Information from reference books, newspapers, and magazines |
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Kids InfoBits - Best for elementary school students. Search for articles from magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
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Student Resource Center - Best for middle school and up. Search magazine articles, photographs and illustrations, and audio and video clips for primary documents, biographies, essays, background infomation, and critical analyses. |
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Biography Resource Center - Articles and pictures from encyclopedias and magazines on more than 185,000 people from throughout history. Search for people by birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation and gender. |
SOCIAL STUDIES FACT CARDS
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Social Studies Fact Cards - Information for students in grades 4 through 8, including California missions and ranchos, states and presidents of the United States, countries, early civilizations, and Native American tribes. |
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Good homework websites |
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BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper - Over 700 links to homework sites covering a wide range of school subjects. Covers elementary through high school. |
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Fact Monster - Sponsored by Information Please Almanac, this website for elementary school students covers world news, the United States, people, words, math, science, and sports plus homework help, games and quizzes. |
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Internet Public Library KidSpace - Homework resources for elementary and middle school students. Great links to science fair project websites. |
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Multnomah County Library Homework Center - Best for elementary and middle school students. Thousands of websites for homework help in all subject areas. |
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Oakland History on the Web - Links to historic photos and information about people and places from Oakland’s history. Selected by staff in the public library’s Oakland History Room. |
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Oakland History Timeline - Lists and briefly describes landmark city events from 1200 BC to 2002. From the city of Oakland’s official website. |
