Pathfinder:  Middle School Washington D.C. Trip

Don't forget to search the catalog and our databases for books, magazine articles, and pictures. Check in the encyclopedias in the Reference section too. 

Washington D.C.

General Information

http://www.house.gov/house/tour_dc.html

See Washington D.C.

http://seewashingtondc.net/template.htm

Virtual Tour of Washington D.C.

http://ahp.gatech.edu/dc_map.html

Washington, DC Convention and Tourism Corporation

http://www.washington.org/

Arlington National Cemetery

Official Website  

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/

Unofficial Website  (created by Robert Patterson)

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/contents.htm

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Capitol Building

Official Website

http://www.aoc.gov/

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Middle School Kids

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/index.html

Congress for Kids

http://www.congressforkids.net/index.htm

Congress Link

http://www.congresslink.org/

Kids in the House

http://clerkkids.house.gov/index.php

US House of Representatives

http://www.house.gov/

United States Senate

http://www.senate.gov/

Virtual Tour of the Capitol Building

http://clerkweb.house.gov/histrecs/halls/House_vir/index.htm

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Declaration of Independence

Founding.com

a guide to the Declaration of Independence

http://www.founding.com

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Official Website

http://kennedy-center.org/

Mt Vernon  

Official Website

http://www.mountvernon.org

National Air & Space Museum  

Official Website

http://www.nasm.si.edu/  

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National Mall Memorials

National Parks Service 

Look here for printable brochures on each memorial in the National Mall.

http://www.nps.gov/nama/events/brochures1.htm

FD Roosevelt Memorial

http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/home.htm

Korean War Veterans Memorial

http://www.nps.gov/kwvm/home.htm

Lincoln Memorial

http://www.nps.gov/linc/home.htm

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

http://www.nps.gov/thje/home.htm

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

http://www.nps.gov/vive/home.htm

Washington Monument

http://www.nps.gov/wamo/home.htm

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Presidents of the United States

POTUS

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

The Presidents

PBS website featuring Theodore Roosevelt, F.D. Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Truman, J.F. Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Reagan.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/

The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Official Website

http://www.nationalshrineinteractive.com/

The Smithsonian

Official Website

http://www.si.edu/

The White House

Official Website

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

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