Mind Matters

Unit 1 - The Creative Eye
History of Photography Timeline
The Leonardo Gallery 
Harry Chapin Archives
History of Toys
Child art prodigy wows New York

Task sites:
What makes funny cartoons seriously persuasive?
Eye on Idioms
English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions

Unit 2 - Actions
Touching the Void - the movie
Joe Simpson - No Ordinary Joe
GradeSaver - Lord of the Flies

Task sites:
How to Write a Screenplay
PBS - Expeditions: Everest I Lewis & Clark
Megiddo Expedition

Unit 3 - The Musical Ear
Musical Instruments Gallery
Can the music business compete with free? 
Online NewsHour - The Surpeme Court Hear Digital Copyright Case
Hip hop music - Wikipedia
Rapping - Wikipedia
Writing Songs of Love - Dan Rather Talks to Children's Composer Richard Beltzer 

Task sites:
Cool Quiz - Music
Musical Artists - Yahoo
MTV Music
Protest Music - PBS
Protest Song - Wikpedia
Protest Music for a New Generation 

Unit 4 - The Scientific World
Galapagos Island Animals
Galapogas Islands - Destination 360
Conceptis Puzzle
Sudoku.com
Yisrael Aumann

Task sites:
Top Ten Unusual Animals
BBC - Nature - Wildfacts
Animal Info: Endangered Animals
Braingle 

Unit 5 - Words
The Dickens Project
Richard Lederer Verbivore
Esperanto: Multilingual Information Center

Task sites:
Charles Dickens Page
The Charles Dickens Museum
Haiku - Wikipedia
Haiku for People

Unit 6 - Alone and Together
Eighteen-Year-Old Mayor-Elect Settles In
Young mayor sets his agenda - Casey Durdines

Task sites:
The Jewish Virtual Library - Biographies
Leadership - Wikipedia
Analysis: Web sites are locking out the disabled 
Independent Accessibility - travel
Disability Travel and Recreation Resources