A reading of Tanya Lee Stones' biography of Ella Fitzgerald lets middle schoolers get up close and personal with the First Lady of Jazz. Stone recounts details of Fitzgerald's life from her early days through her experiences as a teenage...

A biographical portrait of Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird.

This site offers a series of vocabulary words as they appear in Harper Lee's classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Here at Wikipedia you can find an encyclopedia article exploring the life of Nelle Harper Lee and her work.

This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia explores the 1960 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Harper Lee. The article includes a description, a plot summary, and a look at the movie adaptation and other cultural influences.

This website details the life of John Brown, the abolitionist, including his attack at Pottawatomie and the raid at Harpers Ferry. Information is from Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War.