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American
Museum of Natural History: Timelines
The American Museum of Natural History provides timelines
from the Pleistocene Period to the Devonian Period; the site includes
descriptions and...
Anasazi
Archaeology
This site provides information about the Anasazi culture of
the American southwest.
Ancient
Art [DIA]
The Detroit Institute of the Arts provides information about
the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean and the Near East through its
collection of...
Ancient
Egypt
The British Museum presents an interactive overview of life
in ancient Egypt; organized into ten themes, the site contains images,
Shockwave...
Ancient
Mesoamerican Civilizations
This privately maintained site presents an online study of
the ancient Mesoamerican civilizations, including information about their
languages,...
Collapse:
Why Do Civilizations Fall?
The Annenberg/CPB Project presents this site about what
happens when a society collapses and how archaeologists find and interpret
evidence; four...
Didaskalia
Didaskalia is an online magazine about current performances
of Greek and Roman theater; it includes feature articles, information about
ancient...
Egyptian
Antiquity Information
This commercial site provides a collection of resources on
ancient Egypt, including a list of rulers, information on ancient Egyptian
mythology, a...
egyptology.com
This site offers illustrated information about the history
and culture of ancient Egypt.
Exploring
Ancient World Cultures
Maintained by the University of Evansville, this site
contains historical information and links to sites related to the history of
ancient Rome,...
Harappa:
The Ancient Indus Valley
This commercial site contains information about the Indus
Valley civilization of South Asia, including a virtual tour of Mohenjo-Daro, a
3-D model of...
Interactive
Ancient Mediterranean
Interactive Ancient Mediterranean is an atlas of the ancient
Mediterranean world designed to serve the needs and interests of students and
teachers...
Mesoweb
This site explores Mesoamerican cultures; it includes reports
from ongoing archaeological digs and an illustrated encyclopedia of Mesoamerica
as well...
Mystery
of the Maya
The Canadian Museum of Civilization offers historical
information about the Mayan civilization, including related links and a
teacher's guide;...
Odyssey
Online
Museums at Emory University and the University of Rochester
have teamed up to create this site, an exploration into the ancient cultures of
the Near...
The
Perseus Project
The Perseus Project is a multimedia digital library of
ancient Greece, including texts in Greek and in English translation, an archive
of images of...
pharaohs
[Cleveland Museum of Art]
The Cleveland Museum of Art presents an exhibition of ancient
Egyptian works of art depicting pharaohs, including a section for children.
Pharaohs
of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen
The Art Institute of Chicago presents an online exhibit of
art works from the Amarna period of ancient Egyptian history; it includes
information on...
The
Romans [BBC Education]
The BBC offers an interactive site about Rome and Roman
Britain for primary school students; it includes a timeline, glossary,
activities, fun facts,...
The
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
This privately maintained site has information on and images
of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as well as information on modern and
natural...
Sipapu:
The Anasazi Emergence into the Cyber World
From the Department of Anthropology at the University of
California at Santa Barbara, this site offers information about Anasazi
architecture and...
VRoma:
A Virtual Community for Teaching and Learning Classics
This site includes information and resources for teaching and
learning about Latin and ancient Roman culture; discussion forums and links to
Latin...
General Resources History Top Index
The
History Channel
The home page of the History Channel contains multimedia
resources for students and teachers of history, such as audio and video clips,
feature...
The
History Place
This site offers information on major events in world history
and includes weekly and monthly features, timelines, biographies, and homework
tips.
HyperHistory
Online
This commercial site presents 3,000 years of world history
through a combination of images, biographies, timelines, and maps.
The
New York Times Learning Network
Designed for parents, teachers, and students of all ages,
this site offers a wide-range of learning resources related to the news; it
includes daily...
Talking
History
This site, from the University at Albany-SUNY History and
Multimedia Center, offers RealAudio broadcasts of its weekly program on various
subjects in...
Primary Sources and Documents Top Index
Alexander
Graham Bell's Path to the Telephone
This privately maintained site uses Alexander Graham Bell's
papers as well as technological and historical references to trace the
development of the...
Canada
Speaks
Canada Speaks, presented by Canada's SchoolNet, is a
collection of speeches by Canadian prime ministers.
Charters
of Freedom Exhibit [NARA]
The U.S. National Records and Archives Administration offers
online exhibits of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the
United...
A
Chronology of US Historical Documents
The University of Oklahoma Law Center furnishes an archive of
historical documents from the pre-colonial United States to the present.
Constitution
Acts 1867 to 1982
The Department of Justice of Canada offers an HTML version of
the Constitution Acts of 1867 and 1982, along with their amendments.
The
Constitution of the United States [NARA]
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration has an
online exhibit on the U.S. constitution, including photographs, transcriptions,
and...
Documents
from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
The Library of Congress presents documents relating to the
Continental Congress and the drafting of the United States Constitution.
FDR
Cartoon Archive
Maintained by students at Niskayuna High School in New York,
this site contains hundreds of images of political cartoons from the Franklin
D....
Historical
Text Archive
The Historical Text Archive contains electronic versions of
historical documents and links to related sites.
How
We Made the First Flight by Orville Wright
The Aviation Enthusiast's Corner presents an HTML version of
Orville Wright's account of the Wright Brothers' first flight; the site includes
images.
Louisiana
Purchase Treaty [NARA]
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration offers
photographs and transcriptions of the three documents involved in the Louisiana
Purchase.
The
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress page provides access to government
information and publications, online exhibits, Library of Congress databases,
and a wealth...
Magna
Carta
The British Library has an image of an original manuscript of
the Magna Carta, as well as a translation and other information.
U.S.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration supplies
online access to historical government documents such as the Bill of Rights as
well as...
The
President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection [NARA]
Maintained by the National Archives and Records
Administration, this site contains a searchable database of thousands of
documents and other material...
US
History Out Loud
This site offers audio clips from presidential libraries and
other archives; it includes speeches from U.S. presidents and other world
leaders.
Vietnam:
Echoes from the Wall
This site, aimed at high school students, provides teaching
and study resources on the Vietnam War; the site includes a searchable database
of...
"We
Hold These Truths To Be Self Evident..."
The Library of Congress offers photographs of the original
rough draft of the Declaration of Independence.
African-American
Women: On-line Archival Collections
The Special Collections Library at Duke University offers
documents and other materials relating to the histories of African American
women.
Africans
in America [PBS Online]
PBS Online presents a feature on slavery in the United
States; presented in four parts, the site includes narratives, biographies,
teacher's guides,...
America
Dreams
This site, developed in conjunction with the Library of
Congress, challenges students to study the concept of the American Dream from
the...
The
American Presidency: A Glorious Burden
The National Museum of American History offers wide-ranging
information about the United States presidency, including a timeline, teacher
resources,...
At
Home on the Fringes of the Prairie: 1800–1850
Illinois State Museum provides insight into American frontier
life with true stories of individual pioneers, a timeline, maps, lesson plans,
an...
Coal
Mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
The Department of History at Ohio State University provides a
history of coal mining in the 19th and early 20th centuries; the site includes
images...
Coney
Island [The American Experience]
PBS Online presents a history of Coney Island, featuring a
timeline, video clips, biographies, photographs, and other resources.
Declaring
Independence: Drafting the Documents
The Library of Congress presents an online exhibit about the
drafting of the Declaration of Independence.
Famous
American Trials
Maintained by a professor at the University of
Missouri-Kansas City Law School, this site offers accounts of famous American
trials, including maps,...
Flag
of the United States of America
This privately maintained page is dedicated to the flag of
the United States of America and has a variety of resources, including the
pledge of...
Footsteps
to Freedom: History and Geography
This site provides information about slavery in the United
States, including teacher resources, related quotations, and a glossary of
terms.
From
Revolution to Reconstruction
The American Revolution Project presents information on the
American Revolution and early American history, including biographies of notable
figures,...
History
Matters: The US Survey Course on the Web
History Matters, a gateway for American history teachers at
the high school and university levels, offers historical resources in textual,
graphic,...
A
History of American Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture presents an extensive
timeline on the history of agriculture in America.
History
of Woman's Suffrage
This page, from the Susan B. Anthony University Center, has a
chronology of the woman suffrage movement in the United States, biographies
of...
Hoover
Dam [The American Experience]
PBS Online offers information about the history of the Hoover
Dam, including a bibliography and teacher's guide.
Images
of American Political History
Created especially for politics teachers, this site offers a
collection of browsable and searchable images of important people, buildings,
and...
In
Search of the Oregon Trail
Maintained by the Public Broadcasting Service, this site
contains information about the Oregon Trail, including a quiz, a timeline,
classroom...
Information
USA
The U.S. Information Agency provides basic facts about the
United States and its history, online versions of historical documents, and
overviews of...
The
Internet African American History Challenge
This commercial site offers a multilevel interactive quiz on
African American history, as well as profiles of notable 19th-century African
Americans...
Japanese
American Exhibit and Access Project
The University of Washington Libraries present an online
exhibit about the internment of Japanese Americans from 1942 to 1945; the site
also includes...
Louisiana
Purchase Treaty [NARA]
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration offers
photographs and transcriptions of the three documents involved in the Louisiana
Purchase.
Lewis
& Clark: Mapping the West
The National Museum of Natural History and EdGate.com offer
background information, historical context, expedition maps, and educational
resources on...
LIBERTY!
The American Revolution
PBS Online presents resources on the American Revolution
(1775-1783), including timelines, reports chronicling events of the era, a
bibliography, and...
The
Library [Plimoth-on-Web]
Plimoth Plantation provides a collection of online documents
about the history of Plymouth Colony
Age
of Exploration Curriculum Guide
The Mariners' Museum presents a curriculum guide focusing on
maritime exploration and discovery from ancient times through the late 18th
century; the...
American
Indians and the Natural World
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History presents an online
exhibit on the Iroquois, Tlingit, Hopi, and Lakota Indians, and their
interaction with the...
Angelcynn
This historical society presents information about
Anglo-Saxon England, including a glossary and descriptions of clothing, village
life, warfare,...
Anne
Frank Diary Reference
This privately maintained site provides general information
about Anne Frank and her diary, a chronology of the diary, information about the
missing...
The
Battle of Hastings 1066
This privately maintained site offers a variety of
information on the Battle of Hastings, including maps, photographs, and a
glossary.
A
Boke of Gode Cookery
This privately maintained site offers tips on cooking
authentic medieval dishes and includes recipes in the original Middle English,
with...
The
British Empire [Education Unlimited]
This site examines the British Empire from a number of
different perspectives, showing how the British affected the regions they
governed as well as...
Canadians
in the World: A SchoolNet Learning Site
Canada’s SchoolNet offers information about Canada’s
international achievements and its involvement in international sports, culture,
science, and...
Castles
of Britain
This commercial site presents photographs, ground plans, and
histories of selected British castles, as well as general information about the
building...
Chronology
of Russian History
The Bucknell University Russian Studies Program provides a
chronology of Russian history from AD 806 to the present.
The
Conquest of the Incas [Conquistadors]
PBS Online follows the expedition of Francisco Pizarro; the
site includes images and student and teacher resources.
Educational
Resources on Asia
The UCLA Center for East Asian Studies offers a variety of
materials, including links to selected Internet sites, a "Today in Asian
History" feature,...
Holocaust
Survivors [The Simon Wiesenthal Center]
The Simon Wiesenthal Center offers this online service that
allows people to send questions or comments to survivors of the Holocaust.
Islam:
Empire of Faith
PBS Online explores Islamic art and culture; the site
includes an introduction to the Islamic faith, information on the contributions
of Islamic...
Jewish
Student Online Research Center (JSOURCE)
The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise presents this
resource on Jewish history and current affairs, including news stories,
biographies,...
Modern
World History [BBC]
BBC Education Online presents coverage of European and
American history between 1915 and 1945; images, animations, a timeline, and
quizzes supplement...
Nixon's
China Game [The American Experience]
PBS Online presents an online companion to its program about
United States president Richard Nixon's policy toward China; it includes a game,
a...
PBS
Online: Napoleon
PBS Online offers an online companion to its film about
Napoleon I, including historical essays, classroom materials, a timeline, an
interactive...
People's
Century
PBS Online explores the 20th century through personal
testimony from people who lived through the events of the past 100 years; the
site includes...
Renaissance
[Annenberg/CPB]
The Annenberg/CPB Project presents an online exhibit on the
Renaissance, including interactive tools, images, and links to related sites.
The
Richard III and Yorkist History Server
The Richard III Society promotes historical research into the
life and times of King Richard III; its page has a variety of information on
the...
A
Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
This site, created by students at the University of South
Florida, features an annotated timeline; sections on the music, art, and
literature of the...
Tudor
England
This privately maintained site contains information about the
Tudor royal family, as well as numerous portraits and links to related sites.
Vietnam
Online [The American Experience]
Created to accompany a PBS program, this site offers
information about the Vietnam War, including statistics, brief profiles of key
players of the...
Academy
of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets presents information about its
organization and exhibits on notable poets.
Astrid
Lindgren
This privately maintained site provides information about the
life and works of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.
Blake
Digital Text Project
From the Department of English at the University of Georgia,
this site offers the complete prose and poetic works of poet William Blake, with
a...
Children's
Authors and Illustrators on the Web
Created by a librarian at the University of Calgary, this
site provides a directory of Web sites about authors and illustrators of
children's books.
Familiar
Quotations
Bartleby.com, a commercial site, has a searchable version of
the ninth edition of Familiar Quotations.
Harlem
Renaissance
This privately maintained site offers information about
writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance, including images of paintings and
the full...
ILTweb
Digital Dante Project
The Institute for Learning Technologies at Columbia
University has a biography of Italian poet Dante Alighieri, Italian and English
versions of ...
IPL
Online Literary Criticism Collection
The Internet Public Library provides a database of more than
2,000 critical and biographical Web sites about authors and their works.
Jack
London Collection
The Berkeley Digital Library presents information about Jack
London's life and works, including electronic texts, photographs, and links to
related...
John
Milton Reading Room
From the Department of English at Dartmouth College, this
site offers electronic versions of poems and prose by John Milton, selected
works of...
L.
M. Montgomery
Prince Edward Island Information Center provides sources for
exploring the life and works of L. M. Montgomery, including hypertexts of ...
Laura
Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl
This privately maintained site has biographies of the
characters in Wilder's "Little House" books and other resources.
Meet
J.K. Rowling
The publisher of the Harry Potter books presents a biography,
an image, an interview, and a transcript of a chat with J.K. Rowling, the
series'...
Mr.
William Shakespeare and the Internet
This privately maintained site provides a comprehensive guide
to Internet resources about William Shakespeare.
Sixteenth
Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
This site provides individual pages on English Renaissance
writers and includes electronic versions of their work, essays, and links to
related...
V.
S. Naipaul [Emory University]
Postcolonial Studies at Emory University provides a brief
biography of V. S. Naipaul along with reviews and criticism of his work.
The
Walker Percy Project
The Walker Percy Educational Project, Inc. presents a variety
of resources about American essayist and novelist Walker Percy, including
biographical...
Walt
Whitman Hypertext Archive
The Walt Whitman Hypertext Archive offers a collection of
American poet Walt Whitman's works and a gallery of portraits.
William
Blake Online
The Tate Gallery offers an online exhibit on British poet and
artist William Blake, including a biography, an interactive map of Blake's
London,...
William
Shakespeare (1564-1616)
This commercial site offers the full text of all 154 sonnets
by English poet and playwright William Shakespeare; it also includes an
introduction
Debate and PresentationsTop Index
Folklore and MythologyTop Index
Aesop's
Fables
This site, hosted by the University of Massachusetts,
provides illustrated electronic versions of Aesop's fables.
British
and Irish Heritage: Myths and Legends
This commercial site relates several Irish folktales, from
fairies to shamrocks to Irish legendary hero Finn MacCool.
Bulfinch's
Mythology
This privately maintained site offers a hyperlinked,
electronic version of Bulfinch's Mythology.
The
Camelot Project
The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester offers
electronic versions of texts relating to the Arthurian legend, images, a
bibliography, and...
The
Cinderella Project
Maintained by the English Department at the University of
Southern Mississippi, this site contains a dozen versions of the Cinderella
story and an...
Database
of Award-Winning Children's Literature
This database of award-winning children's literature is
searchable by multiple criteria, such as gender of the main character, age of
the reader,...
Fables:
Aesop
The Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia
offers an HTML version of Aesop's fables.
Folklore
and Mythology Electronic Texts
This privately maintained site offers an extensive collection
of tales from around the world, sorted by category, country of origin and
source.
Grimm
Brothers @ nationalgeographic.com
The National Geographic Society presents a site about the
Grimm brothers and their fairy tales; it includes biographical information, the
text of...
Japanese
Oldtales
The Digital Library Network home page presents Japanese
folktales, or oldtales, in English, French, Japanese, and several other
languages.
John
Henry: The Steel Driving Man
This site offers information about the legend of John Henry
and the folk songs written about him; it includes song lyrics, audio clips, and
a guide...
The
Little Red Riding Hood Project
The Department of English at the University of Southern
Mississippi presents 16 different English versions of the fairy tale
"Little Red Riding...
The
Moonlit Road
This site offers text and RealAudio versions of spooky
folktales from the American South; the site includes historical and cultural
background.
Mythology
The University of Michigan and the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration provide information about the myths associated with earth
and the...
Mythweb
This site contains information on the heroes, gods, and
monsters of Greek mythology, including illustrations, profiles of mythological
characters and...
Norse
Mythology
This privately maintained site features an overview of Norse
mythology and literature, as well as links to related sites.
Robin
Hood Project
The Robin Hood Project, sponsored by the University of
Rochester, is designed to make available in electronic format a database of
texts, images,...
Uncle
Remus History/Ethnology Research Project
This site presents selected text from the "Uncle Remus"
tales, biographical information about writer Joel Chandler Harris, a
bibliography, and other...
Whootie
Owl's Stories to Grow By
Geared toward younger children, this commercial site contains
folk and fairy tales from around the world.
ARTFL
Project: French-English Dictionary Form
The Project for American and French Research on the Treasury
of the French Language at the University of Chicago presents an online
French-English...
ESL
Partyland
This site offers quizzes, message boards, and chat rooms for
students and teachers of English as a Second Language.
Foreign
Languages for Travelers
This comprehensive commercial site helps travelers learn
enough of any of 27 different foreign languages to survive abroad; includes
sound files.
French
[BBC Education]
BBC Education presents several interactive features for
beginning and intermediate students of French; audio clips, video clips, and
downloadable...
German
[BBC Education]
BBC Education presents several interactive features for
beginning and intermediate students of German; audio clips, video clips, and
downloadable...
German
for Beginners
This site offers an introduction to the German language,
including pronunciation help, audio clips, common phrases and sentences, a
grammar guide and...
Golden
Age Spanish Sonnets
This privately maintained site provides a collection of
Spanish sonnets, with English translations.
Italian
[BBC Education]
BBC Education presents several interactive features for
beginning and intermediate students of Italian; audio clips, video clips, and
downloadable...
Japanese
Oldtales
The Digital Library Network home page presents Japanese
folktales, or oldtales, in English, French, Japanese, and several other
languages.
La
Presse
This site contains the online version of the newspaper La
Presse from Montréal, Québec; in French.
Languages
of Africa
Supported by the African Studies Center at the University of
Pennsylvania, this site offers links to resources about several African
languages,...
Latin
Dictionary and Grammar Aid
The University of Notre Dame Archives presents a searchable
Latin dictionary and grammar aid.
Le
Figaro
This site contains the online version of the French newspaper
Le Figaro.
Learn
Spanish: A Free Online Tutorial
This site offers a variety of online Spanish lessons, many
with audio exercises; cultural notes and links to other resources are also
provided.
Lied
and Song Text Page
The Lied and Song Text Page contains an extensive collection
of lyrics to songs by notable classical composers in their original languages,
as well...
Little
Greek 101: Learning New Testament Greek
This privately maintained site contains an online textbook
for learning New Testament Greek.
Quia!
Language Activities
This commercial site offers interactive games and quizzes to
study vocabulary, grammar, culture, and textbook-specific lessons for over 15
foreign...
Spanish
[BBC Education]
BBC Education presents several interactive features for
beginning and intermediate students of Spanish; audio clips, video clips, and
downloadable...
UCLA
Language Materials Project
This site provides learning resources for less commonly
taught languages, including textbooks, grammars, dictionaries, phrasebooks, and
audio-visual...
VRoma:
A Virtual Community for Teaching and Learning Classics
This site includes information and resources for teaching and
learning about Latin and ancient Roman culture; discussion forums and links to
Latin...
General Resources Language ArtsTop Index
The
Alphabet Superhighway
The University of Delaware presents the Alphabet
Superhighway, a general resource to help students with reading, writing, and
research; it also...
Book
Adventure
This site helps elementary school students find books
appropriate to their reading level and provides reading-related activities; free
registration...
The
Bookhive
The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County offers
a guide to children's literature; the site includes brief reviews of children's
books,...
The
Cambridge History of English and American Literature
Bartleby.com, a commercial site, offers an online version of
the 18-volume Cambridge History of English and American Literature.
Creative
Quotations
This commercial site contains a database of more than 20,000
quotations; quotations are searchable and browsable by theme.
Daily
Grammar
This commercial site offers free, daily e-mail messages
containing writing lessons and quizzes; the site contains an archive of past
lessons and a...
English-Zone.Com
This privately maintained site provides a variety of
information for teaching and learning English and English grammar skills.
The
Evolution of Languages [Exploratorium]
The Exploratorium provides information about where languages
come from and how they develop; audio interviews with an expert linguist are
included.
Familiar
Quotations
Bartleby.com, a commercial site, has a searchable version of
the ninth edition of Familiar Quotations.
Glossary
of Literary Terms/Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
This privately maintained site offers a glossary of
rhetorical and literary terms, with examples.
How
to Cite a Web Resource
This site provides instructions and examples for how to cite,
or give credit to, an Internet resource.
The
Human-Languages Page
This privately maintained site offers a comprehensive
directory of language sites on the World Wide Web.
Messages
[Boston Museum of Science]
The Museum of Science, Boston, presents an interactive
exhibit on messaging and communications, including information on how animals
communicate and...
The
New York Times Learning Network
Designed for parents, teachers, and students of all ages,
this site offers a wide-range of learning resources related to the news; it
includes daily...
Online
Writing Lab [Purdue]
Purdue University's Online Writing Lab offers a number of
writing-related resources, including a large collection of online handouts.
Roget's
Thesaurus
This commercial site has a searchable HTML version of Roget's
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases and links to related Internet
resources.
The
Six Magic Dots of Braille
The Canadian National Institute for the Blind presents an
introduction to Braille, including historical information and a brief
explanation of the...
Strunk,
William. 1918. The Elements of Style.
Bartleby.com, a commercial site, offers this electronic
version of the first edition of William Strunk's The Elements of Style
(1918).
Vocabulary.com
This site offers games and puzzles to teach English
vocabulary at three levels based on subject matter and Latin roots; it also
provides...
Writing
& Teaching Guides (Colorado State University Online Writing Center)
The Online Writing Center at Colorado State University
provides lessons and information on writing processes, types of documents,
working with...
Writing
User-Friendly Documents
This site, from the United States Goverment, offers useful
advice on writing reports, especially for business or technical writing.
Journalism and Essay WritingTop Index
A+
Research & Writing for High School and College Students
The Internet Public Library provides a guide to researching
and writing a paper; the site includes a step-by-step guide, information on how
to search...
The
Alphabet Superhighway's Writing Center
This site provides a variety of writing resources for both
students and teachers, including online activities, contests, a place to read
others' work...
Biography
Maker
This site provides an easy, step-by-step system for
researching and writing a well-organized and thoughtful biography.
Citing
Internet Resources
Classroom Connect, an educational site, offers guidelines for
referencing online sources in student bibliographies.
Glossary
of Literary Terms/Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
This privately maintained site offers a glossary of
rhetorical and literary terms, with examples.
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
This privately maintained site offers writing tips and
guidelines, answers to grammar-related questions, online grammar quizzes, and
other resources.
Guide
to Writing a Basic Essay
This privately maintained site offers instructions on writing
a clear, well-organized essay, and provides a sample essay for study.
The
History Place - Homework Help!
The History Place offers tips on writing history papers, as
well as links to other history-related Web resources.
How
to Cite a Web Resource
This site provides instructions and examples for how to cite,
or give credit to, an Internet resource.
Paradigm
Online Writing Assistant
This site contains an online tutorial useful to writers of
any age, and offers help in organizing, revising, and editing writing; the site
breaks the...
Plain
Train - Plain Language Online Training
This site offers a tutorial on writing with the purpose of
making your audience understand your message.
Strunk,
William. 1918. The Elements of Style.
Bartleby.com, a commercial site, offers this electronic
version of the first edition of William Strunk's The Elements of Style
(1918).
Writing
& Teaching Guides (Colorado State University Online Writing Center)
The Online Writing Center at Colorado State University
provides lessons and information on writing processes, types of documents,
working with...
American
Literary Classics: A Chapter a Day
This commercial site presents online versions of more than 30
literary works.
American
Verse Project
The University of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative and the
University of Michigan Press present the American Verse Project, an electronic
archive...
Bartleby.com:
Great Books Online
Bartleby.com offers thousands of works of literature,
nonfiction, and reference in electronic form; the collection, which is
searchable, is...
Between
the Lions
This site, a companion to the public television program,
offers a full set of interactive stories and games for children learning to read
and write,...
Book
Adventure
This site helps elementary school students find books
appropriate to their reading level and provides reading-related activities; free
registration...
Children's
Literature Web Guide
This privately maintained page is an extensive resource for
children's literature; the site includes a guide to children's book awards,
bestseller...
Database
of Award-Winning Children's Literature
This database of award-winning children's literature is
searchable by multiple criteria, such as gender of the main character, age of
the reader,...
Dynamic
Text Edition of: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
This commercially hosted site presents a multimedia version
of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).
The
Online Medieval and Classical Library
Part of the Berkeley Digital Library, this site contains
online versions of many medieval and classical texts.
Read
Up On It
The National Library of Canada offers an annual selection of
the best in Canadian literature for children; both English- and French-language
books...
READING
RANTS! -- Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists!
This site, maintained by a librarian, provides book reviews
for young adults.
Representative
Poetry On-line
The University of Toronto Library offers a large selection of
English-language poetry online; it is searchable in several different ways,
including...
Romantic
Circles
This privately maintained site is devoted to the study of
Lord Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and
their...
Scribbling
Women
The Public Media Foundation provides classroom resources for
teaching and learning the rich tradition of American literature by women.
A
Sense of Place: Regional American Literature
Maintained by the U.S. Information Agency, this site contains
several articles about American literature.
Sixteenth
Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
This site provides individual pages on English Renaissance
writers and includes electronic versions of their work, essays, and links to
related...
Spark
Notes
This site offers summaries, commentaries, character profiles,
and sample test questions for more than 100 works of literature commonly taught
in high...
Timeless
Classics
KidSource OnLine provides a list of favorite children's and
young-adult literature, compiled by the National Endowment of the Humanities;
divided by...
Victorian
Women Writers Project
The Victorian Women Writers Project provides an online
collection of works by notable British authors.
100
Best Novels
This commercial site offers three lists of the best
English-language novels written since 1900, as compiled by separate groups; the
site also...
Punctuation, Grammar, SpellingTop Index
Common
Errors in English
This site, created by a professor of literature, identifies
errors commonly made in standard American English.
Daily
Grammar
This commercial site offers free, daily e-mail messages
containing writing lessons and quizzes; the site contains an archive of past
lessons and a...
English-Zone.Com
This privately maintained site provides a variety of
information for teaching and learning English and English grammar skills.
Everyday
Spelling
This commercial site offers spelling resources for students
from grades one through eight; the site includes activities, spelling
strategies, lists...
Grammar
Lady
This commercial site provides a guide to English grammar, a
forum to ask an expert questions about the English language, and other
resources.
Grammar
Safari
This site from the University of Illinois sends advanced
language arts students on a virtual safari to discover how grammar rules are
used or broken...
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
This privately maintained site offers writing tips and
guidelines, answers to grammar-related questions, online grammar quizzes, and
other resources.
A
Handbook of Selected Punctuation Marks
This privately maintained site provides a handbook for a
number of punctuation marks, including apostrophes, commas, italics,
parentheses, colons,...
HyperGrammar
HyperGrammar, from the Writing Centre at the University of
Ottawa, offers definitions and guidelines for parts of speech, parts of a
sentence,...
National
Spelling Bee
Maintained by Scripps-Howard, this site provides information
about its annual children's spelling bee, as well as resources for teachers and
a series...
The
Writing Group: Punctuation Made Simple
This privately maintained site provides explanations and
examples of correct usage of apostrophes, colons, commas, dashes, and
semicolons.
Finding
Information on the Internet: A TUTORIAL
This online tutorial from the Teaching Library at the
University of California at Berkeley provides an introduction to the Internet, a
glossary, and...
General
Tips for Searching [Alphabet Superhighway]
This site provides tips for effective searching on the World
Wide Web and explains what a search engine is.
The
History Place - Homework Help!
The History Place offers tips on writing history papers, as
well as links to other history-related Web resources.
ICONnect
- KidsConnect
The American Association of School Librarians offers this
help and referral service to K–12 students; the goal is to help students
access and use...
Learning
Resources
CNN San Francisco and the Western/Pacific Literacy Network
present news stories in audio, video, and text format, along with reading
comprehension...
Memory
Techniques and Mnemonics
This commercial site offers information on improving your
memory and using various mnemonic devices.
Web
Searching Tutorial
This site provides tips on conducting Web-based research,
explains how to use different types of operators, and defines terms related to
searching...
You
Don't Have to Play Football to Score a Touchdown
The Developmental Studies Department at Middle Tennessee
State University offers tips for high school students on study skills and
improving your...
How
the Body Works [KidsHealth.Org]
KidsHealth.Org presents Shockwave animations illustrating
principles of human anatomy.
InnerBody.com:
Human Anatomy On-line
This commercial site uses a combination of text, Java
animations, and clickable images to explore human anatomy.
Learning
Guide for the Human Brain
This site from the Marymount College psychology department
offers clickable images to teach students about the parts of the brain.
MEDtropolis
- Virtual Body
This commercial site presents a virtual human skeleton,
including a narrated description, a build-a-skeleton activity, and detailed
images of...
My
Body [KidsHealth.Org]
KidsHealth.Org offers a series of articles and Shockwave
animations for kids on the human body.
The
Visible Human Project
The National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project is
creating complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of
the male...
WebAnatomy
This privately maintained site provides interactive and
informative activities designed to teach users about human anatomy; it includes
sections on...
Amphibian
Embryology Tutorial
This tutorial from the University of Wisconsin covers
amphibian development from fertilization to embryo formation and includes
photographs and...
Ask-a-Scientist
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute answers e-mailed
questions about biology within two weeks, and includes a browsable archive of
previous answers;...
ASU
– Ask a Biologist
This site, from Arizona State University's Life Sciences
Visualization Group, invites elementary through high school students and
teachers to submit...
BioBLAST
BioBLAST (Better Learning Through Adventure, Simulation and
Telecommunications) is intended as a multimedia curriculum supplement for high
school...
BioInteractive
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute offers a fully
interactive site about biology that includes several learning modules that allow
the user to be...
The
Biology Project
The University of Arizona provides this interactive online
resource for learning biology, including activities for school children,
quizzes, and...
Blazing
a Genetic Trail
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute presents essays on the
causes and treatments of genetic diseases; a brief guide to basic genetics and a
glossary...
Blood
Types Tutorial
This site offers an introduction to blood types and
genotypes; a set of questions and answers related to blood type inheritance is
also provided.
Cells
Alive!
This commercially sponsored site presents photographs, video
clips, and computer animations of living cells.
Comparative
Mammalian Brain Collections
This site, from the National Museum of Health and Medicine,
the University of Wisconsin, and Michigan State University, provides brain
atlases from...
Computer
Model of the DNA Helix
The University of California at Berkeley Museum of
Paleontology offers an explanation of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA).
Cool
Science for Curious Kids
This site, from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, offers
online activities, project ideas, and information about a variety of biological
topics.
DNA
from the Beginning
The DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
offers an interactive multimedia primer on the basics of DNA and heredity.
DNA:
The Instruction Manual for All Life
The Tech Museum of Innovation offers an explanation of DNA,
zooming in on the human hand until you are inside of the nucleus; the site also
explores...
Do
or DIE!
The Saint Louis Science Center provides a look into the
mechanics of the evolutionary process.
ENTER
EVOLUTION: Theory and History
The University of California at Berkeley Museum of
Paleontology has an online exhibit about the history of evolutionary theory.
First
9 Months
This privately maintained site provides a detailed look at
the development of a human fetus.
Gene
Map of the Human Genome
The National Center for Biotechnology Information presents a
gene map of the human genome, including information about individual chromosomes
and...
Human
Genome Project Information
The Human Genome Management Information System (HGMIS)
maintains this comprehensive resource, including technical and general interest
articles,...
The
Interactive Frog Dissection
The Curry School of Education maintains a frog dissection
tutorial appropriate for high school students.
Introduction
to Basic Biology
This site provides a guide to basic biological concepts,
including evolution, genes, cells, cell division, respiration, and
photosynthesis.
MendelWeb
MendelWeb is a privately maintained educational resource on
the origins of classical genetics, containing electronic versions of selected
writings by...
Metabolism
Problem Set
The University of Arizona offers a problem set on metabolism;
explanations and tutorials are included.
Microbe.org
The American Society for Microbiology presents information
about microbes and the role they play in our world; aimed at children, the site
includes...
MicrobeWorld
Presented by the American Society for Microbiology, this site
provides a guide to the world of microbes, and includes educational resources
and...