Online Collaborative Projects

 E-Mail Projects - these projects are electronic pen pals

 http://www.pa.ash.org.au/rite/projects/book-rap/form1/engine.asp    Book Raps – a book rap is a book discussion conducted using e-mail and are very popular with elementary school students around the world.

 http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/mcghee/junbr.htm    Article on Book Raps

 http://www.keypals.com/    Keypals - this is simply setting up e-mail pen pals for your students. 

http://www.epals.com/index.html    Epals - the largest keypal network; allow teachers to set by exchanges between students in over 97 countries

 Ask an Expert

http://www.askanexpert.com    Pitsco's Ask an Expert

 http://emissary.ots.utexas.edu/emissary/index.html    Electronic Emissary – Formal telecollaborative project which connects students and teachers with subject mentors.  Program is planned by SME and teacher.

  http://www.gsn.org/    The Global School Net - This is a fabulous one-stop resource for collaborative projects on the Internet.  It includes current projects and a site for registration of new projects. Projects can be searched by age level or project date. You can even join mailing list where projects are send directly to your e-mail address. 

http://telecollaborate.net/      NickNacks Telecollaborative Projects - provides extensive links to telecollaborative projects on the web, lesson resources and online publications. It also provides innovative thematic projects with instructional resources and lesson plans

http://www.monsterexchange.org/   The Monster Exchange – this is an online collaborative project designed to promote reading and writing

 http://www.youth.net/#K-12    Interactive Projects K-12 - part of the Youth Net site which lists projects which are on-going or continuous throughout the year.              

 http://www.kidlink.org/english/general/overview.html    Kidlink -  is a non-profit organization aimed at getting youth through age 15 involved in global dialog.  It uses mailing lists for conferencing, real-time interactions (chats), an online art exhibition site, and volunteers who are parents and teachers.  It has activities in numerous languages. 

http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/projects.html    Kidproj - this part of Kidlink allows teachers to collaboratively plan projects. It has links to current projects, curriculum ideas and a moderator's help file. Ages 10-15

 http://www.eduplace.com/projects/ssproj.html      EduPlace sponsored by Houghton Mifflin

 http://www.cyberbee.com/   CyberBee - This is an excellent site for online collaborative projects

http://www.inghamisd.org/~world/    The Whole World is My Neighbor – students publish articles about their community which are posted to the web   

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Online Publishing 

http://www.eduplace.com/dictionary/    Fake Out - the Vocabulary game for K-6 grades.  Children write the definitions for vocabulary words 

http://www.TheCase.com/    The Case.com - students use classic mysteries to enhance their reading; students can enter a “New Mystery Picture” contest once a week 

http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/kotn/motel/motel.html    The Monster Motel – monsters in a motel form the theme for this online collaborative writing project  

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/smc/journey/    The Hero’s Journey -This site guides your students in creating and publishing online a story using the mythical hero structure described by Joseph Campbell. The site includes an extensive reference section, ideas and examples, and a "Story Tool" for creating original Hero's Journey stories.   This is for students in grades k-12  

http://www.kidsbookshelf.com     Kidsbookshelf - this site publishes original book reviews, poems and short stories. 

http://www.whitebarnpress.com/    White Barn Press - hosts a writing club for students in grades K-12 and provides an audience for their poems or stories 

www.kidauthors.com    KidAuthors Magazine - publishes stories, poems and puzzles   

http://www.blackdog.net/misskitty/index.html  Miss Kitty - at this site children can help Miss Kitty write a story or read a story

http://www.ncsu.edu/globalbookclub/home.html    Global Book Club - this project provides a global audience for book reviews by students for students. 

http://www.ncsu.edu/globalbookclub/home.html    Midlink Magazine - this is an electronic magazine for middle school students to share their writing and participate in interactive writing projects 

http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/ywc.html     The Young Writers Club – encourages children of all ages to enjoy writing by sharing their work online and helping others improve their writing skills 

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Language Arts Lesson Plans

http://www.carolhurst.com/toc.html   Carol Hurst Children's Literature Page - uses children's literature as a basis for lesson plans and activities; the site can be searched by subject, book, or theme

 http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/lang_book_report_ideas.htm   Better Ideas for Book Reports – this site provides alternatives to the traditional book report including interactive web-based book reports

 http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html   Cyberguides - Language Arts - these are literature based and are designed for a classroom with one computer

http://home.cogeco.ca/~rayser3/  Outa Rays Head - Lesson Plans for Language Arts, K-12; even includes all handouts

http://www.storyarts.org/index.html   Story Arts Online - extensive lesson plans and activities, resources, and rubrics for storytelling

http://www.sitesforteachers.com/    Language Arts Lesson Plans - these are organized by grade level

http://serv1.ncte.org/teach/     Practical Ideas for Teaching English - from the National Council of Teachers of English

http://www.nwrel.org/sky/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/Language_Arts.html  Language in the Sky - lesson plans for Language Arts - this site contains links to specific lesson plans or to language arts lesson plans sites

 http://www.onlineschoolyard.com/default.asp  Online Schoolyard Creative Writing

 http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson_index.asp   Edsitement  - Humanities-based social studies lesson plans which are highly interactive

http://www.encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp   Encarta School House - find thousands of Social Studies lesson plans which includes links to Encarta and Encarta Maps

http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/hotlinks.asp   McRel - Links to great lesson plan sites organized around national standards; this is an excellent site

http://www.thegateway.org/   The Gateway to Educational Lesson Plans and Resources – this is an excellent source for lesson plans; you search by subject and grade level or browse the subjects.

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/       Wired Learning in the Classroom - this site includes the Blue Web N and Filmentality and Eyes on Art sites.  Includes hundreds of links to lesson plans, projects, and sites.

http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/index.html   Teachnet.com - lesson plans organized by subject area                                                       

 http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/Lesson_Plans.html   Awesome Library - lesson plans for all subject areas and grade levels 

 http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/index.html    Teachers Net  - Lesson plans on the web - these lesson plans are posted by teachers throughout the world 

http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/   Teachers Helping Teachers - these lesson plans are posted by teachers and are arranged by subject and are updated weekly during the school year

http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/   Collaborative Lesson Archive - lesson plans are teacher generated and are arranged by grade level

http://www.eduplace.com/search/activity.html   Houghton Mifflin - The education Place Activity Search is a searchable database of  400+ original K-8 classroom activities and lesson plans

http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm   Scholastic - this publisher has interactive lesson plans for grades K-8 in math, social studies, language arts, and science 

http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/   The AskERIC Lesson Plan Collection - contains more than 1,000 unique lesson  plans that have been written and  submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all  over the United States 

http://www.4forefront.com/   Forefront Curriculum - this site includes web-based lesson plans, resources and links for wired teachers 

http://www.mmhschool.com/   McGraw-Hill School Division Resource Center - Web- linked activities and lesson plans grouped by subject area and grade level  

 http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/socstudies/index.html   Teachernet - over 500 lesson plans arranged by subject 

http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/origlessons/index_soc.html#sstudies   wNetSchool - original lesson developed by wNetSchool Master Teachers; these lessons are web-based and designed around PBS series. 

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SS.htm   LessonPlans - over 300 lesson plans organized by subject 

http://www.col-ed.org/cur/   Lesson Plans from Columbia University's Department of Education - these teacher generated lesson plans are arranged by subject and grade level; some of the lesson plans are featured on Encarta's Lesson Plan Collection 

http://www.discoveryschool.com/   The Discovery School  - lesson plans for K-12 educators from the Discovery Channel; Can search by grade level and resource type 

http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/   Academy Curriculum - The Curriculum Exchange is an area where teachers can find a variety of lesson plans. 

http://www.teachersfirst.com/   Teachers First - is a collection of Internet resources and lesson plans drawn from around the world; lesson plans are reviewed and grouped by subject and grade level 

http://www.nytimes.com/learning   The New York Times Learning Network - connects teachers and students to news and educational resources on the Internet including daily lesson plans, interactive news quizzes and the capability to interact with Time reporters; lesson plans cover social studies, math, fine arts, language arts, technology and science     

 http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/   A to Z Teacher Stuff -  elementary teacher's one-stop source for online thematic units, theme resources, literature activities, lesson plans, and activities 

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi/   The Drama Teacher's Resource Room - lesson plans, backstage activities, production ideas and support as well as links to other WWW resources for drama.   

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Language Arts Subject Sites

 Book Sites 

http://www.bookwire.com/bookwire/otherbooks/Book-Awards.html    Book Awards Links to almost 100 lists of various book award arranged alphabetically.

http://www.bookbrowser.com/   Bookbrowser - a wonderful reader's advisory site, offering many reading lists. There are also pages on author pseudonyms, forthcoming titles, as well as over 1700 reviews and links to other reader's advisory sites. 

 http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/BOOKREVIEW/index.html    Book Reviews Forum – This web site hosts book reviews written by student.  This is also an excellent source of information for students looking for a book to read 

 http://www.bookmag.com/books/children-s-books/10.html    History and Historical Fiction for Children -  includes book reviews and teaching aids 

http://www.english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/resources/books.html   101 Things to Do with Books - are categorized according to The Characters (i.e. Explain where the main character would prefer to vacation and why), The Setting, The Author, The Past The Future, just to name a few    

http://www.literaturecircles.com/     Literary Circles – this is an online book discussion group for 4-6 students. This site explain Literary Circles and how they can be implemented in the classroom 

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General Resources 

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/   Blue Web’N - is a searchable database of over 250 outstanding Language Arts learning sites 

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/   Annenberg Exhibits - This is an excellent resource to introduce your students to literature.  This site is highly interactive and should engage students. 

http://discoveryschool.com   Discovery School – its exhibits are highly interactive and includes online activities and resources. 

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource   PBS Resources – this site has everything from classic to children’s literature.  It has interactive activities and lesson plans 

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html   American Memory Project – this site from the Library of Congress has primary resources that you can use to enhance your literature units   

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  Reference Sites 

http://www.bartleby.com/reference/   Bartleby – searches a combined database of more than 20 reference works 

http://www.lehigh.edu/~incent/esl/vocab.html  Vocabulary Improvement – this site from Lehigh University assists  in improving vocabulary through word roots, prefixes and suffixes 

http://www.spellingdoctor.com/object.htm   Improve your Spelling – hints on using root words to improve spelling   

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The Research and Writing Process   

The Research Process

http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/   A+ Research and Writing – a step-by-step guide to the research paper from the Internet Public Library 

http://www.researchpaper.com/index.html   Research Paper.com – this site has over 4000 ideas for research projects and   

Style Manuals

www.mla.org     MLA – this is the real Modern Language Association style guide and it has instructions for citing electronic resources 

 http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml     MLA Style Guide 

http://www.lib.duke.edu/reference/style_manuals.html   Style Manuals from Duke University 

 http://www.wisc.edu/writetest/Handbook/DocAPAFormatting.html   APA Style Manual from the University of Wisonsin-Madison

Writing Labs

http://www.powa.org/     Paradigm Online Writing Lab - There are sections on discovering what to write, organizing, revising and editing your writing. Also several types of essays are addressed: thesis/support, argumentative, exploratory, and informal. 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/    Online Writing Lab – this is an excellent resource – it provides handouts and step-by-step instructions (scroll down for these resources)

http://www.science.widener.edu/welcome/WC.html   Writing Lab – this lab is sponsored by Widener University and provides handouts on all aspects of writing.  It also includes information on web evaluation 

http://www.noodletools.com/   NoodleBib – this is a fee-based site that provides interactive forms which assist your students in completing their works cited list.  After they complete the bibliography forms, they can print out the works cited list   

The Writing Process

http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/wrtstr.htm   Writing Guides – this site includes guides on everything from organizing the term paper to transitional words and phrases to spelling

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/   Common Errors in English – the site is very helpful for students making the same mistakes over and over again.

http://www.grammarlady.com/index.html     The Grammar Lady - this is a very good site for quick answers to those irritating grammar problems

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/    Guide to Grammar and Writing - word and sentence helps, paragraph aids and essay and research paper materials

http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/   Guide to Grammar and Writing – includes quizzes, grammar rules and help 

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/howto.html   The Five-Paragraph Essay – a step-by-step guide to writing this essay   

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/   ABC’s of the Writing Process – this site walks students through the stages of the writing process.  Each part is explained with ideas to make the process easy   

http://www.paragraphpunch.com/   Paragraph Punch – this is a guided writing program that explains what you are doing during the writing process   

http://abcteach.com/KidsClub/GraphicOrganizers/GraphicOrganizersTOC.htm   Graphic Organizers – this site has all the graphic organizers you could ever want   

http://www.geocities.com/santon28/essay/index.html   Essay Survivor – uses the popular TV show to guide your students in writing essays   

Plagiarism

Articles      Plagiarism Mills       Prevention       Detectors

Plagiarism Mills

Plagiarism – this site lists over 150 general sites and 170 subject specific  term paper mills; it also offers articles on the topic; highly recommended
http://www.coastal.edu/library/mills2.htm   

Term Papers at a Click of the Mouse - an article about how easy it is to cheat with the help of the Internet
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/10/27/feat/learning.1.html

Internet Paper Mills - this site lists over 100 sites where students can obtain paper
http://www.coastal.edu/library/mills2.htm

Classic Notes - take a look at this site, Grade Saver, to find out how easy it is to get a paper
http://www.gradesaver.com/classic/title.html

Articles about Plagiarism

Center for Academic Integrity - from Duke University - read the article "New Data Reveals a Problem with Cheating in High School."  It will enlighten you
http://bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/techtiparchive/ttip102401.htm

Statistics About Plagiarism - from Plagiarism.org
http://www.plagiarism.org/problem4.html

Ways to Prevent Plagiarism

http://academicintegrity.org/resources_inst.asp   Resources for Academic Integrity - a guide that could serve as a model for high schools

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html   Purdue University's Writing Lab provides helpful hints to prevent plagiarism; written as a guide for students

http://www.fno.org/may98/cov98may.html       The New Plagiarism - this article from James McKenzie of FNO discusses 7 ways to prevent highway robbery in the electronic age   

http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/lessons/plagiar.htm  Plagiarism Issues - how to detect it and how to prevent it 

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html  Plagiarism - what it is an how to prevent it from Indiana University Writing Lab

http://www.coastal.edu/library/mills2.htm     Anti-Plagiarism Strategies to use with students

http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htm  Plagiarism and the Web

http://bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/techtiparchive/ttip102401.htm   Thinking and Talking About Plagiarism - this site suggests that open discussion of the issue is the best way to prevent plagiarism

Plagiarism Detectors

http://www.plagiserve.com/   PlagiServe - free plagiarism detector

http://www.turnitin.com/   Turnitin - this is a fee-based service; it is trying to secure rights to search subscription databases

http://www.canexus.com/eve/index.shtml   Essay Verification Database - fee-based service

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Words 

http://blackdog4kids.com/games/word/hangman2/pokemon.html   Hangman - play hangman and figure out the word before you run out of rope; site from Kids Corner 

http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/   Fake Out  

 http://www.etymologic.com/  Where's That From? - students are asked to solve a puzzle based on word origins 

http://www.vocabulary.com/   Vocabulary Central – has a number of puzzles designed to improve vocabulary skills 

http://mmm.mbhs.edu/~bconnell/anagrams.html   Brenda's Online Anagram Generator 

http://thinks.com/crosswords/crosswords.htm     At The Crossroads - crossword puzzles and other word games 

http://www.cyberkids.com/Games/Games.html    Cyberkids Online Games and Puzzles - includes crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, mazes, word games and arcade games. 

http://www.wordcentral.com/    Word Central – from  Merriam-Webster, is a terrific place where students can experiment with words. It has a searchable dictionary and  decoders that allow students to remove vowels from text or encode a secret message

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 Children and Young Adult Author Sites

 http://www.unm.edu/~lhendr    The Children's Literature Web Guide - online resource rated to books for children and young adults 

http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/    Nancy Keane's Booktalks - information on children's authors and over 600 book summaries for use with book talks 

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm     Authors and Illustrators - links to biographies and critical reviews 

 http://www.dawcl.com/   Database of Award Winning Children’s Literature – this site allows you to print customized reading lists for one student or an entire class

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Literature Sites

 http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/places.htm    Literary Locales – virtual tours of literary sites 

http://www.mi.uib.no/~respl/tolkien/    The Hobbitt Site – everything you ever wanted to know about Middle Earth and its originator.  

 http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/index.html    The Odyssey – this is an interactive retelling of the story 

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/index.html    Web English Teacher – this is a wonderful resource for author studies 

http://www.uky.edu/~kiernan/eBeowulf/guide.htm    Beowulf – from the British Museum   

www.narnia.com/    Narnia - here you can learn about C.S. Lewis and the creation of Narnia,  take a virtual tour and meet the Narnians

http://www.jaffebros.com/lee/gulliver/    Gulliver’s Travels – includes information on Swift, the complete text of the novel, quotes, a timeline and images 

http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/    Digital Dante - it integrates (or will integrate) multimedia, as well as hyperlinked text commentary and other materials into Dante’s works 

http://www.poets.org/index.cfm    The Academy of American Poets -this is an excellent site that includes information on American poets, featured articles and a listening booth where students can listen to poets recite their poetry. 

 http://www.favoritepoem.org/  Favorite Poems - Listen to poets read their favorite poems Your students can get into the act by submitting their favorite poems which will be considered for video or audio inclusion on this site 

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/laureate.html    Poetry and Literature Center of the Library of Congress – This is a poetry-a-day project for American high school students.   

http://www.poetry.com    Poetry.com - Check out their Poem of the Day, send poetry postcards, find the 100 greatest poems ever written as well as the 50 greatest love poems ever written, listen to audio clips of poetry 

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/eacp/asiasite/topics/index.html?topic=Haiku+subtopic=Intro    Haiku – this site uses audio, video and images to teach this poetic form

 http://www.sonnets.org/    Sonnets Central – sonnets can be accessed alphabetically or by author 

http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/   American Verse Project – 19^th century American poetry 

http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/    IPL Literary Criticisms - this is an excellent site for biographical and critical information on authors; contains over 4000 criticisms 

http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/writers.html    Great Writers - this is a collection of home pages on writers and poets

http://www.americanwriters.org/    American Writers - this website gives information about the featured author, and links to lessons and activities.  

http://english-www.hss.cmu.edu/drama/    The English Server Drama Collection - Carnegie-Mellon University site; his site contains a collection of original plays and screenplays, criticism and links to other sites concerned with theatre 

http://www.rc.umd.edu/    Romantic Circles - this site is devoted to Romantic literature (Shelley, Keats, Byron and their contemporaries) and culture 

http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/victorian/victov.html    The Victorian Web - an outstanding site on Victorian history and culture maintained by Brown University 

http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/americanwritinggateway.htm    The American Writers Gateway – this is an excellent collection of sites about authors and works that are widely taught in English classes all over the country.  These sites have been evaluated by teachers for quality.  

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Teaching Novels and Authors

The Works of Charles Dickens 

http://65.107.211.206/victov.html    The Victorian Web – everything about life during the time of Queen Victoria 

http://www.victoriana.com/shops/couture/fifty1.html    Dressing the Victorian Lady 

http://www.perryweb.com/Dickens/    Charles Dickens Gad Hill Place – visit the home of Dickens and meet his family and friends   

http://www.pbs.org/kqed/demonbarber/madding/index.html  The Maddening Crowd - visit 18th century London courtesy of PBS.  Here you will learn about the unplanned streets of London, thieves and punishment, water and waste and the police.  

http://www.fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/dickens_london.html    Dickens London – this highly interactive site describes London during the time of Dickens.  It includes an interactive map that takes you on a tour of the Crystal Palace, London Bridge, Newgate Prison, and Dickens’ House. 

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/London.htm    Spartacus Encyclopedia – this is an excellent source of information on Great Britain includes such topics as prisons, child labor, life of an industrial worker 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/olivertwist/olivers_london.html    Oliver Twist – visit Oliver’s London by clicking on an  interactive map that will introduce you to the journey that Oliver took in his adventures throughout the city. 

www.workhouses.org.uk    The Workhouses – workhouses figure prominently in Dickens’ works and this site uses, text and photographs to describe its building, inmates, staff and administrators, social history and architecture 

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/mbloy/peel/peelhome.htm    The Peel Web – this site provides information about political organizations, social movements and the Poor Laws; it has many primary documents 

Mark Twain 

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/index2.html    Mark Twain and His Times – learn about Mark Twain, his work and his times 

http://library.berkeley.edu/BANC/Exhibits/MTP/    Mark Twain at Large – describes the places both here and abroad that were visited by Twain  

http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/marketin/memory.html    Mark Twain’s Memory Builder – you can actually test your memory here

http://salwen.com/mtquotes.html    The Quotable Twain – some of Twain’s best quotes 

http://users.telerama.com/~joseph/mtwain.html    Ever the Twain Shall Meet – e-texts of Twain’s works 

http://www.boondocksnet.com/twainwww/friends.html    Mark Twain’s Friends – this site introduces you to the friends and associates of Twain and provides a political and social context for the author 

http://www.yorku.ca/twainweb/gifs/hannibal/hannibal.html   Hannibal Missouri – visit the boyhood home of Mark Twain 

http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/site/exhibitions/twain/    Mark Twain Photo Exhibit – each image is show with a quote from the author’s works 

Life on the Mississippi

            http://websites.quincy.edu/library/genoskey/html/steambot.htm

Panoramic Photographs of Steamboats

http://library.berkeley.edu/BANC/Exhibits/MTP/mississippi.html

Description of the Mississippi during Twain’s life 

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aointro.html    African American Odyssey - provides an overview of African American history from the slave trade through the Civil War and Reconstruction to the Civil Rights movement 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/teachers/huck/index.html    Huck Finn in Context – a teaching guide to accompany the PBS program   

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The Poetry of Langston Hughes

http://www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/harlem.html   The Harlem Renaissance - describes it and provides information on poets and novelists

http://www.unc.edu/courses/eng81br1/harlem.html    The Harlem Renaissance with links to Langston Hughes

http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=84&CFID=10473796&CFTOKEN=30188342    Poetry.org; contains a biography and links to his poems

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/hughes.html    I Hear America Sing - this PBS site provides a biography and historical perspective on his contributions 

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/hughes.html   An article on Hughes from the Kansas Historical Society

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mcc&fileName=024/page.db&recNum=0&itemLink=r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/024))    Drafts of Hughes'  poem The Ballad of  Booker T from the American Memory Collection

http://www.hometoharlem.com/Harlem/hthadmin.nsf/harlem/homepage    Home to Harlem - take a virtual tour of Harlem today and as it was during the time of Langston Hughes

http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/home.htm   The History of Jim Crow

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William Shakespeare 

http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html    The Complete Works of Shakespeare 

http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/    Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet - guide to William Shakespeare, his works, life, and times includes timeline, works, criticism, links, and the Renaissance. 

http://www.theatrehistory.com/plays/shakesmono.html    Shakespeare’s Monologues

http://www.rdg.ac.uk/globe/    The Globe Theater – this site provides maps, tours and information on The Globe during Shakespeare’s times. 

http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/Plague.html    The Black Death – a description of the plague as it spread across Europe 

http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/    Life in Elizabethan England – everything you wanted to know about the social life in Elizabethan times; it includes text and pictures and is perfect for student projects 

http://www.likesnail.org.uk/welcome-es.htm    Educating Shakespeare – school life Elizabethan England –  describes all aspects of schooling  during this time period 

http://www.renfaire.com/Language/index.html    Proper English Accents – learn to speak English the way it was done by Queen Elizabeth; includes vocabulary, pronunciation, insults, songs and forms of address 

http://tudorhistory.org/    Tudor England – completely covers this entire period of English history; it even includes a photo gallery and descriptions of each monarch 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1577harrison-england.html#Chapter%20VI    Description of Life in Elizabethan England  1577 – this is from Holinshed’s Chronicles; it is an excellent description of life during this time period  

http://www.costumegallery.com/1500.htm    The Costume Gallery – this site provides descriptions and examples of clothing from the 1500s 

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To Kill a Mockingbird 

http://www.educeth.ch/english/readinglist/leeh/index.html    Harper Lee Teaching Resources 

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/mock/intro.html    A Historical Perspective – this site uses primary resources from the American Memory Collection to place the novel in a historical context 

http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/mbirdha.htm    To Kill a Mockingbird Then and Now – explores the setting of the novel; this site provides lesson plans and classroom activities 

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm    The Scottsboro Trial – from famous American trials 

http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/early-civilrights/emmett.html    The Murder of Emmett Till   

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The Crucible 

http://www.curriculumunits.com/crucible/main3.htm    The Crucible Project 

http://www.ogram.org/17thc/crucible.shtml    Arthur Miller’s The Crucible – Fact or Fiction

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/index.html    Salem Witch Hysteria – from National Geographic 

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm    The Salem Witch Trials – primary documents including transcripts form the trial 

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/06/then.now/    McCarthyism – from CNN   

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhollywood10.htm  The Great American Red Scare  from Spartacus Encyclopedia - scroll down for links

 http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/blacklist.html    The Hollywood Ten   

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Sites for Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl 

http://www.candles-museum.com/    The Diary of a Young Girl 

http://www.annefrank.com/    The Holocaust Museum – this site provides the history of the Holocaust and the concentration camps 

http://www.annefrank.com/index1.html    Anne Frank Online – students can take a tour of the building where the Frank family hid, view photos and read about her life 

http://www.annefrank.nl/eng/diary/diary.html    Anne Frank’s Diary – read excerpts from the diary which are put into historical context.  

http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/Anne%20Frank/index.html    Anne Frank Center –offers an online exhibit of her life and times

http://voices.iit.edu/education.html    Voices of the Holocaust – Transcriptions and audio files of Holocaust survivors. Includes links to other sites about the Holocaust   

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F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Jazz Age 

http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/index.html    F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary - Elegant graphics and a wealth of information make this a valuable Web site for students; it includes photos, text and biographical information 

http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade20.html   The Roaring Twenties - An extensive collection of information including business leaders, sports, the arts, science and the humanities, news and politics 

http://www.msu.edu/course/mc/112/1920s/    American Culture in the 20s 

http://www.costumes.org/pages/1920links.htm    Fashions of the 20s 

http://www.collectablecars.co.nz/gallery/1920.php  Cars of the 20s   

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Ernest Hemingway 

www.pbs.org/hemingwayadventure    Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure – this site recaptures the world of Ernest Hemingway 

http://www.hemingway.org/index.html    The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park – take a virtual tour of his birthplace 

http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/hemingway_menu.html    The Ernest Hemingway Collection  - housed at the JFK Library; has a biography and an inventory of Hemingway’s possessions that are archived there 

http://www1.cnn.com/SPECIALS/books/1999/hemingway/index.html    A Hemingway Retrospective – includes Time magazine articles written during his life including a review of The Sun Also Rises and a festival finder 

http://www.sanfermin.com/index_eng.html    San Fermin – the complete guide to this festival including a map of the city and photos of past festivals 

http://www.literarytraveler.com/hemingway/ernestplaces.htm    Literary Traveler – this is an excellent site that connects Hemingway’s travels to his novels 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/newsid_197000/197437.stm    The Great War – from BBC; includes text, audio files, images, videos of WWI   

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Geoffrey Chaucer 

http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/chaucer.htm    Chaucer – this site from the Anthology of Middle English literature includes a biography, quotes, articles and his works 

http://icg.fas.harvard.edu/%7Echaucer/    Chaucer – this site from Harvard University is wonderful resource for your lessons; it includes life and manners of medieval times; the text of Chaucer’s works, quotes and biographies 

http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/subjects/women/women.html    Medieval Women – includes biographies and history of women during this time period 

http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/    The Labyrinth – sponsored by Georgetown University is a treasure trove of information on the middle ages 

http://library.thinkquest.org/12834/index.html    The Lives of Medieval Women – this Thinkquest site provides an overview of life in the middle ages; includes images  

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  Stories and Tales from Around the World  

http://www.themoonlitroad.com/    Moonlit Road - a site for listening to and enjoying folk tales from around the world which are enhanced by wonderful illustrations and animations 

http://www.hiyah.com/    Hiyah.com – features classic children’s tales illustrated and with audio; also includes puzzles and games 

http://www.aesopfables.com/    Aesop’s Fables Online Exhibit –over 600 fables with audio and graphics 

http://www-dept.usm.edu/~engdept/cinderella/cinderella.html     The Cinderella Project - from the University of Mississippi, a text and image archive of 12 versions of this fairy tale. 

http://www.ipl.org/youth/StoryHour/    Internet Public Library Story Hour - online illustrated children's stories 

http://www.writesite.org/    The Write Site - an interactive language arts and writing project for middle school students developed by has been developed by Greater Dayton Public Television. 

http://www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html    Wacky Web Page - This is an online version of Mad Libs geared for students in grades 4 and above.  Students read the wacky tales and can even write and submit their own wacky web tales.  Helps students learn parts of speech.   

http://www.storyplace.org/    The Story Place – online interactive stories for grades K-3 

http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/games/     Dr. Seuss - this is a wonderful site for elementary children; students play games designed around Dr. Seuss characters 

http://www.weeklyreader.com/     Weekly Reader Galaxy  - this is the online version of the newspaper for kids.  The site is interactive with contests, current events, games and quizzes. 

http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/cgsite/cgmenu.html  Still Curious - discover how the George was created and the ideas for his misadventures.  There are games, coloring sheets, songs and many activities

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  Online Texts

http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/    Columbia University Bartleby Library - provides the online text and biographies of many American and British Authors 

 http://promo.net/pg/    Project Gutenberg  

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/english.html    University of Virginia's Electronic Text Center - British and American literature resources.  This is an excellent and comprehensive site.  Click on Online Holdings to view the works 

http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/     American Verse Project - biographies, criticism and full-text poems of American poets prior to 1920 

 http://eserver.org/   The English Server - from Carnegie University; has more than 20,000 book online

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