Charleston High School is located in rural east central Illinois and is home to 900 students and faculty. Students with various backgrounds from the CHS classes of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 were invited to take part in this archiving project to show the diversity of interests, talents and values within the school's community. Charleston High School students archived a total of 29,920,004 URLs.

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Educational Information

This collection is made up of some of the educational websites that Charleston High School students use. This collection contains 6,489,395 URLs.

• http://artspan.com/
  

  I use this site because I am an aspiring artist and love to look at the work of others. I gain inspiration and ideas that I normally wouldn't have if I hadn't looked at the site. I've also learned from experience that one of the best ways to further your own plans, is to build your foundation on the work of others and keep building from there.

• http://conjuguemos.com/home/index.html
  

  I use this site for my Spanish 4 class where we use it to do some practice activities and homework .

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
  

  This is a site I use to quickly look up some information. Since it is user edited it is not always 100%.

• http://history.com/
  

  History.com is a great site for anyone who loves history. It provides information on The History Channel's showtimes and descriptions of the shows. It also is a fun place to look up historical facts about important birthdays and events in history.

• http://media.academyart.edu/springshow2008/ann/index.html
  

  I use this site to see what the students at the college are doing and to get ideas for my own art.

• http://www.academyart.edu/
  

  I use this site because I am going to that College.

• http://www.animationarena.com/best-animation-schools.html
  

  I use this site to learn about different animation schools.

• http://www.brickfish.com/campaigns
  

  I use this site to look at scholarships.

• http://www.discovery.com/
  

  I like this site because they have really cool articles about interesting subjects.

• http://www.discoveryhealth.com/
  

  It tells me information about disease and how it can be prevented.

• http://www.eiu.edu/
  

  I can access the university's library for books.

• http://www.lakelandcollege.edu/
  

  I am planning on going to this college fall of 09. I use this website to look up classes for my major and to register online.

• http://www.lincolnlogcabin.org/
  

  I volunteer at Lincoln Log Cabin for the past five years. I like to keep up with what the governor has done to our site. I feel it is even more important than ever before because people have lost their sense of where they came from.

• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
  

  I use this site a a reference tool when doing research for school projects.

• http://www.preschooleducation.com/
  

  I still use this site to look for songs, finger plays, etc. for little ones because I want to become a kindergarten teacher.

• http://www.quia.com/profiles/abaumann
  

  I use this site for look up my homework for my Spanish class and to find out what we will be doing in there if I happen to be absent.

• http://www.usatoday.com/
  

  Reading the news online is useful to keep up to date with what is going on in the world.

Recreation

A collection of websites that students visit for entertainment and recreation. This collection contains 16,340,592 URLs.

• http://addictinggames.com/
  

  I go here when I want to pass time and play random fun games.

• http://allrecipes.com/
  

  All Recipes.com a good site to use for information on many different types of receipes. It gives tips, advice, and instructions for making the best food using the easiest method. I choose this website because it is a wonderful place to search fo rall of my favorite recipes. I use it to find new ideas and to look for better methods on making my old recipes.

• http://callofduty.com/
  

  I use this site to get free stuff and news about games and offers.

• http://ducktapeclub.com/
  

  This is a good place to learn h ow to use your duck-tape. Duck-tape can save the world just read and learn how. I know duck-tape has saved me.

• http://earth.google.com/
  

  I like looking at my families' houses. I also like looking at different places around the world.

• http://espn.go.com/
  

  I use this site to check scores of big games and to watch the games and their highlights.

• http://fightingillini.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/ill-m-baskbl-body.html
  

  This is for the best basketball college team out there.

• http://gizmodo.com/
  

  This is the perfect site for periodically checking up on the latest technology and hardware in the electronic world.

• http://grim.snafu-comics.com/
  

  This is one of my favorite places I like to view beautiful art.

• http://ra-band.net/
  

  I may not use this site very much, but they are my favorite band, so I figured I would like to share it.

• http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/
  

  I use this site because I love winter and to make things unique.

• http://springhillnursery.com/
  

  I like to be outdoors as much as possible because I am a gardener. I like to see what is available and what my garden would look like.

• http://williamsharpgallery.com/index.html
  

  I like to keep in touch and see the different styles of harps.

• http://www.1up.com/
  

  As a teenage male in a video society, its sites like 1up that keep me up to date on the most important stories in the video game industry.

• http://www.autotrader.com/
  

• http://www.borders.com/
  

  Nice place to go get a book. I use this all the time to find my books I want for Christmas.

• http://www.carnival.com/
  

• http://www.castingcrowns.com/
  

  This is my favorite band.

• http://www.cmt.com/
  

  I use this site to tell me what my favorite country starts are up to and who has made the number hit list.

• http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ
  

  CNN is one of my favorite sites to get the latest news form the U.S. and even from around the world. I especially like the entertainment site.

• http://www.digg.com/
  

  Digg is still relevant today because of its user submitted news stories. The stories are truly worthy of the front page and submitted by the number of times the story is read.

• http://www.fanfiction.net/book
  

  I love this site a lot because it has books told from kids points of view and it's awesome.

• http://www.foxnews.com/
  

  I use this site for my Current World issues daily. I also tend to look there if the new is on and I hear about some sort of big news.

• http://www.gamefaqs.com
  

  This site is very useful for finding information on video games.

• http://www.goodreads.com/
  

  I use this site to recommend books to people, and check out what types of books are interesting to the world.

• http://www.harajukustyle.net/
  

  This is the style that I use and it is so amazing. You just throw whatever you want and you look so good. This is the style in Japan right now.

• http://www.houseplans.com/
  

• http://www.kongregate.com/
  

  This is one of my favorite games.

• http://www.letssingit.com/
  

  I use this site to find lyrics to songs I know and find out what the names of songs I hear on the radio.

• http://www.mapquest.com/
  

  MapQuest is a wonderful site for travelers in need of directions, maps, or gas prices. It provides easy access to high quality maps and easy-to-read printable directions

• http://www.marriedtothesea.com/
  

  This is a comic site that has a new comic each day.

• http://www.maximumride.com/
  

  This series is one of my favorite book series. The books really sound like they come from a teenager. James Patterson is an amazing writer! On this site, I can read things that tie in with the books and keep up with everything.

• http://www.movies.com/
  

  Movies.com is a site filled with information on all the latest movies. It provides information on show times, ticket prices, and theater locations as well as full length descriptions of each movie.

• http://www.myspace.com/stellarkart
  

• http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live
  

• http://www.popcap.com/
  

  There are a lot of fun games to play.

• http://www.prairienet.org/
  

  It tells me what is going on around Charleston.

• http://www.purevolume.com/charts
  

  This is a great site to find new bands and music.

• http://www.readergirlz.com/
  

  The authors have monthly recommendations for good reads.

• http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
  

  It is a movie rating site I use to check and see if a new movie comes out is worth seeing.

• http://www.saintcharleschurch.org/
  

  This is my church.

• http://www.salviharps.it/
  

  Salvi harps are the best harps in the world judging by sound and style.

• http://www.scifi.com/
  

  I look up what is the most popular television show on the channel and what is coming on a brand new episode. I also use this site to watch previous episodes of certain shows.

• http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/
  

• http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/index.html
  

  This is an amazing site on the latest books of Twilight.

• http://www.theawakenedcomic.com/
  

  This is amazing web comic. I still read it today after reading it for two years.

• http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/
  

  I use this site to look up songs with guitar chords.

• http://www.wbgl.org/
  

  I use this site to listen to contemporary christian music radio and check out things about their station and what is going on with concerts, community events, etc.

• http://www.werewolf-movies.com/
  

  Werewolf movies are my all time favorite. This site allows me to find them. There really is no other site to do that.

• http://www.wwbw.com/
  

  I use this site because I am a musician myself and this site has musical instruments and many other materials and information.

• http://www.wwe.com/
  

  I check out which wrestler is winning the gold and which wrestler is in the lows. I see who is the most liked or hated wrestler. I also use this site to see what is happening that I don't know is happening already.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBvOhfL4mYw
  

  This is one of the most popular youtube videos right now.

Consumption

A collection of websites that buy and sell items that students like. This collection contains 8,208,728 URLs.

• http://amazon.com/
  

  Amazon is a good website to use for easy and affordable shopping. It sells items both new and used from a number of different locations. Books, movies, clothes, and gardening tools are just a few of the things available for purchase from this site.

• http://gizmodo.com/
  

  This is the perfect site for periodically checking up on the latest technology and hardware in the electronic world.

• http://kellecompany.com/
  

  I am a dancer and my techer sometimes has us visit this site to choose costumes for our routines. It is divided into different styles of dance such as lyrical and jazz.

• http://store.delias.com/frontpage.do
  

  I love the store Delia's so I use this site to browse from home.

• http://twilightteez.com/
  

  This site has a big collection of everything related to Twilight.

• http://www.ae.com/
  

  This is one of the most popular clothing stores around right now.

• http://www.ajwrightstores.com/
  

  I use this site to find nice clothes that come in my size. That is what A.J. Wright has.

• http://www.dancedistributors.com/
  

  I'm a dancer and I need to keep up with the new styles of dance wear, shoes and supplies.

• http://www.dots.com/
  

  I use this site because we don't have a DOTS here so when I either want to buy something or just to see what they have in stock then when I go to Chicago or shopping where they have a DOTS I can go and get whatever I looked up.

• http://www.forever21.com/
  

  Many girls love to check out this site for the new and chic styles and fashions that are out.

• http://www.monique.com/
  

• http://www.roxy.com/
  

  I really enjoy checking out this site for new clothing and accessories.

• http://www.springhillnursery.com/
  

  In my free time I like to be outdoors as much as possible because I am a gardener. I like to see what is available now and try to see what my garden would look like if I had those plants. It is always fun to see what is out there.