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Sam For Kids!Welcome to the Government Information Page for Kids Only!
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First Gov for Kids!!!
Site Map
The
White House for Kids!
The
White House
Facts
About the USA
White
House Offices and Agencies
U.S.
Congress
Election
IssuesFederal Election Commission Financial info about candidates, parties, PACs; Help for candidates; About election and voting, and moretop
- About the Electoral College
- Project Vote Smart Tracking the performance of over 13,000 political leaders: President, Congress, Governors & State Legislators (includes info on candidates)
Our
Documents - Program & Events! (A
National Initiative on American History, Civics, and Service. In
observance of the 215th anniversary of the signing of the U.S.
Constitution this project revolves around 100 milestone
American documents)
Teaching with Documents (Primary sources: diaries, letters, drawings, and memoirs)
Using Primary Sources on the Web (Written by the Instruction & Research Services Committee of the Reference and User Service Association History Section in the American Library Association).
Chronology
of US Historical Documents (Full Text Documents
from Pre-Colonial Magna Carta to the Present Times)
Basic
Readings in U.S. Democracy (This site consists of documents, or readings,
relating to that search, and the notion of what constitutes a
"document" is broadly interpreted. There are a number of traditional
documents -- court decisions, legislative acts and presidential decrees -- and
these are important. Documents such as the Declaration of Independence and
Constitution are the bedrock of American political democracy. There are also
letters, essays, surrender speeches and even poems.
Immigration
in American Memory (From the Library
of Congress)
How
Our Laws Are Made
The
Constitution of the United States (Includes
biographies
of the 39 delegates who signed the Constitution and other delegates to
the Constitution convention!)
America's Story (Discover
the stories of America's past ...)
Presidents
of the United States (In this resource you will find background information,
election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest
on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and
video files, and other presidential sites are also included)
Portraits
of the Presidents and First Ladies (The Library of Congress has extensive
resources for the study of the United States presidents and first ladies.
Frequent requests for presidential
portraits inspired Prints and Photographs Division staff to compile this
ready reference aid of formal and informal pictures in the division's custody.
The selected images include at least one likeness of each of the forty-one
presidents and most of the first ladies.)
American
Memory
American
Battlefields
The
Sequence of Presidential Succession
U.S.
Supreme Court (Bios, decisions)
Stately
Knowledge! (These web pages will
help you find out the basic facts of any state in the Union, including
Washington, D.C.)
Brief
guide to State Facts (Facts and
useful information links arranged specific to each of the 50 United States of
America. - State homepage, capitol tours, cams, constitution, driving rules,
election links, genealogical resources, newspapers, maps, political
representatives, state symbols)
Official
State Songs:
Missouri
Facts (agriculture, climate, famous Missourians, important dates,
population, state animal, bird, flag, insect, state seal, song, and more...)
The
Background Notes (These publications include facts about the land, people,
history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent
states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty.)
Library of Congress
Constitutions
of Other Countries
World
Leaders (The Central
Intelligence Agency publishes and updates the online directory of Chiefs of
State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments weekly. Regimes with which
the United States has no diplomatic exchanges are indicated by the initials NDE.)
Edward
Mooney's Flag Report (well
organized site with current and historic flags)
Foreign
Consular Offices in the United States (This publication contains a complete
and official listing of the foreign consular offices in the United States, and
recognized consular officers. Compiled by the U.S. Department of State.)
United
States Embassies and Consulates Worldwide
The
World Factbook (The World Factbook is
currently updated every two weeks.The European
Union is now included as an "Other" entity at the end of the
listing.)
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Endangered
Species in Missouri
Endangered
Species Program (This
site from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Program
demonstrates how loss of habitat and ecosystems can lead to a decline in
biodiversity, and how the Endangered Species Act helps prevent extinction.)
Endangered
Species EELink (EE-Link is a participant in the
Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP)
of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE).
National
Atlas (easy
to use, map-like views of America's natural & sociocultural landscapes)
Thesaurus
of Geographic Names
ParkNet(Inofrmation
about National Parks - history & more)
Color
Landform Atlas of the United States (Each state link brings up a menu of
links to maps and other online information about the state. There are two main
types of links on each state page: maps and images local to this site, and links
to external web sites.)
Historical
Maps
(Images of the New World, 1507-1669; Planning the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and more)
Rare
Map collection (The
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia maintains
a collection of more than 800 historic maps spanning nearly 500 years, from the
sixteenth century through the early twentieth century. The collection provides a
graphic resource upon which scholars can draw in re-discovering the minds and
movements of early American explorers, revolutionary statesmen, cultural figures
and politicians represented by the library's book and manuscript collections.)
Science.gov
(A gateway to reliable information about science and
technology from across Federal government organizations)
Periodic
Tables
The
Dinosauria: Truth is Stranger than Fiction!
Dinosaur
Names
Geological
Time Machine
Images
of Insects and their Relatives
Plants
Searchable
database including photo gallery
Explore
volcanoes (from
the U.S.
Geological Survey's Learning Web)
Images
of volcanoes (By Region)
Update
of Current Volcanic Activity
Volcano
World! (Supported by programs from NASA)
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Interactive
Atlas
Disasters
FEMA for KIDS from the Federal Emergency Management AgencyHow to help people who have been in a disaster. What to do during a disaster and what to do BEFORE a disaster.
Food/Health
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- KIDS Next Door Meet Cool People, See Neat Things, Visit Awesome Places
NASA
Earth
and Moon Viewer
(maps of the Earth viewed from the Sun, the Moon, from Satellite and other exciting options, like views of Cities around the World, or Terranova: Planet of the Day!)
The
Nine Planets from (SEDS
(Students for the Exploration & Development of space)
Careers
Students.Gov
web portal for college students
looking for federal service
O-Net
interactive
site with info on occupations, job requirements, finding careers that match
job skills and interests
700+
Great Sites (From ALA)
Ask
the Expert!
Solcomhouse
Comprehensive site on topics from Aids, Air Traffic, Global Warming, Hunger,
Pollution,West Nile Virus, Whales, Wind Power and much, much more.
KidsClick!
Comprehensive searchable site
Oh, yes - more
links ...
Boy
Scouts of America
Top
24 Merit
Badge Resources
Girl
Scouts of the USA
