Pumpkin and Company - TEACHERS/Web Resources4

Karpeles Manuscript Library This is a Museum holding the largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents in the world: the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the Thanksgiving Declaration by G. Washington, the Theory of relativity by Einstein and so on.

50 States and Capitals. An excellent site about the USA with lots of extremely well-documented topical studies: biographies, history, constitution, geography, flags, birds and trees, editorial cartoons, live web cams...

American Government. Topics for the suggested activities (upper-intermediate to advanced students): Foundation of American Government, Political Party Platform, Congress in Action, the Presidents' Inaugural Addresses, Supreme Court Decisions, Constitutions of the World, Local Government services.

A Biography of America: History Resources for teachers and students. Also contains links to sites with primary and secondary source materials related to the topics of this program and Flash-enabled interactive maps. An excellent site.

United States of America: National Anthem, Flags, Maps and People, Economy, Geography, Government, Newspapers, Museums and Institutions, City Guides, Weather... Many links. Related quizzes could stand for an interesting background to practise written comprehension .
Also check out this page for a complement.

World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks 09/11/2001 Rescue and Recovery, Missing, Investigation, Bin Laden, Retaliation, Victims, America's Voice, Day of Terror.

Ben's Guide to the US Government. For grades 6-8.This site is very comprehensive and easy to use with ESL/EFL beginners. At this site, you'll also find many links to the US Government Educational Web Sites for Kids.

Treasury's page for kids from the Treasury Department. A virtual tour of the US Treasury Building, with historical information about Us currency.

US Supreme Court

US Congress

US House of Representatives

Virtual Tour of the US. Senate

US Agencies

Online Tour of the White House Vermeil Room, Library, China Room, Diplomatic Reception Room, Map Room, East room, Green Room, Blue Room, Red room, State dining Room, Center and Cross halls.

The White House for Kids

Voices of the Presidents. Audio archives. Short extracts from well-known speeches. For upper-intermediate to advanced students.

American Presidency Selected Resources, an Informal Reference Guide. A wealth of information can be found at this site for anyone who is interested in American Presidency at large.

CIA Homepage for kids. In this site, you'll find everything you want to know about the famous agency. Also check out the "games" section (Geographic Trivia Quizzes) + "World Fact Book".

History of Inventions. With a time line and links. This site also offers useful resources for the teacher: How to create a Web page, How to integrate the Internet into your teaching practice and many more tips.

Inventors and Inventions for kids. In the search box, type in "inventors" ® you'll find lots of inventions which could be useful to build sentences in the passive voice Þ Facts and Myths: from Aspirin to Zippers; click "Invention Trivia Quiz".

Planet-Britain. A wealth of information about GB for young people: music, media, art...

British Icons, Symbols and Institutions There are certain icons and institutions which even the British themselves consider as "British." Here is just a selection of those things which spring to mind whenever one hears the word "British." (the Bulldog, John Bull, the British Lion, Britannia, the Bowler Hat, Cricket, the Bobby, Tea, the Full English Breakfast, English Pubs, the Robin)

British Inventors Scroll down the page a bit to get to the Pioneers and Inventors section.

Britannia: Travel to UK.

The British Tourist Authority.

Visit Britain. Destinations to visit, attractions, activities, events, maps, holiday ideas, images of Britain... Also check out this page for more information.

Resources UK. Institutions, Politics, Geography, Tourism, Maps, History, Media, Education, Law, Social Statistics... Click "Documentation et Centre de Ressources" first, then on "Catalogue commun", then type in "United Kingdom". French site in French.

United Kingdom Official Websites Royal Residences web sites, the UK Parliament, official sites of the Prince of Wales and HRH Prince Michael of Kent, Westminster Abbey and Royal Mint web sites, the Royal Navy, the British Army, the Royal Air Force, Scotland (historic Scotland and public administration web sites).

Traditions UK A selection of British holidays, festivals and customs. Besides the origins and traditions of each date on the calendar, you'll find recipes and clipart for each occasion.

Cliparts

Cliparts. More than one million cliparts but you have to get a membership. In the Clipart Center, click on View all categories or type in key words in the search box.

World of Searching. If you're looking for a picture, a sound, a movie... A KidsClick! page. Many cliparts available + lots of links to other clipart sites.

Images des USA, Australie, Irlande. French site in French.

Picture vocabulary. Use this site to teach vocabulary through pictures that you can use as flashcards: verbs, adjectives, food, sports.

Smithsonian Institution Photos Black and white or colour photographs are available in a wide variety of subjects: people, places, monuments, science, nature and more. If you use the search tool, though, the documents are sometimes hard to find.

Clip Art Gallery (School Discovery)

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