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Links to Complete your
Washington D.C. Presentation Project! |
Directions: Find
the links to your assigned D.C. attraction below. Use the information
found on those links to answer the questions below. This information
will then be presented in class for a grade.
Download
Project Directions
Download
Speech Script
Questions
to answer:
1. Name
of the site you are reporting on
2. Specific location (include address if possible)
3. Year(s) the site was built
4. Some important events that have taken place at the site
5. Give some details about the site (dimensions, materials used to
build it, architects, number of visitors, cost to build it, changes over the
years, etc.)
6. Ownership, cost of admission (if any), hours of operation
7. Explain what you think is the most impressive thing about the site.
8. If you were to visit this site, what would you want to explore?
9. The sources of information you used (2 - 1 book / 1 electronic)
Links
to all D.C. attractions:
General DC Sites:
http://dcpages.com/Tourism/Attractions_and_Memorials/
http://seewashingtondc.net/
http://seewashingtondc.net/dcattr.htm
http://www.allaroundwashingtondc.com/
Washington Monument:
http://www.nps.gov/wamo/
http://www.nps.gov/wamo/home.htm
http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/washmon.html
http://www.tourofdc.org/monuments/washington-monument/
Smithsonian
Institution Homepage:
http://www.si.edu/
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History:
http://www.mnh.si.edu/
Smithsonian Museum of American History:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum:
http://www.nasm.si.edu
Smithsonian "Castle":
http://www.si.edu/visit/infocenter/aboutsib.htm
http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/smith.html
National
Portrait Gallery:
http://www.npg.si.edu/
National Museum of Women in the Arts:
http://www.nmwa.org/
http://www.nmwa.org/search/index_err.asp
National Gallery of Art:
http://www.nga.gov/
http://www.nga.gov/collection/collect.htm
Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden:
http://hirshhorn.si.edu/
http://hirshhorn.si.edu/education/interactive.html
http://dcpages.ari.net/Hwdc/hirsh.html
United
States Treasury Building:
http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/building/index.html?IMAGE.X=36\&IMAGE.Y=8
http://www.ustreas.gov/kids/
http://www.ustreas.gov/
The National Cathedral:
http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/index.shtml
http://www.kestan.com/travel/dc/cathedrl/
Rock Creek Park:
http://www.nps.gov/rocr/
http://www.nps.gov/rocr/home.htm
http://www.georgetowndc.com/rock_creek_park.php
George Washington Memorial
Parkway:
http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/
Jefferson Memorial:
http://www.nps.gov/thje/
http://www.nps.gov/thje/home.htm
FDR Memorial:
http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/fdr/front.htm
Lincoln Memorial:
http://www.nps.gov/linc/
http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/linmem.html
http://www.tourofdc.org/monuments/lincoln-memorial/
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/unfinished_lincoln_memorial/unfinished_lincoln_memorial.html
The White House (original):
http://www.whitehouse.gov
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
http://www.whitehousehistory.org/
The Oval Office:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/ovaloffice.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/
The West Wing:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/west-wing.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/
The
Supreme Court Building:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc78.htm
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/visiting/visiting.html
The Library of Congress:
http://www.loc.gov/
http://www.loc.gov/jefftour/history.html
The United States Capital
Building:
http://www.tourofdc.org/tours/USCapitol/
http://www.senate.gov/vtour/
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/us.capitol/s0.html
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc76.htm
http://www.house.gov/house/Visitor.html
The National Mall:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/MALL/home1.html
http://www.nps.gov/nama/
Marine Corps Memorial:
http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/usmc.htm
http://www.webtravels.com/iwojima/
http://www.webtravels.com/iwojima/infosheet.htm
The Vietnam Memorial:
http://www.nps.gov/vive/
The Korean War Memorial:
http://www.nps.gov/kwvm/
http://www.nps.gov/kwvm/home.htm
The United States Holocaust
Museum:
http://www.ushmm.org/
http://seewashingtondc.net/ushmm.htm
The Ellipse:
(coming soon)
The Pentagon:
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pentagon/
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/The_Pentagon.html
http://washington-landmarks.com/pentagon.html
The Kennedy Center for the
Performing
Arts:
http://www.kennedy-center.org/
The Watergate Building:
http://www.milestoneltd.com/portfolios/watergate.htm
The Old Executive Office Building
(Eisenhower Building):
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/eeobtour/eeob.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/eeobtour/
http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/cgi-bin/image.pl?showFileName=DC_OldExecutive.jpg&gallery=0
Ford's Theater:
http://www.nps.gov/foth/index2.htm
http://www.nps.gov/foth/
The Peterson House:
http://www.nps.gov/foth/hwld.htm
The Tomb of the Unknown
Soldiers:
http://www.mdw.army.mil/FS-A04.htm
http://www.mdw.army.mil/fs-a11.htm
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/tombofun.htm
John F. Kennedy's grave site:
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/visitor_information/JFK.html
http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20010704.html
http://www.mdw.army.mil/fs-m01.htm
Arlington House:
http://www.nps.gov/arho/
http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/arl_hse.html
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/historical_information/arlington_house.html
The National Achieves:
http://www.tourofdc.org/tours/NationalArchives/
http://washington-landmarks.com/national_archives.html
Blair House:
http://www.washingtondcmetroweb.com/blairhouse.htm
http://www.tourofdc.org/tours/WhiteHouse/
Pennsylvania Avenue:
http://www.nps.gov/paav/
The Old Post Office Building:
http://oldpostofficedc.com/history.html
http://www.tourofdc.org/tours/OldPostOffice/
Mount Vernon:
http://www.mountvernon.org/
http://www.mountvernon.org/education/
The Bureau of Printing and
Engraving:
http://www.moneyfactory.com/
http://www.moneyfactory.com/locations/section.cfm/20
The J. Edger Hoover Building:
http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/hooverbuilding/hqhistory.htm
Folger Shakespeare Library:
http://www.folger.edu/Home_02B.html
The National Aquarium:
http://www.nationalaquarium.com/vindex.html
http://www.nationalaquarium.com/
Anacosti Museum:
http://anacostia.si.edu/
http://anacostia.si.edu/start.htm
Smithsonian Museum of Art and
Industries:
http://www.sil.si.edu/
Smithsonian Freer Gallery of
Art:
http://www.asia.si.edu/
http://www.si.edu/archives/postcard/freer.htm
National Building Museum:
http://www.nbm.org/home.html
http://www.tourofdc.org/museums/NationalBuildingMuseum/
Smithsonian Museum of African
Art:
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/
http://www.si.edu/museums/
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery:
http://www.si.edu/archives/historic/freer.htm
http://www.asia.si.edu/
Fredrick Douglas House:
http://www.nps.gov/frdo/freddoug.html
Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception:
http://www.nationalshrine.com/NAT_SHRINE/index.shtml
U. S. Botanical Gardens:
http://www.nationalgarden.org/
http://www.aoc.gov/USBG/usbg_overview.htm
U.S. Naval Observatory:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/vpresidence.html
http://www.usno.navy.mil/brief_history.shtml
The Tidal Basin:
http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/history/vignettes/Vignette_48.htm
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar27.html
Union Station:
http://www.unionstationdc.com/
Russell Senate Office
Building:
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/cobs/rsob.htm
Dirksen Senate Office
Building:
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/cobs/dsob.htm
Hart
Senate Office Building:
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/cobs/hsob.htm
Longworth House Office
Building:
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/cobs/lhob.htm
Cannon House Office Building:
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/cobs/chob.htm
Rayburn House Office Building:
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/cobs/rhob.htm
Ronald Reagan Buidling:
http://www.mrce.com/pages/projects/1993-5.shtml
http://www.itcdc.com/news_named.htm
Smithsonian Woodly Park Zoo:
http://www.natzoo.si.edu
Department of the Interior
Museum:
http://www.doi.gov/
U.S. National Arboretum:
http://www.usna.usda.gov/
International Spy Museum:
http://www.spymuseum.org/siteintro.asp
George
H. W. Bush Building (CIA Headquarters)
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/facttell/building.htm
Georgetown:
http://www.georgetowndc.com/index.php
http://www.georgetowndc.com/shuttle.php
World War II Memorial:
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/
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