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Arts, Sports, Entertainment Top Index
Art and Architecture Top Index
American
Photography: A Century of Images
PBS Online presents a feature on the development of
photography in America and the role photography plays in our society; the site
also includes...
Anatomy
of an Exhibition: Art Nouveau, 1890-1914
The National Gallery of Art provides a behind-the-scenes look
at its Art Nouveau exhibition, including a timeline, background essay, and
photographic...
The
Animation Learner's Site
This privately maintained site describes the process of
making an animated motion picture, provides explanations of the different types
of animation,...
Art
Historians' Guide to the Movies
This site offers information about motion pictures in which
famous pieces of art or architecture appear; the site is organized by era for
easy...
Art
Studio Chalkboard
The University of Evansville Art Department offers
information about technical aspects of drawing and painting such as perspective,
shading,...
ArtLex
This dictionary of visual art offers definitions for more
than 2,600 terms; illustrations and links to other resources on the Web are also
provided.
ArtMuseum.net
In cooperation with museums and art institutions around the
world, this site provides online exhibits that allow users to zoom in on images
and...
Arts
[Your Way to Florence]
This commercial site offers information about the art and
history of Florence, Italy, and the Italian Renaissance; the site also includes
suggested...
ArtsEdNet
The J. Paul Getty Trust created ArtsEdNet to support K-12 art
educators; the site contains lesson plans, image galleries, exhibitions,
artist...
Ask
Joan of Art
The Study Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
offers an online question-and-answer service about American art and artists and
lists several...
Background
Information [19th Century Art]
This privately maintained page provides quick reference
information about several topics in 19th-century, Western European art,
including schools of...
Bottlecaps
to Brushes
The Smithsonian American Art Museum prompts young students to
think about art in different ways, with information about artists and their
techniques,...
CARTS:
Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers & Students
A collaborative effort by the National Task Force for Folk
Arts in Education and Bank Street College of Education, this site provides folk
art...
Castles
of Britain
This commercial site presents photographs, ground plans, and
histories of selected British castles, as well as general information about the
building...
Children's
Authors and Illustrators on the Web
Created by a librarian at the University of Calgary, this
site provides a directory of Web sites about authors and illustrators of
children's books.
Digital
Archive of European Architecture
This privately maintained site offers an online archive of
images of European architecture throughout history; links to other resources are
also...
Explore
& Learn [Metropolitan Museum]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers a variety of activities
for different age groups about art appreciation, history, artists, and other
topics.
Exploring
Leonardo
The Museum of Science in Boston provides an in-depth look at
the life and works of artist, inventor, and scientist Leonardo da Vinci.
The
Figure Drawing LAB
This privately maintained site offers primers on the
conventional proportions of the human form, a list of recommended drawing
materials, a...
Flowers
of Silk and Gold: Four Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery
The Textile Museum offers an online exhibit, including
images, information about their making and function, an illustrated glossary of
stitches used...
Great
Buildings Online
This site offers a searchable database of buildings and
architects, as well as images, bibliographies, biographies, and other
information.
Harlem
Renaissance
This privately maintained site offers information about
writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance, including images of paintings and
the full...
International
Child Art Foundation
The International Child Art Foundation (ICAF), a nonprofit
organization for the promotion of visual arts education, provides children's
contest...
"Monuments
of the Future": Designs by El Lissitzky
The Getty Museum offers a comprehensive overview of the
career of Russian avant-garde artist El Lissitzky, including a chronology and
examples of his...
The
National Gallery
London's National Gallery offers a guide to its collections,
including images and art historical commentary, information about special
exhibits,...
General Resources Arts, Sports, Entertainment Top Index
ClassroomClipart:
K-12 Picture Database
This site contains a large collection of photographs, clip
art, and historical images designed to be used for educational purposes.
Drivers.com
This commercial site provides information about licensing,
automobile technology, safety research, driving professions, and teaching others
to drive,...
Electronic
Elementary Magazine: "The E-LINK"
This online publication features projects created by
elementary school students from around the world; the site includes information
on how to...
Games
Kids Play
This privately maintained site offers rules for hundreds of
children's games.
A
Girl's World Online Clubhouse
This site for girls includes chat areas, daily quotations
from famous women, career ideas, advice columns, and other features.
Girl
Scouts of the USA
The Girl Scouts of the USA presents information on its
organization, history, and programs, as well as other resources.
America
Quilts
PBS Online explores the history, art, and personal stories of
quilt-making in America; the site includes a glossary, classroom resources, and
a...
Aunt
Edna's Kitchen
Aunt Edna's Kitchen offers a recipe file, measurement charts,
an ingredient substitution list, information about spices, and more resources
for...
Automotive
Learning Online
This commercial site provides hundreds of illustrations and
animations to teach users about the components and workings of automotive
systems.
Baseball
Cards 1887 - 1914
The Library of Congress presents an online exhibit of
thousands of historic baseball cards; background information on the collection
and a...
A
Boke of Gode Cookery
This privately maintained site offers tips on cooking
authentic medieval dishes and includes recipes in the original Middle English,
with...
Envelope
and Letter Folding
This site offers illustrated directions for folding several
different designs of envelopes and letterfolds, and includes a key to origami
diagram...
Exploring
Origami
This educational site explores the history, custom, and art
of origami; it also includes instructions for making paper airplanes and
homemade paper.
H.I.P.
Pocket Change
Aimed at children and teachers, this site from the United
States Mint offers information about the history of U.S. coins and an
introduction to...
Hands
on Crafts
The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County and
the Mint Museum of Art of North Carolina offer animated pottery, weaving,
quilting, and...
International
Dunhuang Project Bookbinding Pages
The International Dunhuang Project offers information about
the history of Chinese bookbinding, with illustrations and examples.
kinderGARDEN
The Department of Horticultural Sciences at Texas A&M
University offers a guide to gardening for children.
Measurement
Equivalents
A commercial cooking site offers this page as an easy
reference for the dry- and liquid-measurement equivalents of cups, ounces,
pints, quarts,...
National
4-H Web
The National 4-H Youth Technology Corps offers information
about 4-H, news, chat rooms, and other resources.
Oatmeal
Box Pinhole Photography
This privately maintained site provides instructions on
making and using a pinhole camera, as well as examples of photographs and film
developing...
Office
of Boating Safety [U.S. Coast Guard]
The U.S. Coast Guard offers this reference site for
recreational boaters, including information about federal requirements, an
equipmen
Learning Games and Activities Top Index
agameaday.com
This site offers interactive learning games for every day of
the year, plus a dictionary, anagram puzzles, and a write-the-caption activity.
BrainPOP
This multimedia-rich site offers information about a
wide-range of topics; the site includes homework help, activities, videos,
games, and much more.
Dim
Sum: A Connection to Chinese-American Culture
This site offers instructions for activities that teach about
Chinese culture while practicing math, language arts, science, and other
academic...
funschool.com
This site offers a collection of educational games and
activities; the activities are organized into grade levels, from preschool
through sixth grade.
GeoBee
Challenge [National Geographic]
This site, from National Geographic, challenges
students with five new geography questions every day; prizes are available.
Poetry
[a click and drag diversion]
A click-and-drag version of the Magnetic Poetry Kit®, this
site gives users the opportunity to create poems out of available word tiles.
Quia!
Create your own learning activities!
This site offers students the opportunity to study hundreds
of topics in science, math, foreign languages, history, and more, through
interactive...
SandlotScience.com
This commercial site contains a variety of information about
optical illusions, including interactive illusions, games, puzzles, art, and
projects to...
WHERE?
Geography Place Games & Tutorials
The Geography Place offers interactive maps, games, and
quizzes.
Where
is That?
This commercial site offers a geography knowledge game with
five levels of difficulty; the game is also available in a two-player version.
Wild
World of WONKA
Based on Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, this commercial
site offers multimedia games, trivia quizzes, and other learning activities
about...
Children's
Music Web
The Children's Music Web, a nonprofit site, presents
information about upcoming concerts, an online magazine with activities for
children, and an...
Essentials
of Music
This commercial site provides information on the six main
periods in music history, brief biographies of more than 60 composers, audio
clips, a...
Glossary
of Musical Terms
This commercial site provides a glossary of terms associated
with classical music.
Introduction
to Reading Music
This site offers an introduction to reading musical notation,
with sections on clefs, time signatures, types of notes and rests, counting, and
other...
Leoš
Janáček (1854-1928)
This privately maintined site offers information on the life
and work of Czech composer Leoš Janáček, along with reviews of recent
recordings and...
Lied
and Song Text Page
The Lied and Song Text Page contains an extensive collection
of lyrics to songs by notable classical composers in their original languages,
as well...
Music
History 102
Maintained by the Internet Public Library, this site provides
an overview of musical history, with audio clips and brief biographies of
notable...
The
Music Room
This educational site introduces students to basic music
theory and history, offering overviews of musical periods, brief biographies of
composers, a...
OperaWeb
OperaWeb provides feature articles, reviews of performances,
monthly discussions about great operas, audio clips, brief biographies of
notable...
The
Piano Education Page
The Piano Education Page provides information about learning
to play the piano and links to related sites; privately maintained.
Piano
on the NET
Making use of numerous video clips, this commercial site
provides online piano lessons for both beginning and advanced students.
The
Red Hot Jazz Archive
This site presents a history of jazz before 1930, including
musician biographies, discographies, video clips, audio clips, and essays.
Southern
Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
The Library of Congress presents a collection of materials
related to folk songs; the exhibit includes hundreds of audio recordings,
images, and...
Performing Arts and Film Top Index
American
Movie Classics
The American Movie Classics television network offers program
schedules, synopses of films, actor biographies, Hollywood history,
behind-the-scenes...
The
Animation Learner's Site
This privately maintained site describes the process of
making an animated motion picture, provides explanations of the different types
of animation,...
Art
Historians' Guide to the Movies
This site offers information about motion pictures in which
famous pieces of art or architecture appear; the site is organized by era for
easy...
Cinema
[Annenberg/CPB]
This exhibit from the Annenberg/CPB Project explores the
entire process of making a motion picture, including sections on screenwriting,
directing,...
Cyber
Film School
Cyber Film School contains a wealth of resources devoted to
film and filmmaking, such as guides to video and film formats, feature articles,
an...
DanceArt.com
DanceArt.com offers questions and answers, message boards,
feature articles about dance, interviews, a ballet glossary, sample dance
curricula, and...
Didaskalia
Didaskalia is an online magazine about current performances
of Greek and Roman theater; it includes feature articles, information about
ancient...
Educational
Theatre Association
The International Thespian Society, the foremost drama club
for high school students, provides information about membership, the Thespian
point...
A
Glossary of Film Terms
The New School Media Studies Department offers this glossary
of terms used in filmmaking.
Internet
Movie Database
The Internet Movie Database offers ratings and reviews for
thousands of movies, plus biographies and filmographies of actors, directors,
and others...
All-American
Girls Professional Baseball League
This site offers information about the All-American Girls
Professional Baseball League, which lasted from 1943 to 1954; the site includes
a history...
American
Flag and Touch Football League
This site supplies an online rule book for flag and touch
football, as well as historical information, league contacts, and tournament
schedules.
American
Youth Soccer Organization
The home page of the American Youth Soccer Organization
contains information about youth leagues across the nation, resources for
coaches and...
ATP
Tour Online
The official Association of Tennis Professionals site
contains information on the men's professional tennis tour and its top players
and tournaments.
The
Cheer Starts Here
This privately maintained site includes a history of
cheerleading; diagrams and animations for jumps and other motions; tryout tips;
a collection of...
Cheerleader
Training Corner
This high school cheerleading page offers instructions and
tips for tryouts, leading the crowd, motion and voice technique, tumbling,
jumps, and...
DanceArt.com
DanceArt.com offers questions and answers, message boards,
feature articles about dance, interviews, a ballet glossary, sample dance
curricula, and...
Exploratorium's
Science of Baseball!
The San Francisco Exploratorium presents a feature on the
science of baseball; the site includes online activities, articles, information
on the...
International
Amateur Athletic Federation
This official home page of the International Amateur Athletic
Federation provides news, overviews of track and field events, profiles of
top...
International
Olympic Committee
The home page of the International Olympic Committee includes
a history of the Olympic Games, news, and information on the committee's
activities.
Jump
Rope for Heart
The American Heart Association provides information about the
Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser, including jumping skill tutorials, health and
fitness...
Little
League Online
The official Little League home page has news releases,
results for the Little League World Series, and other resources.
Major
League Soccer
The official home page of Major League Soccer provides news,
results, feature articles, a guide to the teams, and other resources.
majorleaguebaseball.com
The official site of major league baseball provides results,
statistics, standings, and other features.
myteam.com
This commercial site for student athletes, coaches, and
parents offers news, games, and library resources about sports and fitness;
users can...
National
Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum provides
information on the hall's exhibits and facilities, as well as inductee
biographies, online...
National
Soccer Hall of Fame
The home page of the National Soccer Hall of Fame provides
information about its inductees and the hall's museum, as well as a brief
history of...
National
Softball Association
The official site of the National Softball Association
contains an online rule book, information about leagues, tournament dates,
attire...
NBA.com
The official site of the National Basketball Association
includes news, interviews, features, standings, statistics, and numerous images.
NFL.com
The official site of the National Football League features
news, a history of the league, interviews, schedules, and links to each team.
NHL.com
NHL.com is the official site of the National Hockey League
and provides information on the league, teams, and players.
Peanuts
and Crackerjack
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston offers an interactive game
that studies the business and economics of professional sports; the site
includes a...
Play
Football
Play Football, the official NFL site for kids, offers
information about players, a primer on the rules of the game, information on
what it's like to...
Pro
Football Hall of Fame [official]
The official site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton,
Ohio, contains an overview of the museum and its enshrinees, information about
football...
Runner's
World Online
Runner's World Online provides complete information for
beginners, as well as racing news and results.
Aviation
Career Overviews and General Hiring Requirements
This commercial site provides salary ranges, job
descriptions, and requirements for a variety of careers in the aviation
industry, including pilots,...
BC
Work Futures Online
This site offers help on choosing a career, including
self-assessment aids, hundreds of career profiles, skill development guides, and
other...
Becoming
a Scientist
Each month, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute profiles a
different scientist and branch of science, focusing on what it takes to become
a...
BLS
Career Information
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics presents "Jobs for
Kids Who Like..." which supplies information about various occupations; the
jobs are organized...
Careers
in Botany
The Botanical Society of America offers information about
careers in botany, including an overview of the field, types of jobs, salary
ranges,...
Careers
in Business
This site profiles professions in finance, accounting, and
marketing, and outlines the skills and talents required, salary ranges, and
trends.
Careers
in Science and Engineering
The National Academies of Sciences offers education and
career planning guidance for students of science and engineering.
Careers
in Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation supplies
information about the various career opportunities in the transportation
industry, from bus...
How
Becoming a Doctor Works
This site explains the basics of becoming a doctor; topics
covered include applying for medical school, curriculum, testing requirements,
tuition,...
How
Dental School Works
This site explains the basics of becoming a dentist; topics
covered include suggested high school and undergraduate curriculum, study
skills,...
InternshipPrograms.com
This commercial site offers a searchable directory of
internship opportunities throughout the United States, as well as résumé tips
and other...
Is
the Past in Your Future?
The Society for Historical Archaeology offers an overview of
archaeology careers and educational requirements.
National
FFA Online
National Future Farmers of America presents information about
its organization, educational programs, and services.
Navy:
High School Student or Graduate
The United States Navy provides information specially
tailored for high school students about Navy and Marine Corps careers; includes
a page about...
O*NET
On-Line
Users of this site can identify their current set of job
skills and match them with an occupation, or determine the skills and knowledge
required for...
Peace
Corps
The Peace Corps site contains information on how to
volunteer, on the agency's history, and on its current programs.
Statistics
and the Statistics Profession
The American Statistical Association provides an overview of
the varied opportunities in the field of statistics, as well as how to prepare
for a...
Women
of NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
presents this virtual mentoring program for girls interested in math, science,
and...
CampusTours.com
This site offers links to virtual tours, interactive campus
maps, and Webcams for colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Canadian
Universities/ Universités Canadiennes
This site offers information about studying in Canada and
links to Canadian universities; available in English and French.
College
and University Rankings
The Education and Social Science Library of the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers links to higher education ranking services,
a...
College
Board Online
The College Board provides information about the SAT and the
other tests it offers, as well as resources for students, educators, and
counselors.
College
Choice Website
This privately maintained site is intended for high school
students who are in the process of making decisions about where to go to
college; it has...
College
is Possible
The Coalition of America's Colleges and Universities offers
advice on preparing for college, including extensive information on financial
aid.
College
Opportunities On-Line
The National Center for Education Statistics offers
information on thousands of colleges and universities in the United States.
CollegeSource
Online
Presented by the Career Guidance Foundation, CollegeSource
Online offers PDF files of catalogs from over 10,000 colleges, universities, and
technical...
Peterson's
Peterson's provides information about accredited educational
institutions around the world, including colleges and universities,
study-abroad...
Princeton
Review Online: College
The Princeton Review Online supplies information about
applying for college, selecting an institution, and financing your education.
Saving
for College with Section 529 Plans
This commercial site offers a variety of information about
qualified state tuition programs (QSTPs or 529 Plans).
Air
Force ROTC Scholarships and Careers
The United States Air Force provides information about its
ROTC scholarship programs and career opportunities.
Army
ROTC
The United States Army provides information about its ROTC
scholarships programs, including help with choosing a college and an ROTC
advisor.
College
is Possible
The Coalition of America's Colleges and Universities offers
advice on preparing for college, including extensive information on financial
aid.
College
Scams
Produced jointly by high school students and the Washington
State Attorney General's Office, this page issues warnings about scholarship
search scams.
FastWeb
This site offers an extensive searchable database of
scholarships available to students; advice on financial aid is also provided.
FinAid!
The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid
This site contains information on, and links to resources
relating to, obtaining financial aid for higher education.
Navy:
High School Student or Graduate
The United States Navy provides information specially
tailored for high school students about Navy and Marine Corps careers; includes
a page about...
Nellie
Mae
Nellie Mae, the largest nonprofit provider of student loans
in the United States, offers a variety of information about student loans,
including...
Sallie
Mae: Student Loan Marketing Association
The Student Loan Marketing Association offers a multimedia
course on finding and applying for financial aid, online loan applications, and
many other...
The
Student Guide
The U.S. Department of Education provides online versions of
its guides to student financial assistance programs.
General Resources College & Career Top Index
Adventures
In Education
This site offers extensive guidance for students on planning
a career, selecting a school, and paying for college; advice for parents,
teachers, and...
AirForceLINK
AirForceLINK contains biographies of Air Force leaders,
career information, news, and other resources.
AssociationCentral.com
This site provides a searchable and browsable catalog of
contact information for hundreds of nonprofit, professional, and special
interest...
Job
Hunters Bible
The creator of What Color is Your Parachute? offers a
guide to job searching online, including reviews of and links to career
assessment tests.
Mapping
Your Future
This site offers guidance for students who are making
college, career, and financial aid choices; available in English and Spanish.
MyFuture
This site provides information about post-high school
opportunities aside from college; the site includes personal finance resources,
a guide to...
Princeton
Review Online: Career
The Princeton Review Online supplies hints on job searching,
a guide for starting your own business, and tools for helping you discover a
career...
Project
EASI: Easy Access for Students and Institutions
The United States Department of Education provides this guide
to preparing for education beyond high school.
Studying
Abroad for Teens [TeensHealth.org]
TeensHealth.org offers information about studying abroad,
including links to related resources.
U.S.
Army Homepage
The United States Army provides a wide variety of resources.
AmeriCorps
The Corporation for National Service, a U.S. governmental
organization, provides information on opportunities for 18- to 24-year-olds to
serve...
Community
Toolbox
The University of Kansas presents the Community Toolbox,
composed of guides to help users establish and run organizations with the goal
of effecting...
Habitat
for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International provides information about
the organization and how to get involved in its projects, as well as a fact
sheet,...
Helping.org
This nonprofit site strives to match potential volunteers
with local organizations; the site also catalogs opportunities for charitable
donations,...
Kids
Care Clubs
This nonprofit organization works to provide opportunities
for young people to make a difference in their communities; the site offers
information...
The
President's Student Service Challenge
This site presents information about a service award program
for students established by the President of the United States.
SERVEnet
SERVEnet provides information about community service and
volunteer organizations.
VolunteerMatch
This site offers a searchable directory of volunteer
opportunities throughout the United States.
Youth
Hall of Fame
The Youth Hall of Fame International provides an online forum
to recognize and celebrate youth from around the world who have made special...