Monday, October 27, 2008

Homestead Strike



log on to this PBS website for info about Andrew Carnegie and the Homestead Strike of 1892:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/

Friday, October 24, 2008

Electoral College


excellent websites to use when learning about the Electoral College:


http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2008/

http://www.hks.harvard.edu/case/3pt/electoral.html

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/july-dec00/ec_11-23.html

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Tuthankhamun


Start your investigations of King Tut on this website.

http://www.tutankhamun-exhibition.co.uk/index.html

Here are some more useful websites:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/tut2.htm
http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/collection_tut.html

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

immigration webquest


http://sites.lps.org/wq29/

use this link to access the details and links for the webquest.

Remember: Teams do #s 1, 3, and 4 together
Individuals do #2 or #5

class time will be devoted to research through Tuesday 10/21

Portfolios are due on Friday 10/24