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Woman Using Computer to Explore Internet Almanac
This encyclopedia article explores various aspects of computers and the internet. Content includes a focus on the "Electronic Era," how computers work, internet safety, various resources, and much more.
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Alaska: The Last Frontier State
Offers basic information on the history, culture, economy, geography, people, and government of Alaska. Also, provides maps and an almanac of statistical facts.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Williamsburg: Predicting Weather
Site from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation combines Science and Social Studies. As students examine the various methods of predicting the weather, in Colonial Williamsburg.
Danuta Bois
Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Leslie Marmon Silko
Leslie Marmon Silko is highlighted on a site titled "distinguished women of past and present." Presents a brief biographical sketch of Leslie Marmon Silko and a description of her career as a writer. Related links provided.
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National Park Service: Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation
Read about and see pictures of the conservation legacy left to the United States by Theodore Roosevelt and his actions as president. Included are quotes and speeches that lay out Roosevelt's philosophy of conservation.
Cyberbee
Cyber Bee: Ready Reference
This site is a tool to help students hone their reference skills.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Middle Colonies: The Ideas of Benjamin Franklin
A brief biography of Benjamin Franklin covering his career as a printer, philanthropist, inventor, and public servant.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Texas Talk [Pdf]
Learn to appreciate the regional accent of a Texan, and to speak like one too. Includes a link to a Texas pronunciation guide.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Division of States According to the Ordinance of 1784, 1784
A facsimile of a map from Francis Bailey's Pocket Almanac (1785) showing the Northwest Territory of the United States and the land divisions proposed by the Ordinance of 1784.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Standard Time Belts, 1903
A map from 1903 of the United States showing the time zones as they were then established. "The heavy dotted line shows the arbitrary divisions of time in the United States. The plus and minus marks on either side of the meridian lines...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin: Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm
Farm associated with the writing of Sand County Almanac.
Atomic Archive
Atomic Archive: Nuclear Test Sites
From the Atomic Archive - the online companion to the award-winning CD-ROM. This page includes an interactive Shockwave movie which allows visitors to explore the prevalence of global test sites for nuclear weapons from the mid 1940s to...
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Lee Trevino
A biography of Trevino as he slowly took up the sport of golf to become a leader of the sport.
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Jack Nicklaus by Golf Europe
Born in Ohio (USA), Nicklaus is considered to be the greatest golfer of the modern era and arguably the greatest in the game's history. This site provides basic information about the golfer.
Oregon Secretary of State
Oregon Blue Book: State Symbols
Learn all about Oregon's state symbols. Find out the Latin names of the animals, when the symbols were adopted, and why each was chosen to be a state symbol. Click on "next" on the bottom of the page to see more symbols.
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Golf Europe: Babe Zaharias (1915 1956)
This is a good biography about Babe Zaharias. It details not only her skill at golf, but in the several other sports at which she excelled.
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Jack 'Golden Bear' Nicklaus
Born in Ohio (USA), Nicklaus is considered to be the greatest golfer of the modern era and arguably the greatest in the game's history. This site provides basic information about the golfer.
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Lee Trevino
A biography of Trevino as he slowly took up the sport of golf to become a leader of the sport.
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Babe Zaharias
This is a good biography about Babe Zaharias. It details not only her skill at golf, but in the several other sports at which she excelled.
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