Teachers looking to enhance their lessons on Ancient Rome, peruse through the reading ideas and study guides offered through MIT.

This brief article from MIT Invention Dimension on George Washington Carver (1865-1943 CE) provides an overview of his education and his inventions, which influenced the world of agriculture.

A biography of George Eastman, who revolutionized photography with his innovations in film and photograph development. From the MIT School of Engineering.

Read about Jonas Salk and the development of the polio vaccine. This article from the MIT Invention Dimension includes several links to further information on the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the Salk Institute for...

This site provides information on Colin S. Twitchell, inventor of the multi-terrain wheelchair. Learn what inspired Twitchell and about his career at MIT.

This article is part of The EdSurge Podcast. Today, there are plenty of middle and high school students who have developed solutions to major economic and social challenges, ranging from health care and transportation to agriculture and...

This is the companion site for the popular cartoon, Die Sendung mit der Maus, which has been airing in Germany since 1972. It tells the stories of Mouse, Elephant and Goose. Contains stories, cartoons, games and e-cards. There are...

All course materials, readings, etc. for an undergraduate MIT course taught in 2004.

An MIT mathematics teacher presents a module on a particular effect of frequency called the stroboscopic effect. Students will learn about low and high frequency phenomena, the stroboscope, and real-life examples of the stroboscopic....

An MIT engineering professor offers a fun presentation on simple machines, specifically the geometry involved in building them. Young scholars will learn about kinematics ("geometry in motion") and build their own simple machines with a...

MIT's Internet Classics Archive offers an on-line English translation of Lao-tzu's most famous work: Tao-te. The Tao-te is the basis of Taoist philosophy.

MIT's Internet Classics Archive offers the complete and translated text of Fabius by Plutarch.

MIT's Internet Classics Archive offers the text of Romulus by Plutarch. Includes commentary and reader recommendations.

MIT's Internet Classics Archive offers a complete text of The Choephori, or The Libation Bearers, by Aeschylus. This is the second play in the Oresteia trilogy.

MIT's Internet Classics Archive offers a complete text of "The Eumenides" or "The Furies" by Aeschylus. This is the final play in the Oresteia trilogy.

MIT offers an online version of the classical play "Medea" by the Greek playwright Euripides.

MIT offers an exhaustive collection of materials covering Latin American culture and politics from 1808 through the present and is accompanied with homework/exam possibilities. Issues covered in lecture notes and readings include Latin...

MIT provides and extensive list of reading and viewing materials in regard to the migration within the United States. Lecture notes and possible assignments included.

An intermediate level course in microeconomics from MIT. Includes suggested readings, lecture notes, assignments, and exams.

An introductory course in labor economics from MIT. Emphasizes applied microeconomics and empirical analysis. Includes suggested readings, assignments, and exams.

Find a selection of readings to enhance teaching humanism and the Italian Renaissance and follow up with some of the questions available through MIT.

This MIT course is an introduction to Java programming and software engineering. The focus is on developing high quality software that solves real problems.

A course from MIT on the role of government in markets. Includes suggested readings, lecture notes, assignments and exams.

Webpage for MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The site includes links to academics, research, people, and news.