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ART

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BIOGRAPHIES                                    

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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Black HistoryBiographies  CNN's Black History Month Martin Luther King Site 
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  Link to doll study and African-American girls and self-image  *(This may be disturbing to watch)

                                     

                                  

 

COSTUMES
The Costume Page  
The Costumer's Manifesto  

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
about.com links Gale's Women's History Month    u of wis MEGA SITE
Education Planet Links to Women's History   infoplease (lots of ads!)  

 

DECADES

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EDUCATION

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US Dept. of Education   Digest of Ed'l Statistics

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS

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FASHION

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INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS

African American Inventors Invent Hall of Fame Inventors Museum (best inventors site 2002) 
Inventors A-Z Inventors & Inventions LINKS TO INVENTORS & INVENTIONS
Sketches of Inventions    

                         

LAW

findlaw.com Illinois Links to Laws findlaw's state laws by topic
State Cell Phone Driving Laws Youth and labor laws THOMAS federal legislation
About THOMAS (Library of Congress) Illinois General Assembly (laws)  

 

MATH

FRACTALS  Nat'l Library of Virtual Math
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Music Links

Baroque Music and Musicians    Biographies  
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NAMES AND MEANINGS

Alphabet Zoop for Names BehindtheName Surname Origins
BabyCenter Dictionary of Last Names More baby names
BabyNamer House of Names 20,000 Names
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NEWS

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION

BODY BUILDING EPHEDRA Disease and Prescription Drug Information
CREATINE SUPPLEMENTS  
STEROIDS Nat'l Center for Drug Free Sports  

 

PSYCHOLOGY

BRAIN CONNECTION BRAINS.ORG DANA FOUNDATION (BRAIN RESEARCH SITE) HOW STUFF WORKS (BRAIN)
NAT'L GEOGRAPHIC (HAS POP-UPS BUT INTERACTIVE SITE) DATABASES ON THE BRAIN BRAIN SKILSS (FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM) BRAIN GAMES
GRAPHIC BRAIN ATLAS   TEEN BRAIN LINKS  

 

POLITICS

2008 Election/candidates and issues  PoliticalNews&Analysis   
 2008 Quiz/choose your candidate generallegislativeinfo&activity  rep.nat'lcommittee 
nationaljournal.com   libertarianparty
Politicians and Elections (open secrets)    demo.nat'lcommittee
lobbyists database   reformparty

    

RECIPES

  all recipes foodtv recipe center
  bettycrocker Greek recipes recipe america
culinary cafe meals.com  
epicurious.com mexican cooking  

     

SCIENCE

  ENERGY SITES Ecology
BIOMES LAND BIOMES WorldBiomes
GENERAL  HEALTH SITES NATIONAL SCIENCE DIGITAL LIBRARY Natural Disaster Links
GENETICS PERIODIC TABLES PLANETS
Dept. Natural Resources/Illinois SCIENCE/TIMELINES SCIENCE BIOGRAPHIES

           

SOCIAL STUDIES
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HISTORICALDOCUMENTS ScopesTrialLinks WW I Links
 THEHISTORYPLACE.COM SPANISHINQUISITION WORLDWARII
INDIA ANCIENT HISTORY BOER WARS

 

STATES/GENERAL INFORMATION

50 States.com Net States U.S. StateFacts /Ready Reference U.S. States-Facts
ILLINOIS Stately Knowledge Yahoo! City & State Guides

 

STATISTICS

Census Bureau (home page)  Dept. of Justice/Research & Statistics More Education Stats/tables and figures Statistical Resources On the Web  (U. of Michigan--No access to "UMich Only" sites)
  Dept. of Justice/Capital Punishment Federal Stats (GREAT SITE!)  Statistical Abstract/Census Info. U. S. Dept. of Justice Homepage 
Crime stats from the Bureau of Justice Education Stats     

                

 TEENAGER TOPICS  

Teen Brain Teenagers--General Links  
     
     

                                  

TRANSPORTATION

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Federal Aviation Admin. Nat'l Industrial Transportation League U.S. Dept. of Transportation & Links
Federal Highway Admin. Transportation Security Admin.   U.S. Transportation Safety Board
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