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Calculus help.com: Tutorials for the Calculus Phobe
A dozen interactive tutorials are what help make the basics of calculus more clear for those students who need additional explanation. Clear directions, simple examples, and interesting graphics are all part of this resource.
A&E Television
History.com: How a Deadly Railroad Strike Led to the Labor Day Holiday
When the federal government was called in to suppress a railroad workers' strike, dozens were killed and politicians sought a way to show they still supported workers. July 1894, President Grover Cleveland finally signed into law...
Frontiers Media
Frontiers: Seeing With Your Ears: A Wondrous Journey Across the Senses
For dozens of years it has been believed that the brain is organized into "sensory areas": that is, that there is a "visual area," an "auditory area," and so forth, and that the visual area can only process visual information. It has...
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Art Teacher on the Net: Art of Many Lands
Dozens of resources for lessons and projects based on the art of various cultures. Included are ideas for Africa, France, America, Russia, India, and Australia.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Data Collecting in the Classroom
A list of two dozen questions students can easily ask eachother in the classroom to quickly collect data in hopes of using it in their study of making graphs. Some are opinion questions, while others require the counting of certain items...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Trial of the Nazi Saboteurs (1942)
The eight Germans who landed on beaches were all graduates of a training school for saboteurs. The idea for a sabotage effort in America developed in late 1941, soon after a German spy network in the United States imploded when one of...
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University of the Arts, London: Paintings at Universal Leonardo
Find a collection of 25 paintings by Renaissance-era master painters, including more than a dozen of Leonardo's most famous works. Paintings are accompanied by links to explanations of the artistic problems and puzzles that fascinated...
A&E Television
History.com: How Julius Caesar's Assassination Triggered the Fall of the Roman Republic
In the first weeks of 44 B.C., Caesar was proclaimed "dictator for life." His life, though, wouldn't last much longer. Fearful that the concentration of absolute power in a single man threatened the republic's democratic institutions,...
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Deadwood Dick Magazine: Deadwood Dicks by the Dozen
A brief history of the famous character, Deadwood Dick, and his evolution through the years.
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Kryss Tal: The English Language: Words Borrowed
An incredible comprehensive list of "borrowed words" in the English language, grouped by the languages from which the words are borrowed. Provides and describes dozens of languages and literally thousands of loan words. Highly recommended.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: The Bhagavad Gita
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Bhagavad Gita. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the Gita and find dozens of rich and varied...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Falasha
The Falasha are a northern Ethiopian highland population of Jewish belief. They are one of the dozens of small ethnic minorities in Ethiopia and have been recognized as a "nationality" in the Ethiopian constitution of 1986. More than...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Shirelles
One of the earliest girl vocal groups of the early Sixties, they had a dozen Top Forty hits including the first #1 single by a girl group. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The One Thousand Dozen" by Jack London
Text of the short story "The One Thousand Dozen" by Jack London. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Teachnology
Teachnology: Teacher Guide to the Alphabet
Lesson ideas and dozens of printable handouts for teaching the letters of the alphabet.
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The History of War: Battles, Sieges, and Treaties: World War 2 (1939 1945)
Find a chronological listing of the major battles of World War II and dozens of minor battles fought all over the world. The source for a preponderance of the references is Wikipedia.
Other
The Toymaker
Dozens of beautiful paperfolding toys for you and your students to try. Just print, cut, fold, and glue. Many would work well with class themes including animals, flowers, and holidays.
Other
Insight for the Day: George Bernard Shaw Quotes
A collection of dozens of thought-provoking quotations by the famous Irish author George Bernard Shaw.
Other
The Virtual Egyptian Museum
View dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts. Sift through the collection by type, period, God, or material.
Other
Military History Encyclopedia on the Web
Articles, pictures, maps, timelines and consolidated subject pages on the history of war and military engagements. Use any one of a dozen indexes to locate conflicts or battles of interest. Includes many useful extras, such as...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Archaeology: Clues From the Past
This resource is a place for learning all about archaeology - archaeological fieldwork, field journals, tools of the trade, and interesting archaeological sites and discoveries. Explore, ask questions, find information, and meet...
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The Mathematical Association of America: Career Profiles
Offers dozens of essays written by people who use math in their careers, providing practical answers to the question: 'Why should I study math?'."
Other
The Dirty Dozen Persistent Organic Pollutants
Use this site to learn about the effects of persistent organic pollutants on the ecology of Antarctic coastal waters. Information is presented for both teacher and student researcher.
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page
The Digital Library provides links to the complete texts of a dozen of George Eliot's works.