Children's Search Engines and Directories

Ask Jeeves for Kids
Ask Jeeves a question and he'll try to answer by providing a webpage that should have the answer.

Fact Monster
This site, from the Learning Network, is loaded with facts for students from K-12. Included is a searchable atlas, almanac, dictionary, and encyclopedia.

Kids Search Tools
A single page that contains search boxes to several children’s search engines and ready reference resources.

KidsClick
Created by librarians for kids, this site has three search features including a directory; search by alpha listing; and search by word.

KidsClick! (Dewey Arrangement)
A unique feature on the KidsClick site is the ability to search the selected sites by Dewey order or as they say through the "Librarian's Eyes."

Yahooligans
Yahoo designed for young people from 7-12 years old. The site began in 1996 and is the oldest major directory for children.

Librarians Indexed Internet
LII is extremely helpful since it provides reliable resources, not like other commercial search engines.

Media Tubs
The media tubs have been set up with all the resources that we could find to teach different topics. They include books, posters, videos, software, and realia.

These lists were made to make it easier for teachers to find the materials that are appropriate to the levels they are teaching.  Please feel free to email Darla if there are any tubs that you think are too hard or too easy for the levels they are in with. 

Thank you,

Darla

Great Web Sites for Reports

Constitution Day 2006 Lesson Plans
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/AssetDetail.aspx?myID=1069

Annenberg Classroom
http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/AssetDetail.aspx?myID=1074


Ben’s Guide to the Government
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2

"Constitution Toolkit"
includes images of newspaper articles (1787), notes Washington
& Jefferson wrote on drafts of the Constitution (1787-88),
Jefferson's chart of state votes (1788), Washington's diaries
(1786-89), Hamilton's speech notes for proposing a plan of
government, a Philadelphia map (1752), the "broadside" Bill of
Rights (1791), & other artifacts. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_wethepeople_kit.php

Constitution course- Yale
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1982/3/82.03.03.x.html

National Archives Exhibit Hall: The Charters of Freedom
http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/constitution.html

Constitution Day 2006 Made Easy
http://www.justicelearning.org/ConstitutionDay/index.asp

Constitution Day
http://www.constitutionday.com/

Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html

Constitution Resources
http://www.ed.gov/free/constitution/index.html

Constitution Day- Materials & Resources for Teachers-New York Times (2005)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/issues_in_depth/20050916.html
[NOTE: May require free registration. ]

Constitution Center
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/

Constitution Day Resources
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitutionday/display/MainS/Home

Interactive Constitution
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/

Constitution Timeline
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/timeline/

Teaching History with Technology Newsletter -- Sept. 15, 2005
http://thwt.org/newsletterh10.htm
Special Feature: U.S. Constitution Resources, Lesson Plans, and Activities (Middle School, High School)
In honor of Constitution Day, September 17, 2005, THWT offers an annotated list of helpful teaching resources about the United States Constitution.

Best of History Web Sites: Constitution at
http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_Constitution.shtml

U.S. Constitution Teaching Theme
http://www.teach-nology.com/themes/social/consit/
The Constitution – annotated websites
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/subject_matter/social_studies/us_history/consti/


Constitution Day -- September 18
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson347.shtml
Lesson plans and “some of the best online resources for teaching
about the U.S. Constitution.”
Last updated 08/09/2006

Celebrating Constitution Day – posted Aug. 4, 2006
http://cqpress.com/incontext/constitution/default.htm

The Bill of Rights Institute
http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/Instructional/Resources/ConstitutionDay/

A Story About the U.S. Constitution
http://www.awesomestories.com/famous_trials/marbury_madison/marbury_madison_ch1.htm


A National Archives-created game (called "The Constitution Game") which was
designed by NARA to help students experience what it might have been like
to be a delegate in 1787.
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/game.html

Teaching With Documents: Observing Constitution Day
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/

We the People: Behind the Scenes with Benjamin Franklin
http://www.cyberbee.com/constitution

We the People: Celebrating Constitution Day (Marco Polo 2005)
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/MarcoGrams/Sep2005.html

The Government Domain
Back to School for Constitution Day
By Peggy Garvin
http://www.llrx.com/columns/govdomain8.htm

For classroom resources on the Constitution visit the
Gilder Lehrman Institute’s teacher module page
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/module2/index.html

U.S. Constitution Web Portal
An extensive and categorized collection of links and resources for
teachers and students in grades 4-12.
http://faculty.fullerton.edu/tgreen/constitution/teacher.htm

School House Rock – AmericaRock
http://www.school-house-rock.com/AmericaRock.html
The Preamble
http://www.school-house-rock.com/Prea.html
Site has the lyrics and part of the audio in .wav file for the
each of the AmericaRock songs.

Newsweek's education program site (2005)
http://www.newsweekeducation.com/extras/2005_constitution3.php