Suggestions for Research Projects

             

Please Note:  If you click on any the links below, you will leave the Thompson School Website.

The links below are researched suggestions.  This site is not responsible for the content of external sites, which may change periodically.

 

Our Databases

From School:

 

The World Book Encyclopedia

 

 

EBSCO Host

 

Click into Kids Search or the Student Research Center

 

From Home:

Stop by the media center for the passwords to use these sites from home.  

 

http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Home

 

http://search.ebscohost.com/

 

LEADS Topics for the First Marking Period

 

Seventh Grade

Adapting to Change: Colonial Settlement in North America

 

Websites

Explorers

Yahoo's Explorers Page

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Subject/Exploration/Explorers/

 

The Mariners' Museum

http://ww2.mariner.org/exploration/index.php?page=theexplorers

 

Enchanted Learning Explorers

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/1600.shtml

 

PBS Empire of the Bay

http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/profile_splash.html

 

 

Colonization 1607-1763

A link from the U.S. Department of Education

http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=109&toplvl=157

 

 

Deerfield Massachusetts 

 

The Raid on Deerfield - The Many Stories of 1704

http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/

 

Memorial Hall Museum Online

http://memorialhall.mass.edu/home.html

 

 

Native Americans

Minnesota State University eMuseum

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/index.shtml

 

Historic Newspapers

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

 

Biographies

The Academy of Achievement  

http://www.achievement.org

 

A&E's Biography Database

http://www.biography.com

 

Information Please Biographies

http://www.infoplease.com/people.html

 

 

Eighth Grade

Marching to the Beat of a Different Drummer

 

Websites

The Declaration of Independence

Ben's Guide

World Almanac For Kids

The Articles of Confederation 

Ben's Guide

 

The Land Ordinance of 1785

Social Studies for Kids

 

Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences

An article from the Educational Broadcasting Corporation

 

 

 

Activity Arts

A link to the Asbury Park Press

Click to Enter the eEdition

 

 

Additional Resources

 

The Middletown Township School District 

Resources for Students

 

http://www.middletownk12.org/resource_student/resource_student.html

 

 

The Middletown Township Public Library

 

http://www.mtpl.org/

 

 

 

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