These "best of the best" webs sites (see the intro) represent 4 sites that have been been suggested so far. You are invited to suggest another to be added to the list.

Valley of the Shadow (University of Virginia)

"The Valley of the Shadow Project takes two communities, one Northern and one Southern, through the experience of the American Civil War. The project is a hypermedia archive of thousands of sources for the period before, during, and after the Civil War for Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania." Beyond its extensive collection of rich media resources about the Civil War, the site features a set of lesson activity ideas for either high school level or college level students, plus suggested topics for research papers.
subject/discipline: History
url: http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/
[suggested on March 13, 2000 at 1:47 PM by Alan Levine]

Neuroscience for Kids (University of Washington)

Do not be fooled by the "for kids" part! This site presents a wide range for resources and activity ideas to help student learn how the human nervous system works. This includes illustrated reference materials, activity ideas, selected resources for teaching neuroscience, and more.
subject/discipline: Biology, Physiology
url: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
[suggested on March 13, 2000 at 1:55 PM by Alan Levine]

History Matters (George Mason University)

Great site containing all of the following: annotated history links, first-person documents, interactive exercises, teaching assignments using existing web sites, threaded discussion among scholars and teachers, samples of web infused history course (syllabi), samples of student work, and much more.
subject/discipline: U.S. History
url: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
[suggested on March 22, 2000 at 2:46 PM by Pamela Petty]

CIS133DA - The Internet (Glendale Community College)

This site (and its related pages) represent an excellent overview of the Internet. The material can be used in both structured and Open Entry classes.
subject/discipline: Internet class
url: http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/business/CIS133DA/home.htm
[suggested on April 1, 2000 at 2:30 PM by Richard Shortridge]