4Kids.org - Week of October 19, 2008

Week of October 19, 2008

Visit the Featured Web sites to find the answers.

In what year was the Wizard of Oz first dramatized?

1902
1903
1904

What time was the meeting scheduled?

11:30am
12:30pm
1:30pm

In what world war did Karl Polifka fly?

Vietnam
WWI
WWII

Finding Oz

Click your heels together and join other book lovers to celebrate this timeless classic at the Library of Congress’ The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairytale, www.loc.gov/
exhibits/oz. Click on To Own the Wizard to look at some artsy artifacts, such as a map of Oz and some colorful plates. For those of you who love posters, view some original ads for stage and film productions in To See the Wizard. People young and old alike will enjoy remembering the magic of this adventure of a girl from Kansas and her dog.

Nominate a cool Web site at
4Kids.org/nominations

A President and a King

You’ve got an exclusive invite to a famous meeting at When Nixon Met Elvis, www.archives.gov/exhibits/
nixon-met-elvis. Find out which man made the first move and what his desires were in The Letter. Preparation explains what the war on drugs had to do with the initial request and recounts the time and place of their first get- together. Join these famous men in The Meeting, where you can review notes about their private discussion and celebrate a piece of widely unknown history.

High in the Sky

Take a trip through the National Air and Space Museum’s Looking at Earth to explore the beauty of our wonderful world at www.nasm.si.edu/
exhibitions/lae/css_gal
110.htm. Take a Gallery Tour and get a Bird's-Eye View full of awesome and picturesque photos taken from the skies featuring many cool places. Then make a stop at Windows on the World to see great pictures of the Earth taken from different distances. From planes to technologically advanced satellites, this site will give you a new look at familiar land.

What are you going to be for Halloween?

Speak Out Here!

Wondering about the Web?

A lot of kids who write to me ask questions about the Web, such as who invented it or how it works. I think we should all learn the answers to these questions, so that we can better appreciate the technology that many of us use every day. Visit these sites to learn all about the Web, why the Web and the Internet are different, and other cool facts.

The New WWW FAQs
www.boutell.com/newfaq

How Internet Infrastructure Works
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet-infrastructure.htm

Who Owns the Internet?
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/who-owns-internet.htm

The Animated Internet
www.learnthenet.com/english/animate/animate.htm

—Amy

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