Curated OER
Kids Health: La Muerte Y El Duelo
This article explains the grief process that people go through when there is a death of a loved one. It also shows how to cope with it and also contains links to similar sites.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: The Blue Bowl
This poem expresses the grief surrounding the burial of the poet's cat.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: One Morning
This two-stanza poem uses strong sensory imagery to describe upsetting discoveries one morning.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: The Green One Over There
This non-prose piece shares a story of jealousy and the tragic illness that occurred in its midst.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: Dust Is the Only Secret
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Dust Is the Only Secret--", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Bobby Allen and can access a printable version of this piece.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Felt a Funeral, in my Brain", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Gary Bodwin and can access a printable version of this piece.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: I Shall Know Why When Time Is Over
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "I Shall Know Why -- When Time Is Over --", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Mark Eckardt and can access a printable version of this piece.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: If I Shouldn't Be Alive
A poem from Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "If I Shouldn't Be Alive", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Mark Eckardt and can access a printable version of this piece.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: Rehearsal to Ourselves
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Rehearsal to Ourselves", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Gary Bodwin and can access a printable version of this piece.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: M. Stephen Heilman
Read about Stephen Heilman, co-inventor of the automatic implantable defibrillator, "a device that detects and corrects heart arrhythmias in patients who would otherwise die from sudden cardiac death."
Curated OER
Kids Health: Sweet Memories of a Grandfather: Carly's Story
Carly found a sweet way to remember her grandfather, who died from cancer. Read the article and watch the slideshow to see what Carly and her sister did.
Other
Russian Revolution Dates
This site is a good site on the Russian Revolution. Scroll to end and note Lenin's death and the resulting triumvirate of Stalin, Kamenev and Zinoviev.
Curated OER
Bbc: South Africa's Nelson Mandela Dies in Johannesburg
Obituary for Nelson Mandela, who died on December 5, 2013. Page includes overview of Mandela's remarkable life and timeline of his political activities which led South Africa out of apartheid. Mandela's legacy and public reaction to his...
Curated OER
Bbc: South Africa's Nelson Mandela Dies in Johannesburg
Obituary for Nelson Mandela, who died on December 5, 2013. Page includes overview of Mandela's remarkable life and timeline of his political activities which led South Africa out of apartheid. Mandela's legacy and public reaction to his...
Curated OER
(Die Barricade an Der Kronen Friederichstra
This site starts with the death of king Friedrich Wilhelm III. in 1840. It explains what led to the revolutionary situation and describes the Revolution in 4 phases.
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Memories of Mandela
Learn about the life and passing of 95-year-old political leader and civil rights activist Nelson Mandela.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Immortality
A poem about the topic of "immortality", as in the story of Sleeping Beauty, is shared within two stanzas.
CNN
Cnn: Former Russian Leader Yeltsin Dead
Relays the story of the death of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin who at age 76 died from heart failure on 4/23/07. Discusses highlights of his years as President and links to many other articles relating to him.
Other
Gettysburg College: Civil War Institute: Killed at Gettysburg
Read in-depth accounts of the lives of the soldiers who died in the Battle of Gettysburg. Each story looks at the soldier's community and home life at the beginning of the war, his wartime experiences, and the impact his death had on...
University of Utah
University of Utah: Aspire: Life Cycle of a Star
Experience this impressive interactive website about the life cycle of a star.
Other
Women's International Center: Elisabeth Kubler Ross: Teacher of Life
A brief biography of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and her major accomplishments.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Boring Story" by Anton Chekhov
This is the text of the novella "A Boring Story" by Anton Chekhov (also known as "A Dreary Story"). It is narrated by a dying professor of medicine charting his own decline as he approaches death.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Egyptian Book of the Dead: A Guidebook for the Underworld
Ancient Egyptians believed that in order to become immortal after death, a spirit must first pass through the underworld. Tejal Gala describes an Egyptian "Book of the Dead" a customized magic scroll written by the living to promote a...
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War of 1812: Shawnee Chief Tecumseh
This web page is interesting because of the links on the page, as well as the biographical information on the Shawnee leader Chief Tecumseh. The link to the Battle of the Thames, the conflict where Tecumseh died, and a sculpture of his...
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