Atlas Online Find out where the museums are in cities across America. Find the state flower, bird, and nickname for any state in America. This website even has beautiful pictures of all of the states in the U.S. Check it out! Invention At Play Invention at Play, based on a Smithsonian traveling exhibit, focuses on how play inspires invention. Multiple intelligences are explored, and the site offers a variety of integration opportunities for the classroom teacher. Games for students tap into the imagination and build problem-solving skills. Instructional Resources, Student Resources Purdue Online Writing Lab The Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) has grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and conventions resources as well as professional writing material and general composition information. The site includes everything from comma splices to resumes in clearly explained pages. It is the premiere source for online writing information. Instructional Resources, Student Resources MLA Citation Help This includes two components, a form for gathering citation data(http://www.andyspinks.com/mla/loaddataform.htm ) and a 2-page simplified guide to MLA citation, including quoting, paraphrasing, in-text citation, and Works Cited formatting (http://www.andyspinks.com/mla/loadMLAguide.htm). Noodle Tools New MLA Citation Changes 2009 Chicago Style  Duke University Library-Works Cited The Big 6 Research Method   Human Rights "Getting Started" Project Sites for Mrs. Novotny-Beaver's Sociology Class: A Short History of the Human Rights Movement Human Rights Watch Amnesty International Civic Rights Regents Global Human Rights Human Rights Resource Center Human Rights In Action   General Social Studies Websites: Avalon Project – Yale University –  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp Central Library History Resources – Vanderbilt Univ. – http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/central/history.html University of Texas Map Library – http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ World Factbook (CIA) – https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html  American History Weblinks: Hyperhistory American Memory (Lib. Of Congress) – http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Historical Map Collection (Univ. of Texas) The History Channel Website – http://www.history.com/ The History Net (National Historical Society) – http://www.thehistorynet.com/ US/British History Resources (Rutgers Univ.) – http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/history.shtml Vietnam Conflict Resources (Vassar College) – http://vietnam.vassar.edu/