You start with a randomly generated question in English vocabulary, then go on to World Languages, Global Studies, Life Sciences, U.S. History, Earth Sciences, then Mathematics. If you miss a question, you need to go back to an English vocabulary question. The Block Museum at Northwestern University features the art created by prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau during their incarceration during the Holocaust. You can browse the art by media, artist, or location. Included are biographies of the artists that explain how they came to create the artwork, often being transferred by guards to office duty.
Students can examine re-occurring themes found in the artwork.
A wealth of newspapers, documents, maps and images is available from this site, which focuses on the late 18th to early 19th Centuries in the United States. Roald Dahl was a very creative children's author and this site brings to life classics such as Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Mathilda, and James and the Giant Peach. Teachers will enjoy the lessons and classroom activities available for download. The activity on Collecting Words lists as examples the words Dahl collected for beautiful and angry or rude or nasty, and asks students to collect words for big, rich and funny. National Geographic Xpedition Welcome to the home of geography standards on the Internet.