For information and pictures to include in your educational pursuit on "My Own Page", check out these links:
Regions of the USA: - Pick a country, then type in a city to find the coordinates & elevation above sea level
Find the coordinates for major cities to calculate distance between cities
Take a quiz on-line - no grade!
Learn about the confluence project
Find out facts about each state
Civil Rights: Jim Crow Timeline
Jacob Lawrence - biography slide show with his beautiful artwork
Westward Expansion: Pictures to look at. - select Episode 5, 6, 7, or 8.
Take a little quiz (It's not graded!)
The Rise of Industry: Inventor's Museum
Captains of Industry or Robber Barons?
Immigration: Gateway for Milllions
The Progressive Era: Jacob Riis and Other Reformers
A Day in the Life of a Child from the Progressive Era
Spanish American War: Remember the Maine! - click at bottom to go to other pages (sidebar even has short movies!)
World War I: Visit the Trenches - be sure to scroll down!
WWI Photos - click on the topics on the right or left of each page
The Great War in Pictures - be sure to scroll down
The Jazz Age: Langston Hughes' Poems
More of Langston Hughes - listen to Hughes read his poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
or read at the bottom "Will V-Day Be Me-Day, Too?"
Jazz Age Musicians - click on the initial of the artist's name, then listen to some cool jazz!
The Great Depression: Select photographs to view
See how the Depression affected children and read their letters to Mrs. Roosevelt
World War II: WWII in the Pacific
View photos of battles, weapons, people
Charles Solmo - see my dad in uniform! Scroll to WWII REGISTRY, click on " Search" & type his name
The Cold War: A Complete History from CNN - click on the left side bar for each EPISODE in the Cold War
The Berlin Wall - select photos from the English side!
Korea War - then click on a specific year for photos
Vietnam Memoriall - search for a name of a Vietnam veteran & do a "rubbing"
Visit the Wall - move your cursor on a section of the wall
Civil Rights - A Timeline Review