Follow the history of Project Mercury step-by-step, with plenty of links throughout if you are curious about specific terms or particular astronauts.
Take a look at space flight through the eyes of Scott Carpenter, the second US astronaut to orbit earth.
Although this NASA site was built five years ago these resources are all still relevant. They include videos, interviews, and photo slideshows in addition to articles, and the original 1960's press releases.
The Kennedy Space Center has been the launch site of all human-manned space flights since 1968, so it is one of the best sources of information on manned space flights, including the very first ones launched as part of Project Mercury.
See what the Mercury spaceflight program looked like by scrolling through this huge collection of large high-resolution full-color and black-and-white photographs from the Atlantic magazine.
Surfnetkids.com recommends five websites about Project Mercury.
This collection of thirty-nine facts includes a bibliography, making it a great place to begin a school report.
The kid section at Great Wall of China includes two fact pages and a map, but the rest of the site is completely kid-friendly and also worth a visit.
Although the grammar isn't perfect, there is a lot of detail here about the history of the Wall, and the many battles it survived.
This interactive, seven-question map game is part of the National Endowment for the Humanities' EDSITEment site. If you answer any question incorrectly, it will point you to a Library of Congress resource for the answer.
This Activity Village page starts with craft (Great Wall of Friendship) and then tells the story of the Wall with answers to frequently asked questions such as: "How tall is the Great Wall of China?" and "When was the Great Wall of China built?"
Surfnetkids.com recommends five websites about the Great Wall of China.
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