5th Grade Curriculum Resource Sites
Harcourt Videos  and United Streaming

English Language Arts

Math

Healthful Living

Science

Social Studies

Technology

Harcourt Reading 
Mock EOG

Harcourt Math
Mock EOG

 

McGraw-Hill Science
Mock EOG

 

 

5th Grade Skills

 Adjectives

Fifth Grade Skill Builders - Interactive Sites

Healthful Living Habits

Interdependence of plants and animals

American Fact Finder

Societal Issues

Adverbs and Prepositions

Ask Dr. Math

My Pyramid for Kids

Events in African-American History Timeline

     Citation Machine

 

Coordinate Grid Game

       

Dositey

Count On

Five a Day the Color Way

Biomes of the World

Chamber of Commerce 

Desktop Publishing

 

Data Analysis & Probability

Dole 5 a Day

 Biomes

50 States

Dance Mat Typing

Noun Explorer

Dositey

Fresh for Kids

Interdependence 

Electoral Votes

Computer Circus

Capitalization and Punctuation

Designer's Challenge

Sunkist Kids

 Facts about the United States
Welcome to Stately Knowledge!

Spreadsheet

Nouns

Fraction Quizzes
1     2    3     4    5

  NCKidScience

 NCKidScience

Infoplease: 50 states

 

Punctuation Campground

Math Manipulatives

 

 Passport to the Rain Forrest: Ecosystem

Income

Multimedia

Pronouns

Math Advantage

 

What's it Like Where you Live?

National Archives

  United Streaming

Reference Desk

Math Cats

 

 Wild World

Noted Black American Resources

Tele- communication

Research Guide

Mathematics Lessons that are Fun, Fun, Fun!

  Amazing Animals
NEW!

 World Biomes

Presidents

 

 Proof Read

Mean, Median and Mode
Take a Test

 

 Landforms

Puzzled States Game

 

 

The Sentence 

Measurement

 

  Internet Public Library

Quick Facts

  

Earth's LandGames: Puzzles, Quizzes, Trivia
Flashcards/matching game
Grand Canyon Explorer:
Interactive landform map:
Landform Games and Resources:
Mountains, Rivers, Lakes

Sentence Sort

Multiplication Facts

 

Weather

 

Underground Railroad 
National Geographic

Study Guides and Strategies

  Space, Shape and Measurement

 

Crossing the USA 
on the 34th Parallel

U.S. Geography: The States Game

  

Verbs

  Star Glazer Angle

 

Weather (use drop down menu to choose weather)

US Census

 

Reading Tips for Parents

  3D Boxes: Cubes

 

 Weather Quiz

 US Census Bureau - Factfinder: Kids Corner 

 

Subject-Verb Mix-Up

  Math Practice and Quizzes

 

 U.S. Climate at a Glance

White House (Kids)

 

Study Guides and Strategies

  Thinkfinity New!

 

Weather - What Forces Affect Our Weather-

 

 

Subject-Verb Mix-Up

 

 

Franklin's Forecast

 

 

Test Reading 

 

 

All About Clouds

   Wild World

 

Verbs

 

  

Droplet and the Water Cycle

 

 

Test

 

 

Water Science for Schools

 

 

 

 

 

Water Wonders

 

 

 

 

 

NCKidScience

 

 

     

Forces and Motion  

   
     

 NCKidScience  

   
      Simple Machines (use drop down menu to choose simple machines)    

TOP

 

Noted Black American Resources
2008

Hank Aaron
  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Aaron 
  2. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9173497 
  3. http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/aaron/ 
  4. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=aaronha01 
  5. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=110001 
  6. http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00006764.html 
  7. http://www.thebiofile.com/news/archive/1155643699.php 
Maya Angelo
  1. http://www.mayaangelou.com/ 
  2. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0bio-1
  3. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9185388
  4. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/87
  5. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/printmember/ang0bio-1
  6. http://aalbc.com/authors/maya.htm
  7. http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/mayaangelou.html
  8. http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/angelou_m.htm
  9. http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/angelou_m.htm 
  10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou
Marian Anderson
  1. http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/ande-mar.htm
  2. http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/anderson/
  3. http://afroamhistory.about.com/b/2008/09/26/marian-anderson.htm
  4. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember/1997/anderson_2-26a.html
  5. http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=9 
  6. http://www.mariananderson.org/
  7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Anderson 
  8. http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/photos/anderson/  (photo collection)
Louis Armstrong
  1. http://www.legacyrecordings.com/Louis-Armstrong.aspx 
  2. http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/armstrong/index.htm
  3. http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/armstrong.html 
  4. http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/louisarmstrong/a/armstrongquotes.htm (quotes)
  5. http://www.swingmusic.net/ArmstrongLouis.html 
  6. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9188912
  7. http://www.redhotjazz.com/louie.html
  8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong 

Marian Anderson

  1. http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/ande-mar.htm
  2. http://www.mariananderson.org/site.htm
  3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Anderson
  4. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember/1997/anderson_2-26a.html
  5. http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showIndividual&entitY_id=3688&source_type=A
  6. http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=9
  7. http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/harmon/andeharm.htm 
Arthur Ashe
  1. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/features/1997/arthurashe/biography.html 
  2. http://www.cmgww.com/sports/ashe/about/bio.htm 
  3. http://www.arthurashe.org/ (skip intro)
  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ashe
  5. http://www.notablebiographies.com/An-Ba/Ashe-Arthur.html 
  6. http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/athletessports/p/bio_arthurashe.htm 
  7. http://www.who2.com/arthurashe.html 
  8. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0804974.html 
Crispus Attucks
  1. http://www.africawithin.com/bios/crispus_attucks.htm
  2. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr046.html 
  3. http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/people1/a/bio_attucks.htm
  4. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0878423.html
  5. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p24.html
  6. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9011185/Crispus-Attucks
  7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispus_Attucks

Benjamin Banneker

  1. http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/benjaminbanneker/a/bio_banneker_b.htm
  2. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov09.html
  3. http://www.scienceyear.com/outthere/index.html?page=/outthere/black_history/banneker.html
  4. http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Banneker.htm
  5. http://greatthinkers.suite101.com/article.cfm/benjamin_banneker_biography 
  6. http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/banneker-benjamin-1731-1806
  7. http://www.bannekermemorial.org/news/274bday.htm
  8. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Benjamin-Banneker 

Mary McLeod Bethune

  1. http://www.nps.gov/mamc/ 
  2. http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/beth-mar.htm 
  3. http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/bethune/ 
  4. http://www.africawithin.com/bios/mary_bethune.htm 
  5. http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/dreamteam/marybethune.html
  6. http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=18

Guion S. Bluford, Jr.

  1. http://www.af.mil/history/person.asp?dec=&pid=123006470 
  2. http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/guion_bluford.html
  3. http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/people/astronauts/bluford.html
  4. http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/bluford_guion.htm 
  5. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bluford-gs.html 
  6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guion_Bluford 
  7. http://www.af.mil/history/person.asp?dec=&pid=123006470 
  8. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/973109/73435/Guion-S-Bluford-Jr 
  9. http://www.af.mil/history/person.asp?dec=&pid=123006470 

James Brown

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown
  2. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113768/bio
  3. http://www.godfatherofsoul.com/message/   (quote)
  4. http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=56
  5. http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/25/james.brown.obit.ap/index.html

Ralph Bunche

  1. http://www.pbs.org/ralphbunche/
  2. http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1950/bunche-bio.html
  3. http://www.ralphbunche.com/
  4. http://www.thepeacemission.com/ralph-bunche.htm

*United Streaming (Introduction), (Ralph Bunche: A Lifetime of Achievements) and (Spokesman for Peace, Justice, and Equality)

George Washington Carver

  1. http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa041897.htm 
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver
  3. http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/carver_g.htm
  4. http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/30.html
  5. http://www.nps.gov/gwca/
  6. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/c/carver.shtml  (scroll down the page)
  7. http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/EXPLORE/inventions/carver_georgew.html
Shirley Chisholm
  1. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000371
  2. http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=39
  3. http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2005/chisholm/
  4. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9247015
  5. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0811964.html
  6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm 
  7. http://www.africanamericans.com/ShirleyChisholm.htm 

Bessie Coleman

  1. http://www.lkwdpl.org/WIHOHIO/cole-bes.htm 
  2. http://www.notablebiographies.com/Co-Da/Coleman-Bessie.html (scroll down the page)
  3. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txecm/bessie_coleman.htm
  4. http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/Coleman/EX11.htm 
  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman
  6. http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/Coleman/EX11.htm
  7. http://pbskids.org/wayback/flight/feature_barn.html
  8. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/peopleevents/pandeAMEX02.html 
  9. http://search.eb.com/women/articles/Coleman_Bessie.htmlhttp://www.bessiecoleman.com/ 
  10. http://www.ninety-nines.org/coleman.html 
  11. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/peopleevents/pandeAMEX02.html 
  12. http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/coleman_b.htm 
  13. http://www.edwardsly.com/colemanb.htm

*United Streaming (Bessie Coleman and Lola Brown)

Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.

  1. http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/topics/afam/davis.htm
  2. http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/AfricanAm2003/srdavis.html 
  3. http://multirace.org/firstday/stamp21.htm 
  4. http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/983/Benjamin_O_Davis_Sr

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.

  1. http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/findaids/davis/dav_frames.html
  2. http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/history/bhc_odavisjr_tribute.html 
  3. http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/AfricanAm2003/jr.html 
  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr.
  5. http://www.aviation-history.com/airmen/davis.htm
  6. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/bodavisjr.htm
  7. http://www.af.mil/history/person.asp?dec=&pid=123006482 
  8. http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0814785.html
  9. http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1726/Military_pioneer_Benjamin_O_Davis_Jr  
  10. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1070 

Dean Dixon

  1. http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1773/Dean_Dixon_a_world_renowned_conductor
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Dixon
  3. http://www.classicalcdreview.com/dixon.html
  4. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772721,00.html

Fredrick Douglass

  1. http://www.nps.gov/frdo/freddoug.html
  2. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/douglass 
  3. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/doughome.html
  4. http://www.frederickdouglass.org/douglass_bio.html 
  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass
  6. http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/home.html
  7. http://www.nps.gov/archive/frdo/freddoug.html 
  8. http://www.pbs.org/ellingtonsdc/notePublicFigures.htm#Douglass 
  9. http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/frederickdouglass1/a/bio_douglass_f.htm 
  10. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/douglass/leader_1 

*United Streaming  (Abolitionists)– first part stop video after Truth

Charles Richard Drew

  1. http://www.toptags.com/aama/bio/men/cdrew.htm 
  2. http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/charles_drew.html 
  3. http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/charlesdrew.html 
  4. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/drew.htm 
  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_R._Drew 
  6. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldrew.htm 
  7. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0878296.html 
  8. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/drew_hi.html 

Paul Lawrence Dunbar

  1. http://www.pbs.org/ellingtonsdc/noteWriters.htm#Dunbar 
  2. http://www.dunbarsite.org/ 
  3. http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/poetry/dunbar.htm
  4. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/dunbar/life.htm  

Poem*

Duke Ellington

  1. http://www.dukeellington.com/ 
  2. http://www.redhotjazz.com/duke.html 
  3. http://www.pbs.org/ellingtonsdc/dukeEllington.htm 
  4. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/ellington 

*United Streaming (Duke Ellington: One of the Few African Americans to Play Carnegie Hall)

Althea Gibson

  1. http://www.altheagibson.com/biographical.htm
  2. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/gibsonalthea/a/althea_gibson.htm 
  3. http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014035.html
  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Gibson
  5. http://www.tennisfame.com/famer.aspx?pgID=867&hof_id=119 
  6. http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul06.html  
  7. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0820765.html 
  8. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul06.html 
  9. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_gibson_1.html 

*United Streaming (Sports; National Tennis Finals) and (Sports and Games)

Frederick Gregory

  1. http://www.pbs.org/ellingtonsdc/notePublicFigures.htm#Gregory
  2. http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/people/astronauts/gregory.html
  3. http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/gregory_bio.html
  4. http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/gregory_frederick.htm
Daniel Hale
  1. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0852325.html 
  2. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/daniel_hale_williams.html 
  3. http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/danielwilliams.html
  4. http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/p/Daniel_Williams.htm
  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hale_Williams
  6. http://www.gibbsmagazine.com/DrWilliams.htm
  7. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/daniel_hale_williams.html 

Matthew Henson

  1. http://www.unmuseum.org/henson.htm
  2. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0110_030113_henson.html
  3. http://www.matthewhenson.org/
  4. http://www.matthewhenson.com/matt2.htmhttp://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/henson.htm
  5. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/henson.shtml 
  6. http://www.matthewhenson.com/
  7. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/photogalleries/henson/ 
  8. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823407.html  

Langston Hughes

  1. http://www.redhotjazz.com/hughes.html 
  2. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/hughes
  3. http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/hughes_l.htm
  4. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/hughes.html 
  5. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83 
Jesse Jackson
  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Jackson 
  2. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9351181 
  3. http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ho-Jo/Jackson-Jesse.html (scroll down)
  4. http://www.medaloffreedom.com/JesseJackson.htm 
  5. http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Jackson_Jesse.html 
  6. http://www.biographyshelf.com/jesse_jackson_biography.html 
  7. http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/jessejackson.html 

Mae C. Jemison

  1. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison 
  3. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542378 
  4. http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/jemison_m.htm
  5. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/j/jemison.shtml (scroll down)
  6. http://www.africanamericans.com/MaeJemison.htm
  7. http://quest.nasa.gov/women/TODTWD/jemison.bio.html
  8. http://space.about.com/cs/formerastronauts/a/jemisonbio.htm
  9. http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775690.html
  10. http://www.chemheritage.org/women_chemistry/career/jemison.html 
James W. Johnson
  1. http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/jameswjohnson/James_Weldon_Johnson.htm
  2. http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=294 
  3. http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/72
  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Weldon_Johnson
John H. Johnson
  1. http://www.nathanielturner.com/johnhjohnson.htm
  2.  http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9043860/John-H-Johnson
  3. http://www.johnsonpublishing.com/assembled/about_johnson_biography.html
  4. http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=1047&category=mediaMakers
  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Johnson
Barbara Jordan
  1. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=j000266
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Jordan
  3. http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=90 
  4. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/congress/p/barbara_jordan.htm
  5. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0800619.html 
  6. http://www.essortment.com/all/barbarajordanb_ruoj.htm 
  7. http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/jordan_b.htm 
  8. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9357991  

Fredrick M. Jones

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_M._Jones
  2. http://www.thetech.org/nmot/detail.cfm?ID=80&
  3. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=217
  4. http://experts.about.com/e/f/fr/frederick_m._jones.htm (scroll down)
  5. http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/jones.html
  6. http://www.bkfk.com/inventors/jones-fredrick.asp

Coretta Scott King

  1. http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/bio/king_c_s.htm
  2. http://www.thekingcenter.org/csk/bio.html
  3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King
  4. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/kin1bio-1
  5. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5180053  (audio available)
  6. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1154673,00.html
  7. http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/corettascottking/p/bio_king_c.htm 
  8. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0827676.html 

Martin Luther King Jr.

  1. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html 
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr
  3. http://www.thekingcenter.org/mlk/bio.html
  4. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkjrday1.html 
  5. http://www.nps.gov/malu/ 
  6. http://www.mlkday.gov/about/mlk/index.asp 
  7. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/king 
  8. http://www.martinlutherking.org/
  9. http://www.nps.gov/malu/
  10. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9365086 
Lewis Latimer
  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Howard_Latimer
  2. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllatimer.htm
  3. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/latimer.htm
  4. http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/lewislatimer.html 
  5. http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/ilives/latimer/latimer.html
  6. http://www.gelighting.com/na/home_lighting/gela/students/history_bio_latimer.htm
  7. http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/latimer.html 
  8. http://www.answers.com/topic/lewis-h-latimer 

Mary Eliza Mahoney

  1. http://womenshistory.about.com/mahome.htm
  2. http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=103 
  3. http://www.nathanielturner.com/maryelizamahoney.htm 
  4. http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/mahoney-me.html
  5. http://www.bridgew.edu/HOBA/Mahoney.cfm
  6. http://www.ana.org/hof/mahome.htm 
  7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Eliza_Mahoney
  8. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/partners/early/e_pioneers_mahoney.html

Thurgood Marshall

 

  1. http://www.thurgoodmarshall.com/
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall
  3. http://www.landmarkcases.org/brown/marshall.html
  4. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0831961.html
  5. http://www.pbs.org/ellingtonsdc/notePublicFigures.htm#Marshall 
  6. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/marshallthrgd 
  7. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/tmarsh.htm 
  8. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1668.html 
  9. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9400241 
  10. http://www.supremecourthistory.org/02_history/subs_timeline/images_associates/082.html 

*United Streaming (Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka , Kansas ) and (African-Americans on 
the Supreme Court: Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas
)

Jan Matzeliger

  1. http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/janmatzeliger.html
  2. http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi522.htm 
  3. http://www.inventions.org/culture/african/matzeliger.html
  4. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmatzeliger.htm 
  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Matzeliger 
  6. http://www.aaregistry.com/detail.php?id=1151 
  7. http://www.biography-center.com/biographies/2126-Matzeliger_Jan.html 

Garrett Morgan

  1. http://education.dot.gov/aboutmorgan.html
  2. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blgas_mask.htm
  3. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line/garret-morgan/index.asp
  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Morgan
  5. http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/garrettmorgan.html
  6. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/education/gamorgan.htm 
  7. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/safeschool/morgan2.html
  8. http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line/garret-morgan/index.asp
  9. http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1522/Garrett_Morgan_inventor 

Satchel Paige

  1. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul07.html
  2. http://www.satchelpaige.com/
  3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satchel_Paige
  4. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/paige_satchel.htm
  5. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/satchel_paige.html (quotes)
  6. http://www.negroleaguebaseball.com/players/Paige.html
  7. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=120181 
  8. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/progress/jb_progress_satchel_1.html 
  9. http://www.nlbpa.com/paige__satchel.html
  10. http://www.blackbaseball.com/players/satchelpaige.htm
  11. http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/satchel-paige-hof.htm
  12. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9431917 

Rosa Parks

  1. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1
  2. http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/
  3. http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks01.html
  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
  5. http://www.girlpower.gov/girlarea/gpguests/RosaParks.htm
  6. http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/parks_r.htm
  7. http://www.rosaparks.org/

* United Streaming    (The Story of Rosa Parks) or (Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott)

Bill Pickett

  1. http://www.famoustexans.com/billpickett.htm
  2. http://www.billpickettrodeo.com/web/pages/pickett.htm
  3. http://www.blackcowboys.com/billpickett.htm
  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pickett
  5. http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/469/Bill_Pickett_was_a_cowboy_legend

Colin Powell

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell
  2. http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/powell-bio.html
  3. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/pow0bio-1
  4.  

Hugh Bernard Price

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Bernard_Price 
  2. http://www.answers.com/topic/hugh-bernard-price
  3. http://www.nndb.com/people/080/000124705/
Leontyne Price
  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leontyne_Price
  2. http://www.kennedy-center.org/
  3. http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_price_leontyne.htm
  4. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/jazz/price_1
  5. http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pe-Pu/Price-Leontyne.html  (scroll down)
  6. http://www.nea.gov/honors/opera/price.html
  7. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0840108.html

A. Phillip Randolph

  1. http://www.apri.org/
  2. http://www.aphiliprandolphmuseum.com/
  3. http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/
  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Philip_Randolph 
  5. http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/aphiliprandolph/p/aphiliprandolph.htm 
  6. http://www.aphiliprandolphmuseum.com/ 
  7. http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/randolph.cfm 
  8. http://www.apri.org/ht/d/sp/i/225/pid/225 
  9. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0841110.html 

Charlotte E. Ray

  1. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9062813/Charlotte-E-Ray
  2. http://www.gwacbar.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=145
  3. http://www.centrecountyhistory.org/herstories/scwc/ray.html
  4. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/aframer18631900/p/charlotte_ray.htm
  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_E._Ray
  6. http://www.aaregistry.com/detail.php?id=24 
Jackie Robinson
  1. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson 
  3. http://www.jackierobinson.com/index.php
  4. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9460813
  5. http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/robinson01.html
  6. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=121314 
  7. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/jrd/ 
Mary Ann Shadd
  1. http://www.lkwdpl.org/WIHOHIO/cary-mar.htm 
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Shadd
  3. http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/travel/underground/dc2.htm
  4. http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=35
  5. http://www.hsd.org/Women_Suffragist_Cary.htm
  6. http://www.blackpast.org/?q=gah/cary-mary-ann-shadd-1823-1893
  7. http://www.answers.com/topic/mary-ann-shadd-cary
  8. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=214141

Mary Church Terrell

  1. http://www.pbs.org/ellingtonsdc/notePublicFigures.htm#Terrell 
  2. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/terrell.html 
  3. http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/harmon/terrharm.htm 
  4. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/civil/jb_civil_terrell_1.html 
  5. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0878413.html 
  6. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc66.htm 
  7. http://www.africanamericans.com/MaryChurchTerrell.htm 

Sojourner Truth

  1. http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/trut-soj.htm
  2. http://www.noho.com/sojourner/
  3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_Truth 
  4. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/sojourner_truth.htm 
  5. http://www.sojournertruth.org/
  6. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/truth/1850/1850.html 
  7. http://www.sojournertruthmemorial.org/ 
  8. http://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/people/sojourner_truth.html 
  9. http://www.sojournertruthmemorial.org/history.html 
  10. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9511284 

*United Streaming  (Abolitionists) – second part after Douglas

Harriet Tubman

  1. http://womenshistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa020419a.htm
  2. http://www.worldbook.com/wc/popup?path=features/aajourney&page=html/bh019.html&direct=yes
  3. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html
  4. http://www.harriettubman.com/
  5. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/tubman
  6. http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html

*United Streaming (Harriet Tubman Plans Her Escape From Slavery (03:41), Harriet Tubman Escapes From the Plantation (02:51), Harriet Tubman Rides the Underground Railroad to Freedom (02:49), Harriet Tubman LeadsHarriet Tubman's Dreams and Visions (04:19),  Other Slaves to Freedom (04:38), Harriet Tubman Helps Her Parents Escape Slavery (05:42) and The Underground Railroad (01:30)

Nat Turner

  1. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p1518.html 
  2. http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory/nnat.stm 
  3. http://www.historybuff.com/library/refslave.html
  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Turner 
  5. http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/natturner/a/turnerrebellion.htm 
  6. http://www.historybuff.com/library/refslave.html 
  7. http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-civil-war/nat-turner.htm 
  8. http://www.answers.com/topic/nat-turner 

Madam C. J. Walker

  1. http://www.madamecjwalker.com/
  2. http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/walk-mad.htm
  3. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blwalker.htm
  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madam_C.J._Walker
  5. http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/history/black_history/walker_madame.html 
  6. http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/madamewalker.html
  7. http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=163
  8. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0772003.html 
  9. http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/madamcjwalker/a/bio_madamwalker.htm 

Booker T. Washington

  1. http://www.nps.gov/bowa/ 
  2. http://docsouth.unc.edu/washington/about.html 
  3. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart6.html 
  4. http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/washington_b.htm 
  5. http://www.bartleby.com/people/WshngtnBT.html 
  6. http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/Harlem/text/cjwalker.html 
Ida. B. Wells
  1. http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/barn-ida.htm 
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells
  3. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_wells.html 
  4. http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/idabwells/biography.html 
  5. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aap/idawells.html 
  6. http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=167 
  7. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/civilrights/il2.htm 
  8. http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/idabwells/p/bio_wells_i.htm 
  9. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9527635 

Phillis Wheatley

  1. http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/treasures/american/wheatley.html
  2. http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/whea-phi.htm 
  3. http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/wheatley.html
  4. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p12.html 
  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillis_Wheatley
  6. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tri013.html 
  7. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/revolut/poetslav_1

Daniel H. Williams

  1. http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0852325.html
  2. http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/29/Surgical_pioneer_Daniel_Hale_Williams
  3. http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/danielwilliams.html 

Granville T. Woods

  1. http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/woods.html
  2. https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/woods.html
  3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Woods 
  4. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=421 
  5. http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/158/Granville_T_Woods
  6. http://www.gibbsmagazine.com/GTWoods.htm 
  7. http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/woods.html 
  8. http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/granvillewoods.html 
  9. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/woods.htm 
  10. http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9536481 
  11. http://www.bookrags.com/biography/granville-t-woods-woi/ 
  12. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0878301.html 

Carter G. Woodson

  1. http://www.chipublib.org/002branches/woodson/woodsonbib.html
  2. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0878436.html
  3. http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/blackhis/woodson.htm
  4. http://www.cartergwoodson.com/
  5. http://www.pbs.org/ellingtonsdc/noteWriters.htm#Woodson 
  6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_G._Woodson 
  7. http://www.asalh.org/woodsonbiosketch.html 
  8. http://aalbc.com/authors/carterg.htm 
  9. http://www.nps.gov/cawo/ 
  10. http://www.naacp.org/about/history/cgwoodson/ 
  11. http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/cartergwoodson/p/bio_woodson_c.htm 

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Presidents

1.      http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

2.      http://www.americanpresidents.org/  (use drop down menu at the top to "Pick a President"

3.      http://ap.grolier.com/browse?type=profiles#pres

4.      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States (Scroll down and click on "Office-holders" then click on each president's photo to view his information)

5.      http://www.presidentsusa.net/  (click on the information you want to find out about the President)

6.      http://www.bartleby.com/124/  (Inaugural Address)

7.      http://www.ibiblio.org/lia/president/pres.html 

8.      http://www.americanpresident.org/ 

9.      Internet Field Trip: Great Sites for Presidents’ Day

 

1.

Washington, George
1789-97

21

Arthur, Chester
1881-85

23

Harrison, Benjamin
1889-93

34

Eisenhower, Dwight
1953-61

2.

Adams, John
1797-1801

12

Taylor, Zachary
1849-50

24

Cleveland, Grover
1893-97

35

Kennedy, John F.
1961-63

3.

Jefferson, Thomas
1801-09

13

Fillmore, Millard
1850-53

25

McKinley, William
1897-1901

36

Johnson, Lyndon
1963-69

4.

Madison, James
1809-17

14

Pierce, Franklin
1853-57

26

Roosevelt, Theodore
1901-09

37

Nixon, Richard
1969-74

5.

Monroe, James
1817-25

15

Buchanan, James
1857-61

27

Taft, William H.
1909-13

38

Ford, Gerald
1974-77

6.

Adams, John Quincy
1825-29

16

Lincoln, Abraham
1861-65

28

Wilson, Woodrow
1913-21

39

Carter, Jimmy
1977-81

7.

Jackson, Andrew
1829-37

17

Johnson, Andrew
1865-69

29

Harding, Warren
1921-23

40

Reagan, Ronald
1981-89

8.

Van Buren, Martin
1837-41

18

Grant, Ulysses S.
1869-77

30

Coolidge, Calvin
1923-29

41

Bush, George H.W.
1989-93

9.

Harrison, William Henry
1841

19

Hayes, Rutherford B.
1877-81

31

Hoover, Herbert
1929-33

42

Clinton, William J.
1993-2001

10.

Tyler, John
1841-45

20

Garfield, James
1881

32

Roosevelt, Franklin D.
1933-45

43

Bush, George W.
2001-present

11

Polk, James
1845-49

22

Cleveland, Grover
1885-89

33

Truman, Harry
1945-53

 

 

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Weather:  Crossing the USA on the 34th Parallel

City Weather Station

Beaufort , NC

http://www.wunderground.com/US/NC/Beaufort.html  

 

Greenville , SC

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Greenville%2C+SC  

 

Clayton , GA

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=clayton%2C+GA  

 

Oxford , MS

http://www.wunderground.com/US/MS/Oxford.html  

 

Florence , AL

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Florence%2C+AL  

 

Little Rock , AK

http://www.wunderground.com/US/AR/Little_Rock.html  

 

Duncan , OK

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Duncan%2C+OK  

 

Tulia , TX

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=tulia%2C+tx  

 

Albuquerque, NM  

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Albuquerque%2C+NM  

 

Payson , AZ

http://www.wunderground.com/US/AZ/Payson.html  

 

Ventura , CA

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Ventura%2C+CA  

 

 

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Designer's Challenge

Materials: 
Designer's Challenge Spreadsheet

Floor Plan Websites:

2.      American Drew Room Layout Tool

3.      Furniture.com Room Planner  

4.      HGTV  Room Planner 

Shopping:  Make sure you write down the Item, Description, Cost, Shipping and Dimensions.

·         Overstocked.com Bedroom Furniture

·         Walmart.com Bedding 

·         Waltmart.com Furniture

·         Target.com Furniture and Bedding

·         Sweet Peaches Bedding

Paint: You will need the length, width and height of your room.
How much paint do I need? 

DYI Paint Calculator

Launch Color Visualizer

Better Homes and Gardens Color-a-Room

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All about Flight

Virtual Skies - A NASA Educational Web Sit

U.S. Air Force Museum

 

 

 

 

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Reader’s Digest Word Power Challenge   

     1.  http://www.rd.com/nwpc/?wtGroup=domain&wtID=wordpowerchallenge

     2.  Merriam-Webster Dictionary www.carteretcountyschools.org/bms

     3.  "Puzzle Maker" www.puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com  

     4.  " Vocabulary University Learning" www.vocabularyuniversity.com

     5.  "Rooting Out Words" www.funbrain.com/roots/index.html

     6.  "SAT Vocabulary Hangman" www.quia.com/hm/1003.htm

     7.  "Prefix Skills" www.quia.com/jfc/65963.html

     8.  "Greek & Latin Root Skills" www.quia.com/cc/65969.html

     9.  "Root Matrix" www.vocabulary.com/VUrootmatrix.html  

    10."RVSP-Root Specific Vocabulary Puzzles" www.vocabulary.com/rsvp.html

    11." Word City " www.vocabulary.com/wordcity.html

    12."Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Root Game" 

           www.quia.com/rr/13140.html

    13."SAT Vocabulary Hangman" www.quia.com/hm/1003.html