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Virginia Tech: Betsy Byars: Techniques and Themes
Teachers with classes reading the works of Betsy Byars will find information on this prolific author's craft.
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Virginia Tech Digital Library and Archive: Technology Education in Japan
This article tells about the education in Japan and especially the technology and vocational aspect. It tells of the need to improve this level of education in order to have a better workforce.
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Virginia Tech Digital Library: Military Intelligence in the Iliad
A scholarly article which examines the actual warfare that occurred in the Trojan War, the use of intelligence and gives a comparison between Books 10 and 24 of the Iliad.
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Virginia Tech: At Home With Multicultural Adolescent Literature
List of "Must read," multicultural literature for the adolescent reader. The books are categorized by the culture that they represent and by reading level. An excellent resource for teachers and students alike.
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Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary: Fermata
A definition of fermata with an example and pronunciation.
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Virginia Tech: Farm Tractor Logging for Woodlot Owners [Pdf]
This article provides information on logging with a farm tractor.
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International Archive of Women in Architecture
The IAWA was established in 1985 at Virginia Tech to document the history of women's involvement in architecture. Check out the Online Inventory and other links associated with this site.
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Virginia Tech: Digital Library: Alan Review: Duel at High Noon: Cormier's Works
This site provides full-text access to an article published in The ALAN Review, the journal of the Assembly of Literature for Adolescents, on the work, influences, and appeal of Robert Cormier.
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Virginia Tech: Digital Library: Female Victims in Lois Duncan's Novels
This site from the Digital Library and Archives contains a paper analyzing the female victims in Lois Duncan's books. The author finds Duncan does a good job of avoiding stereotypes in her portrayal of female protagonists.
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Virginia Tech Digital Library: Historical Paradigms in Demosthenes' Speeches
An interesting article on the subjects the famous Greek orator Demosthese discussed in his public speeches. For example, Demosthenes talked about King Philip in many of his political speeches.
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Mit: The Tech: A Clever Camera Helps Out Heavy Cinematic 'Woolf'
Maintained by "The Tech," (Massachusetts Institute of Technology's student newspaper), this website consists of Scott Deskin's essay on the Mike Nichols film version of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf." The article focuses...
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Virginia Tech: Charles Babbage
Learn about Charles Babbage; computer pioneer, philosopher, politician, newtonian, industrialist who lived from 1791 to 1871.
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Virginia Tech: Moist Temperate Coniferous Forest Biome
Complete description of coniferous forest with examples and photos. Animal, plant, and soil information.
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Virginia Tech Univ: The Forest Community
Describes the complexity of a forest ecosystem. Pine forest succession. Role of fungi in the forest. Photos, examples.
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Virginia Tech: Special Collections: American Civil War Manuscript Guides
A large repository of letters and diaries from both Union and Confederate soldiers, homefront letters, memoirs, and contemporary research files. Includes materials from the war years, 1861-1865, as well as materials from later periods...
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Virginia Tech U: Northern Coniferous Forest Biome
Description of northern coniferous forest, also known as the taiga or boreal forest. Photos and examples of boreal plants.
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Virginia Tech: Parentheses and Rules for Use
This resource contains five rules for correctly using parentheses and a section regarding capitalization within parentheses. Examples are included for each of the rules.
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Virginia Tech: Computer Citizenship
An in-depth article on Computer/Internet ethics. Includes personal property, copyright, plagiarism, respect, and protecting yourself and others. Also includes examples for class discussion questions.
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Virginia Tech Department of Music: Sonata Allegro Form
This site has a description of sonata allegro form. Included are many links to key words. The site also pronounces the words for you.
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Virginia Tech Univ: Temperate Deciduous Forest Biome
General description of the U.S. temperate deciduous forest with photos and long list of deciduous trees found in this biome.
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Virginia Tech: The Mexican American War and the Media, 1845 1848
A collection of newspaper articles, images, timelines, and bibliographies related to the Mexican-American War.
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Virginia Tech: Precision Without Accuracy in Crime Scenes
A police forensics scientist discusses how precision will muddy the true accuracy of a crime scene. Interesting stuff. A new real world look at precision and accuracy.
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Annenberg Classroom: Second Amendment
Check out this interactive timeline on the history of the second amendment.