photoswest.org/exhib/faves/faves.htm

you can find those great pictures of the early west at the link above

REAL PEOPLE......REAL STORIES

www.storycorps.net/listen/

www.presidentialtimeline.org/

please click this link first:

mybeautifulamerica.com/

now click the link below:

americathebeautiful.com/index.htm

--click on the link

memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Here's a picture of a bridge that used to be near Aspermont (close to Peacock). It was built in 1917.

Click here:
www.texasescapes.com/TexasBridges/Peacock-Texas-Salt-Fork-Brazos-River-Bridge.htm

Check out Texas Ghost towns here:

www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Texas_ghost_towns.htm

www.history.com/home.do?utm_source=google_content&utm_medium=CPC&utm_term=content_history+channel+map&utm_campaign=brand&keywords=content_history+channel+map&paidlink=1&ref_str=http%3A//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads%3Fclient%3Dca-pub-2546752751326586%26dt%3D1176139142933%26lmt%3D1172175864%26format%3D160x600_as%26output%3Dhtml%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.sheppardsoftware.com%252Fhistory.htm%26color_bg%3DFFFFFF%26color_text%3D000000%26color_link%3DE1771E%26color_url%3DFFA612%26color_border%3DFFFFFF%26ad_type%3Dtext_image%26ref%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.sheppardsoftware.com%252Fcontent%252Fanimals%252Farticles%252Fendangered_animals%252Famericasmostendangeredanimals.htm%26cc%3D405%26u_h%3D768%26u_w%3D1024%26u_ah%3D734%26u_aw%3D1024%26u_cd%3D32%26u_tz%3D-300%26u_his%3D5%26u_java%3Dtrue

www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone

This great link was given to us by Mary Hollingsworth

Find what happened the year you were born.

Try to remember these:

www.theatlantic.com/doc/200612/influentials

If you learn these facts from Coach Davis, you'll always do well on history TAKS, etc.

Please click on the download button and choose "file, save as" to your desktop. NAME IT WITH YOUR NAME AND FACTS.

YOU MUST ALSO SAVE IT TO YOUR PLACE ON THE SERVER BECAUSE YOU'LL NEED IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR TIME AS A STUDENT.

NOW....
STARTING THURSDAY, FEB. 21ST

8TH GRADERS will do this in computer class every day until the TAKS tests are over.

(7TH GRADERS WILL ONLY DO THE 1ST DAY TEST)

You'll start a Word document called (my own words). This will be saved to your desktop, your place on the server, and to extra folder. (ON EXTRA FOLDER, IT'S CALLED "MY OWN WORDS")

You'll do 5 facts a day, followed by a test over them the next day.

Always keep saving to the SAME word document.

The Smithsonian Institution has been making and collecting photographs for over 150 years, and it now houses more than 13 million photographic images

photography.si.edu/

You can search for pictures here.

photography.si.edu/Search.aspx

Start in Beijing. You will see the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.

You will then fly to Qingdao (on the Yellow Sea).

You will also fly to the giant panda reserve (where you can play with the baby pandas).

Next stops will be Shanghai and Hong Kong. You will see giant buddas, temples and all kinds of historical stuff.