On this website you can read about Dr. Mamie Clark, distinguished African-American educator, and hear an interview with her about her studies of race and child development. This interview is part of Columbia University's Oral History...

Read letters from homesteaders in Nebraska and view photographs of prairie life in Nebraska. Visitors can browse by topic, date, or keyword.

The campaign of 1884 was filled with scandals and recriminations from both parties. Read about the conventions that selected presidential candidates and read about the campaigns and election.

A canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans had been the dream of several countires for years. Read about how the United States supported Panama's breakaway from Colombia in order to gain access to the isthmus of Panama, the final...

Excellent lesson plan in which young scholars study and analyze the letters that Emily Dickinson wrote to Thomas Higginson and to her sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson, as a method of understanding her poetry in a deeper...

A thorough review of Woodrow Wilson's foreign policies in these four lessons offered by EDSITEment. Learn the origins of "Wilsonianism," Wilson's views on relations with countries in Latin America, Wilson's decision to enter World War I,...

The waves have retreated, but what lies in the destruction zone and how do people put their lives back together? The Food and Agriculture arm of the UN lists updates on the reconstruction going after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Pitch is the ear's response to frequency, and here you can get a better understanding of pitch, its measurement and the perception of pitch.

This site is the home of the Library of Congress Veterans' Project. Collected here are stories in multiple formats about specific topics dealing with a soldier's life in WWII, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam War. Pictures and other...

Three of the four volumes of Max Farrand's collection of the records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Called The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, these documents are a critical part of American governmental history.

Trinity University offers an overview of the problems of inequality in the education system in the United States. Has links to charts and articles about income and education.

Easy to read reference site that offers a tremendous amount of detailed information about Wyatt Earp and the famous "Shoot-out at the OK Corral". Click on the highlighted words for links to photos and further information.

Learn about estuary ecosystems. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.

This is a history of the construction and significance of a railway through the Crowsnest Pass that connected a part of British Columbia that was cut off from the rest of Canada. Included are maps, photographs and primary source documents.

This resource presents the text of one of Aristotle's "Physics can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading...

Visitors can read the complete 17 chapter text of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Maria, Or the Wrongs of Woman." Includes a preface by novelist William S. Godwin.

This site provides the complete etext for Zane Grey's story, "The Lone Star Ranger."

In this article, "Dr. Scheibel tells the fascinating story of how the brain develops in human beings from conception to birth. He makes clear that this complex, rapidly developing process is affected continually by the environment in...

With increased deforestation, invasive species, and other human actions harming or eliminating the wetland habitats the bird populations are decreasing. Scientists are working diligently to restore the wetland birds' habitats.

An explanation of the differences between bacteria and viruses. Further details are given showing that not all bacteria are bad.

Learn how microbes can actually help solve crimes. Uncover some of the problems with using microbes as forensic evidence.

Recognize that some people believe that life on Earth came from outer space. Learn about the support for these ideas and what could happen if life would continue to arrive from space.

An explanation of genomes in regards to the amount of DNA compared to the number of chromosomes in different organisms. Additional discussion focuses on how the human genome is different from other species.

This state site provides you with all you need to know about educational licensure within Wisconsin.