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Each month, our SIRS® WebSelect and SIRS® Discoverer (short video explanations) editorial teams scour the Internet for top-quality sites that help teachers teach and students learn.
Although no Internet site can supplant a quality research solution from our ProQuest K-12 collection, these reviewed and vetted virtual resources offer unique information and interactive content that's sure to be of interest to teachers, librarians, and students.
- Images of Historical Earthquakes
Organization: National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering NISEE/EERC
"The Jan T. Kozak Collection includes 875 artistic depictions of large earthquakes (1130-1910) derived from prints, engravings, books, and newspaper illustrations. The collection is searchable by country, earthquake, and slide number, and includes a bibliography of historical sources." (NISEE/EERC) Learn more about Haiti and Chile as they recovers from early 2010 earthquakes, via CultureGrams.
- Love and Romance Through the Ages: Valentine's Day
Organization: Virtual Museum of Canada
"On February 14, tokens of love and affection are exchanged throughout North America and parts of Europe." (VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF CANADA) View a 3D gallery of Valentine's Day cards, learn about the history and symbols of this holiday, and more. This site is in English and French.
- The King Center
Organization: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change site offers a brief history of the Center, information about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and influence, a chronology of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, and a glossary of nonviolence terms.
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