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Halloween 2002

October 2002

Poynter Online's Links to the News column compiles valuable Web resources on current and previous news topics. This week we have compiled a list of resources about Halloween. Subject headings include: General Websites, Halloween Websites for Kids, Halloween Safety, History, Edgar Allan Poe, Pumpkins and more.

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The Nelson Search Engine
http://www.nelsonsearch.org/
(Search: "Halloween")
General Websites

The Halloween Network
http://www.thehalloweennetwork.com/

Halloween Central
http://rats2u.com/halloween/halloween_index.htm
Halloween Eternal
http://home.rmci.net/gatemi/intro.htm
Halloween Online
http://www.halloween-online.com/
Halloween.com
http://www.halloween.com/
Halloween on the Net
http://www.holidays.net/halloween
Halloween Websites for Kids

Family Education.com
http://www.familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,22-3189,00.html
Happy Halloween Webring
http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=halloween;action=list
Halloween Headquarters
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/halloween.htm
U.S. Patent Office Halloween Page for Kids
http://www.uspto.gov/go/kids/halloween.htm
Halloween Fun at Kid's Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/halloween/
Family Fun.com: Haunted Crafts
http://family.go.com/crafts/season/
specialfeature/halloween_ms_crafts/?clk=1012970
Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/
around_the_world/holidays/Halloween/
Halloween at Lil' Fingers
http://www.lil-fingers.com/holidays/halloween/
Halloween Safety

McGruff and Scruff's Safe Halloween Tips for Parents
http://www.ncpc.org/10hallo2.htm
McGruff and Scruff's Halloween Tips for Trick-or-Treaters
http://www.ncpc.org/10hallo.htm
Traffic Safety (NHTSA)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
people/injury/pedbimot/Halloween/halloween.htm
Halloween Safety Quiz
http://www.trickortreats.com/teacher/safetytips.asp
Halloween Safety (National PTA)
http://www.pta.org/
parentinvolvement/healthsafety/hs_halloween_safety.asp
Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/100.html
History

Historical Halloween
http://www.umkc.edu/imc/hallowhi.htm
The History and Customs of Halloween
http://wilstar.com/holidays/hallown.htm
Victorian Halloween
http://www.victorianhalloween.com/
Salem Witch Trials
http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/
Religioustolerance.org: Facts and Misinformation
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hallowee.htm
Halloween: The Fantasy and Folklore of All Hallows
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/halloween.html

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe Museum
http://www.poemuseum.org/
National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/edal/
Poe's Virtual Library: "The Raven"
http://www.comnet.ca/~forrest/raven.html
Poe's Virtual Library
http://www.comnet.ca/~forrest/library.html
Pumpkins

Pumpkins and More
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/pumpkins/
Excerpt from "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
http://deall.ohio-state.edu/bender.4/chu.81/VideoStirfry/ppkstory.html
Pumpkinfest
http://www.sunsets.com/portelgin/pumpkinfest/
101 Things To Do with a Pumpkin
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/p101a.htm
All About Pumpkins
http://rats2u.com/thanksgiving/thanksgiving_pumpkin.htm
Resource Pages about Halloween

Open Directory Project
http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search=Halloween
About.com
http://websearch.about.com/library/
searchtips/bltotd011015.htm?PM=59_0103_T
Yahoo
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/
Holidays_and_Observances/Halloween/
Additonal Websites

Halloween Crossword Puzzle from Infoplease.com
http://www.infoplease.com/xwords/halloween.html
Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02ff16.html
Halloween Cookies
http://www.geocities.com/cookie_recipes/halloween-cookies.html
PastryWiz Halloween
http://www.pastrywiz.com/halloween/index.html
The History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/halloween/
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
http://www.unicefusa.org/trickortreat/
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