WRITING 
COMMON CORE STANDARDS:
PARENT SITES TO SUPPORT WRITING:
TECHNICAL WRITING EXEMPLARS:
CURRENT EVENTS LINKS:
  • Biography Website: For Historical Person Project
​​​http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/famous_historical_people.htm
  • NY Times Student Connection
This education portion of the New York Times site offers great tools for research and current events.
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/
  • Newsweek
A credible news source for research and information.
http://www.newsweek.com
  • ABC NewsA great news source for current events.
http://abcnews.go.com/
  • CNN News
A great news source for current events.
http://www.cnn.com/
  • MSNBC
Another great site for current events.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
  • National Archives
The National Archives for our government.  Great for research.
http://www.archives.gov
  • Library of Congress
Another great site for history research.
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
  • History Channel
Great site for history videos, "this day in history," and research.
http://www.history.com/
  • PBS History
A  great page for history research.
http://www.pbs.org/history
  • The World Factbook
Great site for finding statistics and facts for research.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
  • Best History Sites
A great collection of history sites.
http://www.besthistorysites.org
TYPING MLA FORMAT:
  • Creating a Works Cited/Bibliography Page:
  • http://www.workscited4u.com/
  • Creating a PREZI:
  • _http://www.uis.edu/informationtechnologyservices/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/2013/04/Introduction-to-Prezi-2014.pdf
 
TYPING PRACTICE/ KEYBOARDING SKILLS FOR LIFE: