The WebMuseum offers a biography of Georges Seurat (1859-1891 CE), known for his creation of the Pointillism technique of 19th century neo-impressionist painting. Content includes numerous samples of his work, as well as full...

Learn about the culture, history, and ecology of the Chesapeake Bay estuary. Follow activities of the Bay through time to learn how it has been an important part of our country's past and present times. Also find out why it is important...

Explore key literary works of the early 20th- century with these articles.

Discover the ways in which writers captured the fast-changing world around them during the 20th Century.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Captain January by Laura E. Richards (1892), a novel about an orphaned girl who is raised by a kindly lighthouse keeper until the truant officer tries to take her away.

This essay examines public goods and their provision by the government. The argument uses lighthouses and warships from historical contexts as examples. For the advanced economics student.

Invented decades before it could be used, the first type of electric light was so brilliant it was used for lighthouses and street lamps.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A science text for Grade 1. Section titles include: Me and My Shadow, How Do I See, My Features Can Help Me, Signals Light and Sound, Sky Patterns, Telescopes, The...

This resource surveys the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World according to the ancient Greeks. Click the desired Wonder to read about it and view illustrations.

Site offers interdisciplinary lesson plans on Ancient Egypt.Students will thoroughly research many aspects of life in Ancient Egypt. Lessons will culminate with students presenting their research findings using, a T.V News Show format....

Site gives clues for students to figure out the Wonders. Choose the Wonder after the clues are given. Which of the Seven Wonders is the only one still standing today?

This is a timeline of Virginia Woolf's life beginning at her birth in 1882 and continuing through her life events and her writings until her death on April 18, 1941 by suicide.

This site provides excellent information regarding Delaware's history, geography, state parks, and historic sites. A fact sheet of information and a quiz are also available.

Who were the first settlers in New York? Where should you "stop and smell the lilacs?" Who was Solomon Northup? Aren't sure about the answers to these questions. Use this site to learn some interesting facts about the state of New York.

A description of the early lights used in lamphouses and how these lights evolved into what they are today. Explains the contributions of Fresnel to the development of these lights; discusses the Fresnel orders.

This site contains a list of Edward Hopper's landscape paintings. It includes pictures of the paintings.

Here is an interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Located on Thacher Island, this light station was established in 1771, and was the last founded in the colonia era. The two lighthouses were the first to mark a navigational hazard (Thacher Island); the current lighthouses were...

A map from the 1920 Automobile Club of Prescott, Ontario and Ogdensburg, New York, along St. Lawrence River. This map shows major streets, railroad stations, the lighthouse, International Border, and the ferry crossing across the St....

A detailed travel map of southeastern England from 1908, showing portions of East and West Suffolk, and Essex counties. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, coastal and terrain features of the area....

At 208 feet (63 m) tall, tallest lighthouse in the United States.

174 foot U.S. Coast Guard cutter; lighthouse tender; decommissioned.

Built in 1797, oldest lighthouse in New York and fourth-oldest in country.

An 1874 Victorian Gothic brick lighthouse.