University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: History of the English Language
What do you know about the origins of the English language? Explore this resource to learn more about this topic. This resource features links to several helpful sites.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission
Explore Pa History: Making Steel
Examine the historical and economic impact of the Pennsylvania's steel industry. Included in this historical account are video, maps, and pictorial artifacts of this era.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Genre Activities
This learning module features "genre" as the topic for PowerPoint presentations, lessons, and quizzes. Numerous projects with the "genre" theme are available for further exploration as opportunities for more in-depth investigations.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Shakespearean Dating Tips
Beyond giving the world dozens of English language masterpieces and inventing countless words (including the word countless), William Shakespeare, ever the overachieving bard, especially had a way with the romantic turn of phrase....
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Spainarts: Ribera, Jose De
This site is provided for by Spainarts. Paintings of this famous Spanish artist in the Parado Museum, Madrid, plus a short biography.
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Hamlet Online
This is an excellent site offering a directory of web pages devoted to Hamlet. Links are divided into categories: directories, discussions, full text, humor, movies, papers, spinoffs, and summaries.
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The Origin and History of the English Language
How many native English speakers are there in the world today? Learn important facts and statistics about the English-speaking world as well as a history of the language from its Germanic beginnings to the present.
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Carson Newman College: A Brief History of English
This site features a brief history of English. Come and check out the links provided within this site. Students and teachers will benefit from this educational resource. It includes time lines.
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Armstrong Atlantic State University: English Language
Discover more about the history of the English language when you visit this informative site. Students and teachers will benefit from this educational resource.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Thomas Hardy
This site on Thomas Hardy (1840-1928 CE), the English poet and regional novelist, describes how his work reflected his stoical pessimism and sense of tragedy in human life.
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The Legend of Camelot
Here you can learn more about the story of Camelot as it has been told for hundreds of years--including the myth of Camelot, the Round Table, and the sword Excalibur.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Oh, Money! Money! By Eleanor H. Porter
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Oh, Money! Money! This book was written for an adult audience in the early 1900s by Eleanor H. Porter, the author of the "Glad Books" children's series.
Virtual Salt
Virtual Salt: A Glossary of Literary Terms
This site provides a long list of literary terms complete with full definitions and examples.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Thomas Hardy
What do you know about the life and work of Thomas Hardy? Explore this informative site to learn more about this famous poet.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: J. R. R. Tolkien
Have you ever read any of J. R. R. Tolkien's work? Check out this site to learn more about Tolkien and his writings. This resource features lesson plans for "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Gothic
An eleven-slide presentation that can be viewed online or downloaded. The slideshow explains the characteristics that make up gothic literature and gives several examples of gothic literary texts.
Washington State University
Washington State University: William Dean Howells Society: Brief Chronology of Selected Works and Events
This detailed chronology lists major events during William Dean Howells' life as well as the years in which his writings were published.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
This is an online study guide for the novel A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
This is an online study guide for the novel The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
BBC
Bbc: The Route of English
The Routes of English is a series of four six-week features on the development of English as a language, presented on BBC Channel 4 by host Melvyn Bragg. In addition, there are three special programs which deal with the language of the...
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: History of the English Language
This site provides a brief description of the history of the English language.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Philosophy of Love
Overview from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy of the threefold Greek typology for love: agape, eros, and philia. Summarizes also the Neoplatonic-Christian view of "love" and, in later centuries, "romantic love."
Curated OER
A Yukon Romance: Claude and Mary Tidd
Claude Tidd was an RCMP officer in the Yukon and an avid photographer. Together with his wife, Mary, a prolific letter-writer, they documented life in the Yukon as they lived and saw it. They intermingled with all strata of society and...
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