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• The Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
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-Yom Kippur October 2
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Long time Busy Educator’s Newsletter subscriber and retired librarian Lewis A.
Armstrong has updated his this fantastic list of sites.  Categories range include:
Multidiscipline Sites, Language Arts, Social Studies, Arts, Mathematics, Science, Federal Government Sites, Skill Games, Technology, For Parents and Teachers, Miscellaneous Sites and Filtered Search Engines For Kids.

Thank you Lewis for sharing this wonderful resource.

http://www.freedomforum.org/freespirit/

The Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship and Conference Program annually awards $1,000 college scholarships to each of the 102 high school seniors who are interested in pursuing a career in journalism and who demonstrate qualities of "free spirit."

Two top scholars are selected to win a special award of $50,000 each. In order to apply, you must complete the 2006 Application Form, all boxes must be filled in — if not applicable type “N/A,” provide all the required materials and mail the completed forms and materials in one package by October 15, 2006.

http://imdb.com/

I love movies.  This is one of my favourite online movie information sources. It’s one of the oldest on the Internet.  You can search for movie titles, actors, characters, quotes and even plots.  Great source for finding movies for students and for keeping up with movies that students are watching.

Click Here

Here’s a 27-page handout in PDF format.  Includes rubrics, self-assessment forms, evaluations, procedures, journal ideas and prompts, and seven lesson ideas for teaching detective stories.

http://www.learn-spanish.co.il

Learn Spanish is an on-line, educational resource to learn Spanish words. The flash site incorporates 40 topics, along with over 1,400 Spanish words and phrases. When you click on a word or phrase you can hear it spoken. The high quality audio was created in a sound studio.

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