The Whiskey Rebellion was an early challenge to the new United States government. Read about the importance of whiskey in the back country and the need for the United States to find sources of revenues. This is a story of east vs. west,...

During the time of rising segregation in the late 19th century two African-American leaders offered two opposite views about how to advance civil rights for African-Americans. Read about the philosophies of those leaders. Booker T....

Read about the many problems encountered by John Quincy Adams during his presidency, most not of his making, but a reflection of the split in the philosophies of the National Republicans and the up-and-coming Jacksonian Democrats.

Poetry and music are unmistakably intermixed, and in this lesson plan, we focus on the word choice and idea development of both song and poem. After listening to the modern song and reading the famous old poem, "Gone" by Switchfoot and...

Brief biography from Trinity College of Ibn Rushd, a Muslim scholar who made contributions to many fields of study, including astronomy, philosophy, music, and medicine.

A good look at the philosophy of the Quakers who colonized William Penn's religious refuge in the colony of Pennsylvania. Read about Penn's liberal views about government, religious freedom, and relations with Native Americans.

Both Mahatmas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. were influenced by Henry David Thoreau's essay, "Civil Disobedience." Have students research and read, using the Internet, the first part of Thoreau's essay. Then have students write an...

This site from Chebucto Community Net provides a biography of Lao-tzu and short description of Taoism. Contrasts Taoism and Confucianism as well. Some black and white pictures accompany information.

Read this entry from William Morey's 1901 text to find out about Marcus Aurelius, one of the five good emperors, who was known as a philosopher.

This resource provides a good explanation of Kant's famous analytic-synthetic distinction. After explaining it, author critiques Kant's resolution of the problem of first principles.

In this letter written in 1519, Desiderius Erasmus describes his friend Sir Thomas More.

This is an excellent biography with personal and professional information on Hegel. It includes seveal pictures of famous thinkers, associated in some way with Hegel.

This site has biographical information for Machiavelli (1469-1527 CE), the political philosopher during the Italian Renaissance.

An article which examines the major ideas of the theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr, and their impact on America during the 20th century and what use they have in current American life.

The Smithsonian profiles the work of master furniture craftsman, Sam Maloof. While not technically sculpture, Maloof's work approaches fine art in its beauty yet has a strong element of function. Videos require QuickTime plug-in.

Portrait of Huxley.

Contains at least one link to each of the important areas.

Professor of Physical Geography and Natural Philosophy in the Central High School of Philadelphia; Professor of Physics in the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania.

This page provides an excellent biography of Democritus of Abdera, an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician. Discusses his life, travels, and contributions to the fields of philosophy and, to an extent, mathematics.

Detailed biography of the American revolutionary writer and thinker Thomas Paine. Includes discussion of the influence of his writing on international affairs.

The Chebucto Community Net provides a site with a brief description and origin information on the Heavenly Masters sect.