Buffalo Teacher Resources

This site evaluates at how Saint Francis of Assisi viewed work and physical labor. It takes a look at physical labor and how it was viewed in monastic life, and then takes a closer look at the views of Saint Francis.

This is a very early silent clip from the Edison Manufacturing Co. featuring a Native Sioux dance. [0:22]

The Assistive Technology Training Online Project (ATTO) provides information on AT applications that help students with disabilities learn in elementary classrooms.

This site is an archive of 20 photographs taken of the Colosseum of Rome. Both exterior and interior photos.

A series of pictures of the baths at Caracalla.

Provides many wonderful pictures of the forum baths at Herculaneum.

This site provides a photographical treasure trove of pictures of Pompeii. Several pictures of the forum baths at Pompeii are provided as well.

A beautiful picture of the Maison Carree with links to 9 more, in addition to 6 of the amphitheater, and four others.

Blackfoot, Cree and Sioux cultures inhabited the plains. They were nomadic people who followed the roaming buffalo herds, hunting as needed to supply the essentials of life.

A good description of the culture of the Blackfoot from pre-contact to present time. Read about the importance of the buffalo and the treaties which took away the Blackfoot land.

Although the group itself wasn't around too long, they produced two of the biggest rock and roll guitarists of all time in Stephen Stills and Neil Young. They also produced one of the top 500 songs,"For What It's Worth". Inducted into...

Information from the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research guided toward enhancing the ability of communities to survive and rebuild after an earthquake. Includes current news and conferences, and information about...

View an image of a sculpture portraying the goddess Durga and read her story in this essay.

This site from the U. S. Department of Defense provides information about the African-American soldiers who served in the 92nd Infantry. Includes the testimony of a man who served in the division.

Photo image of a water buffalo wallowing in the water.

This site from the National Humanties Center provides pictures and and offers discussion questions in considering the near-extermination of the American Bison in the late 1800s. Very interesting and informative.

Learn fast facts, the physiology, habitats, behaviors and range of the bison.

A graphic description of the beating and execution of Leon Czolgosz, assassin of President William McKinley. Includes the transcription of part of his trial.

A biography of Annie Oakley which traces her childhood, her stardom in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show, her long marriage to Frank Butler, and her life after the show. Part of a larger PBS American Experience site about Annie Oakley.

Selected online texts of "Buffalo Bill's," "in Just-," and "Picasso." Includes a biography and selected bibliography.

This site from the University at Buffalo provides you with the opportunity to link to sites and information regarding The Last Poets, primarily relating to one of its original members, Abiodun Oyewole. You will find links, information,...

An online exhibit celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, NY. Read about the food available at the fair as well as the music, immigrant experience, and the assassination of President William...

Do you study hard, but still fear tests? Here are some tips about how to create a good study environment, and how to recognize, address and overcome test anxiety. Although this site was created with college students in mind, students of...

History made the headlines in May 2016 when President Barack Obama signed a new law that made the America Bison the very first national mammal. Check out this video series featuring a family that raises one of the biggest herds of...