Internet Resources

Social Studies

Link	Description
http://www.historychannel.com	This site covers most major historic events.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu	This is an evolving digital library for searching the ancient world.
http://www.weareteachers.com/save-this-list-21-top-websites-for-social-studies-teachers-2/	21 great websites for Social Studies – for students and teachers!

English – Language Arts

Link	Description
http://www.ncte.org	The National Council of Teachers of English includes sites on literature and writing.
http://www.writesite.org	This is an interactive language arts and journalism project for middle students.
http://figment.com/	FIGMENT – place for posting your own writing.
http://www.teenink.com/	Teen Ink – a site for submitting your writing
https://docs.google.com/a/swampscott.k12.ma.us/document/d/1cXIILuMu7m0osoyARqTWciXF-1-Ysnb2uqrEh4UmM_g/edit?usp=sharing	New Works Cited template based on MLA 8.

Reference

Internet Reference Resources

Link	Description
In School Reference Databases http://galesites.com/menu/massn	Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
http://www.noblenet.org	North of Boston Library Exchange
http://www.swampscottlibrary.org/	Swampscott Public Library – books, databases, CDs, DVD’s and ebooks!
http://www.bartleby.com	Looking for a quotation? Try Bartlett’s online
http://www.noblenet.org/category/kids/	NOBLE for Kids – resources, including homework help and pages for teachers & parents

Foreign Language

Link	Description
http://reference.yourdictionary.com/languages.html#D	List of free online language dictionaries
http://www.france.com	There are vast amounts of information here about France.

General Interest

Link	Description
http://www.pbs.org	Public Broadcasting
http://www.usatoday.com	USA Today
http://www.nmsa.org	National Middle School Association
http://nieonline.com/bostonglobe/	Boston Globe Newspapers in Education
http://teenshealth.org/en/teens/	Teen Health – site for health information
http://nieonline.com/bostonherald/students.cfm	Boston Herald Newspapers in Education

Link	Description
http://www.aaas.org	The American Association for the Advancement of Science contains everything that’s current in science from daily news stories to electronic product information.
https://www.khanacademy.org/	Khan Academy – math, science, art history, test prep – all for free!
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html	NASA for students
https://scratch.mit.edu/	SCRATCH program
http://www.blarg.net/~math	This is the site of The Highline Advanced Math Program
http://www.funbrain.com	Try your math wits at Funbrain.
http://hmnh.harvard.edu/resources	Harvard Museum of Natural History resources for teachers – videos and lectures

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