Educational Kid Safe Websites for Teachers, Students, Teens & Kids

Art

ARTSEDGE
ARTSEDGE is the Kennedy Center's interactive education program for K-12 teachers, parents and students. Founded in 1991, ARTSEDGE supports the creative use of technology to enhance teaching and learning in, through and about the arts. Through its Web site, as well as innovative print and integrated media materials, ARTSEDGE offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom, media-rich interactive experiences, professional development resources, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org

California Arts Council
State arts agency advancing California through the arts and creativity, and highlighting the positive impact the arts play in enriching cultural, economic, and intellectual life in our communities and schools.
http://www.cac.ca.gov

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
The National Gallery of Art, Washington houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.
http://www.nga.gov

The Kennedy Center
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is America's National Cultural Center. Located in Washington, DC, the Kennedy Center presents the latest musical and theatrical productions, jazz concerts, family performances.
http://www.kennedy-center.org

VSA arts Institute
VSA arts (formerly Very Special Arts), an international non profit organization celebrating the power of the arts have made in the lives of individuals with disabilities. We offer a wide range of educational programming and events both nationally and through our vast international affiliate network.
http://www.vsarts.org

Educator Resources

Education World
The Educator's Best Friend. The surfing is over. Here you will find the best education links and original content the Net has to offer.
http://www.education-world.com

U.S. Department of Education
Promoting educational excellence for all Americans.
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

Educational Toys

Discovery Toys
Play with your children, it's the best investment you'll every make!
http://www.discoverytoysinc.com

Educational Toys & Games
Educational Toys Planet has a great selection of Educational Toys, Games, Puzzles, and many other educational items for children of all ages.
http://www.educationaltoysplanet.com

Little Smarties Educational Toys
Baby Toys, Educational Software, Learning Toys and Games free shipping.
http://www.littlesmarties.com

Mastermind Toys
FREE GIFT WRAP, fun and educational children’s toys for every age, immediate shipping, and great customer service!
http://www.mastermindtoys.com

Government of the people

Congress
E-mail, call or write the President, Congress or state and local government based on your ZIP code
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

History

Best of History
This web site is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.
http://www.besthistorysites.net

History Matters
Designed for high school and college teachers and students, History Matters serves as a gateway to web resources and offers other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.
http://www.historymatters.gmu.edu

TheHistoryNet
The World's Largest History Magazine Publisher
http://www.historynet.com

US History
Independence Hall Association, a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1942. Publishing electronically as ushistory.org. On the Internet since July 4, 1995.
http://www.ushistory.org

Libraries

Association of Research Libraries (Lib-Web-Cats)
lib-web-cats list of over 100 libraries who are members of ARL
http://www.librarytechnology.org/lwc-processquery.pl?ARL=on&action=Search&type=Combo

The Library of Congress
Our nation's library, national library, catalog, copyright office, american memory, global gateway, exhibitions, america's library, thomas, national digital preservation program, researchers, librarians, teachers, today in history, poetry, poet laureate, digital images, maps, motion pictures, video, sound recordings, audio, prints, photographs.
http://www.loc.gov

United States Public Libraries (Lib-Web-Cats)
lib-web-cats includes all 16,887 public libraries in the United States
http://www.librarytechnology.org/USPublicLibraries.pl

Museum

Smithsonian Institution
America's national educational facility with 19 museums, 9 research centers and over 140 affiliate museums around the world.
http://www.si.edu

Music

The American Music Conference
AMC's goal is supporting music advocacy programs, research and education, especially at an early age, and to expand that portion of the population that enjoys making and playing music.
http://www.amc-music.com MENC
The National Association for Music Education. Seventy thousand music educators working for the education of America's children.
http://www.menc.org