TRAILS pre-test

Internet Driver's License

Learn the Net
Step 1: Master the Basics: The Internet Explained
Step 2: Learn  and Review Internet Vocabulary from an Internet Glossary
Step 2: Learn about Netiquette

Skills 2000: World Wide Web

February is Black History Month! 

African American History Biographies

African American Registry (search by name or keyword) http://www.aaregistry.com/show.php

Biography.Com Celebrates Black History Month http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/

Frederick Douglass (Escape from Slavery) http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/fdoug.htm

Gale Black History Month http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/index.htm

Harriet Tubman http://harriettubman.com/

The Legacy of George Washington Carver http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/gwc/home.html

Martin Luther King Jr. & Black History Month http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk/

Martin Luther King Jr. Seattle Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/king/biography.html

Post Gazette - Black History Month http://www.post-gazette.com/blackhistorymonth/kids.asp
Includes Bessie Coleman, Wilma Rudolph, Ida Wells, William DuBois

Time line of Civil Rights Movement (About.com) http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/civilrights/a/timelinecivrght.htm 

Time line of the American Civil Rights Movement (InfoPlease) http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

African American Odyssey (Library of Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html

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African American History Additional Sites
American Slave Narratives http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html

Brown vs. Board of Education http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/brown.html

Brown vs. Board of Education Court Case http://www.hrcr.org/docs/US_Constitution/brown1.html

Brown vs. Board of Education Museum http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/7950658.htm

Jim Crow Laws http://www.nps.gov/malu/documents/jim_crow_laws.htm

New York Public Library Images of AfricanAmericans  http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19

Slavery in America Encyclopedia (History ofSlaveryin America) http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/history/overview.htm

Underground Railroad http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/contents.htm

Baseball Project

Atlapedia http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html

Lonely Planet http://www.lonelyplanet.com/

Major League Baseball Scoreboard http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/scoreboard/mlb_scoreboard.jsp

World Factbookhttp://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

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Careers

I Have a Plan Iowa https://secure.ihaveaplaniowa.gov/default.aspx

Earth History

Birthstones, Gems, Minerals
   Birthstone Collection http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/birthstones/index.html
    Amethyst Galleries' MineralGallery http://www.galleries.com/default.htm
    Mineral  &Gemstone Kingdom http://www.minerals.net/
Dinosaurs http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/
Earthquakes
   Geography 4Kids Earthquakes http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq1/
    Understanding Earthquakes http://projects.crustal.ucsb.edu/understanding/
Rocks http://www.geography4kids.com/files/earth_rocktypes.html
Tsunami
    How Stuff Works Tsunami http://science.howstuffworks.com/tsunami.htm   
    Welcome to Tsunami http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/index.html
Volcanoes
    Volcano World http://volcano.und.edu/
    Volcanoes of the World http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/

Inventors & Scientists

Hero Timeline http://www.imahero.com/timelines/alva_timeline.htm#Inventors
Internet Public Library Scientist &Inventors http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref15.75.00/
Inventors' Biographies http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html#invbio
Scientists' Biographies http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html#scibio

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RADCAB
RADCAB Overview	RADCABhttp://www.radcab.com/
Why should we evaluate websites?	Wikipedia Aspartame Boilerplate robot Civil War Facts Civil War Camps Dangers of Bread
Web Sites for Relevance	ShowDog http://www.showdog.com/ Dog Owner's Guide http://www.canismajor.com/dog/decis.html
Web Sites for Appropriateness	UC Davis http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/CCAB/aggression.html
Web Sites for Details	Dog Owner's Guide http://www.canismajor.com/dog/decis.html World'sWorst Website http://www.angelfire.com/super/badwebs/
Web Sites for Currency & Authority	Pet Website Dog http://www.petwebsite.com/dogs/ Wonderpuppy http://www.wonderpuppy.net/ Dog Owner's Guide http://www.canismajor.com/dog/decis.html About Dogs http://www.dogs.about.com
Web Sites to Determine Purpose & Bias	ChipsAhoy http://www.nabiscoworld.com/Chipsahoy/ Dihydrogen Monoxide http://www.dhmo.org/ Land's End http://www.landsend.com/ WhiteHouse.gov http://www.whitehouse.gov/ White House.net http://www.whitehouse.net/
Web Sites for Bias	United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/ Holocaust Encyclopedia http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/ Institute for Historical Review http://www.ihr.org/ Holocaust Denial http://www.ihr.org/leaflets/denial.shtml

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