WEB SITES

America's Story
The Library of Congress presents stories and fascinating facts from our country's history.

Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government
Choose your grade level and learn all about how our government works.

America's HomePage
See historic documents and take a virtual Tour of Washington, D.C.

First Americans
An excellent introduction to the varying cultures of Native North America.

Learning Adventures in Citizenship
From PBS Kids.

The Way West
Dreaming of land and gold, wagon train pioneers blazed a 2,000-mile trail from Missouri to California.

Related Fay Library Pages

• Ancient Greece
• Explorers
• Native Americans
• Colonial America
• American Revolution
• Oregon Trail
• Fifty States
• Japan
• Central & South America

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE

Biography Resource Center
Use this Gale (InfoTrac) database to research important people throughout history!
To use Biography Resource Center at home, enter a library card number from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Grolier Online
A complete reference library: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science, Lands and Peoples, and America the Beautiful.
To use Grolier Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

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updated 02/22/2008