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College Board
Online -Supplies testing and financial information for the transition
from secondary school to college. Includes a keyword search facility.
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FinAid! -Central
source for financial aid resources defines the terminology, lists
government grants, and introduces aid for special populations.
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Education
World -Expansive collection offers features, news and resources
for teachers, as well as links to schools and universities around
the world.
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Peterson's
-Education site provides articles and links geared toward undergraduate
students of sociology. Has a directory of private secondary schools.
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American School Directory
-Search for web sites of 106,000 K-12 schools in the US by zip code,
city, county or state. Offers public, private, and parochial listings.
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Homeschool
Support on the Internet -Defines what sort of homeschooling options
can be undertaken. Supplies links to educational software, email groups
and curriculum support.
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Kaleidoscapes
-Join discussion boards for homeschoolers. Topics include curriculum,
college entry, unit studies, regulations, support and learning subjects.
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All About
College -Find college and university resources, college chat rooms,
listings of fraternities and sororities, research tools, and financial-aid
links.
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Adults Back
to College -Find weekly news updates, a discussion list, a forum
and chat, and coverage of financial aid, distance education and internship
opportunities.
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Homework Central
-Contains more than 9,000 lesson plans, organized by subject and grade,
plus resources for students, teachers, librarians and parents.
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Teachers.Net -Exhaustive
hub for educators features chatboards, experts columns, news, a bookshelf,
a catalog and curriculum development materials.
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Global
Directory of Universities -More than 4,800 links, categorized
by region, to universities, colleges, schools, polytechnics and similar
higher-ed institutions worldwide.
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CISAER
-Explore distance-learning programs and organizations, as linked by
Courses on the Internet: Survey, Analysis, Evaluation, Recommendation.
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BBC Online
- Education -General educational resource includes subject-specific
categories, such as health, history, adult learning, languages and
science.
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Freedom Trail,
The - find out about Boston's past by exploring the trail and
checking out pictures from stops along the way.
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Heard Museum -
this Phoenix, Arizona, museum has a whole bunch of Native American
and Southwest material.
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1492:
An Ongoing Exhibit - learn about America before European explorers
arrived. Discover how the arrival of Columbus affected many different
peoples and cultures.
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Bennington
Museum - this Bennington, Vermont museum features a large collection
of Grandma Moses paintings, pottery, military artifacts, and much
more.
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Boston
Tea Party Ship and Museum - find online activities, read about
Dec. 16, 1773, and get visitor info for this museum and its full-sized
replica ship located in Boston, MA.
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Fort
McHenry - check out the birthplace of the U.S. National Anthem.
Hear The Star-Spangled Banner and learn all about this historic site
in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Mission
San Luis De Apalachee - outdoor exhibit on 17th-century life at
this Spanish and Native American community including archaeological
and historical findings.
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Museum
of Florida History - visit this Tallahassee museum to see Florida
quilts, Civil War flags, Seminole basketry, miltary memorabilia, movie
posters, and citrus and cigar box labels, representing long-time industries
in the state.
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High Desert Museum,
The - this museum in Bend, Oregon is home to several animal, cultural,
and natural history exhibits!
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Historic
Fort Snelling - restored stone fortress of an 1820s military outpost
located in the Twin Cities area. Read a history of the fort or take
a virtual tour.
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Illinois State
Museum - lists the events, programs, and online exhibits at this
system of museums. Check it out!
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Kansas City Museum
- official site for the Kansas City Museum and Science City at Union
Station. Find out about the activities and exhibits at each attraction.
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Kentucky Derby
Museum - find history and trivia about this renowned horse race
including info on Churchill Downs and current exhibits for this museum
located in Louisville, KY.
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Mount Vernon
- the famous home of U.S. founding father George Washington, plus
biographical information and historical resources.
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Museum
of Early Trades & Crafts - see what exhibits are showing at
this museum in Madison, New Jersey that aims to show what people were
like in the state during pre-industrial times.
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Museum of
Tolerance - take an on-line tour and check out special exhibits
at this Los Angeles museum that is also part of the Simon Wiesenthal
Center.
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Museum of Useful Things
- check out this museum dedicated to everyday items like the shopping
cart and the mousetrap. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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National
Civil Rights Museum - visit this museum located at the site of
the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where Dr. Martin Luther
King was assassinated.
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Smithsonian:
The Star-Spangled Banner - read the history of the U.S. flag,
learn how it is preserved, and solve the mysteries of who created
it, why it was changed, and how it inspired revolutionaries.
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Pilgrim Hall
Museum - check out America's oldest public museum located in Plymouth,
MA. Find historic details about the Pilgrims and their life in the
New World too!
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Plimoth Plantation
- site contains information on this living history museum and life
in 17th Century Plymouth.
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Vietnam
Veterans Memorial - official page from the National Park Service
on the history of this memorial, its creation, the war itself, and
the people it commemorates.
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Witnessing
A Painful Voyage - this Holocaust Museum exhibit tells the fate
of 936 European Jews in 1939 aboard a ship fleeing Nazi Germany, bound
for Cuba.
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Reich
Speaks About Holocaust - 1996 article telling of Walter Reich,
director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, presenting
his and others' survivals of The Holocaust.
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Pony Express
Museum - located in St. Joseph, Missouri where the Pony Express
riders began their journey.
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Salem Witch
Museum - read about the history behind the Salem Witch Trials
of 1692 at this Massachusetts museum's site.
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Sixth Floor Museum at
Dealey Plaza - this historic exhibit, located in the book depository
from which President Kennedy was assassinated, examines the life,
times, death, and legacy of JFK.
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Smithsonian National
Postal Museum - stamps, mailboxes, dead letters, plus cool stuff
about the Titanic, Amelia Earhart, the Gold Rush, and much more! There
are even games and a video from this museum in Washington, DC.
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USS Arizona Memorial
- straddles the sunken hull of the battleship USS Arizona and commemorates
the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Whitehall Flagler
Museum - this Palm Beach, Florida museum will teach you about
the state's history. Explore Florida hotels, railroads, agriculture,
and more!
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Windham
Textile & History Museum - preserving the history of Connecticut's
role in the American Industrial Revolution. Located in a turn-of-the-century
textile mill.
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Wrangell's
Museum - find out about visiting this museum that peeks into this
Alaskan city's past.
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