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19th Century Schoolbooks
Site examines digital editions of 66 schoolbooks and two surveys of historic schoolbooks by John Nietz, the founder of the Nietz Old Textbook Collection. The online collection contains page images as well as searchable text.
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A Web of On-line Dictionaries
Comprehensive reference tools on commercial site. Quick look up tools, translation tools and more. (Note: This site contains banner and/or pop-up ads)
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American Collection: An Educator's Site
Highlighting the works of six great authors--Henry James, Langston Hughes, Esmeralda Santiago, James Agee, Willa Cather, and Eudora Welty. Resources include primary and secondary source information, lesson plans, links to peer-reviewed websites and on-line teacher guides.
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American Studies at the University of Virginia
The site is a repository of scholarly concentrations on such humanities topics as the 1930s, cultural maps, American literature, avant-garde and postmodern art exhibitions, and the U.S. Capitol building as an American icon. The site houses hypertexts of several American authors, including Harriet Jacobs, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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AOL @ School Statewide
A series of six online learning portals designed for grades K-2, 3-5, middle school, high school, teachers and administrators. Includes internet links, encyclopedias, dictionaries, lesson plans and more.
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Ask Jeeves For Kids
Search engine for kids with news resources, dictionaries, thesauri, atlases and other research tools. Also games and puzzles.
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Bartleby.com
Unlimited, free access to fiction and non-fiction books and information online. Includes links to the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, and more. Named “Best Literary Resource” for 2002 by Yahoo! Internet Life magazine.
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Book Adventure
Features book quizzes kids can do online after they read a book offline, with free prize incentives. Also features a personalized "book selector," which recommends book titles based on grade level, reading level, and subject preferences. Teachers can build their own class website for free.
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BookHive: Your guide to children's literature & books
Site designed for children ages birth through twelve, their parents, teachers or anyone interested in reading about children's books. Includes reviews and parent notes. Users can search for books by author, title, reading level, interest area, number of pages, and even favorite illustrator
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