James Moran Middle School is located in Wallingford, CT half-way between New York and Boston. We have 900 students in grades 6-8. Our Library of Congress Archive group was made up of 15 volunteers who met to select websites for inclusion into the Archive. We spent time simulating in school our natural web surfing activities that they would have followed at home. Just like at home, what naturally happened was that the "crowd" influenced what sites we chose and the power of social networking's influence on our net surfing behavior became very obvious. We tried to start off each day by casually surfing the web and take note of what sites we were naturally drawn towards and which ones we were influenced to visit based on the word of others. We also took note of sites that we might not visit everyday, but that were important sources of information that we might use every so often such as church sites, and movie theater home pages. It is becoming increasingly evident that while time spent on the "web" might be increasing. the number of sites visiting is decreasing. After choosing the websites, we found that almost every site could fit into one of three categories: Entertainment, sports, and "supplies". We think it is an honor to be able to contribute to the archive, and in our own little way help to "write" history.

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Networking

• http://addictinggames.com
  

  This is a website for online games. Here, you can play online games that fall under the categories of action, adventure, puzzle, and many more.

• http://blogush.edublogs.org/
  

  This is a blog by an 8th grade social studies teacher. A blog is a website owned by a single person who writes their thoughts and opinions on any topics.

• http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/?CMP=KNC-DPParkBrand|G|4131000.DM.AM.01.02K2Q
  

  This is a website for a theme park in Florida. It is one of the most famous parks in the world, and a great amusement/attraction park for families of all ages and sizes.

• http://heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa.com/
  

  This is a video with a cartoon named He-Man singing and acting in an entertaining video.

• http://moranmustangs.org/bradford13/
  

  This is a blog by an 8th grade student, Brad Landry, who wrote about projects and other things about school.

• http://moranmustangs.org/kairav13/
  

  This is a blog made by a kid in the 8th grade, Kairav Maniar. A blog is a website that someone owns and writes their thoughts and views on any topics.

• http://moranmustangs.org/kyle13/
  

  This is a blog made by an 8th grade student. A blog is a website owned by a single person who writes their thoughts and opinions on anything.

• http://ourbabyourworld.com/
  

  This is a website where you could find supplies and gear for babies. The store sold strollers, car seats, bottles, and more. Anything that a baby would need, from the fetus to a toddler.

• http://residentevil.wikia.com/Resident_Evil_Wiki
  

  A video game about fighting zombies, which are dead people that came back to life.

• http://trailofterror.com/
  

  Trail of Terror is a obstacle course that is scary and filled with scary people, fake zombies, and people dressed in costume and stage makeup. Their job is to scare you. The obstacle comes into town during the October month and leaves right after Halloween. You go through the obstacle to get scared. You pay a fee and walk through. The best is to go with a group.

• http://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT
  

  A website from google that translates words from one language to almost any other language.

• http://web.gunsnroses.com/
  

  Official website of the American hard rock music band established in 1985, Guns N' Roses. Provides its viewers with information about recent or current tours, photos/videos from tours, and music from the band.

• http://www.broadway.com/
  

  A musical theater company where many of the most famous plays of America were shown. Broadway is most often referred to as the street where their plays are shown.

• http://www.callofduty.com/blackops2/videos/surprise.html&rct=j&q=call+of+duty
  

  A video game, that is very popular with its online and zombies modes. In multiplayer you fight other people around the world. In zombies mode, you spawn into the game, with a pistol, and have to survive rounds of zombies. when you get kills you also earn points, which allows you to buy doors to other rooms, and but new guns and perks to help you survive longer

• http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/
  

  A site that people would visit to see what is going on in the world. CNN covers events that are occurring across the world. CNN started as a television channel.

• http://www.fox.com/
  

  Fox is a television station that also specializes in sports broadcasting. The news tends to have a Conservative bias and usually favors the Republican Party in United States politics.

• http://www.fox.com/glee/
  

  This is a drama about a high school musical team, and about their experiences as a group.

• http://www.gamestop.com/?infinity=gaw~USGOO-BRDSL-SPART-%5BGamestop
  

  Gamestop is store that you can buy games to play on any gaming system. The store also, sells anything to do with videogames and electronics, such as headsets, games, systems, and posters. They supply anything that relates to video gaming.

• http://www.history.com/topics/christmas/
  

  History.com is a website that specializes in historical topics. Christmas is a major holiday in the United States and other places in the world.

• http://www.humanesociety.org/
  

  This is a group of people who work together ot save the animals of the world by protecting their habitats, and the environment in general. It also provides health and shelter to sick or injured animals, or any animals who need help in general.

• http://www.huz.com/
  

  This is a website where people can play their choice out of a lot of online games, containing puzzles, action, violence, and many other topics.

• http://www.justinbiebermusic.com/
  

  This is a website where you can find all the music made by a very popular male singer who sang pop and broke the hearts of millions of young girls.

• http://www.katyperry.com/
  

  This is the website for a famous pop singer of the 2000's. She was famous for many of her songs, and she represented some of the most popular songs of her time.

• http://www.lakecompounce.com/
  

  This was a theme park in the state of Connecticut. Here, you could find roller coasters and water parks alike... it was a great summer attraction for people of all ages.

• http://www.metallica.com/
  

  music

• http://www.nintendo.com/
  

  The official web page of Nintendo with codes, previews, contests, and interaction. Provides information about newly released video games on various gaming systems such as the Wii.

• http://www.onedirectionmusic.com/us/home/
  

  A popular band that broke into stardom in 2012 in the United States. Very popular with teen girls. They are an all male band from England and Ireland.

• http://www.pandora.net/en-us/explore/products/charms#!/subcat/11,13,14,12,28
  

  Pandora is a website that allows visitors to type in a name of a song or musician and the website plays music that is connected and sounds like the artist or song. They take songs and look at key components of the song, and then match with similar songs. Some say they look at the songs DNA and match it to other songs DNA.

• http://www.poweruprewards.com/
  

  Website that gives GameStop members rewards and discounts on any video game.

• http://www.showcasecinemas.com/
  

  A group of movie theaters that shows the latest releases. Most house multiple screens upwards to 12 movie screens in one building.

• http://www.sixflags.com/newEngland/index.aspx
  

  Amusement park that kids and adults go to for fun. There are rides that go slow and fast. There are huge roller coasters and smaller rides like merry-go-rounds. It is in Massachusetts.

• http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/the_hunger_games_69765.htm
  

  This was an author who wrote the "Hunger Games" series, one of the best action books of the 2000's. It was also made into 3 movies, based on the 3 books.

• http://www.teamfortress.com/
  

  "Team Fortress is a team- and class-based online multiplayer video game mod originally based on the first person shooter Quake, made by id Software. Team Fortress was designed and written by Robin Walker, John Cook and Ian Caughley in 1996. The mod's gameplay has caught on with a large following of fans, which has spurred many developers to create similar gamemodes on other engines. In August 1999, after the development team was hired by Valve, Team Fortress was ported to Valve's GoldSrc engine in the form of Team Fortress Classic. An official sequel developed by Valve Corporation was hinted at for many years, and was finally released in October 2007 as Team Fortress 2." from wikipedia

• http://www.thinkgeek.com/
  

  Place to buy equipment and other stuff for "geeks." Geeks are people that likes to play video games and is stereo typically smart.

• http://www.wallingford.k12.ct.us/page.cfm?p=11520
  

  This is the homepage for the website of a middle school in Wallingford, CT, USA. It has a list of all the staff and also has many other necessities that a student, teacher, or parent would need to know about the school.

• https://minecraft.net/
  

  "Minecraft is a game about breaking and placing blocks. At first, people built structures to protect against nocturnal monsters, but as the game grew players worked together to create wonderful, imaginative things. It can also be about adventuring with friends or watching the sun rise over a blocky ocean. It’s pretty. Brave players battle terrible things in The Nether, which is more scary than pretty. You can also visit a land of mushrooms if it sounds more like your cup of tea."

Supplies

• http://mohegansun.com/gateway/index.html
  

  A place where you bet your money and hope to win more

• http://store.delias.com/jump.do?itemID=5&itemType=LANDING&
  PAGE=Search1&brandid=21076S450903930&cmpid=21076S450903930
  

  Delias is a place to shop. they sell shirts,shorts,jeans,dresses,skirts,jewarly,nail polish, cases for your phone, socks and shoes.

• http://theplaceguilford.com/The_Place/Welcome.html
  

  Outdoor eatery where you get good food and fabulous entertainment and its all out doors and is very family friendly

• http://thesugarbakery.com/
  

  Famous Place where delicious cupcakes and candy and more is served but it ias the best in the world

• http://www.ae.com/web/index.jsp
  

  Place where fahsionable clothes for all people and genders at good prices

• http://www.allmenus.com/ct/wallingford/189489-kfc---kentucky-fried-chicken/menu/
  

  Serves chicken, a bird that lays eggs which humans can eat (both the chicken and the egg). This restaurant fries the pieces of chicken in hot oil.

• http://www.apple.com/iphone/
  

  A device that is very popular that allows you to talk to other people wile playing games or surfing the web

• http://www.bathandbodyworks.com/home/index.jsp?cm_mmc=Google-_-Paid%20Search-_-Brand%20-%20Tier1%20-%20Core%20Terms%20USA_Core%20Terms-_-bath%20and%20body%20works_Exact
  

  Place where differnt bottles of lotion are bought

• http://www.bearpaw.com/?gclid=CJXlj9iLibQCFcqY4AodGnoA5Q
  

  Bear paw is a warm fuzzy shoe for your feet in the winter.

• http://www.broadway.com/
  

  A Place where actors and dancers perform famous plays for the audiance

• http://www.campbellskitchen.com/?pd=yes
  

  Sells good soup

• http://www.chuckecheese.com/
  

  A place where Kids and adults play fun and challenging games to try and earn tickets to buy prizes

• http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=4414024&ab=
  HPLN3_Link_FavoriteShops_BasketballShop
  

  Place that sellls sporting equipment

• http://www.footlocker.com/?SID=8793&inceptor=1&cm_mmc=SEM-_-Engine-_-Google-_-footlocker
  

  Place that sells famous shoes for all ages and gender

• http://www.forever21.com/Product/Main.aspx?br=f21
  

  Popular place for girls to buy pretty clothes and much more

• http://www.gamestop.com/?infinity=gaw~USGOO-BRDSL-SPART-%5BGamestop
  

  Games that provide fun entertaing for people

• http://www.hollisterco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreView?storeId=10251&langId=-1&catalogId=10201
  

  Type of store that sells cool fancy clothesfor us to wear

• http://www.homedepot.com/?cm_mmc=SEM|THD|G|CR|BT1|HighVolumeExact&skwcid=TC|18541|home%20depot
  ||S|e|23429975171
  

  Homedepot is a store to get toolsand to buy thing to repair things on your home.

• http://www.kennedyandperkins.com/
  

  Store that sells special type of eye wear2 made out of glass to help improve vision better so we can see

• http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/home.html
  

  Fast food place that sells food like burgers and chicken for cheap prices

• http://www.pandora.net/en-us/explore/products/charms#!/subcat/11,13,14,12,28
  

  Store that sells pretty jewelry for women to wear

• http://www.plazaaztecanewengland.com/
  

  A eatery that serves mexican food.

• http://www.pokemon.com/
  

  A television show and card game, about mythical creatures called Pokemon. They fight each other, and you can catch them, to use as your "fighters."

• http://www.rainforestcafe.com/
  

  A restaurant that is designed to look like a rain forest. There is often robotic animals and fish tanks

• http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/ships/class/ship/home.do?shipCode=AL&SID=P3033551346&247cr=15375845647
  

  ship that goes on water and has many things to do and most people use this for relaxation and for fun

• http://www.rue21.com/en/for%20Girls.aspx
  

  A store that sells makeup, jewelry, and clothes.

• http://www.sony.com/index.php
  

  A company that sells electronics, such as, televisions, video game systems, video games, and more.

• http://www.sperrytopsider.com/store/SiteController/sperry/category;jsessionid=A933698193DB29B1C58FBFE3F70D052E.src-app-03-p-app1?catId=cat90048DM&subCatTabId=cat100138DM&subCatName=New%20Arrivals&navActionDetail=jump&
  

  Store that sells boating shoes

• http://www.staples.com/
  

  Store that sells office supplies and house hold appliances for use at home or at work

• http://www.tacobell.com/food/nachos/XXL-Steak-Nachos/
  

  A chain of restaurants, who sells Mexican food, at a cheap price

• http://www.target.com/c/earrings-rings-jewelry-girls-accessories/-/N-5xtwe
  

  A chain of supermarkets, they sell all relevant items.

• http://www.uconn.edu/
  

  A University in Connecticut, United States, where people can go to learn after high school, or later in life.

• http://www.uggaustralia.com/shop/shop-ugg,default,pg.html?source=ggl_ppc&s_kwcid=TC|6895|uggs||S|e|15940545420&gclid=CN_I6uTF97MCFcXb4AodOEsAnA
  

  Boots and shoes, made in Australia

• http://www.wwe.com/
  

  A television program, where men and women wrestle, or fight, to win a match. Some people win special matches where they receive a championship belt. There are multiple types of matches like TLC, steel-caged, etc.

• http://www.yale.edu/
  

  A place where you learn about things. Yale is very prestigious

• http://www2.gibson.com/Gibson.aspx
  

  A manufacturer of musical instruments such as; guitars, drums, and keyboards

Sports

• http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=bos
  

  The official website of the Major League Baseball team: Boston Red Sox. Provides its viewers with the teams' latest breaking news and videos, stats, current game scores around the league, standings within the league, and the teams' current roster, along with information about the club's stadium: Fenway Park.

• http://packers.fanatics.com/NFL_Green_Bay_Packers/browse/source/gppc95-sub-nfl-packers-tn-ad-group?utm_content=aKAew3Vc&pcrid=
  15337476893&gclid=CO23teHC97MCFQVnOgod7lUAOg
  

  The Green Bay Packers are a football team from Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. They are in the NFL (National Football League). Football is a sport in which the quarterbac or thrower throws the ball to a fellow teammate, while the opposing team tries to catch or block the ball. After the ball is caught the person with the ball tries to run to the opposite zone, and get points. The opposing team will try to tackle the person with the ball. Points can also be earned by kicking the ball into a goal or by tackling the quarterback in his own zone.

• http://www.anthem-sports.com/Wilson_c_919.html?gclid=CL2WosTG97MCFU-d4Aod7nYABw
  

  "A basketball is a spherical inflated ball used in the game of basketball. Basketballs typically range in size from very small promotional items only a few inches in diameter to extra large balls nearly a foot in diameter used in training exercises to increase the skill of players. The standard size of a basketball in the NBA is 29.5 to 29.875 inches (75 to 75.88 cm) in circumference. Nearly all basketballs have an inflatable inner rubber bladder, generally wrapped in layers of fiber and then covered with a tacky surface made either from leather (traditional), rubber, or a synthetic composite. As in most inflatable balls, there is a small opening that allows the pressure to be increased or decreased. The surface of the ball is nearly always divided by "ribs" that are recessed below the surface of the ball in a variety of configurations and are generally a contrasting color. An orange surface with black ribs and a possible logo is the traditional color scheme of basketballs but they are sold in various colors." from wikipedia

• http://www.easports.com/
  

  EA Sports is a brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games. Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to mimic real-life sports networks by calling themselves "EA Sports Network" (EASN) with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John Madden, it soon grew up to become a sub-label on its own, releasing game series such as NBA Live, FIFA, NHL, Madden NFL, and NASCAR. The best selling EA Sports series is the Madden NFL series.

• http://www.giants.com/
  

  This is a football team in the NFL (National Football League). They are from New York, United States. Football is a sport in which the quarterbac or thrower throws the ball to a fellow teammate, while the opposing team tries to catch or block the ball. After the ball is caught the person with the ball tries to run to the opposite zone, and get points. The opposing team will try to tackle the person with the ball. Points can also be earned by kicking the ball into a goal or by tackling the quarterback in his own zone.

• http://www.goheels.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3350&SPID=12965&SPSID=668156
  

  goheels.com is the official website of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. It provides its viewers with information about current games, rosters, standings, schedules, and facilities in all sports along with online shopping for all your Tar Heel needs. Various links lead to the University of North Carolina newstand, and the ability to buy tickets for any Tar Heel game.

• http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=ctheatgirlsbasketball
  

  Official website of the Connecticut Heat Girls Basketball Club, of New Britain CT. This website informs its viewers on past players, current available clinics, and tournaments in the Athletic Amateur Union of Worldwide basketball (AAU).

• http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/
  

  Major League Gaming (MLG) is a establishment were very good gamers come together and play the video game they are good at. Some of these games are Call of Duty, Gears of War, and Battlefield 3.

• http://www.nba.com/celtics/
  

  This is a basketball team in the NBA (National Basketball Association). They are the team from Boston, Massachusettes, United States. Basketball is a game, in which, a ball is shot into a hoop and you earn a certain amount of points coordinated by how far away you are from the hoop.

• http://www.nfl.com/
  

  A company in the United States, based all around football. Football is a sport in which the quarterbac or thrower throws the ball to a fellow teammate, while the opposing team tries to catch or block the ball. After the ball is caught the person with the ball tries to run to the opposite zone, and get points. The opposing team will try to tackle the person with the ball. Points can also be earned by kicking the ball into a goal or by tackling the quarterback in his own zone. They run a widely-watched series on TV. THey have agmes where multiple football teams play, typically on Wendsdays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays. Some teams are the Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, and the New York Jets.

• http://www.nike.com/us/en_us/?cp=USNS_KW_0611081618&ef_id=ULkV4AAAHZd6F2qL:20121130202400:s
  

  A company that sells shoes, clothes, and other sports-wear.

• http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/conn-w-baskbl-body.html
  

  A college basketball team from Connecticut, United States. UCONN is the University of Connecticut. The UCONN Huskies are the basketball for this school.

• http://www.ufc.com/
  

  "The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world,which hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport and produces events worldwide.Based in the United States, the UFC has eight weight divisions and enforces the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. Dana White serves as the president of the UFC while Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta control the UFC's parent company, Zuffa, LLC. The first UFC event was held in 1993 in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of the event was to identify the most effective martial art in a real fight between competitors of different fighting disciplines, including boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Tae Kwon Do, wrestling, Muay Thai, karate and other styles. In subsequent competitions, fighters began adopting effective techniques from more than one discipline, which indirectly helped create an entirely separate style of fighting known as present-day mixed martial arts." From wikipedia