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- Based on the Book - Selected books that have been made into movies
- Bookfinder - Search for out-of-print and used books
- Books and Book Collecting - Find any book in or out of print
- Classic Bookshelf - Public domain e-texts of classic works of (primarily) British and American literature
- Edsitement - Search for best humanities sites
- Free Audio Books: The 16 Best Sources Online
- Great Books Online-Bartleby - Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, Roget II: The New Thesaurus, American Heritage Book of English Usage, Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, Gray's Anatomy, and more
- IdiomSite
- Indiana Reading List - Indiana Department of Education reading list that meets the academic standards for English/Language Arts
- Literature Network
- NCTE - National Council of Teachers of English Web site
- Open Culture - the best free cultural & educational media on the web (free audio books, movies, online courses, textbooks and more)
- Pulitzer Prize Winners
- Puzzlemaker - Create various puzzles
- Random Reading Group Guides
- Reading Group Choices
- Science Fiction Online Study Guides
- What Should I Read Next? - www.whatshouldireadnext.com - enter a book you like and the site will provide book recommendations
- Wired for Books
- WordOrigins - origins of words and phrases
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- Biographical Dictionary - Contains biographies of more than 22,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
- Dictionary - Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition
- Encyclopedia - Outstanding reference work features 17,000 articles with more than 170,000 links to other resources on the Web
- Familiar Quotations: a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature
- Merriam-Webster Visual Online Dictionary- "the dictionary with a new point of view"
- Motivational Quotes
- OneLook Dictionaries - Search more than 450 dictionaries for the correct definition and spelling of words.
- Ye Olde English Sayings - Origins of Old English sayings plus a link to a list of other etymology pages
- Snappy Words Visual Dictionary – Online visual dictionary and thesaurus
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- Authors on the Web - Biographies, books, and essays
- Authors and Illustrators on the Web
- Book Page
- Famous Black Writers - A & E biography
- Gale Research index
- Greenwood Press Online Criticisms - Username: gem1797 Password: xijwqtt
- Novel Guide - Classic and contemporary literature profiles, metaphor analysis, theme analysis, and biography
- Online Literary Criticism Collection - Excellent site from Internet Public Library
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- Amazon Books
- Barnes and Noble
- Booklist Homepage
- English Server Fiction
- Kirkus Book Reviews
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- Anniina's Amy Tan Page - Readings, essays, interviews, bibliographies, book reviews of Amy Tan's work
- F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary Home Page
- Richard Wright- 1908 to 1960 - Biography, bibliographies, and links to other sites
- To Kill a Mockingbird Student Survival Guide - Notes on words, allusions, and idioms
- Voices from the Dust Bowl - American Memory Library of Congress
- Walt Whitman Home Page - From Library of Congress American Memory
- Witchcraft in Salem Village - Primary documents and other related materials related to the Witchcraft Outbreak in 1692
- Wright American Fiction (1851-1875) - Indiana University Digital Library Program collection of American fiction that attempts to include every novel published in the United States from 1851 to 1875
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- 18th and 19th European Classics Online Study Guides
- Classic Bookshelf - Public domain e-texts of classic works of (primarily) British and American literature
- Essays on Early 17th Century Literature - John Donne, Ben Jonson, John Milton, Sir Francis Bacon and others
- India, Africa, and the Carribbean Literature Online Study Guides
- Jane Austen's Writings
- Medea Myth Study Guide
- World Literature in English Online Study Guides
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- The Academy of American Poets - select poems by catagories: special occasions, most poplar classics, newest to Poets.org, or most popular modern
- American Verse Project - Full-text collection of 19th century poetry
- Artcyclopedia - Artcyclopedia - The guide to great art on the internet
- Atlantic Monthly's Poetry Page - Interviews, audio and essays
- Bartleby Verse: American and English Poetry: 1250 - 1920
- Danteworlds - Dante worlds - take a multi-media journey through Dante's Inferno
- Everypoet for Every Man - Search by name, title, first line, etc.
- Favorite Poem Project - Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project shares audio and video of people reading their favorite poems.
- Find a Poet - The Academy of American Poets provides information on favorite poets, both the famous and the lesser-known
- Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco - Famsf
- Great Writers and Poets - Lists of author homepages
- Library of Congress - Poetry 180: a poem a day for American High Schools - select a poem from a list
- Modern American Poetry - A multimedia companion to Anthology of Modern American Poetry
- The Poets - Modern American Poetry
- Poets - from the Academy of American Poets
- Web Gallery of Art - WGA
- Yale Book of American Verse - select poems by author, title or first line
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- Costume Page - Comprehensive site for costume history
- Fashion & Costuming Resources - List of links, with excellent annotations, to web sites relating to costuming, fashion (both historical and current), the fashion industry, education, and more from the Association of College and research Libraries' C&RL.
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- All-Movie Guide - Look up movies and actors
- Internet Movie Database - Search by title, character, etc.
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- Absolute Shakespeare - The essential resource for William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre
- Elizabethan Era - Comprehensive site
- Debate Continues on the Shakespearian Mystery
- Elizabethan Theatre - Description of Elizabethan and Shakespearean theatres
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- Seven Ages of Shakespeare's Life
- Humours - System for describing personality types (Click the right arrow at the bottom of each page for more information and examples.)
- Life in Elizabethan England - Excellent, comprehensive site
- Middle Ages - Annenberg/CPB project - What was it really like to live in the Middle Ages?
- Shakespeare Authorship Debate
- Shakespeare Theme Page - Curriculum resources, lesson plans and more
- Shakespeare's Food
- Shakespeare's Life and Times - History, music, art, politics and more
- Shakespeare's Globe
- Shakespeare's New Globe Theatre
- Tudor History - Life, architecture, and historical figures of Tudor England
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- Encyclopedia Mythica - An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend
- Folktales and Mythology
- Greek Mythology in Theater - early origins, three major genres, a list of great links on Greek Mythology and short video on ancient Greek theaters
- Olympian Gods
- Perseus Project - Library of ancient civilizations
- Theoi Greek Mythology
- University of Massachusetts Amhearst
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- America and the Holocaust
- Anne Frank - The Attic - Teacher Workbook
- German Propaganda Archive - Calvin Minds in the Making
- Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies - Exhibitions and art created by Holocaust survivors
- Cybrary of the Holocaust
- Florida Center for Instructional Technology
- Florida Holocaust Museum
- Forgotten Camps - Special emphasis on lesser-know subcamps
- The History Place
- Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy
- Holocaust Album - Contemporary photographs
- Holocaust Art - View works of artists and read their biographies
- Holocaust Art - View works associated with a ghetto or camp and read about its history
- Holocaust Center Boston North
- Holocaust Chronicle
- Holocaust History Project - Documents, photographs, recordings, essays, and links regarding the Holocaust, with special attention on refuting Holocaust denial and revisionism
- Holocaust Museum Houston
- Holocaust Remembrance Project
- Holocaust Survivors
- Holocaust on Trial - Based on a television documentary about the Irving vs. Lipstadt trial in 2000. Features a timeline on Holocaust denial and revisionism, and biographies of Holocaust deniers and revisionists.
- Holocaust Teacher Resource Center
- Holocaust Timeline - A complete chronicle of Nazi persecution of the Jews with photos and text from The History Place.
- Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
- International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
- Internet Resources on Genocide and Mass Killing
- Jewish Virtual Library
- Kindertransport Organization - Children who lived in Great Britain without their parents during the ten months of the rescue operation called the "Kindertransport"
- Last Expression: Art & Auschwitz - Art produced by concentration camp inmates, with a special focus on Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Learning about the Holocaust through art
- Missing Identity
- Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust
- New York Times
- Night by Elie Wiesel Teacher Cyberguide
- Nizkor Project -Based on Shattered! 50 Years of Silence, the History and Voices of the Tragedy in Romania and Transnistria, the site provides background and personal testimonies.
- Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
- Reflections on the Holocaust - a thorough, inclusive and well-organized site
- Remember - A People's History of the Holocaust & Genocide
- Search and Unite
- Shtetl
- Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
- Teaching with Movies: Learning Guide to Schindler's List
- Teaching with Movies: Learning Guide to Anne Frank
- Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
- To Save A Life: Stories of Holocaust Rescue
- Transdiffusion Broadcassting System - Hitler's Radio
- U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Voices of the Holocaust - In 1946 Dr. David Pablo Boder of Illinois Institute of Technology interviewed Holocaust survivors. The interviews took place one year after liberation, while the victims were still in displaced persons camps throughout Europe. Excellent source
- Yad Vashem