Warwick Neck and John Greene Elementary Schools' Library Media Center Website

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Social Studies - A work in progress. Check back periodically to see what new sites have been added.
Geography
	Games and "cool stuff" from National Geographic. Games for Outdoor fun, Adventures, Languages and Cultures, Geography Trivia, Music and Dance. Link to More to Explore for Kids to access list of websites for Homework Help, News, and Maps.
US Geography Quizzes	Develop a mental map of the United States, its states, capitals, and geography through these amazing games!
Rhode Island
Rhode Island	IPL Stately Knowledge page of Rhode Island information and links.
Rhode Island	Basic information and links to more comprehensive sites. From KidsKonnect.
RI Kids	From RI.gov, the official government Web portal for the State of Rhode Island.
Welcome to Rhode Island	Webquest created by teacher Deb Morrison for grades 4&5.
US History
	Provides extensive information about each state. Tools provides links to order official state tourism brochures.
Smithsonian Museums	The Smithsonian Institution is now the world's largest museum complex, composed of a group of national museums and research centers housing the United States' national collections in natural history, American history, air and space, the fine arts and the decorative arts, and several other fields ranging from postal history to cultural history. Smithsonian Education is a gateway for teacher, family and student resources.
	Click on the links for the Revolutionary War and specific battles on the toolbar on the left of this homepage. Told from a British perspective.
	American Revolutionary War Battles
Revolutionary War Battles	Includes information about the battles, as well as maps, timelines, videos, and interactive games. There are links to eThemes on other Revolutionary War topics. Grades 3-7. From Missouri eMints.
World History
Zoom Explorers	Brief biographies of men and women who have explored reagions of the world and space.
Explorer Brochure Template	Tri-fold brochure template for Mrs. McCann's fifth grade. Once you have opened the document, Save As to your floppy or computer so that you can add your information to create your own brochure.
	Introductory material designed for children about the history and culture of Europe, Asia, and Africa before 1500. Topics include North America, China, India, west Asia, Greece, Egypt, Africa, Rome, Islam, Germany, and the Middle Ages. Also includes materials for teachers. Kidipede began as a "community service learning project" and is organized and run by a history professor at Portland State University.
	This British Museum site offers online tours on various topics, as well as several teacher resources.
	Official website; virtual tour and more.
Eternal Egypt	Interactive, multimedia experience of Egyptian cultural artifacts, places and history. From Egypt's CultNat and IBM. Incredibly rich site; reading level may be difficult.
Mesopotamia	From the British Museum.
	Brief history of heraldry, meanings of the colors and symbols and more.
	Look up your last name in the search box in the top left corner to see your family's coat of arms.
How to Make an Authentic Medieval Coat of Arms	Detailed description of all components. Designed to be used with Shields, knights and heraldry – free downloadable software, but offers very useful information.
Roger the Herald's Notes on Blazonry for Beginners	A companion page to the site above.