This review discusses Looking Back, a memoir written by Lois Lowry. The song "Photograph", performed by Nickelback, and "In Color" by Jamey Johnson, are suggested as sources to assist with extending the students' understanding of memoir....

A short history of the British settlement of Alberta. Includes several audio and text vignettes of places in Alberta related to the British settlement.

Online companion to a PBS documentary that tells the story of America during the 1960s includes a timeline of newsworthy events from the decade and a series of thematic vignettes that addresses the war in Vietnam, sixties pop culture,...

Lakewood Public Library presents "Living vignettes of notable women from U.S. history," including this biographical sketch of Olympic champion Wilma Rudolph. Features include a list of awards and links to other resources for further...

Told through a series of vignettes, Esperanza Cordero narrates her life growing up as a Latina girl in a Chicago neighborhood, and her desire to grow up and leave. Selected (8) reading passages (grades 5-8) to pair with "The House on...

The fragments from the wall painting in the tomb-chapel of Nebamun are keenly observed vignettes of Nebamun and his family enjoying both work and play. Some concern the provision of the funerary cult that was celebrated in the...

This is a complete online study guide/notes for the book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

Explore the Mexican-American culture by reading "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros. This novella is made up entirely of vignettes about teenage Latina, Esperanza Cordero, who struggles with her life in a Chicano and Puerto...

The sarcophagus of Sennedjem is decorated with vignettes from the Book of the Dead and bordered with texts arranged in panels. There are also portrayals of several deities.

A discussion of the railroad strike of 1877 as it affected particularly Illinois. Read about how the strikes were put down violently and who was blamed for the work stoppages.