Students read an excerpt from Colson Whitehead's The Intuitionist. In this author analysis lesson, students read about poet and author Colson Whitehead. Students analyze a poem and a piece of fiction of Whitehead's.

In this English worksheet, students read "We Spend Half Our Time Daydreaming," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

In this English activity, students read "Africa Gets First Elected Female President," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

In this English worksheet, students read "Google Delays Book Scanning," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health offers this valuable resource. The latest medical research is presented on topics including fiber, carbohydrates, fats, alcohol, healthy weight, and much more.

This resource presents information on the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. There are links to research, events, facilities, press releases, etc.

This site from Cyber Harvard Law offers summaries of three different Supreme Court cases which address the limits of free speech. Includes interactive opinion, multiple-choice questions. Links to the written opinions of the Court for...

Biography of Harvard scientific pioneer, Alice Hamilton, an industrial toxicologist and bacteriologist.

This fascinating book from the Harvard University Library lays out the instructions for examining immigrants who entered the United States by way of Ellis Island. The book was published in 1903 per the instructions of the Surgeon-General.

This site from Harvard University offers a rating system of diagnosing Parkinson's Disease. It also presents the Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) which measures mentation, behavior and mood, activities in daily life and...

Harvard historians have collected primary source documents and photographs to create a presentation which examines working women from 1870 to 1930. Modern students may be surprised to learn the extent to which women worked outside the...

First in a four-part series that taps the expertise of the Harvard community to examine the promise and potential pitfalls of the rising age of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and how to humanize it. Students are asked to...

This is the text and audio of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's commencement address at Harvard University on June 8, 1978.

Fascinating discussion of the history of business education at Harvard which began in 1937. Includes a compilation of materials to support this such as historic documents, photographs, publications, and oral history interviews.

This site contains general information about The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts. The site also gives a selection of links that tell more about the garden.

This 1998 Harvard Gazette article recounts Updike's Harvard years and his Harvard Arts Medal.

Describes the collection of 1.2m millimeter wavelength radio telescopes that are operated by the Millimeter Wavelength Group at Harvard Smithsonian. It details some history of radio astronomy and of the telescope itself, gives great...

This site is provided for by Harvard University. Young scholars follow a map on a scavenger hunt, create a map of their classroom and their town, learn how to read topographic maps, and discover latitude and longitude in these inquiry...

The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System Online is a collection of hundreds of interviews of Soviet Refugees in the years of the Cold War. The collection is comprehensive including aspects of all walks of life of these refugees...

Answers to the question what should we eat, based on a pyramid-shaped diagram recommended by the Harvard School of Public Health. With lots of background information on the similarly shaped U.S. Department of Agriculture food guide...

Stephen Jay Gould, "The bulldog of evolutionary biology," is honored here by Harvard University, where he spend his teaching and writing career. Mention of articles, books, and awards, plus quotes from colleagues, offer an engaging view...

Letter written by Rex F. Shier during the Spanish American War, a marine serving aboard the USS HARVARD, in which he writes about the crewmen concerning the shooting of several Spanish prisoners of war aboard the vessel.

On this Harvard Medical School site, an overview, details, and CAT Scan FAQs are also presented here.

Video of the commencement speech given by J.K. Rowling at Harvard University. [20:59] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.