Washington, DCquest

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/horizons/samples/biographies/intermediate/banneker/

3. What role did Pierre Charles L�Enfant play in creating the capital city? http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/horizons/samples/biographies/intermediate/lenfant/lenfant.html

4. What three shapes did L�Enfant use in his plan?

5. What two buildings were the center of L�Enfant�s plan?

6. What did L�Enfant hope the design would symbolize?

7. How large was the area set aside for Washington, D.C.? http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/lenfant.htm

8.. What is the most popular museum in Washington, D.C.? http://about.dc.gov/facts.asp

For Everyone
National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/state/dc/
America's Homepage: Buildings and Monuments http://ahp.gatech.edu/buildings.html
Tour of DC http://www.tourofdc.org/
Ben's Guide to U.S. Govt for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/index.html
National Register of Historic Places in DC http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/wash/index.htm
Washington, D.C. from Factmonster http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0772993.html

Monuments/Memorials
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial http://thewall-usa.com/
Arlington National Cemetary http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/
WWII Memorial http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=home.asp
Korean War Memorial w/ links to Other Memorials http://www.koreanwar.org/html/korean_war_memorials.html
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial http://www.nleomf.org/museum/

Museums
Virtual Smithsonian: Interact with Exhibits at the Smithsonian Museums http://2k.si.edu/2k/node_rotunda/indexe.htm
Smithsonian Institution http://www.si.edu/
International Spy Musuem http://www.spymuseum.org/index.php

Governmental Buildings
Architect of the Capitol http://www.aoc.gov/
The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/video/index.html
The National Archives http://www.archives.gov/

Extras
Smithsonian National Zoologicol Park http://nationalzoo.si.edu/
Keith Stanley's Images http://www.kestan.com/travel/dc/dc_index.htm
Washington National Cathedral http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/discover/index.shtml