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This website features a series of 16 half-hour videos which play from the web in a quarter screen view. Video titles include Native Voices, Utopian Promise, Masculine Heroes, Gothic Undercurrents, Slavery and Freedom and more. The site requires a (one-time) registration and log in for viewing. Registration is free. This is upper level material and only the videos may be of use for High School.
http://www.learner.org/resources/series164.html
Many of us were introduced to the horrors of the Holocaust through the eyes of this girl and her diary. Though she was only a teen when she wrote her story, the precociousness, charm, and sensitivity of a mature writer in the face of the atrocities she witnessed leapt from the pages to captivate millions of readers.
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/af/htmlsite/index.html
This site is a starting point for those studying Middle English Literature. There are online texts of literature and lyrics that you can read and listened to, as well as beautiful artwork associated with that period in time. Includes Chaucer, Langland, plays and lyrics.
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit
This site is sponsored by Oxford Dictionaries and contains a word of the day, quote of the day, section on better writing, and will answer grammar and spelling questions.
http://www.askoxford.com/
Teachers and students may download Audacity software for FREE at this site. Audacity is a free program that allows students to create blogs so that teachers may incorporate them into their curriculum.
http://www.download.com/Audacity/3000-2170_4-10058117.html
Bibliomania has free texts, study guides and reference resources. Texts include classic literature, drama and poetery together with detailed study guides. The search tool searches the "full text" books.
http://www.bibliomania.com
This is a web-based bibliography tool that is fast and easy to use. Students can build a citation page is a snap with this tool.
http://www.bibme.org/
"Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization."
http://www.bookadventure.com/
This is a field diary of Alaice Cuningham Fletcher who set out in 1881 to study the life of the Sioux women. It includes wonderful folktales and photographs of Native Americans.
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/fletcher/fletcher.htm
"The Children’s Book Council (CBC) is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children’s books, and is the official sponsor of Young People’s Poetry Week and Children’s Book Week each year. The Council’s Members include U.S. publishers and packagers of trade books for children and young adults."
http://www.cbcbooks.org/
Find an extensive list of internet resources related to literature for children and young adults. This site includes links to authors on the web, online literature and information about recent literary award winners.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Books for young children, older children, and young adults. One book is a talking eBook and others are illustrated or animated.
http://www.magickeys.com/books/
Literature classics are offered online form Aesop to Voltarie.
http://www.literature.org/authors/
This lesson plan has students learn about ancient civilizations by taking part in an Internet scavenger hunt. This lesson plan offers questions to challenge students on many different levels.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19990218thursday.html
A collection of educational units. Dositey.com is intended to provide a much-needed boost to teachers looking to enhance their classroom curricula, as well as to provide teachers with innovative homework assignments. Each module is designed to be instructional, fun, and easy to use. Lessons are interactive and utilize visual presentation of a single topic to enhance the learning experience. For example, addition problems in math are displayed both with and without regrouping. Site has printable worksheets in addition to interactive activities.
http://www.dositey.com