BBC
Bbc: News: Country Profile: France
BBC News features a general summary of the European country of France. Focus is on history, current information, country facts, political leaders, and news media. Provides links to a timeline of key events, recent news articles, videos,...
BBC
Bbc News: Country Profile: Slovenia
BBC News features a general summary of Slovenia, a member of the European Union. Focus is on history, current information, country facts, leaders, and media. Provides links to a timeline of key events, related internet sources, and...
BBC
Bbc News: The Key Findings of the 9/11 Report
A nice summary of the final report of the 9/11 Commission broken down by failures in the intelligence community, missed chances to stop the attacks and more. The article is dated July 23, 2004.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about V.S. Naipaul, the man who won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature. His life and works are discussed in this detailed website,providing video, original texts and speeches and...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Sixth Amendment
Full text and detailed summary of the 6th Amendment to the Constitution. Site includes links to related resources including videos, timeline, and news articles.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: First Amendment
Annenberg Classroom summary and text of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution. Links to relevant news articles, video, and timeline.
New York Times
New York Times: Ukraine
[Free Registration/Login Required] Coverage on current events in Ukraine in the form of articles listed newest first. Site also provides a brief summary of the recent history of the Country.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Nonfiction and Research: Nonfiction Reading
This lesson focuses on students reading nonfiction works including excerpts from: Night by Elie Wiesel, Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, and Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Dr. Martin...
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Week of 12 30 13: The Year in Pictures
This article offers a review of the big events of 2013 in pictures.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Seventh Amendment
Text and summary of the 7th Amendment to the Constitution. From Annenberg Classroom with links to related materials including videos, timeline and news article.
Other
Arts Journal: Visual Arts Page
The ArtsJournal website provides a daily summary of arts and cultural journalism from the English-language press around the world, with links to complete articles for further reading. The visual arts page collects links on a wide range...
Other
History Net: Civil War
This resource presents a summary of the American Civil War, including various battles and milestones.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1973: Patrick White
Read about the 1973 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Patrick White. This website is organized into the following sections: "Press Release," "Presentation Speech," "Autobiography," "Swedish Nobel Stamps," "Article," and "Other...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1948: Thomas Stearns Eliot
This Nobel Prize site provides hyperlinks (on the far right) to the press release announcing the award to T.S. Eliot (1888-1965 CE), a short biography of his life, the introduction of Eliot to the Academy, and Eliot's acceptance speech....
Other
Advanced Studio Classroom
English language learning site for Chinese speakers -- online companion site to a magazine by the same name. Provides summaries and downloadable copies of some of the articles that appear in the printed magazine, along with access to...
Curated OER
Map of France
BBC News features a general summary of the European country of France. Focus is on history, current information, country facts, political leaders, and news media. Provides links to a timeline of key events, recent news articles, videos,...
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Flag of France
BBC News features a general summary of the European country of France. Focus is on history, current information, country facts, political leaders, and news media. Provides links to a timeline of key events, recent news articles, videos,...
Curated OER
Map of Slovenia
BBC News features a general summary of Slovenia, a member of the European Union. Focus is on history, current information, country facts, leaders, and media. Provides links to a timeline of key events, related internet sources, and...
Curated OER
Flag of Slovenia
BBC News features a general summary of Slovenia, a member of the European Union. Focus is on history, current information, country facts, leaders, and media. Provides links to a timeline of key events, related internet sources, and...