VVSCSD

Library Media Center Resources and Links

 

Madison - Oneida School Library Systems Electronic Resources -

links to online catalog; Grolier Encyclopedia; newspaper, magazine, and health databases.  http://www.moboces.org/cis/sls_reso.htm  

Cider WebPac (Catalog for Informational Discovery and Educational Resources) - Online library catalog for the district and other districts in the area.  See what books your school and others have for you to borrow! www.ciderpress.org/vvs.html  

MID-YORK Library System - Online library catalog for the public libraries in the region.  See what books and media are available through your public library system and reserve them online with your MidYork library card!  http://midyork.org/  

Search Engines - Search the Internet for web pages with information about any topic.  

Copyright and Fair Use - Know what is allowed and what is not!

 

Teacher Resources                               Library Resources

 

 

Elementary Web Sites Middle School Web Sites High School Web Sites

 

Search Engines

 

Link

Description & URL

All the Web

Current links featuring real-time news  http://www.alltheweb.com

Altavista

Full-text search engine useful when searching for specific topics.  Great image library (when not filtered) http://www.altavista.com

Ask Jeeves

A kids search engine for a broad range of topics.  http://www.ask.com

Dogpile

Metasearch engine which simultaneously searches multiple search engines.

http://www.dogpile.com

HotBot

Drop-down menus provide search options for both basic and advanced searches.  http://www.hotbot.com

Google

A top rated search engine with sorted results.  http://www.google.com

KidsClick!

Very complete subject list.  You can choose by the first letter of a subject. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

Infoseek

Helpful tips selection on formulating queries. http://infoseek.go.com/

Internet Public Library

Offering Youth and Teen Resources, Reference Center and Searching Tools. http://www.ipl.org/

Lycos

Large and extensive coverage of the web. http://www.lycos.com/

Scirus

A science-only search engine http://www.scirus.com/

Yahoo

Hierarchically arranged topical directory: good for broad queries.  http://yahoo.com

Yahooligans!

WWW links by subject.  Searchable for kids.

 

Teacher Resources

 

AskERIC

Ask ERIC ( Educational Resources Information Center ) - Search the ERIC databases for educational articles, lesson plans, e-mail ERIC representatives to search for you, etc..  http://www.askeric.org/

Core Knowledge

Core Knowledge Foundation - Lesson plans, articles, and many other resources to help you use the Core Knowledge Sequence in your classroom and school. http://www.coreknowledge.org/

Gateway to Educational Materials

GEM - Cataloged lesson plans.  Searchable by grade and subject areas. http://www.thegateway.org/

MOM

Madison Oneida Media Catalog - Book your AV materials on-line. http://media.moric.org/mom/

Model Schools

Model Schools Program - links to SED standards, Curriculum Committees web pages, MSP calendar, CLO software. http://www.modelschools.org/

SED

New York State Education Department http://www.nysed.gov/

DiscoverySchool

DiscoverySchool - A library of creative curriculum resources. http://school.discovery.com/

Rubistar

Rubistar - Create rubrics for your project-based learning activities. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

Title 3

Title 3 Technology Literacy Grant - Teacher-created learning units tied to the NYS Learning Standards.   Search by subject, grade level or standard. http://www.title3.org/

 

Library Resources

 

ALA Resources for Parents, Teens and Kids

http://www.ala.org/parents/index.html

ALA - Caldecott Page

http://www.ala.org/content/NavigationMenu/

ALSC/Awards_and_Scholarships1/

Literary_and_Related_Awards/Caldecott_Medal/

Caldecott_Medal.htm

ALA - Newbery Page

http://www.ala.org/content/NavigationMenu/

ALSC/Awards_and_Scholarships1/

Literary_and_Related_Awards/Newbery_Medal/

Newbery_Medal.htm

American Library Association

http://www.ala.org/

CLRC

http://www.clrc.org/

Follett

http://www.titlewave.com/

Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature

 

http://www.slms-nyla.org/knick.html

Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/

L_MNET Archive

http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml

New York Library Association

http://www.nyla.org/

NYS Reading Association Awards

http://www.nysreading.org/awards/charlotte/charlotte.htm

 

Elementary Web Sites  

QUICK LINKS

Ancient China Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Colonial America
Explorers Indus River Valley Math Mesopotamia Middle Ages
Revolutionary War Science Science Fair Stone Age Underground Railroad

 

Ancient China

http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Chinalife.html#BONES

 

Oracle bones and daily life in Ancient China

http://library.thinkquest.org/20443/g_huanghe.html

 

Huang He Yellow River region

http://www.chineseastrologyonline.com/OracleBone.htm

 

Examples of oracle bones

http://departments.vassar.edu/~brvannor/translation.html

 

Oracle bone with translation

http://www.logoi.com/notes/chinese_origins.html

 

Origins of Chinese writing

http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/cv/projects/china_thomas/ChineseTeacher.doc

 

How to write in ancient Chinese

Ancient Egypt

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/home.html

 

Ancient Egypt

http://www.mrdowling.com/604egypt.html  

The gift of the Nile

http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm

 

Ancient Egypt webquest

http://www.clemusart.com/archive/pharaoh/rosetta/index.html

 

Rossetta Stone

http://www.akhet.co.uk/clikmumm.htm

 

Clickable mummy

http://www.touregypt.net/kids/  

Color Egypt – Just for kids

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/mummies.htm

 

Egyptian mummies – Smithsonian

http://www.interoz.com/egypt/gods.htm

 

Gods of ancient Egypt

http://www.guardians.net/egypt/tut1.htm

 

King Tut

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?searchtype=

subject&keywords=egypt+(ancient)&title=Egypt+(Ancient)

 

KidsClick! Ancient Egypt

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?searchtype=

subject&keywords=pyramids&title=Pyramids

 

KidsClick! Pyramids

http://www.guardians.net/egypt/hieronom.htm

Write your name in heiroglyphic

 

http://www.ancient-egypt.org/

 

The ancient Egypt site

http://touregypt.net/village/

 

The Pharaonic Village – an interactive site

Ancient Greece

 

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/research/Exp_Rese_Disc

/Mediterranean/Olympics/olympicintro.shtml

 

The ancient Olympics

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/research/Exp_Rese_Disc

/Mediterranean/Olympics/olympicintro.shtml

Ares

 

http://campus.northpark.edu/history//Classes/Images/Trireme.GIF

Picture of an Athenian Trireme

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hercules.html

Hercules

http://www.stanford.edu/~plomio/history.html#anchor204279

 

History of the Trojan War

http://www.historyforkids.org/

 

HistoryforKids

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?searchtype=

subject&keywords=greece+(ancient)&title=Greece+(Ancient)

 

KidsClick! Ancient Greece

http://www.indiana.edu/~kglowack/athens/sites.html

 

Ancient city of Athens – sites and monuments

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/ent/A0861513.html

 

Theater in Ancient Greece

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/trireme.htm

 

The Trireme

Ancient Rome

 

http://www.crystalinks.com/romemythology.html

 

Ancient Roman mythology

http://www.the-colosseum.net

 

The Colosseum