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Redwall Abbey: Personal Website of Brian Jacques

For Students 9th - 10th
This link will lead you to the home page of Jacques' personal site. It contains links to every possible facet of the Redwall series.
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Welcome Aboard Theodore Taylor's Life and Times

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the official website of writer Theodore Taylor. Includes biographical information, a personal narrative about his childhood, a bibliography, and responses to several student questions.
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Christian Resource Institute: The Season of Epiphany

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very detailed description of Epiphany.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Grant of Tax Liberties to London

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents the original text of a negotiated system of taxation between the city of London and King Henry I.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Gm Hopkins

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides texts of 16 of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poems. Also included is some basic biography information.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Poetry of Edmund Spenser

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided by the University of Toronto. Index of poetry of Edmund Spenser, with links to each. Many poems include explanatory notes.
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Al Ahram Weekly: Chronology of First Arab Israeli War

For Students 9th - 10th
Al-Ahram Weekly, a publication based in Cairo, provides a timeline of events leading up to the formation of Israel and the First Arab-Israeli War. Includes pictures and a copy of the Balfour Declaration.
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National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland: Churchill

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource produced by the National Library of Scotland. It is dedicated to the life and work of Sir Winston Churchill. Students can study his life through narratives, pictures and primary documents. There are lesson activities geared to...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Poetry of Liberation

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit examines poetry of the postmodernism period, focusing on the Beat Movement, Black Arts Movement, feminism, and other related movements and periods in recent literary history. An extensive list of authors, time line, video, and...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Country Study: India

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive site from the Library of Congress that covers all kinds of topics about India. Includes a very detailed history of British India under "Company Rule, 1757-1857," "The British Raj, 1858-1947," and "Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-59."...
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TES Global

Tes: Twelfth Night (2009) Teacher Pack

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a lesson from the Royal Shakespeare Company which includes the social and historical background of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, several activities including the use of poems and paintings, and a...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Gustav Stresemann Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Gustav Stresemann, the German who shared the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize with Aristeide Briand. This biography includes a portrait as well as several resources in the "Selected Bibliography" for further reading and research.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Foundation offers information about Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965 CE) who earned the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending...
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BBC

Bbc History: British History: The Civil War in Barbados

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting and detailed look at how the Civil War in England affected the Caribbean island of Barbados. Find out how this small island influenced British navigation laws and why it was a place of political asylum during the...
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Bhagavadgita the Divine Teachings

For Students 9th - 10th
A page with links to information on the Bhagavad Gita. These links include a full translation, commentaries, a summary, and an essay outlining the seven main teachings of the book.
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Oliver Cromwell's Internet Portal

For Students 9th - 10th
An in depth look at the life of Oliver Cromwell. This site covers aspects of his life such as, the Politician, the soldier, his religious views, his antecedents, and his life in general. You will also find quotes by and about Cromwell.
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The Boer War

For Students 9th - 10th
A short summary of Australia's involvement in the Boer War in what is now South Africa.
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Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism: Historic Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is part of a much larger tourism website for Newfoundland and Labrador. It links to historic buildings, scenic locales, and to many museums and galleries.
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Emory University

Emory University Writing Center: The Salt March to Dandi

For Students 9th - 10th
Emory University offers an extensive discussion of the Salt tax of the British government, the march itself and the aftermath. Site includes pictures and a few links.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Exploring the Chesapeake: Then and Now

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides an interactive map that takes you to places on the Chesapeake Bay that John Smith explored and you find out the historical events that occurred. Pictures and drawings of time accompany the explanations.
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Commentary on Epistle to the Galatians

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides you with access to Martin Luther's "commentary" on the book of Galatians. Click on the specific blue topic to learn more.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1935 Presentation Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Physics Chairman made this speech when presenting the Prize to Chadwick. It clearly explains the importance and depth of Chadwick's work. Site by Nobel e-Museum.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: How to Read a Poem

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource aims to give A-level students a strategy and example for reading a poem. We asked a Cambridge student to read a poem as though they were going to write an essay on it, and to write down their thoughts as they went through...
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Agnes Scott College

Agnes Scott College: Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace

For Students 9th - 10th
Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace (1815-1852), was one of the most picturesque characters in computer history. The daughter of the poet Lord Byron, she was raised to be a mathematician and scientist and contributed to the work of Charles Babbage.

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