Just how long did it take the framers to write the Constitution? What role did the drafting process play? Scholars examine various drafts from the Constitutional Convention to gain a better understanding of its formation. Interactive...

Historical illustrations reveal more than what they are meant to portray. After reading Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, high schoolers view a series of illustrations, movie posters, photographs, and book covers that exemplify...

This site focuses on The Tempest by William Shakespeare including information about the play, setting, theme, famous quotes, a summary, facts about the play, a list of characters, and a link to the full script.

This full-length play script illustrates the life of early American feminist and abolitionist, Lucy Stone, with strong historic perspective.

This is a very comprehensive resource that includes discussion of Japanese Noh plays as well as the texts for thirteen plays. The texts are available in both Japanese and English. RL.9-10.10a&b text complexity, RL.11-12.7 Multi...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Peace Egg and, A Christmas Mumming Play by Juliana H. Ewing (1887), children's stories and a Christmas play.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Little Plays for Little Actors by Julia Corner (1865), a collection of plays for young children including "Whittington and His Cat," "Beauty and the Beast," and...

This poem shares the scene of children coming inside after playing outside.

A scanned copy of the 1897 publication Snow White and Rose Red and Other Plays for Children by Clara Ryland, a book of children's plays and poems.

A scanned copy of the 1873 publication Playing Trades by Heraclitus Grey, a fiction book for children.

This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Play Hours by Frederick Warne & Co., a picture book of children's poems.

This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Play Room Book by D. Lothrop & Company, an illustrated book of children's stories and poems.

A scanned copy of the 1880 publication Boys and Girls at Play, a book of poetry for children.

A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Pets at Play, a book of poetry for children.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Child's Play by E. V. B. (Eleanor Vere Boyle) (1866), a children's book of nursery rhymes, poems, and songs.

This site features the full text of "About Play-Acting" by Mark Twain, a critique of the theater production of The Master of Palmyra.

Access lines and staging prompts for scenes from William Shakespeare's comedy The Tempest. The scenes are displayed according to act with the setting included. Additional resources are provided on the landing page. Extensive resources...

This site provides links to the complete text of the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, two plays, and fourteen short stories by Oscar Wilde.

This site has some famous quotations from William Shakespeare's play "King Richard III". Use the next link to find more quotes.

This interview with Jim Lehrer of PBS NewsHour examines the impact of scientific research which has revealed that the brain develops most in a child's first three years of life.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Tales from Shakspeare Designed for the Use of Young People by Charles Lamb (1887). This book features a biography of Shakespeare, a chronological list of his plays,...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides the complete text of Shakespeare's works. Content also includes a search engine (for looking up words and/or phrases), a chronological and alphabetical listing of his plays, a collection...

The first collection of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623, is available here in its original form. A feature on the page allows the visitor to listen to and read the accompanying descriptive text in seven different languages.

Here find links to the full texts of William Shakespeare's plays as well as study guides. (Note: Some of the links may no longer work.)