Become acquainted with the origins and meanings of foreign words and phrases frequently used in English texts.

This online exhibit from the Natural History Museum weaves together seven subtopics dealing with human origin and evolution. The topics range from Pildown man and ancient humans to modern humans and chimp research.

A resource rich is scientific research investigating the origins of matter. Find strategic locations of observatories, the scientists conducting the research, tools used to study the world, and how the ideas of one scientist might impact...

Choose the location on an interactive world map to locate where historical scientific events took place. Test your knowledge of various notable accomplishments and discoveries related to the origins of the universe and the Earth.

Complete learning module on the origins of World War I. Includes article with map, photos, primary source excerpts and questions for discussion as well as four common core activities, instructions and handouts for students and teachers....

Classic series of lectures presented by Sigmund Freud and first published in the "American Journal of Psychology" in 1910 entitled "The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis" with introduction and commentary by Dr. Raymond E. Fancher.

Pictorial essay explores the beginnings of the World Wide Web in Europe originating with the work of Henri La Fountaine and Paul Otlet in 1895.

Become acquainted with the origins and meanings of foreign words and phrases frequently used in English texts.

The complete original text of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Robinson Crusoe: Edited from Original Editions by J. W. Clark (1866), a children's classic novel.

Explore both the British and state influences on the U.S. Bill of Rights. Understand the origins of each amendment to the Constitution.

Article describing research done by scientists in their quest to understand the origins of life. Questions are posed throughout about the nature of scientific research.

Multimedia-rich guide for anyone making their way through a study of human origin. Find information and analysis about the fossil record, comparative anatomy, theories, and the cultural adaptations of humans and their ancestors. With an...

Explore life's evolutionary history on the planet through molecular illustrations and animations. Pictorial evidence is based on origin of life research and theory.

Use an interactive spreadsheet to investigate both the origins and the politics of the Bill of Rights. Peruse the proposals made by James Madison and which ones were adopted. Click on the color-coded documents to view them.

A photograph from the National Archives and Records Administration of part of the original Treaty of Paris with a brief narrative about the provisions of the Treaty.

Website for the 2007 exhibit The Herculaneum Women and the Origins of Archaeology at the Getty Museum. Describes how the discovery of three marble statues in Italy in the 1700s led to centuries of archaeological exploration in the area....

The free section of this site provides the meanings and origins of thousands of quotations, euphemisms, popular fallacies and misheard song lyrics. A British site, some of the expressions are not familiar to most Americans.

This resource provides information about the origin of the universe, the earth and the organisms that live here. You will also be challenged to identify the geographic areas where origins research is taking place.

In this seven-problem quiz/practice, students find the coordinates of a point after it has been rotated about the origin.

A general overview of the origin and characteristics of life.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the discovery of viruses and two hypotheses for the origin of viruses.

An activity for students to become familiar with stories of origin of the universe from different cultures.

In this seven-problem quiz/practice, students will be rotating a point not on an axis around the origin.