Brighton High School Media Center
English Curriculum Related Links

These links are provided to support research projects in Brighton High School English classes.

 

Background Research for Freshman English Web Sites

To Kill A Mockingbird

The Death of Emmett Till http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/deathof.htmlThis site contains article excerpts, a picture, and the Bob Dylan song.

Brown versus the Board of Education   http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
Information from the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.  Search for civil rights AND Brown for primary source documents at this site.

The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development  http://www.rosaparks.org/bio.html 
The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development was co-founded in February 1987 by Mrs. Rosa Parks and Ms. Elaine Eason Steele, in honor of Raymond Parks.  There is a good biography and timeline at this site.

Scottsboro Boys on PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro
PBS created this web site to support its documentary.

Women in the South http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html
Actual letters and interviews from the African American Women On-line Archival Collections at Duke University.

Rosa Parks http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html
Parks appears in this collection of memorabilia from the Library of Congress American Memory Collection.

Women's History -- Rosa Parks http://womenshistory.about.com/?once=true&
This collection of links contains biographical sites and sites with quotes and videos.

National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/
The National Park Service maintains this web site with links to national monuments.  By selecting "search" you can search for the "Dred Scott Decision", "Brown v Board of Education", "Rosa Parks", "Montgomery Bus Boycott", "Jim Crow laws", etc.

James Meredith  http://www.npr.org/news/specials/olemiss/
National Public Radio presents “Ole Miss, 40 Years Later.

Birmingham Church Bombings http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/churches/archives1.htm
The report on the bombings from the archives of the Washington Post.

Harper Lee    http://www.chipublib.org/003cpl/onebook/leebio.html    
This site provides a biography of Harper Lee with other links, including a description of the historical context of the novel..

Unseen.  Unforgotten.   http://www.al.com/unseen/
This is an online newspaper from Alabama.  This section provides a look at the history of civil rights in Alabama.  It has particularly good pictures.

 

Romeo and Juliet and The Merchant of Venice

Origins of Tragedy and Comedy   http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/stdygde.htm
Included on this site is the text of The Classical Origins of Western Culture by Roger Dunkle, Brooklyn College.

Miracle or Morality Plays http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10557b.htm
This link is to the article on moralities in The Catholic Encyclopedia.

"Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet"http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
Included in this site are both well documented articles about Shakespeare and his times as well as links to other Shakespeare sites.

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust  http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/
The Trust was formed for the preservation of Shakespeare's home.  The Trust supports educational activities at all levels.

El Indio

An Ongoing Voyage http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
This is an informational site on an exhibit about Columbus' voyage by the Library of Congress.

Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/aztecs1.html
This account is from The Internet History Sourcebooks which are collections of public domain and copy permitted historical texts presented for educational use.

Diego Riverahttp://www.artchive.com/artchive/ftptoc/rivera_ext.html
The Art Archive is a gateway to web sites about artists.  This one links to images of Rivera's murals.
 

Of Mice and Men

National Steinbeck Center http://www.steinbeck.org/MainFrame.html
This not-for-profit organization provides a virtual tour of Steinbeck's works, world, and philosophy.

The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies  http://www.steinbeck.sjsu.edu/home/index.jsp  
At San José State University, the “Center for Steinbeck Studies' central mission is to promote Steinbeck's enduring legacy as broadly as possible, to honor America's best-loved writer of conscience, compassion, and unwavering commitment to the too-often muted voices of ordinary people.”

Monterey County  http://www.mtycounty.com/pgs-steinbeck/steinbk-1.html  
Steinbeck lived and worked in Monterey County.  Included on the county’s web site are a Steinbeck timeline and photographs from the time Steinbeck was there.

Monterey County Historical Society  http://www.mchsmuseum.com/steinbeck.html
Chronologies of Steinbeck’s life and works and pictures of places associated with his writing can be found here.

Nobelprize.org  http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html 
The Nobel web site includes a brief biography of Steinbeck and a copy of his acceptance speech.

The Student Survival Guide http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/mice/
An English Teacher's annotated guide to the novel.

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Banned Books Web Sites
 

American Library Association Banned Books Page  http://www.ala.org/bbooks/
This site provides information about why books are challenged or banned and lists of challenged and banned books.

Banned Books and Censorship: Information and Resources  http://libraries.luc.edu/about/exhibits/banned/index.shtml
Loyola University Chicago Libraries has included this page with information about and links to information about book banning and intellectual freedom.

The Censorship Pages http://www.booksatoz.com/censorship/index.htm
Information about censorship in print and on the web by a commercial publishing company.

The Online Books Page:  Banned Books Online  http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html  
The University of Pennsylvania has posted these links to “banned books” which can be read online.  A one to two sentence description of why the book was banned is included.

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Dickens and Victorian Web Sites
 

The Victorian Web  http://www.victorianweb.org/
Created at Brown University, this topical web site and index is the best place to begin Victorian research.

The Dickens Project http://humwww.ucsc.edu/dickens/index.html
The Dickens Project of the University of California is a scholarly consortium devoted to promoting the study and enjoyment of the life, times, and work of Charles Dickens.  This site contains a good biography.

Victoria Research Web http://victorianresearch.org/
Indiana University's list of web sites.

The National Archives Learning Curve http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Britain.html
This site provides primary source documents, accounts, letters, etc.  There is a good deal of advertising at the top of the page, scroll down for an excellent menu of British historical topics.

The Dickens Page http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Dickens.html
An up-to-date collection of web links provided by Nagoya University, Japan.

Dickens on the Web http://www.fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/dickens_web.html
This is a well organized list of web sites about Dickens, rather than about the Victorian Era.

Convicts to Australia http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/index.html
This site is created by the Perth Dead Person's Society to provide information about convicts who were ancestors of Australian citizens.  General information is provided as well.

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Shakespeare/Elizabethan Web Sites

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet  http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
This site provides an excellent web index to Shakespearean sites.

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust  http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/
The Trust was formed for the preservation of Shakespeare's home.  The Trust supports educational activities at all levels.

Internet Shakespeare Editions http://ise.uvic.ca/
Maintained by the University of Victoria, this site provides both background to Shakespeare's world and the text of the plays in original spelling.

Renaissance Links on the WWW http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/GeneralFiles/RenLinksGen.html
High school students put this comprehensive list by broad topic of Renaissance web sites.

The Society for Creative Anachronism  http://www.sca.org/
SCA is an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating pre-17th-century European history.

A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments  http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html 
Pictures and information about medieval instruments are available here.

Music History 102  http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/
A Guide to Western Composers and their Music from the Middle Ages to the Present from The Juilliard School.

Early Times:  Elizabeth I from Tolerance to Intolerance  http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/early_times/elizabeth.htm 
The National Archives of England prepared these pages which document racial intolerance during the reign of Elizabeth I.

 

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20th Century War Culture & Background Web Sites

World War I

BBC News:  The Great War  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/newsid_197000/197437.stm
Eighty years after WWI, the BBC produced this memorial documentary.

The Great War  http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/
The site was  created by  PBS to compliment its documentary.

The Great War Series  http://www.wtj.com/wars/greatwar/
Created by The War Times Journal, this site provides information both by topic and chronologically.

Guide to World War I Materials at the Library of Congress  http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/wwi/wwi.html

Photos of the Great War  http://www.gwpda.org/photos/greatwar.htm
This site has an extremely unpleasant background, but has a large library of photographs from WWI.

The World War I Document Archive  http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/
This archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI).  The archive is international in focus and intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War.

World War I:  Trenches on the Web  http://www.worldwar1.com/
This is a well documented commercial site with a great deal of primary source material.

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World War II

The History Net
http://www.thehistorynet.com/
Here is an excellent online magazine with articles and links to major wars and events.  Go to 20th Century History and select World War II or Pearl Harbor.

Atomic Bomb:  Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Hiroshima Peace Site
http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/peacesite/indexE.html
The Hiroshima Peace Site provides information on the development of the bomb, the dropping of the bomb, and the damage done.
Memory
http://www.exploratorium.edu/nagasaki/mainn.html
This site is provided by the Exploratorium:  The Museum of Science, Art, and Human Perception.  It provides both explanations and pictures.

The Ardennes:  The Battle of the Bulge
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/7-8/7-8_cont.htm
The Ardennes:  The Battle of the Bulge is a book by Hugh M. Cole, published by the Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army.  It is an excellent history and contains photographs.

Battle of the Coral Sea
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/coralsea/coralsea.htm
The Naval Historical Center provides both background and photographs here.

Battle of Iwo Jima
http://www.iwojima.com/
This is a commercial site which is dedicated to James Bradley's book about the flag raising.  It contains both information and pictures.

Battle of Okinawa

The Battle of Okinawa, 1945: Final Turning Point in the Pacific
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/34.1/tzeng.html
This article appears in the online version of The History Teacher which is published by the Society for Higher Education.
Okinawa:  The Last Battle
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/okinawa
This online book is provided by the U.S. Army Center for Military History.


D-Day

D-Day (Operation Overlord)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun06.html
The Library of Congress provides this site offering a brief description of D-Day and many pictures of participants.
The National D-Day Museum
http://www.ddaymuseum.org/
This outstanding web site provides information on every aspect of D-Day including the planning stages, the deception of the German high command, the landings, and the outcome.

Doolittle Raid over Tokyo April 18, 1942

Doolittle Raid
http://www.cv6.org/1942/doolittle/doolittle.htm
This history is provided by the veterans of the USS Enterprise.
Doolittle Raid on Japan
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/misc-42/doolt-a.htm
The Naval Historical Center provides both background and photographs here.

Eisenhower, General Dwight

Dwight D. Eisenhower
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/de34.html
This biography is provided by the White House.
Eisenhower Decides on D-Day
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/eisenhower/dday_1
The Library of Congress provides this information for students.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/34peise.html
This encyclopedia article has a useful "Quick Facts" section.

The G.I. Bill

History of the G.I. Bill
http://www.gibill.va.gov/GI_Bill_Info/history.htm
This excellent history of the G.I. Bill is provided by the Vetrans Administration.

Guadalcanal
http://www.npr.org/programs/re/archivesdate/2002/aug/guadalcanal/
National Public Radio and the National Geographic Society provide a history of the conflict, a picture gallery, and an audio description of battle at this site.

The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/index.html
This site hosts an online magazine with articles arranged by topic and many extras, such as homework help.

Hyper War:  A Hypertext History of the Second World War
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/
This site contains an amazing number of links and is well organized and easy to use.

Internment of Japanese Americans

Internment of San Francisco Japanese
http:I//www.sfmuseum.org/war/evactxt.html
The Museum of the City of San Francisco provides both information and primary source documents of the situation on the West coast.
War Relocation Authority Camps in Arizona, 1942-1946
 http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/wracamps/
The University of Arizona Library provides both pictures and information for students.


Island Hopping

United States Air Force Museum
 http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/westpac/westpac.htm
A brief explanation of the offensive objective of "island hopping".

Macarthur
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur
PBS provides information about General Douglas Macarthur in support of their film profiling Macarthur.

The Manhattan Project

The Museum of Tolerance
 http://www.atomicmuseum.com/tour/manhattanproject.cfm
A brief history of the Manhattan Project from the National Atomic Museum.
Manhattan Project Heritage Preservation Association
http://www.mbe.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/events.htm
An interactive history of the Manhattan Project by the Department of Energy.


Midway
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/midway.htm
The Department of the Navy provides both pictures and descriptions at this site.

Naval Historical Center
http://www.history.navy.mil/
Try the "Photographic Section" links for pictures from the naval archive.

National Geographic Remembering Pearl Harbor   http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/
Select "Explore the Whole Story" for and excellent animated presentation with brief explanations.

Navajo Code Talkers

Navajo Code Talkers
http://bingaman.senate.gov/features/codetalkers/
New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman provides this site.
The United States Mint
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/medals/navajo/index.cfm?flash=yes
In conjunction with the issuance of the Navajo Code Talkers medal, the U.S. Mint provides this informative site.

Naval Historical Center -- Department of the Navy http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/coralsea/coralsea.htm
At the Navy's "Online Library of Selected Images" there is an excellent page on the   Battle of the Coral Sea.

A People at War
http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/picturing_the_century/galleries/worldflames.html
This is the official site of the National Archives and Records Administration.

Rationing

Rationing at Home
http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/events/rationing.htm
The Ames Historical Society has collected artifacts from rationing and explained their uses.
New Jersey Women's History
http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/Period_5/ration.htm
There is an excellent photograph with a brief explanation of a ration book at this site.

Tuskegee Airmen
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/airtrain.htm
This brief history has several pictures and is provided by the United States Parks Service.

The Victory Garden Times
http://www.hfmgv.org/museum/ypit/victory/victory.html
The Henry Ford Museum publishes this brief history of the victory garden effort in the United States.

Women at War -- What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?  http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/WWTWref.html
This site contains great WWII links.  There is a good section of links on the women's role.

World War II Commemoration
http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mainpage.html
The Grolier Corporation maintains this site with articles from its Encyclopedia Americana  and links to related information.

World War II Poster Collection
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters/
The over 300 World War II posters in this site were collected and preserved by the Northwestern University Government Publications Department during the war years of 1941-1945. Issued by various  U.S. agencies, they represent the government's effort, through art, illustration, and photographs, to pull the  American people together in a time of adversity for the country and its population.

World War II Resources
http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/
Primary source materials on the Web. Original documents regarding all aspects of the war.

Zoot Suit Riots
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot/
PBS provides information about the riots in support of thier film about the riots.
 
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Korean War Web Sites

The History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/index.html
For great information at this commercial site, search "Korean War".

Korean War Project
http://www.koreanwar.org/
This site is produced by Korean War veterans for veterans.  It contains a great deal of primary source material in the form of letters, memoirs, and pictures.

Vietnam War Web Sites

1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention

1968, August: Disturbances at the Democratic National Convention
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/1968dem_convention.html
Information found here is created by the Chicago Public Library.
Going Back to Chicago
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/convention96/retro/chicago.html
PBS provides this retrospective look at the events of the 1968 Convention.
The Chicago Seven Trial
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/chicago7.html
University of Missouri, Kansas City Law School provides materials about famous trials.  The Chicago Seven is an important trial.  There are a few pictures.


Agent Orange

Agent Orange
http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/
Here the Environmental Agents Service of the Veterans Administration provides information about the toxicity of the chemical.
US Agent Orange:  30-year Poisoning of Vietnam
http://www.cpa.org.au/garchve2/1012viet.html
This article in the Australian newspaper The Guardian provides clear information about the chemical, why it was used, and the results of its use.

Cambodia, Invasion of

Cambodia:  Pol Pot's Shadow
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/cambodia/tl02.html
This PBS site provides both a brief summary of the invasion and pictures.

Draft

Would You Like to Have Been Drafted?  http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/13/the.draft/
CNN provides an excellent brief explanation of exactly how the draft lottery worked.
Selective Service System
http://www.sss.gov/lotter1.htm
At this site the lottery results can be found.

Fall of Saigon

In Pictures:  Fall of Saigon
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/720724.stm
This is an historical web site of BBC News which includes primarily pictures.
PBS Newshour Extra:  April 28, 1975
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june00/vietnam.html
PBS combines personal narratives with the history and pictures of the Fall of Saigon.

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

Tonkin Gulf Crisis, August 1964
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq120-1.htm
The Naval Historical Center provides both background and photographs here.
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/tonkin-g.htm
Copies of President Johnson's Message to Congress August 5, 1964  and Joint Resolution of Congress H.J. RES 1145 August 7, 1964 are reprinted here.

Kent State
May Fourth Task Force
http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/4may70/
The best web site about the Kent State massacre is provided by the university itself.  It has excellent descriptions of what happened as well as pictures.

My Lai Massacre 

Vietnam Online   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/trenches/mylai.html
PBS provides information and pictures at this site which is part of American Experience project.

Tet Offensive

The Tet Offensive and its Aftermath
http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~eemoise/viet8.html
Edwin E. Moïse, professor at Clemson University, provides this information for his Military History class.
Tet Offensive
http://www.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/Tet_Offensive.html
This information is available at the University of Richmond Library site.

Vietnam Online
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/index.html
PBS created this site from their special.

Vietnam Yesterday and Today
http://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/
Try the links and the timeline.  The timeline links events to informative essays on the topic.  Under links, the personal accounts include many letters and even veterans' web pages.

The Wars for Vietnam 1945 - 1975  http://vietnam.vassar.edu/
The overview and links from this site are very good.  Search the Education World link for additional sites.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page  http://thewall-usa.com/
This is a not-for-profit site maintained by Vietnam War veterans.

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International Fairy Tale Web Sites

Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales and Stories  http://HCA.Gilead.org.il/
This page contains the full text of most of Andersen's fairy tales as well as links to information about his life.

Aesop's Fableshttp://www.AesopFables.com/
From this page the text and a recorded version of many of the fables are available.

19th Century German Stories http://www.fln.vcu.edu/menu.html
This site contains short narrative works in German from the late 18th to the end of the 19th centuries, featuring verified texts from documented editions.

Yahoo.com  http://www.yahoo.com/
In the Yahoo/literature/genres/folk and fairy tales section, there are links to many folk tale pages, be careful to check for authority and accuracy.

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Mythology Web Sites

The Purseus Digital Library  http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
This web site provides resources for the study of the ancient world.

Sophocles   http://www.bartleby.com/people/Sophocle.html
Find the actual text of the plays and search the text for terms or characters at this site.

Bulfinch's Mythology http://www.bartleby.com/181/
Presented here is the original text of Bulfinch's Mythology with links to web sites on specific terms or characters.  For information on Arthurian mythology, select The Age of Chivalry or the Legends of King Arthur.

Merriam Webster Dictionary http://www.m-w.com/home.htm
When looking for information on classical terms, most dictionaries will provide adequate definitions.

Classics Collections Page http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/classics/
The University of Florida provides an extensive collection of links to classical information available on the web.

Women  http://www.stoa.org/diotima/
The Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World site provides a wealth of information about women and links to online texts of classical literature.

A Literary Index http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/flackcj/Litmain.html
This site contains an index of informational sites and an index to online texts.

King Arthur on Britannicahttp://www.britannia.com/history/h12.html
At this site "you can visit the sites that are associated with Arthur, explore the historical evidence for his existence and discover Glastonbury, the legendary center of the Arthurian universe. Also available are original sources and texts, biographies of Arthurian characters, maps, reading lists and more."

Early British Kingdomshttp://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/index.html
This easy to use and well illustrated web site is provided by the history editor of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

The Camelot Projecthttp://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/cphome.stm
The Camelot Project is sponsored by the University of Rochester.  It makes available texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information about the time period.

Arthur:  King of the Britons  http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/arthur/index.shtml
This site is provided by the BBC as background to their programming.  It includes concise background essays.

In Search of Britain's Lost King  http://panther.bsc.edu/~arthur/
In January 2001 two undergraduate students sponsored by Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham  followed Arthur's trail and this site explores the historical bases of the Arthurian Legend.

Arthuriana:  The Journal of Arthurian Studies  http://www.smu.edu/arthuriana/
This scholarly journal web site includes excellent bibliographies, a chronology of Arthurian England, and a guide to the places of Arthurian legend.
 

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Additional Literary Criticism and Information

Monroe County Public Library  http://www.libraryweb.org/
Magazine Indexes and Other Databases provides online magazine databases and an excellent Biography Resource Center.

Internet Public Library Literary Criticism  http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
An alphabetical index provides links to authors and their works.

Great Books Index  http://books.mirror.org/
An index to online great books in English translation.

Voice of the Shuttle  http://vos.ucsb.edu/index-netscape.asp
Web Page for Humanities Research from the University of California, Santa Barbara provides links to literary research.

Literary Resources on the Net  http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
This set of pages is a collection of links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature.

The New York Times Book Review    http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html
Access to NYT book reviews published since 1996.  Use the "search" feature.

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Poetry Sites

There are many excellent poetry sites online.  Always check the credentials of the site publisher before using poetry found on the Web.  Remember punctuation and shape are important in poetry.

Representative Poetry On-line   http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm
Poetry edited by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto from 1912 to the present.

Bartleby.com Verse  http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
Bartleby.com publishes the classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference.  Books included online are:  Oxford Book of English Verse, Yale Book of American Verse, Modern British Poetry, Modern American Poetry, Metaphysical Lyrics and Poems of the 17th Century, and Palgrave's Golden Treasury.

Academy of American Poets  http://www.poets.org/
This site includes awards, competitions, and poetry news as well as the features:  Find a Poet and Find a Poem.  A very easy to use site.

Poetry 180  http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
This site is created by Billy Collins, the current Poet Laureate of the United States.  The object is to provide a poem to be read and heard by students each day of the school year.

Favorite Poem Project http://www.favoritepoem.org/
Created by Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States, this site attempts to provide printed favorite poetry of Americans as well as videos of Americans reading their favorite poems.

eserver.org http://eserver.org/poetry/
The EServer is a member run cooperative based at the University of Washington.

Electronic Poetry Center http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/
SUNY Buffalo maintains this interesting site.  From the Electronic Poetry Center:  "The EPC serves as a central gateway to resources in electronic poetry and poetics produced at the University at Buffalo as well as elsewhere on the Internet. Our aim is simple: to make a wide range of resources centered on contemporary experimental and formally innovative poetries an immediate actuality."

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Gilded Age/Progressive Era Sites

Biography Resource Center  http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/
This excellent database is provided by the Monroe County Library System.  It is available from the library's web site through their Magazines and Other Databases.  You will need your library card to access the database from a remote location.

Stanford White Murder  http://www.crimelibrary.com/classics/white/index.htm
The saga of the Stanford White murder is written in clear chapters in this site provided by the Darkhorse Media Crime Library.

Emma Goldman  http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAgoldman.htm
This site from the National  Archives Learning Curve in England contains some excellent primary source excerpts.

Houdini    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshdini.html
The American Memory Project of the Library of Congress provides this page as part of its American Variety Stage Collection.  The Biographical Chronology provides extensive links to additional information and reproductions of posters and photographs.

Variety Stage Motion Pictures  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vsfilm.html
The American Memory Project of the Library of Congress includes this collection with information about the films, the historical context of the films, and  links to the actual films.  This site is excellent for the history of vaudeville and early cinema.

Robert Peary:  To the Top of the World http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ice/sfeature/peary.html
Information provided by PBS in conjunction with its 20th Century American Explorers series.

Morgan  http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0834017.html
This biography is provided by the Information Please Learning Network.

Labor Studies and Radical History   http://www.holtlaborlibrary.org/ludlow.html
The Holt Labor Library provides excellent information on the history of labor.

Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment  http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman-suffrage/ 
Primary sources, activities, and links to related web sites for educators and students provided by National Archives and Records Administration.

What Is Jazz?  http://town.hall.org/radio/Kennedy/Taylor/
Dr. Billy Taylor, noted jazz pianist, historian, and educator provides a four part lecture which was recorded live at the John F. Kennedy Center.

US Immigration  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook28.html
The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy permitted historical texts.  The site contains both online books and Internet links.

Muckraking  http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jmuckraking.htm
This site from the National  Archives Learning Curve in England and contains excellent links.

Henry Ford  http://www.willamette.edu/~fthompso/MgmtCon/Henry_Ford.html
Fred Thompson professor of Public Management and Policy at Willamette University provides this biography which contains original car prices and Henry Ford quotes.

Henry Ford  http://people.clemson.edu/~pammack/lec122/ford.htm
Pamela Mack, a professor of History of Technology and Science at Clemson provides this page for her History, Technology & Society class.

Harlem 1900 - 1940:  An African American Community http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/
The material here Harlem: 1900-1940 was originally published in 1991 by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.  The timeline feature is particularly useful.

The Rockefeller Archive Center  http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr/
Short biographical sketches of some members of the Rockefeller family are available for general reference purposes at this site.

Freud Net   http://psychoanalysis.org/lib_freu.htm
The Abraham A. Brill Library of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute provides excellent links to information about Sigmund Freud.

Margaret Sanger  http://www.plannedparenthood.org/about/thisispp/sanger.html
There is a good beginning biography at this site with bibliographic resources.

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