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These suggestions for internet websites should be used to further enrich your student's studies, not as a substitute for the lessons provided in Beyond Five in a Row. It goes without saying that use of the internet requires wisdom and supervision of your student's access to the wide variety of sometimes unwholesome material available in cyberspace. On the other hand, there are wonderful resources available from businesses, agencies and universities that can provide a rich resource for learning. Use wisdom and learn about the internet yourself rather than just turning your student loose with a modem and web browser!The links listed below have been found to be excellent and helpful resources for enriching Beyond Five in a Row lessons. However, due to the ever changing nature of the world wide web and the internet we can not guarantee every link will be current. If you find a web page that you think may benefit other Beyond Five in a Row users or a link that is no longer active, please report it to connections@fiveinarow.com.
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This website is a great source for information about the Erie Canal, including timelines, famous paintings, information and maps. This is a must-see site.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/canal
Here is a wonderful site for information on Fred Harvey and the Harvey House girls, including photographs and interesting quotes. This is a great site!
http://www.heard.org/EDU/HARVEY/sft/sft5.htm
The Detroit Free Press is on-line! Perhaps your student would enjoying reading today's news from the same newspaper Tom read more than a century ago. Check out this site!
http://www.freep.comHere is a delightful website filled with biographies, documents, sound bites, and color-coded maps of every election result since 1789. This page is wonderful!
http:///www.elections.eb.com
Tom's experiment wasn't so great! If your student is interested in doing home experiments (the safe way) he might enjoy this site. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, this website is entirely devoted to helping your child get excited about science. Including more than fifteen at-home experiments (instructions and all), this site also has fascinating information about what your child can do in his community relating to science. A great place for budding scientists to explore!
http:///www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/index.htmlHere is another site for the junior scientists! SuperScience has information on ideas and instructions for entering a science fair, everyday experiments for kids, and much more! Worth checking out!
http:///www.superscience.com
This site includes a great photograph and short biography on Marconi!
http://www.thebrain.cz.it/aricz/marconi.htmFor more information and descriptions of Morse's first telegraph equipment and discoveries, check out this site!
http://pacmedia.com/fecha/saints/morse.htmlThe National Inventors Hall of Fame is a wonderful resource for information on dozens of famous inventors including both Marconi and Morse!
http://www.invent.org/book/index.html
Visit this site on Prince Edward Island for interesting information, current weather conditions, a visitor's guide, local and regional attractions, history and maps. This site will make you want to visit Canada and Prince Edward Island!
http://www.gov.pe.ca/vg/index.htmlThis site is the Grolier's online resource for the American Presidents A truly fantastic tool for many applicationskeep this web address bookmarked for future research as well. This site includes pictures, informative biographies, quick facts and the inaugural addresses of every president to date. Wow! For now, check out the information listed on James Buchanan.
http://205.185.3.2./presidents/nbk/bios/15pbuch.htmlAn unbeatable web resource page, filled with biographies on the presidents, documents, sound bites, and color-coded maps of every election result since 1789, this page is wonderful!
http:///www.elections.eb.com
For more information on Herbert Hoover, the following site is maintained by the Hoover Presidential Library.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/lia/president/hoover.htmlFor further research on Franklin Roosevelt, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum maintain the following website.
http://www.academic.marist.edu/fdr/fdrintro.htmThe following website is maintained by the White House and includes volumes of information on all of the presidents, including wonderful graphics and fascinating timelines!
http://www1.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/presidents/html/presidents.htmlThe Michigan Historical Museum has done an excellent job on this website. Providing a lot of information on the Great Depression, they've included photographs and explanations on the times, culture, housing, entertainment, etc. A must see!
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/1900-75/depressn/labnews1.html
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