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English Resources General Resources
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Authors/Criticism
Indiana Reading List - Indiana Department of Education reading list that meets the academic standards for English/Language Arts Great Books Online-Bartleby - Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, Roget II: The New Thesaurus, American Heritage Book of English Usage, Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, Gray's Anatomy, and more Edsitement - Search for best humanities sites. Classic Bookshelf - Public domain e-texts of classic works of (primarily) British and American literature Discovery Channel - TV schedule, themes, lesson plans NCTE - National Council of Teachers of English Web site SparkNotes Online Study Guides Bibliofind - Millions of rare books, out-of-print books, magazines, etc Bookfinder - Search for out-of-print and used books Books and Book Collecting - Find any book in or out of print Science Fiction Online Study Guides Puzzlemaker - Create various puzzles Based on the Book - Selected books that have been made into movies The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - Outstanding reference work features 17,000 articles with more than 170,000 links to other resources on the Web OneLook Dictionaries - Search more than 450 dictionaries for the correct definition and spelling of words. Dictionary - Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition Biographical Dictionary - Contains biographies of more than 22,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. Familiar Quotations: a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples Ye Olde English Sayings - Origins of Old English sayings plus a link to a list of other etymology pages African American Writers - Huge site of resources for teachers, students, librarians, and parents Authors on the Web - Biographies, books, and essays Authors and Illustrators on the Web Author Guides - Search alphabetically by author Greenwood Press Online Criticisms Novel Guide - Classic and contemporary literature profiles, metaphor analysis, theme analysis, and biography Online Literary Criticism Collection - Excellent site from Internet Public Library Book Review Resources Book Radio - Interviews with authors American Literature on the Web - American literature and its social, cultural contexts with over 300 author homepages Anniina's Amy Tan Page - Readings, essays, interviews, bibliographies, book reviews of Amy Tan's work F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary Home Page Norton Websource to American Literature - Literary timelines, study questions, plus great sites Richard Wright- 1908 to 1960 - Biography, bibliographies, and links to other sites To Kill a Mockingbird Then and Now To Kill a Mockingbird Student Survival Guide - Notes on words, allusions, and idioms Voices from the Dust Bowl - American Memory Library of Congress Walt Whitman Home Page - From Library of Congress American Memory Witchcraft in Salem Village - Primary documents and other related materials related to the Witchcraft Outbreak in 1692 Wright American Fiction (1851-1875) - Indiana University Digital Library Program collection of American fiction that attempts to include every novel published in the United States from 1851 to 1875 Norton Websource to English Literature - Literary timelines, study questions, plus great sites Classical Origins of Western Culture - Provides information on Homer's Iliad, Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Antigone, Euripides' Medea, Plato's Apology and Republic, Vergil's Aeneid plus others. Essays on Early 17th Century Literature - John Donne, Ben Jonson, John Milton, Sir Francis Bacon and others Classic Bookshelf - Public domain e-texts of classic works of (primarily) British and American literature World Literature in English Online Study Guides 18th and 19th European Classics Online Study Guides India, Africa, and the Carribbean Literature Online Study Guides
About.com American Verse Project - Full-text collection of 19th century poetry Artcyclopedia - http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ - The guide to great art on the internet Atlantic Monthly's Poetry Page - Interviews, audio and essays Bartleby Verse: American and English Poetry: 1250 - 1920 Danteworlds - http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/ - take a multi-media journey through Dante's Inferno Digital Dante - http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/new/ Everypoet for Every Man - Search by name, title, first line, etc. Favorite Poem Project - Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project shares audio and video of people reading their favorite poems. Find a Poet - The Academy of American Poets provides information on favorite poets, both the famous and the lesser-known Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco - http://www.famsf.org/ Great Writers and Poets - Lists of author homepages Modern American Poetry - A multimedia companion to Anthology of Modern American Poetry Poetry Center - Knopf Publishing The Poets - Modern American Poetry Web Gallery of Art - http://www.wga.hu/ Costume Page - Comprehensive site for costume history Fashion & Costuming Resources - List of links, with excellent annotations, to web sites relating to costuming, fashion (both historical and current), the fashion industry, education, and more from the Association of College and research Libraries' C&RL. Movies Internet Movie Database - Search by title, character, etc. Absolute Shakespeare - The essential resource for William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre Elizabethan Era - Comprehensive site Debate Continues on the Shakespearian Mystery Elizabethan Theatre - Description of Elizabethan and Shakespearean theatres Seven Ages of Shakespeare's Life - Humours - System for describing personality types (Click the right arrow at the bottom of each page for more information and examples.) Life in Elizabethan England - Excellent, comprehensive site Middle Ages: Religion - Annenberg/CPB project - What was it really like to live in the Middle Ages? Renaissance Views of Madness: King Lear - Essay on belief that illness results when a humour is out of balance Shakespeare Theme Page - Curriculum resources, lesson plans and more Shakespeare's Life and Times - History, music, art, politics and more Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - The original Globe and the new Globe Tudor History - Life, architecture, and historical figures of Tudor England Bulfinch's Mythology - Encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and magic contains well over 1800 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings, and legendary creatures and monsters from cultures and beliefs all over the world. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Encyclopedia Mythica - An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend Perseus Project - Library of ancient civilizations Dance Dance Resources - Dance links, ballet links, and other resources
Anne Frank - The Attic - Teacher Workbook Auschwitz-Birkenau - History of the camps, period and current photographs Calvin Minds in the Making - German Propaganda Archive Bergen-Belsen Memorial -History of the camp and camp chronology Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies - Exhibitions and art created by Holocaust survivors Forgotten Camps - Special emphasis on lesser-know subcamps Hidden History of Kovno Ghetto - Artifacts and documents buried as a historical record by inhabitants of the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania Holocaust Album - Contemporary photographs Holocaust Art - View works of artists and read their biographies Holocaust Art - View works associated with a ghetto or camp and read about its history Holocaust Art Restitution Project Holocaust History Project - Documents, photographs, recordings, essays, and links regarding the Holocaust, with special attention on refuting Holocaust denial and revisionism Holocaust on Trial - Based on a television documentary about the Irving vs. Lipstadt trial in 2000. Features a timeline on Holocaust denial and revisionism, and biographies of Holocaust deniers and revisionists. Holocaust Teacher Resource Center Holocaust Timeline - A complete chronicle of Nazi persecution of the Jews with photos and text from The History Place. Images of Internment - Painting and drawings Josef Nassy created depicting daily life in the camps. Internet Resources on Genocide and Mass Killing Kindertransport Organization - Children who lived in Great Britain without their parents during the ten months of the rescue operation called the "Kindertransport" Last Expression: Art & Auschwitz - Art produced by concentration camp inmates, with a special focus on Auschwitz-Birkenau Learning about the Holocaust through art Night by Elie Wiesel Teacher Cyberguide Nizkor Project -Based on Shattered! 50 Years of Silence, the History and Voices of the Tragedy in Romania and Transnistria, the site provides background and personal testimonies. Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II - Reflections on the Holocaust - a thorough, inclusive and well-organized site Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust Site Map Teaching with Movies: Learning Guide to Schindler's List Teaching with Movies: Learning Guide to Anne Frank Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust To Save A Life: Stories of Holocaust Rescue Transdiffusion Broadcassting System - Hitler's Radio U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Voices of the Holocaust - In 1946 Dr. David Pablo Boder of Illinois Institute of Technology interviewed Holocaust survivors. The interviews took place one year after liberation, while the victims were still in displaced persons camps throughout Europe. Excellent source Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Museum
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