The White House

These links will bring you to web sites with all the information you will need to complete your investigations about the White House:

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/The_White_House.html

http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/whitehouse.html

http://www2.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html

The focus of your exploration should include the following:

Where is the White House?

When was it built?

Who designed it?

Who lives there now?

What is it used for today?

From any of the sites below, you can download graphics to illustrate your presentation (See this page to learn how).

You should include a map of the USA, and background information about that country. Make a list of other famous buildings in Washington DC. Make a list, also of some famous residents of the White House.

The following links will bring you to web sites containing clipart, flag images and information about countries of the world:

http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html

http://www.theodora.com/flags/flags.html

http://www.geographic.org/countries/countries.html

http://www.theodora.com/new/world_maps.html

http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries/

Online Encyclopedias:
    http://www.britannica.com

    http://www.encarta.msn.com

    just type in the word or phrase you are looking for into the search engine...