Index of Curriculum Links
Ask ERIC Home Page http://ericir.syr.edu/ This is the site to do serious academic research. Find out what is going on with virtually any aspect of teaching, education, technology, etc. You can access abstract forms of ERIC documents that can then be found in full form in the Bucks County Intermediate Unit. All documents are vetted so you can count on them for accuracy which you can’t at all internet sites. The articles are of sound educational value. Options include means to search the databases, a virtual library, sending an e-mail message to Ask ERIC which a real person will answer by e-mail, having gathered some resources for you. Excellent, excellent source of sound research.
Electronic Text Center: University of Virgina Library (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/english.html)
English Server (http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/) EServer at Carnegie Mellon hosts collections in the arts and humanities.
Lesson Plans and Standards for All! - Springfield Township High School Librarian and Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Joyce Valenza has compiled an exhaustive list of links to lesson plans and standards resources.
Library of Congress Catalog Search Site (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/catalog/) “Library of Congress Catalog - records for over 4 million books; 263,000 motion pictures; 200,000 sound recordings and scores; more than 150,000 maps; and 4,300 computer files.”
Literary Locales (http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/places.htm) More than 300 picture links to the places that figure in the lives and writings of famous authors.
Online Texts Collection (Internet Public Library) (http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/) The IPL Online Texts Collection contains over 9000 titles that can be browsed by author, by title, or by Dewey subject classification.
Online Books Page (http://www.ipl.org/reading/books)
NCTE Home Page (http://www.ncte.org/) This winner of the Education World award provides entry to teacher resources, lesson plans, and ideas. You could join an on-line education discussion or access various areas concerning the relatively new Language Arts Standards and their implementation. Also you can search the databases or find out about conferences or calls for work to publish and the requirements involved. You really should check out NCTE on-line. This is a highly recommended site.
Project Barleby Archive (http://www.bartleby.com/)
Rubrics
- Springfield Township High School Librarian and Philadelphia Inquirer
columnist Joyce Valenza has compiled approximately 30 links about rubrics.
Beat Poets (http://www.charm.net/~brooklyn/litkicks.html) Aside from covering the central figures in this movement, there are discussions of Beat as it relates to rock music, films, and much else.
The Adventures of Beowulf (http://www.lnstar.com/beowulf) An etext with a simple translation.
Old English Page (http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/oe/old_english.html) A page from Georgetown University with many links about the history and culture of Old English times.
Black History Links - Springfield Township High School Librarian and Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Joyce Valenza has compiled a page of links for resources on Black History.
British Poetry 1780-1910: a Hypertext Archive of Scholarly Editions (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/britpo.html)
Bulfinch's Mythology (http://www.webcom.com/shownet/medea/bulfinch/welcome.html)
Classic Short Stories (http://www.bnl.com/shorts/)
Celebration of Women Writers (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mmbt/www/women/writers.html)
Electronic Poetry Center (http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/authors) Links to authors containing poets, critics, and writers in the hypertextual electronic media.
Index of Poets in Representative Poetry Online (http://utl1.library.utoronto.ca/www/utel/rp/utel.html)
International Lyric Server (http://www.songfile.com/index_2.html)
Internet Classics Archive (http://classics.mit.edu/)
Internet Poetry Archive (http://metalab.unc.edu/ipa/) Includes audio clips.
Labyrinth Library Latin Texts: Georgetown University (http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/library/latin/latin-lib.html)
Luminarium (Anthology of Medieval, Renaissance and 17th Century Literature) (http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm)
Mudrat Cafe: Digital Tradition Folk Song Database (http://www.mudcat.org/links/LinksByCat.cfm)
Online Texts Collection (Internet Public Library) (http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/) The IPL Online Texts Collection contains over 9000 titles that can be browsed by author, by title, or by Dewey subject classification.
Online Books Page (http://www.ipl.org/reading/books)
Project Bartleby Archive (http://www.bartleby.com/)
Voice of the Shuttle (http://vos.ucsb.edu/) A comprehensive site on English and American literature and authors presented by the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Web Links by Author
Jane Austen Page (http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Austen.html) It's not an official page, but it does have quite a bit of related links to everything from Jane Austen societies to etexts to academic resources.
Hampshire County Council Page (http://www.hants.gov.uk/austen/links.html) Sponsored by British government, this page includes information about Jane Austen's hometown and her works.
SNAP Annotated Page (http://home.snap.com/directory/category/0,16,home-13444,00.html) Includes links and commentaries on a variety of pages that can be of value.
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Teacher's Guide for House on Mango Street (http://www.randomhouse.com/acmart/houmantg.html)
What
the Thunder Said: T.S. Eliot (http://www.deathclock.com/thunder/index.html)
Chronology of Eliot's life, e-texts of some of his poems and essays, and
links to criticism.
Teaching
Faulkner (http://www2.semo.edu/cfs/teach.html)
Published twice annually by the Center for
Faulkner Studies, Southeast
Missouri State University, this site contains links to many recently published
articles from the journal.
Zora Neale Hurston (http://aalbc.com/zoraneal.htm) - The African American LIterature Book Club is a commercial site, part of Barnes and Noble) but in addition to being able to buy books online, they provide biographical and historical information as well as showcase recently published African American poets. Check out Hurston's "Glossary of Harlem Slang" at http://aalbc.com/harlem1.htm.
Folktales of Zora Neale Hurston (http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1993/2/93.02.10.x.html) Links to folktales and accompanying lesson plans, presented by the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
Zora
Neale Hurston (http://pages.prodigy.com/zora/index.htm) Good resource
on Hurston, with novel excerpts and stories, photographs, and critical
essays.
The Literature and the Culture of the American 1950's (http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html) This site was set up to coordinate with a specific class at the University of Pennsylvania, but it serves as an excellent source for anyone exploring the literature and culture of the 1950's. This excellent resource has links to essays, articles, short stories, and posters relating to the time period.
The Crucible Project (http://204.165.132.2:90/crucible/main3.htm) A guide for students studying The Crucible presented by the Mass. Curriculum Frameworks.
The Crucible Cyber-Guide (http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cruc/cructg.html) An online unit designed to supplement the teaching of The Crucible with primary and secondary links.
Famous American Trials - Salem Witchcraft Trials (http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm) Presented by a law professor at the University of Missouri, this site provides many resources.
The Salem Witch Museum On-Line (http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/)
Salem Witchcraft Hysteria (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/index.html) National Geographic presents an interactive way to learn about and experience the trials.
A
Teacher's Guide to the Penguin edition of Arthur Miller's The Crucible
(http://www.penguinputnam.com/academic/resources/guides/crucible/content.htm/)
Teaching The Crucible: A Guide to Curriculum Integration (http://www.socialstudies.com/c/@H2n2YA6XEkLts/Pages/crucibleindex.html) Social Studies School Service, in conjunction with the release of The Crucible from 20th Century Fox, offers a range of supplemental curriculum resources for teaching with (and about) the film.
Teach with Movies (http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/crucible.html) A website that compares and contrasts the two film versions of The Crucible and as well as gives background for the play.
Charles' George Orwell's Links (http://pages.citenet.net/users/charles/links.html) Dozens of links on research, biographical information, bibliographical information, book reviews, essays and books, Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty Four. politics, history.
Institute for Propaganda Analysis (http://carmen.artsci.washington.edu/propaganda/ipa.htm) Analysis of propaganda techniques.
Orwellian
& Animal Farm Studies Resources (http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/orwell.html)
Background essays and political explanations for ideologies in Animal
Farm.
Ever the Twain Shall Meet (http://users.telerama.com/~joseph/mtwain.html) A collection of e-texts of his works as well as links to other sites.
Mark Twain Quotations, Newspaper Collections, & Related Resources (http://www.twainquotes.com/)
About Mark Twain (http://marktwain.about.com/arts/marktwain/) Though a commercial site, a valuable authoritative resource.