This activity encourages students to explore the real-life context of Oliver Twist, using a range of sources to find information about crime in 19th-century London. Students will work in groups to discover: the types of crimes that...

Resource provides the e-text of the Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick (1591-1674) published in the 19th century with an introduction by the editor Francis Turner Palgrave (1824-1897).

Dorothea Dix was an early 19th century activist who drastically changed the medical field during her lifetime.

Discover biographical details about famed author Louisa May Alcott who created colorful relatable characters in 19th-century novels.

In this activity, students will consider the economic and political context that informs Charles Dickens's famous novella, A Christmas Carol.

Brief biography of Texas historical writer includes helpful information regarding Texas history of the 19th century.

Learn about the inventor of the mechanical reaper that revolutionized American and world agriculture in the 19th century.

Find out more about eighteenth-century literature through this comprehensive chronology. This site is set up to take you from 1660 through to 1800.

This provides the complete online text of Fyodor Dostoevsky's famous novel, Crime and Punishment. The entire novel is presented on a single page, making it available for text and quote searching, as well as easily printable.

Photographs of Native Americans and an essay that notes just how assimilated Native Americans had become in Christian America.

The town of Pulaski, Wisconsin claims to have more musicians per capita than anywhere in the U.S. Learn about Pulaski, a town that thrives on polka music in this video segment from EGG: the arts show.

PBS Senior Producer Jeffrey Brown 1998 interview with Earl Powell III, Director, National Gallery of Art, John Leighton, Director, Van Gogh Museum, Richard Schickel, Time Magazine and others. Brown discusses the artist's intent as...

A short biography of Eugene Delacroix. Includes specific notes for many of his works, including "Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi", though there is no reproduction of the painting.

A learning module that begins with the poem "Learning to Read" by Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...

History for Kids reference page provides an outline of the leadership and history of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce tribe as they were forced from their land in the late 19th Century.