American Movie Classics Company
The Film Site: How Green Was My Valley
This resource provides an overview of a John Ford masterpiece. Text summary, poster, links, and cast information are included. Made in 1941.
Other
The National Soccer Hall of Fame: Hall of Fame Players
Find your favorite Hall of Famer in this extensive list. A brief biography is included for each player.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Sidney Poitier
A biography of actor Sidney Poitier. After a very humble beginning in life, Poitier struggled for years to overcome his lack of education and to break through racial barriers, eventually receiving recognition for his acting abilities. He...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Sir Peter Jackson
A biography of movie director Peter Jackson, winner of several Oscars for his film trilogy, Lord of the Rings. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.
BBC
Bbc News: Peru's Shining Path: Who Are They?
BBC profile on the terrorist group in Latin America, Shining Path. Includes collection of related articles and images. (15 July 1999)
Other
Sweatt v. Painter Archive
This site has just about everything one might want to know in an investigation of the important Supreme Court decision in Sweatt vs. Painter.
Other
German Culture: Famous Germans
Brief biographical profiles of famous Germans recognized worldwide in the arts, military, movies, politics, sciences, and sports.
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Summer Olympics
Using examples of athletes and sports involved in the 2012 Summer Olympics, these 9 videos demonstrate aspects of sports which are influenced by engineering and technology.
Sesame Street
Sesame Street: Games
Help the Sesame Street characters while completing various early learning tasks. Students will develop language, reasoning skills, and independence as they play the games provided.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Portraits of Texas Governors
Explore the lives of Texas' governors. This site organizes the governors into six eras: Early Statehood (1846-1861); War, Ruin, and Reconstruction (1861-1874); The Wild West (1874-1887); Texas Rising (1887-1915); The Politics of...
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "Charmides and Other Poems"
This site provides the complete etext for Oscar Wilde's collected work of poetry "Charmides and Other Poems."
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Modern British Poetry: Biographical Sketches
This site offers brief biographies of many British poets of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These include Oscar Wilde, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, A. E. Housman, and many more.
Ireland Information
Irish Literature
Eight complete works of Irish literature by 8 different writers are presented free. The writers are Wilde, Shaw, Synge, Stoker, Plunkett, Behan, O'Connor, O'Flaherty, and Friel.
Other
Lost City De Mille: Cecil B. De Mille
A biography of the life, driving factors, and successes of the creator of "The Ten Commandments" and many other famous movies.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Benjamin Button Got His Face
Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create the older versions of Brad Pitt's face for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." [18:04]
Curated OER
Univ. Of Wisconsin: Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame: Oscar Gustave Mayer
Oscar Gustave Mayer was the thiird Oscar Mayer in the family that owned the famous Oscar Mayer & Co. meat company. He revolutionized the meat industry with his innovations in how meat was packaged and sold.
Curated OER
Oscar Peterson
This site is devoted to the life of Oscar Peterson, Canada's best known jazz pianist. You will find detailed information about his life and accomplishments, music samples, photos and articles. The site developed out of an exhibition at...
Curated OER
Oscar Ramirez Durand
BBC profile on the terrorist group in Latin America, Shining Path. Includes collection of related articles and images.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Oscar Stanton De Priest House
Home of the first post-Reconstruction African-American US congressman.
PE Central
Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Oscar's Garbage Can
Students practice their throwing skills as they toss "Trash," (foam balls, yarn balls) into "Oscar's Garbage Can." This lesson includes suggestions for varying the activity and making sure it is safe.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, Drama
Site has over 60 links to authors, periodicals, literary background, theater and Irish science fiction.
Other
Cecil B. De Mille Foundation: Official Website Dedicated to Cecil B. Demille
Contains biography, filmography, and a photo gallery of this infamous movie director.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: A Life Inside Big Bird
Complete with audio and video links, this NPR web page tells the story of the puppeteer who is the voice and movement of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney. Includes excerpts from Spinney's autobiography. This site has lots of...
BBC
Bbc: Establishing Guatemalan Democracy
An article that describes the recent efforts to maintain a democratic system in Guatemala which has been subject to a civil war for many years.