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InFoPeople,
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search
box
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each
of
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great
sites:
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Oral
Presentation
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http://bio.com/hr/search/f-oral.html
Oral
Presentation
Skills—this
is
written
for
technical
workers,
but
much
of
this
applies
to
any
speaker.
Virtual
Presentation
Assistant
http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/coms2/vpa/vpa.htm
The
Virtual
Presentation
Assistant
is
an
online
tutorial
for
improving
your
public
speaking
skills.
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researching
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topic,
analyzing
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supporting
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points,
using
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public
speaking
Web
links,
and
more.
General
History
Resources:
Blue
Web’n
Learning
Sites
Library
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Blue
Web'n
is
a
searchable
database
of
outstanding
Internet
learning
sites
categorized
by
subject
area,
audience,
and
type
(lessons,
activities,
projects,
resources,
references,
&
tools).
Select
Subject
Area
and
then
History
and
Social
Studies.
Here
one
will
find
many
history
and
social
studies
sites.
Kathy
Schrock’s
Guide
for
Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Kathy
Schrock's
Guide
for
Educators
is
a
classified
list
of
sites
on
the
Internet
found
to
be
useful
for
enhancing
curriculum
and
teacher
professional
growth.
It
is
updated
daily
to
keep
up
with
the
tremendous
number
of
new
sites.
Under
Subject
Access
select
History
and
Social
Studies.
The
Library
of
Congress
Learning
Page
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
The
Library
of
Congress
(LOC)
has
organized
its
digitized
American
Memory
collection
for
educators.
An
"Educator's
Page"
helps
teachers
incorporate
the
LOC
online
collections
into
curriculum.
Materials
include
photographs
and
recorded
interviews
and
illustrate
various
political,
social,
and
economic
themes
in
the
American
experience.
The
electronic
collections
are
arranged
alphabetically
by
keyword
and
media
type,
and
the
entire
site
is
searchable.
The
History
Net
http://www.TheHistoryNet.com/
The
National
Historical
Society
maintains
the
History
Net.
This
site
contains
a
huge
archive
of
articles
from
U.S.
and
world
history
to
personality
profiles
and
eyewitness
accounts.
Read
the
Welcome
Page
to
get
an
easy
introduction
to
what's
available.
The
History
Place
http://www.historyplace.com/
The
History
Place
is
a
private,
independent,
Internet-only
publication
based
in
the
Boston
area
that
is
not
affiliated
with
any
political
group
or
organization.
The
History
Place™
has
a
lot
of
information.
Its
featured
exhibits
change
frequently
and
highlight
specific
eras,
events,
or
people
in
history.
Topics
are
examined
in
depth
and
are
generally
divided
into
units
for
easier
studying.
The
site
has
other
features
such
as
a
photo
and
a
speech
of
the
week,
essays
on
history
from
historians,
and
a
tourism
guide
to
historic
places
in
America.
The
Avalon
Project
at
the
Yale
Law
School:
Documents
in
Law,
History
and
Government
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
The
Avalon
Project
at
Yale
Law
School
is
an
incredible
resource.
Major
historical
documents
dating
back
to
the
12th
Century
are
presented
in
entirety,
with
links
to
supporting
documents,
glossaries
and
indexes
for
each
one.
Major
documents
relevant
to
Law,
History,
Economics,
Politics,
Diplomacy
and
Government
can
be
found
here.
National
Museum
of
American
History
http://americanhistory.si.edu/
The
Museum
has
a
great
timeline
that
explores
the
American
heritage
through
objects
in
the
Museum’s
collections
and
exhibitions.
More
information
can
be
found
by
clicking
on
any
image.
K-12
History
on
the
Internet
Resource
Guide
http://www.xs4all.nl/~swanson/history/index.html
This
site
has
links
to
many
K-12
history
resources.
Time
and
Place
Web
Ring
http://www.sccss.org/webring/ring.htm
The
Time
and
Place
Web
Ring
is
a
voluntary
association
of
social
studies
oriented
web
sites.
They
may
be
index
sites,
collections
of
lesson
plans
or
other
sites
useful
to
social
studies
educators
and/or
students.
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Please
keep
in
mind
that
the
Internet
is
a
fluid
medium
and
sites
are
constantly
being
added,
moved
and
deleted.
If
you
find
a
dead
or
redirected
link
or
you
would
like
me
to
add
a
new
resource
please
contact
me
at
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.
Please
give
me
the
name
of
the
task,
the
title
of
the
link
and
link
address.
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