Housed at the Mann Library, this resource contains a comprehensive set of books and journals in the field of Home Economics, many available online. Each subject area in the field has a descriptive essay plus a bibliography related to...

This site guides you through a series of questions with links that will help you determine if the business you are starting is best located in the home.

Looks at what life was like at home in the U.S. during World War II using original photographs.

This online exhibit honors those that sheltered Jewish children during the German occupation of France. Children's homes were established to protect the children from persecution. Take a look at three of these homes and view artifacts,...

An online exhibition that looks at what life was like for Virginians under military occupation. Many of them became refugees rather than stay while Union troops invaded their lands, stealing crops, burning fields, and taking over homes.

Investigate the benefits of composting and discover ways to do it easily at home.

Article from the American Heart Association entitled "Monitoring Your Blood Pressure at Home." Discusses AHA recommendations on choosing a monitoring device and how to use it properly. It also provides a blood pressure chart and links to...

The Children's Book Council offers four downloadable lists for different age groups to use for developing a home library or just for finding good books to read.

[Free Registration/Login Required] World War II had a deep impact on the United States. The war affected all phases of American life both on the home front and overseas in battle. This text document addresses the many and varied ways...

Lesson using primary resources examines the ways in which images shaped the meaning of the war for people at home and the meaning of the home during wartime.

Learn how Jim Crow laws impacted home ownership and the pursuit of the American Dream in this series of videos from the American Masters film, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. Lorraine Hansberry's family was at the...

Explore this site to learn everything you need to know about becoming a Nursing, Psychiatric, or Home Health Aide.

This collection uses primary sources to explore women's work on the home front during World War II.

In this 5th grade unit, learners study the World War II home front using primary sources. After an introduction to the origins of the war, they study the effects of the war on the U.S. economy; citizen participation in the war effort...

Explore the evolution of the ideal twentieth century home at this United Kingdom based site. The Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition, mechanization of household tasks, and the do it yourself revolution created lifestyle changes for all...

Science at Home offers this site full of simple experiments that can be conducted at home. Don't miss the other sections, "forces and energy" and "electrons in action".

Looks at how energy is used in a home, and strategies in construction, choice of appliances, etc. for minimizing waste.

Travel room-by-room through a virtual house and learn about the uses of water in homes and about ways to conserve water. Includes information about at-home water meters and how to read them.

Describes the many hardships that citizens, no matter what their status, faced in Virginia during the Civil War. One town, Winchester, switched hands about seventy-two times during the war. Many people lost loved ones, as well as their...

This website provides in-depth information on "The Old Folks at Home," a song written by Stephen Foster and performed by Christy's Minstrels. Includes information on the meaning and significance of "Old Folks at Home" and a history of...

A multimedia-rich exhibition that explores the traditional Chinese home of the Huang family. With excellent photographs and cross-sections of the structure of the home and its surroundings. Includes a fascinating genealogy of the family...

Students will use the global velocities map to predict where their home will be in a million years.

Learn about the remarkable life and career of Maggie L. Walker, an African American teacher and successful business woman. Also includes a gallery of personal photographs, an online tour Walker's home and information about her work as a...

An excellent compilation of activities that engage parents and children in math explorations at home. Detailed lessons covering a wide range of math topics such as fractions, measurements, money, data collection, and math in newspapers....