQuests and Web Activities: Ancient Egypt Webquest Ancient Mesopotamia Webquest Belle Prater's Boy Bill of Rights WebQuest Cornelia Connelly and Holy Child Schools Experiencing India's Caste System  Pennsylvania, A Perfect Place to Visit   Project Viet Nam Red Scarf Girl WebQuest Sign of the Beaver WebQuest Visitor's Guide to the Solar System  Who's Who in Pennsylvania Back to Index