Secondary Language Arts Links

Secondary Language Arts Links

Norma Thiese, Media/Technology Services Consultant, Keystone AEA

Topics

Ancient Drama / Authors / Books Online / Film / Grammar / Homework Help / Humanities / Journalism / Lesson Plans / Literature / Media Literacy / Poetry / Research / Science Fiction / Term Paper Help / Web Based Projects & Lesson Plans / Writing

Ancient Drama

Classical Drama Sites: http://www.webcom.com/shownet/medea/cldrama.html

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Authors
Authors on the Web: A Collection of Biographical Sketches: http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~jbh/author.html

The Hemingway Resource Center (his Nobel Prize acceptance speech): http://members.aol.com/mwilson311/Hemingway/papa.htm

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Humanities

Best of the Humanities on the Web: http://edsitement.neh.fed.us/

Journalism

Newseum: Interactive Museum of News: http://www.newseum.org/

Statistics Every Writer Should Know: http://nilesonline.com/stats/
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Lesson Plans
CyberGuides: Teacher Guides & Student Activities: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy912.html

New York Times Learning Network: http://nytimes.com/learning/
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Literature
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century: http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/

American Slave Narratives: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html

Bulfinches Mythology: http://www.bulfinch.org/

Celebration of Women Writers: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/

Challenged and Banned Books: http://www.ala.org/bbooks/challeng.html

Encyclopedia Mythica: An Encyclopedia on Mythology,
Folklore, Legend: http://pantheon.org/mythica/

Garrison Keilor's Writer's Almanac: http://almanac.mpr.org/
Lady Freedom Among Us: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/etext/fourmill/DovLady.html

Literature Resources for the High School and College Student: http://home.teleport.com/~mgroves/LitResources/

Mystery Writers of America: http://www.mysterywriters.net

Nobel Prize: http://nobelprizes.com/
Resource Center-The Hall of Literature and
Language: http://www.tenet.edu/halls/languagearts.html

Who Reads What: http://www.gpl.lib.me.us/wrw.htm

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Media Literacy
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Media Literacy
Media Literacy Online Project: http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage#READ

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Poetry

Academy of American Poets: http://www.poets.org/index.cfm

American Verse Project: http://www.hti.umich.edu/english/amverse/

Edgar Allen Poe: http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/poe/poe_ind.html

Electronic Poetry Center: http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/

Glossary of Poetic Terms: http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html

Poetry and Music of the Civil War: http://www.erols.com/kfraser/

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Research

American Journalism Review's Newslink to newspapers: http://www.newslink.org

NewsDirectory Science Fiction Resource Guide: http://www.ecola.com/

Internet Searching Basics: http://www.aea1.k12.ia.us/norma/isb.html

Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov

National Archives & Records Administration: http://www.nara.gov/

Quotations Page: http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/

Thousands of Papers: http://termpapers-on-file.com/index.html

Science Fiction

Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5: http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/lurker.html

Science Fiction Resource Guide: http://sflovers.rutgers.edu/Web/SFRG/

SFF Net (Science Fiction & Fantasy): http://www.sff.net/sff/

Term Paper Help

Fedstats: http://www.fedstats.gov/

Internet Public Library: A+ Research & Writing for H.S. & College Students: http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/
Internet Searching Basics: http://www.aea1.k12.ia.us/norma/isb.html

My Virtual Reference Desk: My Facts Page Encyclopedias: http://www.refdesk.com/factency.html
Plagiarized.com: http://www.plagiarized.com/index.shtml

Thousands of Papers: term papers on file: http://termpapers-on-file.com/index.html

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Web Based Projects & Lesson Plans
Blue Web'n: A Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

Judi Harris' Activity Structures: http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/

Writing

Biography Maker: http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm

Collab-O-Write: http://library.advanced.org/2626/

The History Place: includes famous speeches, writer's corner: http://www.historyplace.com/

Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/links.html

Semantic Rhyming Dictionary: http://www.rhymezone.com/

The Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee: http://www.spellingbee.com

Vietnam: Stories Since the War: http://www.pbs.org/pov/stories/vietnam/story.html

Writenet: http://www.twc.org/forums/index.html

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