
There is so much out there on the web to help kids learn. But it’s so hard to find! At EdAlive Top Sites you’ll find over 500 educational web sites designed expressly for, or useful to you in your quest for great resources.
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About.com: Art History
Great art history resourcesArtist biographies, timelines, movements and schools, museums, and galleries.
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American Rhetoric
Great speeches over timeAudio, video and text versions of some of history’s most memorable speeches. Includes: Speech Bank, Top 100 Speeches, Rhetorical Literature, Obama Speeches, Movie Speeches, Christian Rhetoric and more.
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Annenberg Learner
Advance excellence in teachingUses media and telecommunications to advance excellence teaching in American schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers.
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BTN – Behind The News
Introducing children to the world of newsFeatures ABC News videos based on current affair issues and events happening around the world. Watch online videos of weekly TV episodes on the ABC channel. Introduces young people to the world of news.
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Cobb and Co Museum (Queensland Museum)
The history of coach transportThis Museum, physically based in Toowoomba, focuses on historical and cultural aspects of Queensland and Australia. The museum houses over fifty horse-drawn vehicles, including sturdy drays and farm wagons, that tell the story of European settlement on the Darling Downs, while sulkies and buggies demonstrate transportation imported to Australia during the 1880s.
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EDSITEment
The best of the humanities on the webCombines history with language arts, foreign language, art, and music to give students the total humanities experience through high-quality lesson plans that promote critical thinking.
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Folkstreams
American Roots CultureA national preserve of documentary films about American roots cultures. It’s where you’ll find the best of American folklore films.
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History Matters
The US Survey course on the webAmerican history resources including primary documents, images, audio, and more. A highly regarded gateway to web resources as well as a repository of unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents, and guides to analyzing historical evidence for high school and college students and teachers of American history.
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Kids.gov
A safe place to learn and playThe official kids’ portal for the U.S. Gov. link kids, parents and teachers to information and services on the web from government agencies, schools, and educational organizations, all geared to the learning level and interest of kids. Kids.gov is organized into four audiences: Kids Grades K-5, Teens Grades 6-8, Teachers and Parents. Each audience tab is divided into educational subjects like Arts, Math, and History
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Media Education Foundation
Educational videos about media, culture, and societyOffers documentary films and other challenging media for teaching media literacy and media studies. The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical thinking about the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media.
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The Archaeology Channel
Explore human cultural heritage through streaming mediaStudents can explore human cultural heritage through streaming media on The Archaeology Channel. The Channel is operated by the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI). Recognizing that the archaeological record is the legacy of all human beings and dedicated to bringing the benefits of archaeology to a wider constituency, ALI was founded to address a number of critical issues now facing archaeology and its potential beneficiaries:
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The Civil War Homepage
Dedicated to the participants, both North and South, in the great American Civil WarOne of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Civil War related material available. The Photos Database has over 1,100 of Civil War related pictures, images and Cartes de Visite (CDV) photographs. The Interactive Civil War Photo Gallery that allows you to add your own images, rate images and leave comments.
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The Museum of the Moving Image
Archival information for media studiesAdvances the understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media by presenting exhibitions, education programs, significant moving-image works, and interpretative programs, and collecting and preserving moving-image related artefacts.
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The Wax Museum
Australian snapshots of influential people in timeProvides a series of snapshots of the people who have shaped and continue to shape our lives, It presents human beings in all their variety. This exhibit included Dioramas of Australian History and Nersery Rymes, Replicas of the Crown Jewels and Fantasia Macabre, a unique and little seen collection of mythical characters from fiction and more. Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia.
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Video Active
Resources from the European audio visual archivesFind Europe’s TV heritage through Video Active, a collection of TV programs and stills from European audio visual archives.
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