Presenting the United States Capitol Building:

1. Use the following links to help your students learn about the United States Capitol building. The following Web site has complete lesson plans with links to specific information as well as other reference sources. It also includes links to your state standards:
   
   http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=302
2. Historic notes on the Capitol:
   
   www.loc.gov/exhibits/us.capitol/s0.html
3. Wonders of the World Data Bank:
   
   www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/united_states_capitol.html

Standards: NL-ENG.K-12.1 Reading for Perspective; NL-ENG.K-12.4 Communication Skills; NL-ENG.K-12.7 Evaluating Data; NL-ENG.K-12.8 Developing Research Skills; NSS-USH.K-4.3 The History of the United States: Democratic Principles and Values and the People from Many Cultures Who Contributed to Its Cultural, Economic, and Political Heritage