Homework Help

American Memory
What happened on this day in American history?  Find out the answer on this web site.  Plus find information on the history and culture of the United States from over 7 million digital items from over 100 collections.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html

Big Chalk                                                                                                       
A good source of information for grades K-12, as well as resources for teachers and librarians.
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/db/Home.html

State of Connecticut                                                                                 
Do you know the Connecticut state motto?  This web page will tell you everything you wanted to know about the state of Connecticut including, the history, government, state bird, state flower, and more.                 
www.kids.ct.gov/kids/site/default.asp

Elements of Style
Do not rely on spell check and grammar check! Impress your teachers by learning the correct way to structure sentences and paragraphs for writing reports.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/

Art
Visit the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC and look at some of the beautiful works of art.  Plus, you can create your own interactive work of art.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/

Information Please                                                                                      
If you want a combination of a dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, and an almanac, you will find the information here at Information Please.  There are also facts on the government, history, biographies, sports, and much more.
http://www.infoplease.com/

Kids Click                                                                                                 
More than 600 subjects are covered ranging from the arts, to the weird and mysterious.  Also included are dictionaries, encyclopedias, trivia, holidays and topics currently in the news.
http://www.kidsclick.org/          

Library of Congress                                                                              
Have some fun at the world’s largest library.  Watch Thomas Edison’s first film, see what the first cartoons looked like, and learn about famous people, from athletes to presidents, at America’s library.                                                
http://www.loc.gov/

MLA Citations
This web site has all the information you need to know about citing sources when writing a report, whether the source is a book, magazine, newspaper article, or an online source.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01

Merriam-Webster                                                                                     
An online unabridged dictionary and thesaurus, plus word of the day, word history, and word games.
http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

National Geographic Kids
Lots of information on animals, history, cultures, science, nature, maps and geography. Also, see what goes on under New York City. Are there really alligators in the sewers?
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

Online Literature
Complete texts of classic works of literature, poetry, encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, English usage, quotations, presidential inaugural speeches and many more can be found here.
http://www.bartleby.com/

Presidents of the United States
How much do you know about the presidents? This web site has a lot of biographical information on the presidents, as well as information on their cabinet members, election results, events that took place during their presidencies and much more.
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

Researching and Writing Reports
This web site will give you information on how to do research in a library, and on the web, plus, information on writing a report.
http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/

Smithsonian Institution                  
Learn about art, history, culture and lots of other subjects from the Smithsonian Institution.  Read about space flight, learn about the Earth, see a baseball that was autographed by Babe Ruth, see General Custer’s buckskin jacket and much more.
http://www.si.edu

States and Capitals                                                                                     
Practically everything you would like to know about the states, including the songs, birds, flags, license plates, and much more.                               

http://www.50states.com/

White House                                                                                            
What was Abraham Lincoln’s job before he became president?  Find out the answer at the White House web site.  Also included is information on all of the presidents, and a look at the inside of the White House.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidentsday/ 

World Almanac for Kids
Hundreds of subjects ranging from animals to world history for the 8-14 year old.  Also included is information on your favorite celebrities.
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/

World Maps and Flags
Maps and flags of every country in the world, with information on the economy, government and people of each country.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Your Dictionary                                                                                     
Need help with your Spanish homework?  This dictionary can translate English words into Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. There are more than 1800 dictionaries, and more than 250 languages.  Also included are word games, and practically everything you could possibly want to know about words and language.
http://yourdictionary.com/