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Government Sites
Architecture and Landscape -
(Library of Congress) - See how architecture and landscape of America has changed throughout
history. This site features some early photos and building designs.
Arts &
Culture - (Smithsonian) - Read interesting articles on art, music and performing arts
topics.
Browse Artworks by Type and Subject - (Smithsonian) -
Browse by art type including painting, sculpture, drawings, and photography to name a few.
Cities and Towns - (Library of Congress) -
Examine how some of American's cities and towns have changed throughout the years. There are
many photos to explore!
Dorothea Lange - America's Story -
Photographer Dorothea Lange is best known for her work documenting poor conditions of the migrant
workers who traveled in large numbers to California during the Great Depression of the late 1920s and
1930s. Learn more about her.
Earth
as Art Gallery - Here you can view our planet through the beautiful images taken by the
satellites.
How to Make Your Own Eye-Popping 3-D Pictures -
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) - With a little effort, anybody with a camera, a
computer equipped with photo-editing software, and a pair of tinted glasses can make their own 3-D
pictures.
Performing Arts, Music - (Library of
Congress) - Explore these collections of sheet music, books, dance manuals, and other historical
Photographer - Photographers know how to choose the right tools
to give them the best picture. They use different things such as lights, lenses, and film to create a
picture. New digital technology is being used more and more by photographers. A lot of them use
computers to finish their work.
Photography - (Smithsonian) - For the student with a serious
interest in photography, this is the site to check out.
Portraits of a City - For most of the twentieth century, Addison Scurlock and his
sons photographed our capital city and the people who lived and worked there. You can browse
these images online.
The NOAA
Photo Library - NOAA collection includes thousands of weather and space images,
hundreds of images of our shores and coastal seas, and thousands of marine species images ranging
from the great whales to the most minute plankton.
Other Resources
Homework Help - National Geographic -
Check out this page for information, or search One-Stop Research for pictures, articles, maps, and
more on subjects like animals, history and science - perfect for reports, presentations, and more!
HomeworkNYC.org - This is a great resource for kids on many
different subjects - from languages to science. Find out what happened today in history, and there's
even a link for study notes.
New York Times - Fine Arts - Explore current issues in
depth or search fine arts by subject.
Photography and Media Arts - Corcoran
Museum - Highlights from the Corcoran's permanent collection of over 16,000 works of
art.
Page Revised - 6/30/2008
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