homeworkhelper

Homework Helper Page

This page is intended to help students and parents alike in using Internet sites for specific projects underway at Holy Trinity Parish School and for general use and knowledge.

General Knowledge & Search Engines

Research Help Links

Google One of the best search engines with understandable search results

Marco Polo Search great search engine that can be easily geared for student's ages plus education sponsors with great web sites of their own

Cia World Factbook invaluable and up-to-date information about the people, economy, government and history of every country on the planet

HRW World Atlas Excellent and easy to use world atlas

First Gov The site to start your search for any information about the United States Government. The place to look for Senator and Representative addresses, taxes, National Park information, agriculture ... anything that has to do with your national government

Brittanica .com an outstanding site with excellent in-depth material and hundreds of internal links

Louisville Free Public Library use your library card to search for books and databases and reserve books online, even renew online

Evaluating Websites

Listening Skills

What is Listening

Safe Internet Surfing

Safe Internet Guidelines (Yahooligans)

Research Help East Greenwich Library website useful for internet research skills and assessing site validity

Avoiding Plagiarism from Internet Sources

Online Dictionaries

MerriamWebster Now you can always find a dictionary! Includes a thesaurus and word of the day.

MSN Online Dictionary

Easy Bib Type in your bibliographical information and Easy Bib does the formatting

Citation Machine

MLA Citation Examples

Find A Day In History

History Channel we use their searchable by date function for our daily PowerPoint presentation quizzes and there's lots more

NY Times Daily Archives

MSN On This Day

Civil War Sites:

Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln the companion site with the excellent PBS documentary with extensive information about the times and struggles in the Lincoln era.

Civil War Photographs Matthew Brady and his legion of photographers brought photographs and the horrors of war to the public for the first time

Lincoln's Assassination excellent site developed by a retired American History teacher, outstanding for Civil war enthusiasts

Presidential Sites:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/

8th Grade

History of the Electoral College

Electoral College Alternatives

Women's History

History Channel

National Women's History Project lots of links to other women's history sites

Revolutionary War Sites

Pbs Documentary

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/

http://www.state.de.us/facts/ushist/revfacts.htm

http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/American_Revolution.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/revolut

http://www.multied.com/revolt/

http://www.greeceny.com/arm/welch/weapons.htm

http://history.evansville.net/revoluti.html#American%20Revolution

Bartleby

7th Grade

Renaissance

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance

http://renaissance.dm.net/

http://www.mrdowling.com/704renaissance.html

http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/main.cfm

http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/renaissance/GeneralFiles/Introduction.html

How Fireworks Work

Kids Voting

Shakespeare Research Site:

60's Project Ideas and links

6th Grade

Ky Derby History Scavenger Hunt

Garland of Roses

6th Grade Mathematician http://mathforum.org/~judyann/calendar/

Volcano Research Sites

Volcano World

http://www.volcanoes.com/

http://www.earthmountainview.com/volcanos.html

http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Home.html

http://www.volcano.si.edu

Daily Life in Greece

Ancient Greek Government

Ancient Greece excellent site to help start your project

AncientGreece.com

My Hero Link : 5th and 6th grade project

Weather Channel (averages & records)

Scholastic Thanksgiving

Yahoo Finance: Easy Navigating and quick access to stock quotes

MSN Money Central: extensive finance site with information helpful to students and parents alike

Big Chalk China Links

5th Grade

US History Power Point Presentations

Newslink.Org

Earth Day Footprint Quiz

Author Card Webquest

Revolutionary War WebQuest

Science Book Link & Quizzes

My Hero Link : 5th and 6th grade project

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Christopher Columbus

Stately Knowledge Internet public library site about the 50 states

50 States great site with links to official sites for each state

Infoplease.com/States: extensive site with plenty of options for each state and guided searches

Yahooligans/States

MapQuest good site to find a map for use on your PowerPoint Presentation

Library of Congress kids oriented site with brief state information and a US History timeline

Read Across America Find a book about your state

US Senate

US House of Representatives

4th Grade

Solar Systems

Nasa Solar System

Kids and Space

Virtual Journey into the Universe

Travel Agent/Census Taker Sites

IPL Stately Knowledge Click on your state name. This site has historical site names, points of interest, and official state links to other websites that will be helpful in successfully completing your task

Roadside America Click on your state name. This site has an online guide to attractions located in your state.

50 States Click on your state name. This site has a ton of information from your state's nickname to guides for cities.

Infoplease States Click on your state. Then click on the small map of your state. a large map will appear with all cities listed.

1Key States

EdHeads simple machines

San Diego State's Webquests

Plimoth Plantation

What is a Pronoun

Pronouns

Ecosystems

Enchanted Learning (Biomes)

CyberZoo (biomes)