Howard University
Howard University: Sterling A. Brown, a Literary Tribute
This tribute article discusses the author as a professor, critic and Poet Laureate.
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The University of Southern Mississippi: Tatum Family Business Records Digital
This collection contains a selection of materials from the Tatum Family Business Records. The Tatum family were prominent owners of businesses and land around Hattiesburg, Mississippi beginning in 1893 with the establishment of their...
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Sterling A. Brown (1901 1989)
Resource includes theme, perspective, form, style and audience of this famous Harlem Renaissance author's work.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Langston Hughes (1902 1967)
Excellent research site on Langston Hughes. Includes theme, perspective, form, style, audience, comparison and contrast of the famous Harlem Renaissance author's work.
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John Carrol University: Harlem Renaissance Multimedia Resource
This site about the Harlem Renaissance includes audio and video files. A great resource that discusses many aspects of the Harlem Renaissance including African American education, politics, literature, and philosophy.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
This useful resource offers a broad general background for using digital storytelling for a variety of educational purposes. Also included is information about studies on the effectiveness of digital storytelling as an educational tool.
Washington State University
Washington State University: William Dean Howells Society: The Rise of Silas Lapham
Read this entire novel here, and look at the illustrations that accompany it, including several portraits of William Dean Howells (1837-1920 CE).
Washington State University
Washington State University: William Dean Howells Society: The Day of Their Wedding
Full-text version of the novel, including links to illustrations. Reproduced from the 1895 edition.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Gwendolyn Brooks, Biography
Detailed account of the writer's life. Contains references to contemporaries, influences and motivations in her career.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Sensory Details
This site provides several sample sentences which show sensory details and aid students in writing specific rather than general sentences. It is a good site for someone preparing to write a descriptive essay. W.9-10.3d Precise/sensory...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Editing and Proofreading Strategies for Revision
This lesson contains strategies for proofreading your assignments. Use the links on the left for a step-by-step method for proofreading and editing for grammar and mechanics. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.5
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Cleveland State University: Introductions & Conclusions
Briefly explains how the introduction and the conclusion work together. Then gives bulleted lists dealing with the introduction and conclusion separately. The conclusion list explains how to make a conclusion go beyond a mere summary...
Colorado State University
Colorado State University: How Thesis Is Related to Purpose
This table shows the progression from topic to purpose to thesis, as well as explaining the role of the thesis statement. Use the links on the right to get to the specific information you are interested in including forms to fit purpose...
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: How to Write a Review of Literature
This site explores the writing of an analytical essay in terms of a review of literature. The site provides guidelines for students to follow when writing the introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. It also offers links to useful...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: w.c.t.u. Mother Goose by Millie Andrews Bell
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book W.C.T.U. Mother Goose by Millie Andrews Bell (c1885), a collection of illustrated nursery rhymes.
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14th Anual Literary Festival: w.p. Kinsella
Old Dominion University's 14th Annual Literary Festival site offers a biography on Kinsella and his works.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary Libraries: w.o. Mitchell
Special collection of materials and photographs about W. O. Mitchell.
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Stanford University Press:institutionalization of Science in Europe,1650 to 1850
A description of chapter 3 from a book titled Economic Evolution and Revolution in Historical Time by Paul W. Rhode, Joshua L. Rosenbloom, and David F. Weiman. The chapter looks at how the Second Industrial Revolution gave rise to...
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State University: Environmental Movement
Discover background details about the history of the social movement dealing with environmentalism. Lists key environmental legislation from 1963-1980.
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Madison: Writing Center: Peer Reviews
Bulleted guidelines for conducting a peer review on a draft. Emphasizes knowing the intent of the writer, controlling the content of the review, and maintaining a polite, helpful tone.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: The Writing Center: Conclusions
Offers strategies for writing conclusions, things to avoid, and examples of effective conclusions.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Toefl Practice Site: Coherence and Unity
This site discusses coherence achieved through major and minor connector transitions. Examples are given, and there is a link to an exercise meant for the particular class this site was designed for, still useful practice for anyone....
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Interference of Sound
Information about the interference of sound and its causes. Well-illustrated and good explanations of the concepts; part of a large hyper-textbook on various physics concepts.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Diffraction of Sound
This site's entry is a discussion of diffraction and its application to acoustics and acoustical design. Exceptional illustrations and great discussion throughout.