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| Greek Mythology | The Multicultural Experience in America |
| Shakespeare and His Times |
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Winged Sandals - Greek Mythology from the Australian Broadcasting Company. Great animations!! Encyclopedia Mythica : " The body of traditional tales concerning the gods, heroes, and rituals of the ancient Greeks." Theoi Greek Mythology Exploring mythology in classical literature and art Greek Mythology Encyclopedia -- Alphabetically organized heroes and places from Greek mythology Greek Mythology from GodChecker: Humorous descriptions of the Greek gods and their myths
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TOPPoetry Sites
| HTI American Verse Project -- find American poems written before 1920 even if you only know a couple words. |
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| Verse: Poetry Anthologies and Thousands of Poems from Bartleby.com |
TOPFun Facts You Might Like to Know About
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How Stuff Works-- Learn How Everything Works -- http://www.howstuffworks.com/ |  |
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| Yahooligans! Ask Earl -- Submit your own question or look at some of the previously submitted questions and answers -- http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/ask_earl/ |  |
| Northeast Fisheries Science Center -- Fun Facts -- http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/faqs.html |  |
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Big Dog's Grammar: basic English grammar with interactive exercises -- http://aliscot.com/bigdog/
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CITATION OF SOURCES Hale Middle School Sample Citation page --Our very own online example of how to correctly cite your sources
Citation Machine -- The Landmark Project --http://citationmachine.net/ Citation Machine is an interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers and students in producing reference citations for crediting information from other people.
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| Internet Public Library Homework Help page ---- Great resources for writing and for subject area research! http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/browse/sh5000/ |
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| Getting an A on an English Paper -- guide with suggestions from Jack Lynch of Rutgers University -- http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/EngPaper/ | |
| UW-Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook -- Help in all aspects of writing including process, mechanics, style and citation-- http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/index.html | University of Richmond's Writer's Web -- Very useful site that helps you explore topics by stages of the writing process, such as brainstorming for ideas, editing, citing sources and much more... |
| Creative Writing for Teens -- an About.com site for learning about many aspects of writing. It also includes an option for submitting your own writing to the site. -- http://kidswriting.about.com/ | MLA Style Help for the Perdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) website : Help with parenthetical notation, works cited pages and quotations. |
TOPMulticulturalism in America
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Black History Month -- from Fact Monster-- quotes, history, speeches, biographies and moreThe History Channel -- Black History Month -- biography, speeches, history of the civil rights struggle and more
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Searching for Asian-America - Asian American Field Reports from PBS -- Asian Americans speak about their experiences in the U.S.
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Rise and Fall ofJim Crow: from PBS
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Tolerance.org : Mix It Up -- site about how deeply prejudice and intolerance for other ethic groups are entrenched in our culture
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Internet Resources about William Shakespeare, His Works and the Time in Which He Lived
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| Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet |  |
| Virtual Globe Theatre (requires Flash) | |
| Internet Public Library Shakespeare Bookshelf | |
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Folger Shakespeare Library - Discover Shakespeare Emory Shakespeare Illustrated: an Art Site featuring famous paintings of scenes from his plays Shakespeare: A Magazine for Teachers and Enthusiasts sponsored by Georgetown University and Cambridge University Press |
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Stratford-Upon-Avon Shakespeare's Country - Explore the Bard's home town |
| Gode Cookery -- A collection of late-16th & 17th century English recipes & receipts presented in their original language, all transcribed from primary sources. | |
The Black Death (PBS) |
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Eyewitness to History - An audience with Queen Elizabeth I |
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| Eizabethan Period Costumes |
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| Life in Elizabethan England : A compendium Games · Food · Money · Religion · Language · Weddings · Masters & Servants · Occupations · The Peers · London · Fashion · Children · Household Management · Pastimes · Names · The Queen's Suitors · Education · Christmas · Heraldry · Maps |