Multicultural Holiday Calendar
www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/

Christmas Traditions Around the World
www.christmas.com/worldview/

Holiday Traditions (Christmas)
www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/

Christmas Around the World
www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/around.html
World-Wide Christmas
www.caryn.com/holiday/holiday-xmas-world.html
Diwali (Hindu Festival of Light)
home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/dday.htm
Hannukah Traditions
www.caryn.com/holiday/holiday-Hworld.html
Christmas Traditions Around the World
www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm
Christmas, Hannukah, New Year’s, Kwanzaa
bhsweb.nsd.org/library/holiday-tradition-pg.html
Christmas Around the World
www.santaclaus.com/world.html
Holiday World
www.wilstar.net/holidays/
Halloween Tradition
wilstar.net/holidays/hallown.htm
How Christmas Works
www.howstuffworks.com/christmas.htm
Christmas Around the World
eclecticesoterica.com/christmas.html
Holidays on the Net (Click on menu to choose a holiday)
www.holidays.net/
Easter and Passover
www.infoplease.com/spot/easter.html
Halloween Guide
www.infoplease.com/spot/halloween.html
Christmas, New Year’s, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan
waupun.k12.wi.us/ms/library/christmas.htm
Holiday Sampler Around the World (Organized by Seasons)
teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/k_2theme/holidays.htm
Holiday History
www.essortment.com/in/Holidays.History/
Chanukah
www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chanukah/index.html
Jewish Holidays
www.akhlah.com/holidays/JewishHolidays.asp
Cinco de Mayo
www.vivacincodemayo.org/history.htm
Chinese New Year
www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
Holidays Around the World
www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson213.shtml
Festivals Around the World
www.festivals.com/
Christmas Traditions in France and Canada
www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Noel/angl/
Holidays
www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0882306.html
Feliz Navidad
www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/traditions-mexico.htm
How Holiday Traditions have Evolved
baltimorechronicle.com/christmas_dec01.shtml

Holiday Customs and Traditions
www.jp.kids-commons.net/vc96/vc-16/index.html
Origins and Traditions of Mayday
www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5202/mayday.htm
Fall Holiday Links
marilee.us/seasonal.html
Winter Holiday Links
marilee.us/seasonal2.html


Everything About Kwanzaa
www.tike.com/celeb-kw.htm


Holidays Around the World for K-12
falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/holidays.htm

Holidays
www.eagle.ca/~matink/holidays.html
Holiday Insights
www.holidayinsights.com/

Holiday Festivals and Events Around the World
www.studentholidays.com/events/events.htm

Easter Links
www.themeunits.com/Easter_c.html


English Customs and Traditions
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/

Passover
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5493/passover.html

Jewish Holidays
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5493/holiday.html

www.culturalstudies.net
Robin Markowitz, Cultural Studies Central

Washington State university, American Studies; Popular Culture Studies for Critical Analysis
www.wsu.edu/%7Eamerstu/pop/tvrguide.html

Yesterdayland. www.yesterdayland.com

Chiff.com - 50's Pop Culture
www.chiff.com/pop-culture/1950s.htm

Kingwood College Library
1950's Pop Culture
kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade50.html

Fifties Web
www.fiftiesweb.com/

Biographies of Women Mathematicians
www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/alpha.htm#R



Biographies of most Mathematicians
www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Indexes/Full_Alph.html

Richard Westfall's archive contains concise biographical details of more than 640 members of the Scientific Community of the 16th and 17th Centuries.
www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/External/Westfall_list.html



**Don't forget to click on "Online Databases" on the left and research the Online Encyclopedia Brittanica for some good general information.

Authors on the Web
www.people.virginia.edu/~jbh/author.html

Scholastic Authors:
www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorstudies.jhtml

Links to Author websites:
dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/Young_Adult/


www.co.henrico.va.us/library/yaauthors.htm

More author websites:

www.authors4teens.com
www.childrensbookguild.org
www.teenreads.com

Biographies on Famous People:
www.biography.com

Biographies of Entertainers (searchable)
www.infoplease.com/entertainmentbios.html
Searchable biographies of athletes (past and present)
www.infoplease.com/whowho.html

Biographies of Presidents:
www.npg.si.edu/exh/travpres/index6.htm

Biographies of Famous Inventors (alphabetically)
inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl1_1.htm

Former Astronauts Biographies:
www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/astrobio_former.html

www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html

www.chemicalelements.com

digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html

www.ncac.org
National Coalition Against Censorship

www.abffe.org
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression

www.ncte.org/censorship
National Council of Teachers of English

www.ala.org/ala/oif/basics/intellectual.htm
American Library Assoc. Office of Intellectual Freedom

www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm
ALA's site for Banned Books Week

www.ala.org/ala/oif/foryoungpeople/youngpeople.htm
ALA's info for students about censorship.

www.boondocksnet.com/twainwww/essays/banned_books9709.html
Examples of banned books.

www.abffe.com/bbw-booklist-detailed.htm
Stories behind Some of this year's book bans and challenges.

www.chriscrutcher.com/index.2ts?page=ccbannedbooks
Author Chris Crutcher's website. He is one of the most frequently challenged and banned authors.

www.rcdb.com/
Rollercoaster database

www.sixflags.com
Six Flags

www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/

www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/history/
Roller Coaster History

www.britannica.com/coasters/
More history on Roller Coasters

www.howstuffworks.com/roller-coaster.htm
The Physics of Roller Coasters

www.fearofphysics.com/Roller/roller.html
How to make a roller coaster work