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Field Trips
WebQuests
Crime Solve the crime
Inside Art and A. Pintura Art Detective You absolutely have to visit both of these fun and interesting adventures in art history.
Journey Back to Ancient Rome
King Arthur and the Arthurian Legend
Beowulf
Julius Caesar
Grammar
Escape from Grammar Island
The Hero's Journey Pick up your suitcase and explore the classical mythical story structure and create your own stories.
Literary Traveler "Explore the world of your literary imagination." Take virtual tours of the places associate with some of the world's most beloved authors.
Literary Locales is sponsored by the English Department at San Jose State University. The site features over 450 picture links to the places that figure in the lives and writings of famous authors.
Writing the Journey: An Online Journal Writing Workshop
The Moonlit Road "Ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South, told by the region's most celebrated storytellers."
The Revolutionary War: A Journey Towards Freedom is an excellent reference tool for students, teachers, and anyone interested in learning more about the American Revolution.
Journey Through the Middle Ages Learn about "Castles and Medieval Times" at this Web site created by 4th graders and teachers at Salford Hills Elementary School in Harleysville, Pennsylvania.
Edgar Allan Poe: Father of Horror
Evil in Literature (MacBeth)
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! The Great Gatsby
Fact or Fiction: Truth, Opinion, and the Web
To Kill a Mockingbird: Growing up in the 1930s
Odyssey Quest
All Roads Lead to Rome
Censorship and Fahrenheit 451
Health is a Battlefield
Gilman's Gazette: Living Through "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Shakespeare Field Trip
The Dark Ages
Reading Strategies
The Nuts and Bolts of Writing
The Art of Communication: Women's Plight to be Heard
The Crucible - Miller v. McCarthy
"Great Expectations" for a Creative Textbook
Reconstructing The Yellow Wallpaper
Rewriting Romeo and Juliet
Wuthering Heights
The Immigrant Journey contains an excellent essay giving an overview of the immigrant experience. There are also many photos of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
A Bittersweet Journey on the Underground Railroad
Voyage to the Milky Way a PBS look at "humanity's ultimate voyage across the galaxy and beyond."
Extreme 2000 - Voyage to the Deep
Dive and Discover-Expeditions to the bottom of the sea
The Rockefeller University Journey into the Cell
If those don't interest you, how about a simple road trip with Mark, Megan and Marvin the Road Dog on their ongoing Road Trip America.
Welcome to the Rec.Travel Library!-Personal travelogues, trip reports, and worldwide tourist information"
Christmas Virtual Field Trip is a great trip for elementary students. Around the world, Christmas is celebrated in many ways. This virtual field trip takes a look at some of these celebrations, provides a quiz on Christmas (are you an expert?), includes a gingerbread house recipe, some fun tongue twisters, and more! Also, be sure to check out the Teacher's Resource page. It includes links to a scavenger hunt, sites featuring other winter holidays, a telling of "Twas the Night Before Christmas," origins and meanings of different items such as the Christmas tree, and more.
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