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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.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: A Brief Introduction to the Islamic (Hijri) Calendar
Provides background information about the Islamic Calendar, also called the Hijri. Explains the differences between the Gregorian calendar and the Islamic Calendar; lists important holidays and the months of the Islamic year. Provides...
EL Education
El Education: Calendar of Forest Park
This calendar was created by 1st grade students in Springfield, Massachusetts, as part of their "Parks as a Neighborhood Resource" Learning Expedition. Students investigated a neighborhood resource while also learning about the function...
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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.
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Mayan Calendar
While brief, this simple explanation of the Mayan calendar may clarify for some how its two cycles work together.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Seismic Calendar
Students investigate how often earthquakes of various magnitudes happen within specific geographic regions.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Biography of Nobel Prize winner, Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
Authors Calendar
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.
Math Drills
Math Drills: Time and Clock Worksheets
Download these free worksheets to sharpen your time skills. Sheets focus on elapsed time, telling time on analog clocks, calendars, and converting time.
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.
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company: Calendar List
An interesting collection of portraits owned by the Hudson's Bay Company. The collection begins in 1670 and extends to 1914.
Youngzine
Youngzine: Asia to Welcome Year of the Rooster
Find out about the Chinese calendar, or the Lunar Calendar, and the celebrations that accompany this tradition.
Authors Calendar
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.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Henry Fielding
Good biography of Henry Fielding (1707-1754 CE), the English Romantic novelist.
Authors Calendar
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.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Bertolt Brecht
A very thorough biography on German playwright Bertolt Brecht. Discusses his upbringing, his career as a playwright, and his overall controversial life.
Authors Calendar
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.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes is known mainly for his rhythmic poems set to music. This site gives an in-depth look at his background, including biographical information, what he wrote about, who influenced him, and his level of success.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Okot P'bitek
A biography of African poet Okot p'Bitek. Discusses some of his accomplishments and the topics of his poems.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Middle American Culture
This site from ibiblio.org includes a picture and short description of the Mexican calendar, a picture and description of the professions of the Tarascan peoples, and a map and description of the ownership rights of land after the...
The History Cat
The History Cat: Mayan Achievements
Discusses the Maya system of astronomy and their calendar.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Yasunari Kawabata (1899 1972)
This site presents a biography of Yasunari Kawabata, who was the first Japanese novelist to win the Nobel prize for literature. The biography highlights the poetic nature of Kawabata's fiction.
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