World Book Indices - Homework Helpers: Exploration Station
Reviewed March 14, 2001 by Eric Ward, a reader from Florida who is affiliated with the site. Two hundred years after Marco Polo’s famous voyage to Asia, explorers like Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama kicked off what is known as the great age of European exploration. With articles compiled from our A-to-Z History encyclopedia, this is the place to learn about the most famous Europeans who set sail for new lands and conquests during the 15th and 16th centuries.
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World Book: Counting the Days
"World Book editors have created a site for elementary and middle-school students that answers basic questions about the invention of the calendar. What I found most fascinating was the brief discussion of two proposed calendars that would simplify our timekeeping. The fixed (or thirteen month) calendar inserts the month of Sol after June. Each month is exactly four weeks long and an extra day (called a year day) is added at the end of the year. The second option is the world calendar which has twelve months of thirty or thirty-one days, and also has a year day at the end."
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Who Were the Vikings?
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Vikings in the New World
"William Bakken created this site as a college project in 1996. It covers both the facts and fallacy of Vikings in North America. I was immediately drawn to the dispelling of Viking hoaxes, as I had not seen this covered in any other sites. "There have been many claims for the discovery of Viking artifacts in North America, but most of them have been proven to be hoaxes, or are not accepted for other reasons." See the Minnesota and Miscellaneous sections for a discussion of the Kensington Rune Stone (discovered in 1898 in Minnesota) and other dubious artifacts.."
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Viking Heritage
"In western Gotland (an island in the Baltic Sea, off the shore of Sweden) , Frojel was one of the most important trading places of the Viking era. Spend a sunny summer eleventh-century afternoon there, courtesy of the Frojel link on the front page. After your multimedia time travel, click on General Information for a Viking introduction, time line, maps, and photos. To finish your adventure, there are two interactive quizzes: one simple and the other more advanced. "Did the Vikings have horns on their helmets?" The answer might surprise you."
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Treasure Pirates of the Whydah
Reviewed November 9, 1999 by John Shepler, a reader from Rockford, IL USA who is affiliated with the site. Barry Clifford searches for the true story of pirate Black Sam Bellamy and the location of his sunken treasure ship with her cache of gold and silver.
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Treasure Island
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Today in History
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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Time for Kids: Black History Month
Reviewed January 23, 2001 by Nadine Ferber, a reader fromNew York who is affiliated with the site:"This February, kids and teachers will have a new resource to help them study, teach, and draw inspiration from Black HistoryMonth. We’re launching a spotlight area that focuses on the African American experience in America."
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Time Capsule: Remembering the Twentieth Century
A Surfnetkids Honorable Mention site.
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