In 2013, Florida turned 500 years old. Read about its discovery and early history.

This brief page about Nebraska poet Ted Kooser includes a photograph and biographical information.

This interactive helps children understand their emotions. Children are presented with scenarios (it's their birthday, their brother breaks a favorite toy, etc.) and asked to click on one of three icons that represent feeling happy, sad,...

Find close readings, critical interpretations, and personal responses to the works of key 20th-century playwrights and practitioners, including Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Shelagh Delaney, and Timberlake Wertenbaker.

The architect Walter Gropius is renowned as the Father of Bauhaus. Learn about Gropius and the "School of Building" he created. There are photos of some of the buildings he designed, as well as other information about the Bauhaus...