This site is a story maker; students choose from three types of stories: fairy tale, horror story, or science fiction. They follow the directions choosing from pictures and typing in words. Then the complete story is finished and they...

An introductory overview of Canadians and their participating role in World War One.

Unbelievable BBC report detailing the conditions inside the New Orleans Superdome, which was used as an evacuation shelter during Hurricane Katrina. Report is from September, 2005.

A brief biography of Boyle, focused on his scientific achievements.

Horrific photographs (some computer enhanced) of walls in Moche Temple of the Moon reveal striking similarities to dismembered skeletal remains found nearby. Check link to Gallery to find nine photographs. Video discussion of why humans...

Do you like to watch outdated science fiction and cheesy horror movies? Many fictional tales of cloned organisms have been created based upon the scientific method for cloning animals or plants. In the real world, the cloning of plants...

This chapter from a book about East St. Louis relates the horror of the East St. Louis Massacre where maurading whites fired on African Americans and torched their homes. Read about the aftermath of the massacre and what happened to...

Dan Pagis experienced the horrors of the Holocaust as a young child and only addresses the trauma he experienced through poetry. In the poem "Written in Pencil in a Sealed Freightcar" he uses Genesis and the murder of Abel by Cain as a...

Need help explaining the horrors of the Holocaust? Use these recommended short stories that were written by Jewish and non-Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. Each short story has a short biography of the author, summary of the story, and...

How do your faith and spirit survive in times of great suffering? The Jewish people were faced with this challenge in the ghettos during the Holocaust. Despite the horror surrounding them, they preserved strong religious beliefs and...

The Eichmann Trial was the first time the world at-large heard copious amounts of evidence of the horrors that happened during the Holocaust. The prosecution used 100 witness and over 1600 documents to convict Adolf Eichmann. Watch video...

Even in the midst of the horror of the Holocaust, the Jewish people kept their religious traditions. "Walk" through this online exhibit and view how they celebrated Hanukkah before, during, and after the Holocaust.

Even in the midst of the horror of the Holocaust, the Jewish people kept their religious traditions. "Walk" through this online exhibit and view how they celebrated the New Year before, during, and after the Holocaust. View artifacts...

You can feel the horror of the extermination camps during the Holocaust through the art of Tolkatchev. Tolkatchev was an official artist of the Red Army and saw first-hand the suffering in the concentration camps. View his artwork and...

The horrors of the extermination camps during the Holocaust are hard to wrap your mind around. The systematic killing of a group of people by gas or hard labor was part of Hitler's final solution. Read background information on these...

How much did they know and when did they know it? Examine the response of the Allied powers to intelligence showing the mass extermination of Jews. Read background information and view primary sources showing that the Allies knew the...

Even in the midst of the horror of the Holocaust, the Jewish people kept their religious traditions. "Walk" through this online exhibit and view how they celebrated Passover before, during, and after the Holocaust.

Excerpts from the writings of Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, and Jacob Riis on early industrial America. Topics include the horrors that went into the making of sausages, the problem of transportation and the Standard Oil Company, and life...

Teaching about the horrors that occurred at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp can be tough. This resource walks you through a activity that includes background information, discussion questions, and primary sources. Students will...

Photographs are an excellent way to teach about the horrors of the Holocaust. Using the information on this site, teachers can effectively plan lessons around historic photographs. Included is a video on how to teach using photos from...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Read a summary of Bartolome de Las Casas' views about the horrors of Spanish encomienda system and his arguments for proper treatment of Native Americans. Find a link to a translation of his book where...

Describes life and death at S-21, one of the most infamous Khmer Rouge interrogation centers.

Here, read about the life and career of Edgar Allan Poe(January 19, 1809-October 7, 1849) and learn about the significance of his works. Click on a section of the "Table of Contents" to be taken to a specific part of the article and...

This resource is a reader's theater script adaptation of Alvin Swartz "Someone Named Eva" from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Five character roles are needed in this activity.