A descriptive site about the term Byronic Hero as used by Lord Byron in "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage". With background information about the origin of this idealized yet flawed hero.

A unique biography of Harold "Red" Grange brought to you by ESPN.

Read part three, chapters one and two from The Joy Luck Club to explore the characters Harold, Lena and Rich.

This biography highlights how musician Harry Belafonte played a part in the Civil Rights Movement.

Prairie School home designed by Louis H. Sullivan.

Comprehensive site about Crockett Johnson, author of the "Harold and the Purple Crayon" books, by a professor at Kansas State University.

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Jackie shows Buzz, Delete and Harold how to deal out rounds (or sets) of objects to solve a problem.

An interesting interactive slide show about perspective, including the horizon line and vanishing points.

An image of "Canal Bridge, Flekkefjord", created by Harold Gilman in 1912 (Oil on canvas, 46 x 61 cm).

A photograph of Harold "Red" Grange.

British Broadcasting Corporation gives the history of the Labour Party in Great Britain. Includes audio clips from BBC broadcasts.

This lesson on Romantic Poetry focuses on the second generation poet Lord Byron (George Gordon). It features links to his biography, and two of his poems both offered in both text and audio forms: "She Walks in Beauty" and "Don Juan...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a lesson from the Royal Shakespeare Company which includes the social and historical background of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, several activities including the use of poems and paintings, and a...

The BBC provides the background and key events of the Norman Conquest. Other features include The Bayeux Tapestry, the Conquest and its Aftermath, War and Technology and The Battle of Hastings game. Archived.

RNA is now considered to be the first molecule that could transmit information. This article looks at the scientists and experiments that developed this idea. Article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and...

This resource provides information about abstract expressionism, its leading practitioners (especially Pollock and de Kooning), and its place in American art during the period from 1940-76.

Read about the greatest romantic comedy films in movie history as selected by leaders in the creative community.

Discover how 20th-century literature explored, questioned, and exploded traditional ideas of gender roles and sexuality.

Examine how writers have explored identity - through the prisms of ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality - in the modern world.

The Harold B. Lee Library provides a biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who ruled Germany during World War I.

Excerpt from the book Asiago by Francis Mackay describes the evening of the Battle of Asiago which led to the death of Captain Edward Harold Brittain.

In this video lesson, Sir Harold Evans describes the remarkable story of Martha Matilda Harper, a beauty salon owner who invented franchising, one of the most successful business models today. [5:49]

"New Leadership" is Harold Washington's Acceptance Speech as Mayor of Chicago on April 12, 1983. It is followed by an assignment which requires students to provide evidence from the text; it includes comparing Washington's election as...

Few great books like the Decameron have shaped our very notion of storytelling and its crucial role in the negotiation and production of shared social and cultural values. In its hundred stories, shared in ten days by ten young people...