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**The following are Emily Swank’s Internet Sites **
1.) __Name of site: __City of Orlando  __Website address: __ http://www.ci.orlando.fl.us/   __Brief summary: __ This site is the website for the city of Orlando, and includes a wealth of information on the mayor and city council. It is not especially kid-friendly, but would be useful for me (the teacher) to research information on the mayor and his specific duties.

2.) __Name of site: __ Center for Civic Education  __Website address: __ http://www.civiced.org/index.php?page=stds_glossary   __Brief summary: __ This site is useful in that it lists national standards for civics and government in social studies for each particular grade level. Especially helpful is a glossary of terms related to civics and government on the website. Definitions for terms like authority, citizen, executive power, and government would certainly be useful for a teacher to have knowledge of before beginning this unit on “People Who Have Power.”

3.) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Name of site: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> White House 101  __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Website address: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white-house-101/   __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Brief summary: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> This site is a basic overview of all things relating to the White House. It provides a lot of information that would be useful for a teacher to know prior to this unit (ex. – information about the oval office). There are a few kid-friendly links that provide students with fun facts about the U.S.A. and presidents, as well as pictures of everyday happenings in the White House, which would help students to see what the President’s job entails.

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===Summary: This site provides interesting information on amazing Americans and how they have changed the world and made it what it is today. This site can be of great use to show kids information on certain people who held power, like certain presidents, and whose power changed the world.===

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===Summary: This is a great website about our government, nation, and neighborhoods and their importance. This site includes games and activities that help students learn about the United States government. The site is split into grades and provides appropriate information for each. It also includes links to other kid friendly websites.===

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===Summary: The website is split into three sections kids can visit; meet cool people, see neat things, and visit awesome places. This site is centered on teaching kids to be good citizens by providing links about volunteering and having games that introduce people who help in the community. It also has information on safe places to play and a scavenger hunt where kids find information about their community.===

The Follow are Chelsea Gauchman's Internet Sites
1. If I Were President a. http://www.scholastic.com/kids/president/ b. This is a fantastic interactive website that you could use with your students either in a computer lab or at computers in your room during stations. The website asks you several things that you would do if you were to become president. It starts off with asking your name and sex and then moves onto who you would like to be in your political party. They show pictures of goofy people and what party they represent. You then have to balance your budget and deicide how much money you want to go to education, health care, military etc. It puts together a newspaper article at the end with everything you chose. It is personal and really cool for the children.
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2. The Presidents a. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ b. This website is great to display through the projector while you are talking about the presidents. It shows their picture and talks about them. It states facts about who they are and where they came from, as well as information about what they did prior to becoming president. It shows all of the past presidents. It is a great factual website for your students to go on and explore.

3. The Democracy Project a. http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=18199&external=http://www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/presforaday/index.html&original=http://www.proteacher.com/090055.shtml&title=President%20for%20a%20Day b. I really enjoyed going through this interactive website. It is kind of like the other one, but it goes through a day in the life of a president. You enter in your name, what state you live in, your favorite animal, and your favorite sport. It then goes hour-by-hour asking the student what they would like to do next. When they click on an activity, it shows a past president doing exactly what they clicked. For example, it told me I had a little break before my next meeting so I chose to go bowling. It showed a picture of President Nixon bowling and had a little paragraph about how he loved bowling. It was fun looking at my options and guessing which president use to do which thing.

Lauren Maxwell's Internet Search:

Time for Kids [] This website is a resource for teachers, with mini-lessons and activities to do with children on what the president does.

EdSiteMent [] This is another website with resources for teachers to help them teach their students about the president and his duties.

ConneCT kids: Connecticut government [] This website is geared towards older kids and teaching them about government. However it would be a helpful resource for teachers to gather information when teaching younger students about the governor.