Alabama-Wyoming: State Government Pages for Teachers & Students

"Search our database of Alabama history primary sources, curated lesson plans, and activities for your K-12 classroom."

From the website, "The Encyclopedia of Alabama is a free, online reference resource on Alabama’s history, culture, geography, and natural environment."

Search by subject, grade level, and keyword.

Search learning assets by subject, grade level, keyword, or phrase. Can log-in to create own learning activity.

Search lesson plans by subject, grade level, and keyword. Can also switch to author, title, school, and ID number search or log-in to create own lesson plans.

Links to state symbols, county information and more.

Browse events and locations related to the history of Alabama.

Great source for facts about Alaska's unique geography, natural history, and important state facts / symbols.

Searchable by school name, district name or Alaskan community name, this database provides contact and enrollment information for Alaska's public schools.

Multiagency database managed by the University of Alaska Anchorage. Rich collection of media including photographs, video, and audio.

Locate Alaska-themed photographs by category and geographic location.

From the website: "The Alaska Wildlife Curriculum is designed for teachers of K-12 students who wish to open their classroom doors and windows to the natural world. Students learn ecological principles that lead to continued conservation of Alaska's wildlife and wild lands.

Each book contains background information and activities for teachers to use as individual lessons or together as units. The activities have been field tested throughout Alaska and are correlated to the Alaska State Content Standards."

Contains digitized versions of Alaska Department of Fish and Game Publications from 1956 forward. Front page has canned searches which can be selected. "All Fields" goes to an advanced search screen where users can search by title, author, topic, year, species, project number and more.

Elementary and junior / senior high students and teachers can learn more about Arizona and explore its rich state history / local resources.

Search for libraries in the state of Arizona. Includes Google Map of libraries that can be filtered by library type.

Over 100,000 entries covering mentions of people in the Library's collection of books, newspaper articles, periodicals, obituaries and vertical files.

The State And Local Arizona Documents (SALAD) collection contains documents published by the State of Arizona, its Counties, incorporated Cities or Towns, or affiliated Councils of Government; documents produced under the auspices of a state or local agency, board, commission or department, including reports made to these units; and Salt River Project, a licensed municipality. Digital documents are searchable by keyword or through ASU Libraries Catalog.

Searchable database of public domain MIDI files from the following genres - Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, International Folk and Ethnic, Colonial American, and Pop Standards. Searchable by composer name, file title, nationality, genre, tempo (fast, moderate or slow) and by keywords. Some items also have public domain sheet music.

Mission is to raise academic outcomes and empower parents.

Discover Arizona

Photography collection from the combined collections of the Arizona Offices of Tourism, Arizona State Museum, and Arizona State Parks.

Want to know a little more about the history of Arkansas?
Or maybe you'd like to know how laws are made?
You've come to the right place! Take a look at Arkansas state government (projects, natural resources, etc.) and the people who helped make history here. Be sure and check out the fun puzzles, games and quizzes, too.

From the "about" page, "The CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas is a project of the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is the only state encyclopedia in the country to be produced by a library system. The CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas strives to offer a definitive, comprehensive, and accurate record of America’s twenty-fifth state. The mission of this free online encyclopedia is to collect and disseminate information on all aspects of the state’s history and culture and to provide a comprehensive reference work for historians, teachers, students, and others seeking to understand and appreciate Arkansas’s heritage."

Search for full-text articles, ebooks and other online resources through the Traveler Databases from the Arkansas State Library. ***Available only to Arkansas residents***

Search or browse one of five online digital collections: Arkansas Digital State Publications Collection containing state government documents, Arkansas Proclamations and Executive Orders, Arkansas Rules and Regulations, Legislative Audit Reports Digital Publications, and Medicaid Rules and Regulations.

Want to know a little more about the history of Arkansas? Or maybe you'd like to know how laws are made? You've come to the right place! Take a look at Arkansas state government (projects, natural resources, etc.) and the people who helped make history here. Be sure and check out the fun puzzles, games and quizzes, too.

California Financial Literacy Month (CAFLM) was established in April 2001. CAFLM partners seeks to increase the availability and quality of financial education in California’s schools, communities, and workplaces.

Get outside and have fun exploring nature, whether it's in a state park, your community park, or even your own backyard or neighborhood. There's lots to see and do out there.

PORTS is a FREE distance learning program that uses the power of interactive videoconferencing to help K-12 schools teach common core state standards in the context of California State Parks.

PORTS is a FREE distance learning program that uses the power of interactive videoconferencing to help K-12 schools teach common core state standards in the context of California State Parks.

Learn more about California state history, fun facts, and other important information.

A gallery containing portraits, biographies, and inaugural addresses for each of our governors.

Compilation of California State symbols done by the California State Library drawing on information in the ceased California Blue Book.

The WorldImages database provides access to the IMAGE project, selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in a historic collection of Internet materials. It contains approximately 80,000 images, organized into over 800 portfolios that appear alphabetically in the Portfolio List. You can also explore the database using Browse Collections, or with a keyword search.

Looking for a plant specimen in California? This database allows you to search the collections of all the major botanical gardens and herbaria in the state, from the California Academy of Sciences to Yosemite National Park. Searchable by scientific name, location, county, and geographic region; you can narrow the search by type of plant, date collected, the name of the collector, the name of the herbarium where the plant ended up, and other criteria. Records from the California Floristic Province portion of Baja California, Mexico are also included. The database includes over 2 million specimen records from 35 institutions.

The Instructional Media Collections and Services (IMCS) catalogue holdings are also searchable in the general UCLA Library Catalogue, but the collection does have a separately searchable database, by keyword, format, language, date, etc.

Lyrical Legacy helps teachers explore eighteen American songs and poems from the digital collections of the Library of Congress. Each song and poem is represented by an original primary source document, along with historical background information and, in many cases, sound recordings and alternate versions.

A database of outstanding literature for children and adolescents, from preschool to 12th grade. The recommended titles reflect the quality and the complexity of the types of materials students should be reading at school and outside of class. Searches can be performed by author, title, keyword, grade level span, language, subject discipline, etc. Extensive explanations of the search indexes are available.

An annotated bibliography of novels, along with some short stories, poetry and drama, on the subject of the oceans or seafaring. Searchable by author. This site was temporarily down in 2017 while the library switches to LibGuides.

Learn about Colorado's fun facts, history, geography and much more.

A digitized collection of Colorado newspapers from 1859 to 1923. Keyword searching is available by title, by region, or for the whole collection. Limits can be set for articles, photos, or ads. The collection is a joint endeavor of the Colorado State Library, the Colorado Historical Society, and the Collaborative Digitization Program (CDP)

The site is searchable by keyword. Sections include: Themes, Maps, Timelines, Collections, and Educators. Interface is available in a number of languages.

Includes information for outdoor activities.

From the website: "Welcome to ConnecticutHistory.org, a project of Connecticut Humanities! In keeping with the internet’s dynamic nature and our evolving understanding of the past, ConnecticutHistory.org brings you new content and connections each and every week. Read the latest entries in an ever-expanding collection of high-quality essays and short reflections. Browse those stories by town, topic, or person." Site is also searchable by keyword."

Find out what makes the First State unique.

Executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Delaware state government.

Basic information on the status, habitat, and distribution of plants in Delaware.

Library catalog for most public libraries in the State of Delaware

Indexes of some public collections of the Delaware Public Archives.

There are many important and interesting symbols associated with the District of Columbia -- home of the United States Government. Explore and learn!

Find book information and availability through the DC Public Library's online catalog.

Need help with your Florida projects and assignments? Use the links provided to learn about Florida's people from 12,000 years ago to the present, people of all cultures who have made our state their home, and other Florida facts. You can also find out Florida's state symbols like the state bird or the state song.

Designed to help teachers and students use photographs, documents, sound recordings and film footage from the State Library and Archives of Florida to explore history.

From the FL Dept. of State, Div. of Historical Resources.

Pdf by the Museum of Florida History.

From the website: "Floripedia is a collection of articles about Florida and Florida history. Most of the articles were written a long time ago. The original source is given at the end of each article. Be sure to notice the date when the article was written. Also keep in mind that the articles were written for a variety of purposes. For example, an article that was originally written to promote a Florida town will most likely emphasize all of the good features of the town and skip over any problems."

Downloadable pdf.

"Learn something new about Florida’s environment! Coloring pages, story maps and other activities invite learners of all ages to explore the land, the waterways and the plants and animals in Florida and beyond."

- This is How I Roll (bicycle safety)
- School Bus Safety Tips
- Crosswalk Safety Tips for Road Users

Find out more about the species that interests you.