This site from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory contains links to a shaded relief map, county map, black and white map, satellite image, 1895 map, and a PostScript map.

Find here a collection of links to information about the state of Oregon. Categories include facts, government, geography, education, people, attractions, history, industry, and miscellaneous.

This site from PBS provides a map of the Oregon Trail, from Independence, Missouri to the Willamette Valley.

The Oregon Trail was the important route taken by settlers from the east migrating to build a new life in the western part of the United States covering over 2000 miles.

This resource includes weather summaries, hourly weather reports, zone forecasts, weather watches, warnings and advisories etc.

A well-researched and very readable essay discussing the food supplies pioneers carried with them on their journeys across the frontier to the West.

A fascinating lesson plan depicting life in the mid 1800's and comparing it to modern day life.

A PowerPoint presentation on how to communicate a message using image, video, and sound techniques as described by Herbert Zettl. Includes images and links to video examples.

An excellent site that supports school libraries which includes tools for both elementary and secondary students. Choose the appropriate level to find resources on citing sources, research process, choosing research resources, finding...

An 81-page slideshow that looks at the principles of geology with respect to relative dating, at different concepts describing geological processes, at absolute age and radiometric dating, at the eons and eras in the geologic time scale,...

Students in this lesson explore the benefits of the network model to learn about optimization, while discovering cost reduction through efficiency. Download the ZIP file to access the resources. Includes a PowerPoint, a student handout,...

Interactive Nolli Map introduces students to Rome and the structure of its urban form based on the work of eighteenth-century Italian architect Giambattista Nolli. Using the map engine, navigate through the city at a variety of scales,...

Article describes military power in an atomic age and perception at home and abroad during the 1950s.

Online exhibit on the nuclear age, this section features book titles written about nuclear technology and society during the Atomic Era.

Online exhibit features Artistic Interpretations of the Atomic Age from archived nuclear age history materials.

Discusses the evolution of ideas about the cosmos, from the Magic Cosmology of the Neolithic age to the stage of Mythical Cosmology, to the Geometric Cosmology of the ancient Greeks. The third stage advocated a rational approach to...

This essay provides an excellent explanation of the importance of storytelling and what the author refers to as "orature," oral tradition as opposed to "literature" or written tradition. Clear examples are provided, including several...

This scholarly paper proposes a new attribution theory which is based on the premise that forming an attribution means providing an explanation of something, particularly of behavior. The author first looks at classic attribution theory,...

A collection of resources for a course on writing for multimedia productions. Includes PowerPoints, documents, and links. The Syllabus section contains a course description and outline from the instructor. The course addresses topics...

Exhibition focusses on the relationship between transportation and suburbia in the mid 1920s until after World War II when many grocery stores, car dealerships, and other businesses moved out of the city to the suburban strip.

A map of the Oregon Trail and some of its branches.

Here is the story of the women and their families who traveled on the Oregon Trail. Much of the story is told in the words of women who were actually on the trail.

Study the history and timeline of the state of Oregon including early explorers, Native Americans, Lewis and Clark, the Oregon Trail, and becoming a state on this site.

A brief history of the Oregon Territory, with maps that show the movement from territory to statehood.