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American Cultural History - The Twentieth Century - Parental advisory: Please preview this site. Try this excellent resource when you have an assignment about a particular decade and don't know where to turn to find information on "the music of the 1920s" or "the fads of the 1960s." There are also many links and recommended books should you need further information. (Note: Each decade takes a while to load, so be patient.)
American Memory from the Library of Congress - You have memories of your own life. Your parents have memories of their lives, and your grandparents have memories of theirs. Wouldn't it be great to find a place to archive all those memories, so they wouldn't be lost when someone died? You could call it the American Memory Project! Look no further. Browse through 25,000 turn-of-the-century postcards; maybe some are from your hometown. Go to the Collection Finder and look in the Photos and Prints Division under Detroit Publishing Company (show this to your parents--they will love it). Check old movies of New York City made by Edison himself in 1903. Look into the eyes of the immigrants coming to America--so much hope is expressed there. The historical periods covered are from the Civil War to World War II. Each collection is annotated, and broad topics are listed. This is an excellent source for students looking for nonprint sources to accompany an American history report. Don't forget to remember American Memory.
Baxter's EDUNet- Time Machine - What happened 50 years ago in India? What about 25 years ago in Australia? Or can you guess what happened 5,000 years ago in the Mediterranean? You can learn so much traveling back and forth on the time line at this site that all your friends and family members will think you are a genius! You probably are if you take our advice and give this site a try.
Biological Timing Online Science Experiment - Did you ever hear of a biological clock? That's what helps you go to sleep at night and wake up in the morning. At this site there's a fascinating article called The Mystery of Sleepy Adolescents. Do you have trouble waking up for school? You're not alone. These kids decided to investigate the whole problem. This is their Web page about biological clocks, circadian rhythms, and how plants and animals tell time.
Calendar - If you've ever needed a quick calendar, for, say, the year 1753, or maybe the year 3000, or anything in between, you'll love this site in Norway. Key in the year you want (try the year you were born), and like magic, a calendar is generated. Be sure to read the technical information on how the calendar program works. Oh, and if you want a calendar in English, just click on the British flag.
Calendar Zone - Are you looking for a new calendar, or maybe an old one? This page has calendars that will calculate moon phases, holidays, and many other types of date-watching delights. You'll also find Islamic, Hebrew, Chinese, and other cultural or religious calendars. There is downloadable software, links to pages of interest (lots on the year 2000), including one on Calendar Reform (click on "reform"). Did you know that some people think we should have 13 months in the year? Others propose 12 equal months, with "blank days" that don't belong to any month at all and are celebrated as world holidays. One result of this plan is that you wouldn't need a new calendar every year, because the dates would always fall on the same days of the week. Calendar manufacturers are probably not happy with the idea.
Calendars: Counting the Days - Before people had calendars on their walls, they looked up in the sky to check the passage of time. The position of the sun, phase of the moon, and visible constellations told them all they needed to know. However, time marched on, and now we have all sorts of ways to figure out what time it is. This very interesting site from World Book encyclopedia teaches you about ancient as well as modern calendar systems. There is even a section on future calendars!
DeeT's 70s Page - Take a ride on the time machine and step back into the 1970s. Some things haven't changed much. Kids watched Sesame Street and The Electric Company on television, and back then Gilligan's Island was being shown for the first time. If you'd like to see these and lots of other `70s stuff, Dee T's is the place to be.
February 29 Leap Day - Were you born on the leap year day, February 29? Your birthday only comes around every four years! When it isn't a leap year, do you celebrate your birthday on February 28 or March 1? Find other people facing the same dilemma. There are also fascinating resources from the Royal Greenwich Observatory about leap years and calendars in general.
Greenwich Meridian 2000 - In 1884, the International Meridian Conference decided to designate the Prime Meridian, longitude zero, at a spot in Greenwich, England. Since world time is designated as so many hours plus or minus Greenwich Mean Time, you could say that Greenwich is just next door to where Time runs out and the location where Time begins again. Learn more about the Prime Meridian, the millennium, and the story of time.
Horology - The Science of Timekeeping, Clocks, and Watches - Organizations with time on their hands, timepiece collectors, those who wish to learn to tell time, travelers in search of time zones, and all others with the time to spare should visit this site... for a good time.
Journey Through the Middle Ages - On your quest to rise from a squire to a knight you'll have to solve puzzles and answer questions relating to medieval history and castle life. The answers are all on this site, and never fear, because you'll have James the Jingling Jester to help you out with some clues. This site, created by kids, was a finalist in the 1998 ThinkQuest Junior contest.
Keeping Accurate Time - Who wouldn't want their computer's internal clock to be synchronized with the Internet's Network Time Protocol? If that's your goal, give this free software a try.
Modern World History: Main Menu - Take a tour through the political and other events that shaped world history during the twentieth century. Follow the time line stretching from World War I in 1914 through the Wall Street crash in 1929, to the rise of Hitler and the end of World War II. This site, created by the BBC, is illustrated with many photos and activities to help you understand each period in time.
Modernism Timeline, 1890-1940 - This time line highlights significant events from 1890 to 1940. When you click on a year, you get a list of events that happened in that year, including political and literary events and social customs. For example, in 1917, bobbed hair was popular, the Senate rejected Wilson's suffrage bill, Freud's Introduction to Psychoanalysis was published, and there was a famine in Germany. The issue of what is significant is up for grabs here, and you can make suggestions for additions to the list.
Popular Mechanics Time Machine - Popular Mechanics is the magazine for anyone interested in machines. They have built an Internet time machine to help you see how machines have improved over the last 70 or so years. See high-flying French balloons from the early 1900s and crazy car designs from 1960. It's a walk through history, and you won't even have to leave the chair in front of your computer! Your time machine comes with a lot of shiny buttons, and there's even an owner's manual. Let's see, what happens if we press this button right here?
Royal Observatory Greenwich - Longitude Zero, also known as the Prime Meridian, is located at a spot in Greenwich, England. The time zones of the world are represented as being so many hours plus or minus Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT (more correctly UTC or Coordinated Universal Time). As you might imagine, the Royal Observatory has quite a bit to say about this whole Millennium business. Click on Information Leaflets for details on where and when the Millennium actually begins, as well as facts about leap years, naming stars after friends, and blue moons.
Sunrise/Sunset Computation - Sometimes you have to get up awfully early to watch the sun rise. Exactly when the sun or moon rises or sets depends on where you live and the time of year. You can take the mystery out of when old Sol (that's another name for the sun) takes off in the morning by using this page from the U.S. Naval Observatory. All you have to do is plug in a date and a place, and through the magic of computers, the time of sun (and moon) rise and set is provided. For fun, enter your birthday and birthplace or pick an interesting date, like December 31, 1999. You'll also find out when the solstices and equinoxes are through the year 2005.
Surfing the Net with Kids: Calendar, Factoid & Contests - Did you miss Shamu's birthday or maybe Elephant appreciation day last year? How about International Joke Day? If you tune into this site, they will keep you informed of these events as well as other events, contests and holidays.
The Century: America's Timeline - Choose a decade and go! For example, let¹s pick 19001909. From there, click on 1900 to find out about that year¹s first Davis Cup in tennis, the first auto show in New York, the invention of the hamburger in Connecticut, and the Carry Nation anti-alcohol bar-smashing tour of Kansas. Everything has hyperlinks to other parts of the History Channel site if you need more in-depth information.
This Day in History - From the Archives of the History Channel - The date is May 4. The year is 1979. Do you know what was happening in world history? Margaret Thatcher was being elected prime minister of England. This Day in History will let you time-travel anywhere you want. In 1626 on this day, Governor Peter Minuit made a great deal on his purchase of a 20,000-acre island--what is now Manhattan, New York City. The price was $24 worth of cloth and brass buttons. Just punch in any date and year, and see what bit of history you can learn.
Time Machine - H G Wells - Probably the best story about time machines is one of the first--it was written by H. G. Wells, in 1898. This story, titled The Time Machine , has inspired a countless number of books, movies, and articles on time travel. Read a no-frills copy of the story right here on the Internet, and maybe you'll decide to write your own time travel tale!
Time Service Dept. - The U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., is the official timekeeper for the United States. This site is tied into the official clock--clocks, actually. U. S. Naval Observatory timekeeping is based on several unusual clocks: cesium beam and hydrogen maser atomic clocks. You can find out more about these at this site. They also use a network of radio telescopes to make sure they are always right on time. Why is that so important? Well, if a rocket engine burns a second too long, the rocket may end up miles from where it should be. Or if one computer sends a message but the other computer isn't "on" to receive it yet, that's a problem. These clocks are correct to the nanosecond level, which is a billionth of a second! At this site, you can also calculate the sunrise, sunset, twilight, moon rise, moon set, and moon phase percentages and times for a U.S. location.
TimeandDate.com - What time it is in a distant city? What day it is in a far away country? Maybe you just want to correct the clock in your kitchen! Look no further than this site. There's another particularly useful feature: the Meeting Planner. If your relatives live many time zones away, or if you need to schedule a business call involving several people around the globe, try out this tool. Select up to four cities and generate a convenient color-coded table to help choose the best time to get together. This site also lets you create calendars for any year you want (try the year One or 3000) complete with phases of the moon and holidays noted.
Timeline of Events: 1750-1939 - Text and images of selected American and world events and milestones that provide a broader historical context.
Today in History - Want to know who shares your birthday or what famous events throughout history happened the day you were born? Just visit this site and type in the month and year you want. For example, famous people born on February 8 include author Jules Verne, actor James Dean, and actress Audrey Meadows, who played Alice in The Honeymooners . Find out when and where these folks were born, too; Meadows, for example, was born in China. You can also find out who died on this day (Mary, Queen of Scots) and find out what important historical events took place. On February 8, the Boy Scouts organization was incorporated (1910), radio first came to the White House (1922), and Walt Disney Studios was formed (1926). Know anyone with a brand-new baby? Give the proud parents a printout of their baby's birth date.
Today's Calendar and Clock Page - Today is Friday, August 13, 1999. EDT is 5:28 P.M. This is the 225th day of the year. Year of the Earth Rabbit. Month of the Water Monkey. Day of the Fire Cock. Hour of the Earth Cock. Year 224 of American independence. 48th year of H.M. Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. 3rd year of the 694th Olympiad ...and much more! Did anything interesting happen today in history, movies, or literary history? What's the current population of the world? What's the total national debt? Know about the moon phase? How about tidal charts? How much time until the next space shuttle launch? It's all collected for you here.
World Clock - Hey, what time is it, anyway? Are you curious about the clocks in Cagen? Or maybe you want to make inquiries in Istanbul. This page gives you the current time in over 100 locations on the globe! If you keep watching it, the page will automatically update every minute.
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