| USA Geography | U.S. Government Report | Kansas Government | Civil War | Greek Mythology - King Minos |
| Our City and County
- http://www.wycokck.org/gen/wyco_generated_pages/index.html |
| Our State
http://www.state.ks.us/ |
| Our Country
http://www.usa.gov/ |
| Map Practice
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html |
| More Map Practice
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm |
| 1. Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids - Organized by grade levels, this site gives the students kid-friendly information about various levels of government in the US. http://bensguide.gpo.gov/subject.html http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/index.html http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/government/branches.html |
| 2. Your U.S. Government at work ... United States Government Information - the way it should be presented http://www.uark.edu/studorg/w5ym/government.html |
| 3. What Is Democracy? - Democratic Government http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/whatsdem/whatdm7.htm |
| 4. The President Has Many Roles - An interactive site about the seven roles of the President. http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/5a2.html |
| 5. The President's Seal - Explains the various objects of the seal. Links to a page for students to color the President's seal and another that allows the students to design a new Presidential seal. http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/5a2.html |
| 6. New Book of Knowledge - This is a set of articles on the presidents, the presidency and American politics. It is designed for school grades 3 through 8. Can be used as background information. There is a link to an online quiz. http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/nbk/nbk_toc.html |
| 7. White House for Kids - This site is designed to help students understand the various roles of the President, First Lady, and Vice President. The students can also investigate other aspects of the personal lives of the people in the White House. http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ |
| 8. Presidential Inaugurations - Activities to help students learn about presidential inaugurations. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pihome.html |
Does it describe how the government of Kansas operates or who has what responsibilities? |
| The Kansas State Constitution
- http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/ref/constitution/index.html |
| "Kansas at a Glance" - http://www.kssos.org/images/Kansas%20Kids/glance.pdf
Read page six of this document. |
| "The Kansas State Government
Organization" - http://www.kshs.org/research/topics/politics/governmentorganization.htm
This is a great site, but remember not to go in-depth about the history of Kansas' government. This essay is only long enough to give a general description of Kansas' government. |
| Civil War |
| Civil War Battles http://www.civilwar.com/index.php?option=com_battlemap&Itemid=98 |
| Student Research Resources - The Civil War http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/civwar.html |
| American Civil War http://www.americancivilwar.com/civil.html |
| American Civil War http://americancivilwar.com/ |
| Cyber Sleuth Kids - The Civil War http://www.cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/US_History/Civil_War/Battles/index.htm |
| Civil War.com http://www.civilwar.com/ |
| Home of the American Civil War http://www.civilwarhome.com/ |
| The Civil War Home Page http://www.civil-war.net/ |
| Greek Mythology - King Minos |
| Encyclopedias |
| Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minos |
| Pantheon - http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/minos.html |
| Answers.Com - http://www.answers.com/topic/minos |
| Baratleby - http://www.bartleby.com/65/mi/Minos.html |
| Myth Web - http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/entries/minos.html | Brittanica - http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9372236/Minos |
| General Information on Greek Mythology | In 2 Greece - http://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/mythology/names/minos.htm |
| Pictures | Knossos - http://www.sights-and-culture.com/Crete/Knossos.html | Ancient Greek Civilizations - http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/pre-greece/minoan/minoan.html |
| Google Search - King Minos - http://images.google.com/images?q=King%20Minos&gbv=2&hl=en&sa=N&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&tab=wi |
| Google Search - Greek Mythology King Minos - http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&gbv=2&q=Greek+Mythology+King+Minos |