A number of women played significant roles in the history of aviation and flight during the 20th century. Meet them in this photo gallery and learn about their achievements.

Looking for a study on the bravery of women? Risking being caught as a spy, Laura Secord made a perilous 19 mile trek to warn Lieutenant FitzGibbon of an impending attack by the Americans. Through a short video, Secord is remembered as a...

A learning module that begins with "Teaching Shakespeare in a Maximum Secruity Prison" by Michel Martin, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Laura E. Richards' book titled Captain January. This book was originally published in 1891; years later, the book was turned into a movie that featured...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Outdoor Girls in Army Service, a book from the early 1900's series, "The Outdoor Girls." This series was written by the author who went by the pseudonym...

This humorous essay arms you against a host of "conversation terrorist" techniques. Learn to interpret phrases that are meant to keep you quiet, change the subject, or throw you off track in your conversation. SL.9-10.3 Eval...

A list of the past winners of this prestigious award in children's literature. Given every two years, this award is presented for a body of work, not simply one book itself.

A brief biography of Laura Goodman Salverson, the "first novelist to explore the immigrant experience in the West." Read about her first Canadian novel, "The Viking Heart," as well as her latter novels and autobiography.

Contains plans for two lessons about circular stories like those of Laura Joffe Numeroff, who is known for the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." Students read stories with circular plots as models before composing their own. In...

Students differentiate between weathering, erosion, and deposition in this lesson plan for students grades 4-6.

Use this resource to learn about why Laura Ingalls Wilder is a writer hero and learn about her life as pioneer girl in the late 1800s.

From the very beginning and through the twentieth century, this comprehensive collection of lessons will enrich students studying the history in between and the effects on South Dakota.

This site features three novels and uses them to show middle schoolers that reading can be fun and useful. Students and teachers will benefit from this informative resource.

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Laura Wheeler Waring in addition to an extensive listing of her works as displayed at the museum.

A site by Peter Palmquist on Women photographers and the American Indian. There are biographies and images from thirteen women who were active during the latter part of the 19th century.

This ebook version of Laura Lee Hope's The Story Of A Nodding Donkey has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.

This ebook version of Laura Lee Hope's The Story Of A Plush Bear has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.

This is the text of the short story "Blue Egyptians" by Laura E. Richards, the story of two women who work in a rag shop, what they find, and what it brings to each.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book In My Nursery by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1890), a collection of nursery rhymes.

Follow the Bobbsey twins solve another mystery in "The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City" by Laura Lee Hope, which is more than likely a pseudonym.

Follow the Bobbsey twins as they solve another mystery in "The Bobbsey Twins in the Country" by Laura Lee Hope, which is more than likely a pseudonym.

Follow the Bobbsey twins as they solve another mystery in "The Bobbsey Twins in the Country" by Laura Lee Hope, which is more than likely a pseudonym.

Follow the Bobbsey twins as they solve another mystery in "The Bobbsey Twins in the Country" by Laura Lee Hope, which is more than likely a pseudonym.

This WebQuest (internet based project) asks students to "Persuade people that they should build a museum about Laura Ingalls Wilder in 'your state.'"