Recommended Websites for

PACE Independent Research

http://wadsworthpace.pbworks.com

Recommended websites for independent research in Ms. Wadsworth's PACE class, May, 2009.

Book Reviews

http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html

Retrieve reviews of children's literature by title, author, type or grade level. Featured articles include discussion topics and activities. Professional articles are included.

http://www.biography.com

http://www.toptags.com/aama/bio/bio.htm

Historical Fiction

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

http://www.mrdowling.com

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk

http://www.ushmm.org/education--U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Education Page

http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi--World War I Document Archive

http://www.pitt.edu/~pugachev/greatwar/ww1.html--Great War Website

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~amnornes/WarLinks.html--World War II links

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/denmark.htm--Danish assistance to Jews in Holocaust

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/--Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/salem/17docs.html--Documentary Archive of the Salem Witch Trials

http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com--Salem Witch Museum Website

Julie of the Wolves

http://library.bhbl.neric.org/wolves/open%20me%20only.htm

Wolf website

http://library.bhbl.neric.org/inuit/index.htm

Inuit website

The Orphan Train Adventures

 http://www.hamilton.net

http://www.system.missouri.edu/upress/spring1997/patrick.htm

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogrundy/orphans.html

Mythology

http://www.hol.gr/greece/ancgods.htm

The Gods Family Tree offers a good overview on Greek mythology. Other sections include The Titans, The Olympians, and Other Gods & Semi-Gods.

http://julen.net/ancient/Mythology_and_Religion

This site offers links for ancient religion and mythology as well as topics such as archaeology, daily life and history.

http://www.pantheon.org/

Here are brief descriptions of folklore, heroes, and mythology for Africa, Americas, Asia, Oceania, and Europe.

http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/index.html#index

This site focuses on Greek and Roman myths alphabetically arranged.

http://www.milica.com.au/greek_myths

Topics on this site include formation of the world, famous legends, and genealogical tables.

http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/greek_myth.html

Sections include gods, heroes, creatures, stories, and family trees.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Hercules

This site includes biographical information, maps, women, labors, and other stories about Hercules, Greece's hero.

http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~cherryne/mythology.html

http://www.bulfinch.org/

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

http://www.legends.dm.net/

http://www.windows.ucar.edu

http://www.indolink.com/Kidz/mythology

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/myths.html

http://www.st.rim.or.ip/~cycle/myrefE.HTML

http://www.ilhawaii.net/!stony/loreindx.html

http://www.uta.edu/english/V/students/collab13/joyce.html

http://www.uta.edu/english/V/students/collab13/kenitha.html

http://www.uta.edu/english/V/students/collab13/lbc.html

http://www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/guides/

http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/blbiographies.htm/harrybelafonte

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/biographies/index.htm

http://www.levity.com/corduroy/harlem.htm

http://www.poets.org/exh/Exhibit.cfm?prmID=7

http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Dept/EN/Courses/EN370/EN3707117Garcia/

http://www.iniva.org/harlem/index2.html

http://www.dclibrary.org/blkren/index2.html

http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/chap9.html

http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/circle/harlem-ren-sites.html

http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/music/e2-mo-jazz.html

http://www.uta.edu/english/V/students/collab13/index.html

http://www.jeannepasero.com/harlem.html

http://www.fatherryan.org/harlemrenaissance/

 http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem

Golden Age of Radio

http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/1900-75/depressn/labnews2.html

Discussion of labor unions, relief programs and the New Deal. Also shown is the typical bungalow of the 1930's.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html

Images of the Depression from the Library of Congress.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/wpaintro/wpahome.html

Lives of Americans who lived at the turn of the century as written and researched by the WPA Federal Writers' Project.

http://ingrimayne.saintjoe.edu/econ/EconomicCatastrophe/GreatDepression.html

Banking and unemployment in the 1930's.

http://gnv.fdt.net/~dontje/normandie/nintro.html

Construction, design, and decoration of the ocean liner Normandie that was launched in 1932.

http://www.rcww.com/anamosa/wood.htm

Life and paintings of Grant Wood.

http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/photo/hinex/empire/empire.html

Information and photographs of the construction of the Empire State Building.

http://www.pathfinder.com/Life/covers/

Search the covers of Life Magazine that began publication in 1936.