• American Memory - http://memory.loc.gov/-
  This site provides a wealth of historical documents, photographs and audio recordings from the Library of Congress digital archives.

• APlus Research and Writing for High School and College Students - http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/ -
  Help for writing and researching a term paper.

• B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper - http://www.bjpinchbeck.com/ -
  Links to 380+ sites to find useful information for homework assignments.

• Country Studies - http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/ -
  Information about 101 countries and regions throughout the world prepared by the Federal Reserve Division of the Library of Congress.

• High School Hub - http://highschoolhub.org/ -
  Extremely comprehensive site designed to provide high school students with reference sources, college information and study guides.

• Homework Center - Social Issues - http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/sochc.html -
  This site provides pro and con information about current social issues.

• Maps in the News - http://www-map.lib.umn.edu/news.phtml -
  Maps to go along with places in the news.

• The Middle Ages - http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/ - 
  Provides a description of what life was like in Western Europe from the 5^th –15^th centuries.

• New York State High School Regents Exam Prep Center - http://regentsprep.org/ - 
  Site is designed to prepare students for New York State Regents Exams in English, Math, Science and Social Studies.  It includes course outlines and practice quizzes.

• The New York Times Learning Network - http://nytimes.com/learning -
  Use this site to read the day's top news stories, take a news quiz, write a letter to the editor, or ask a reporter a question.

• Renaissance - http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/index.html - 
  Explains  the  intellectual and economic “rebirth” which occurred in Europe from the 14^th – 16^th  centuries.

• Teen Newsweek - http://www.weeklyreader.com/teennewsweek/ -
  Interactive site designed to keep kids in grades 6 - 9 "in-the-know" about current events.

• This Day in History - http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/index.html -
  Find out what happened in history on any given date.

• The Ultimate Science Fair Resource - http://www.scifair.org/ -
  Comprehensive information for science fair projects, including ideas for choosing a topic, links to sites for background information, and tips for preparing reports and displays.

• ushistory.org - http://www.ushistory.org/ -
  Trace American history by visiting various websites relating to the Revolutionary War.

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