Resources
Student Resources
Subject Directories
Search for information on many subjects in these directories:
Multnomah Homework Center Loaded with subject-based links to the best of the web.
Kids Click Another fabulous subject-based directory. Arranged in Dewey Decimal order [same as a library is!]
Awesome Library Another fabulous web directory organized by subject
Best of History Websites
SciLinks You need a password to access this site that links to the best in science web sites.
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Notetaking Strategies
Powerpoint Notetaking
Electronic Notetaking
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Poetry Links
GENERAL POETRY LINKS
Poets.org The most comprehensive site on poetry. Poets, their poems, oral readings, ideas for classroom. You name it!
Favorite Poem Project Another site worth examining for poetry, poets, and ideas for the classroom. Watch on video clips ordinary and extraordinary persons read classic poems.
Elaine Magliaro’s Poetry Page Passionate poet and former Marblehead elementary teacher has a fabulous site especially for contemporary children’s and young adult poetry. Includes many teaching ideas.
SEARCHING FOR POEMS Can't think of more than a phrase or line from a poem? Quickest search may be in Google : just type in the line that you are trying to find the full poem of. Oftentimes you will get what you are looking for!!
Bartleby.com “With thousands of poems by hundreds of authors, Bartleby.com offers one of the largest free collections of verse on the web.”
Poetry Archives I recommend searching by poet and then you can locate specific poems. Use this to supplement searches for the poems of specific poets.
E-server A source of classic poems.
American Verse Project Full-text electronic archive of American poetry books published prior to 1920. Most of the archive is made up of 19th century poetry, although a few 18th century and early 20th century texts are included. Pretty powerful.
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Modern American Poetry links to numerous American poets. A college level site that has biography and criticism of specific poems. Excellent!
I Hear America Singing. Poems and biographical information of American poets and essayists associated with the American Renaissance and Transcendentalism, including critiques of the authors' works, pictures, graphs, timelines, and Quicktime film clips!
SPECIFIC POETS
African American Poets Here you will find links to famous African-American poets such as Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Langston Hughes, etc. At each Poet site, you will be able to read biography and poems.
The Beat Page Hey, man, this is a groovy site for Ginsberg et al.
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman: DC Celebrates Whitman. Yes, there is a celebration going on in DC right during the Grade 8 trip. Check out this site for some good links on Whitman, too.
Edgar Allen Poe
Robert Frost
Shel Silverstein's Official Site
POETRY IN MOTION Here are some sites that might inspire your writing.
Rhyme Zone: enter a word to find rhymes, synonyms
What is haiku?
Magnetic Poetry Create poems using word "magnets" on the online fridge!
Listen and Learn to Write Poetry from the BBC
Giggle Poetry
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Video Streaming
United Streaming: Use this tool to watch videos relating to your topic. Get passwords from library. This can be accessed at home and at school from any computer with high-speed Internet access.
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