A brief note about the English lyric poetry prior to Chaucer and how it relates to Chaucer's "tales." Links provided to related topics.

The text of a 1374 lease document that sheds light on the legal affairs of Geoffrey Chaucer and the real world of The Canterbury Tales.

Read about the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, and what led up to the enactment of that law.

This timeline compiles an enormous amount of historical information from the field of optics. From 300 BCE to the present, strategic experiments, findings, and theories are described.

List of "Contributions for Ransoms Made by the King," which includes Chaucer's name and price (following his capture in France).

Bowl stadium, model for Rose Bowl and others. Home of the Bulldogs and The Game.

These hands-on activities are are a great way for students to gain perspective on the relative sizes and distances of each planet, the relationship between the sun and Earth, and much more.

In this online textbook produced by the Smithsonian, students explore the phases of the moon, the moon's orbit, the origin of the moon, and the tides. Includes numerous inquiry-based activities.

An image of Alexis de Tocqueville.

An image of Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt.