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Web Exhibits: Calendars Through the Ages: Announcing the Sky
Well-organized website depicts the "Fascinating history of the human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and stars." Gives an overview and specifics of the basis of calendars through the ages.
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company: Hbc Calendar Paintings
A fascinating history of a unique art form - calendar paintings. This site looks at the works in the Hudson's Bay Company tradition.
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Timekeepers.org: Calendar History
Scroll down this page to see the various topics addressed on this website. Learn a "brief history of the Western Calendar" as well as information about the ancient calendars of the world, including the Sumerian, Egyptian, and Greek...
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Mao Zedong (1893 1976)
Visit this site for a biographical sketch of the life of Chinese dictator Mao Zedong. It discusses his political career, as well as his literary career. A bibliography of his selected works is also provided.
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A Calendar for "Northanger Abbey"
This analysis of Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" examines the function of time in the plot using an day-by-day calendar to summarize the events of the story. Includes a bibliography.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Calendar Fun Operations
This activity is designed to help students evaluate numerical expressions by using order of operations. The students will be provided a calendar for the current month of the year. Students will then be provided with a worksheet that...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Lesson Plan: Calendar Fun Operations
This lesson allows students to practice evaluating expressions using order of operations. They will create a calendar using symbols, and a PowerPoint presentation to review the order of operations. It also gives an assessment and ideas...
University of Nebraska
Carbon 14 Dating Calendar
Provides a Carbon 14 Dating Calculator to compute the percent of Carbon 14 remaining after a given number of years. Also calculates how many years have elapsed from how much Carbon 14 remains.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky Classroom Calendar
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Margaret Atwood
A lengthy biography and list of works by Atwood.
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Author's Calendar: Upton Beall Sinclair
Biography, selected publications, and a list of further reading.
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Author's Calendar: Erik Axel Karlfeldt
A biographical sketch of Erik Axel Karlfeldt who was a famous Swedish writer. Highlights his life as a writer and lists several of his selected works.
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Author's Calendar: Gore Vidal
This site, from a public library in Finland, provides information on Gore Vidal's life, a list of works by and about him, and other interesting information.
270 To Win
270towin: 2020 Presidential Election Calendar
2020 presidential election calendar includes known dates for state primary and caucus events, party conventions and presidential debates.
National Geographic
National Geographic: 45 Bce: Julius Caesar Takes a Leap
Why do we have an extra day at the end of February every four years? We have Julius Caesar to thank! Read this short explanation about how the calendar kept falling out of step with the seasons and Caesar's solution to the problem.
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Author's Calendar: Pegasos: Eugene O'neill (1888 1953)
This is a biography of Eugene O'Neill, an expressionist writer. It includes quotes as well as further bibliographical references.
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Author's Calendar: Daniel Defoe
This site gives a thorough biography of Defoe. It includes quotes from his writing and information about his most important works.
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Author's Calendar: Henry Fielding
Good biography of Henry Fielding (1707-1754 CE), the English Romantic novelist.
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Author's Calendar: Dorothy Parker
This site offers an organized collection of biographical information on Dorothy Parker.
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Author's Calendar: George Eliot
Read about Mary Ann Cross -- better known as George Eliot -- who was the author of "Middlemarch" and "Silas Marner." This page includes biographical information as well as insight into individual literary works by Eliot.
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Author's Calendar: Guillaume Apollinaire
A brief biography on the life of French author and playwright, Guillaume Appollinaire.
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Author's Calendar: Ludovico Ariosto
The biography on this Italian poet is thorough and contains a selected bibliography.
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Author's Calendar: T(homas) E(dward) Lawrence
This site contains a biography of British archeological scholar, adventurer, and military strategist, T.E.Lawrence. It gives details on his early life and life in Arabia. It includes quotations, and links to further information.
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Author's Calendar: Chinua Achebe
A complete biography of Achebe includes quotes from him as well as a brief synopsis of his novels. There is a list of all his works.
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