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National Library of Ireland: The 1916 Rising: Personalities and Perspectives
Online exhibition draws on the collections of the National Library of Ireland to tell the story of Easter week 1916, when seven Irishmen proclaimed themselves the provisional government of the Republic of Ireland and attempted to throw...
University of Manitoba
The Manitoba Library Association: Cm Magazine
CM Magazine is an electronic magazine that is published every two weeks. It offers reviews of children's books and profiles of Canadian children's authors.
University of Pennsylvania
Penn Library: Around the World in Seventy Two Days
The text to Nellie Bly's book "Around the World in Seventy-Two Days," is reproduced here as it was published in 1890 by The Pictorial Weeklies Company.
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Library of America: Story of the Week
Weekly posting of a work of fiction, poem, character sketch, or essay written by a notable American author. Readers can choose to subscribe to the weekly stories or look through and read stories from a list of previous postings.
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School Improvement Network: Strategy of the Week
Each week, a free video is posted here that demonstrates or explains some aspect of teaching, or of how to teach a topic. Access to the complete library of thousands of videos requires a paid subscription, but a 30-day trial is available.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Pleasure Book of the Year by George Routledge and Sons
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Pleasure Book of the Year by George Routledge and Sons [1870]. This is a collection of illustrated poetry representing each month of the year and activities for...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: As Months Go by by Annie Matheson
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's picture book As Months Go By by Annie Matheson (1888). It illustrates the months of the year and provides a poem for each.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Babes of the Year by Edith M. Thomas
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's picture book Babes of the Year by Edith M. Thomas. It features color illustrations of little girls and a poem for each month of the year.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Counselor Support Libraray
A selection of Louisiana-specific activities to facilitate throughout School Counseling Week.
Ohio University
Ohio.edu: Point of View and Narrative Voice
This is an article defining point of view, explaining the types of point of view, and discussing voice and tone. It was originally published at http://teenwriting.about.com/library/weekly/aa111102e.htm.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Darwin's Letters to Lyell
In this letter written to his friend and mentor Charles Lyell less than three weeks after the publication of "On the Origin of Species", Darwin describes the reaction of the great anatomist Richard Owen to his theory. From Charles...
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Story md.com: Back Pain
Back pain is one of the most common medical problems, affecting 8 out of 10 people at some point during their lives. Back pain can range from a dull, constant ache to a sudden, sharp pain. Acute back pain comes on suddenly and usually...
Columbia University
Ling Long Women's Magazine, Shanghai 1931 to 1937
Chinese social and cultural history will benefit greatly from the preservation of a nearly complete run (228 of 298 issues) of Ling Lung, a weekly Chinese women's magazine published in Shanghai from 1931 to 1937.
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Zvi Har El: Jules Vern Collection
This collection includes a biography, a complete bibliography, pictures of Jules Verne stamps, scholarly articles, a chronology and a Jules Verne virtual library.
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The History of the First Ten Newspapers in America
This site contains a brief history of the first ten newspapers printed in colonial America.
Cornell University
Cornell University: The Rush to Oklahoma
An observation printed in Harper's Weekly in 1889 about the Oklahoma land rush into the Indian Territory.
New York Times
New York Times: Cyber Law Journal
Cyber Law Journal, a weekly publication of the New York Times, reflects on the legal issues raised by the Internet.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of John Gay
This site contains links to selected poems by John Gay. Also included is some biography details about him.
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History Buff: Colonial America Newspapers and Transcripts
This site contains a brief history of newspapers in colonial America. Also provides links to the texts of the papers themselves, looking back at the actual words used in American Colonial newspapers.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Reading Buddies
Middle schoolers will increase reading and writing proficiency and heighten interest in reading through this Reading Buddy program. During this two-week unit each middle school student will use technology tools to create an original...
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Portland State Center for Geography Education in Oregon
The OGA offers information about its organization, members, meetings, and conferences, as well as available grants and lesson plans and learning activities for the classroom.
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About Fly Fishing: The Bait by John Donne Flyfishing and Romance
This resource provides the text to John Donne's poem "The Bait".
New York Times
New York Times: Cyber Times: Next Electronics Breakthrough: Power Packed Carbon Atoms
An excellent overview of the field of carbon nanotubes. Includes a summary of the discovery of fullerenes. Also, the potential use of nanotubes as semiconductors. From an article written in 1997.