PA PowerPoint Websites

Geography

PA Government

Branches of Government

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/branches.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110221/

http://www.evgschool.org/three_branches_of_government.htm

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/1.htm

Harrisburg

http://www.visithhc.com/harrisburgcapitolbuilding.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Capitol

http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/ppet/harrisburg/page1.asp?secid=31

http://www.thecapitol.com/

Easton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easton,_Pennsylvania

http://easton-pa.com/

State Symbols

http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/pa_symb.htm

http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Pennsylvania/State_Symbols.html

http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/pahist/symbols.asp?secid=31

PA History

Native Americans

http://www.native-languages.org/pennsylvania.htm

http://www.kindredtrails.com/Pennsylvania-History-1.html

http://explorepahistory.com/story.php?storyId=26

http://www.susq-town.org/roach/PANativeAmericans.htm

Early Settlers

http://www.pennsylvaniaroots.com/history-4.html

http://www.kindredtrails.com/Pennsylvania-History-1.html

http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html#penn

William Penn

http://www.ushistory.org/penn/bio.htm

http://www.2020site.org/penn/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn

http://www.williampenn.org/

Famous Pennsylvanians

http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/pa.html

(click on people’s names for biographies and information)

http://www.50states.com/bio/penn.htm

http://www.hottimescoolplaces.com/pennsylvaniafamous.htm

http://www.city-data.com/states/Pennsylvania-Famous-pennsylvanians.html

PA Industry and Natural Resources

Agriculture (Farming)

http://www.agclassroom.org/kids/stats/pennsylvania.pdf

http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/ppet/agriculture/page1.asp?secid=31

http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/article_721.shtml

Mining

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/DEPUTATE/MINRES/Districts/homepage/California/Underground/PA%20Mining%20History/pennsylvania_mining_history.htm

http://pittsburgh.about.com/cs/coal/

http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/inspector/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=475086

Iron and Steel

http://explorepahistory.com/story.php?storyId=27

http://paironworks.rootsweb.ancestry.com/berbirth.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_Steel

Manufacturing

See textbook pages 124-127

Conservation

http://www.iconservepa.org/

http://www.pa-conservation.org/

http://www.pecpa.org/program

http://bedford.extension.psu.edu/agriculture/BeginFarmer/Environmental%20Issues.htm

PA Current Events

State News

http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/state/

http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=pennsylvania

Local news

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/

School News

http://www.eastonsd.org/fridayupdate/Ent28p2.html

http://www.eastonsd.org/tracy/Tracy_Home_Page.html

Arts, Sports and Literature of PA

Professional Sports

http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=phi

http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/

http://flyers.nhl.com/

http://penguins.nhl.com/

http://www.steelers.com/

http://www.ironpigsbaseball.com/

http://www.phantomshockey.com/

http://www.readingphillies.com/

http://www.royalshockey.com/

Famous Artists

http://explorepahistory.com/story.php?storyId=15&chapter=2

http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/famous_artists/Famous_Artists_Sculptors.htm

Famous Musicians and Groups

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Musicians_from_Pennsylvania

(click on people’s names for biographies and information)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Musical_groups_from_Pennsylvania

(click on band names for biographies and information)

Famous Authors

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=pennsylvania+authors&ns0=1&=MediaWiki+search&title=Special%3ASearch&fulltext=Search&fulltext=Search

(click on people’s names for biographies and information)

Books About PA

http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/article_261.shtml

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Pennsylvania&index=books&page=1

http://books.google.com/books?q=books+about+pennsylvania&source=in&ei=uMj5Sf31Ddq9tweJ-JmRAw&sa=X&oi=book_group&resnum=14&ct=title&cad=bottom-3results