Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Simonds History of American Literature
This site presents the full text of the "Simonds History of American Literature." This detailed reference book explores the literature in early colonial times, the eighteenth century, the beginning of the nineteenth century, the New...
University of Michigan
Making of America: Illustrated Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes
A complete, searchable text of "Illustrated Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes," which was illustrated by George Randolph Barse and others.
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The Food Timeline
A collection of food resources-- in chronological order can be viewed at this site. Want to know what the pioneers cooked or when agriculture began? When was the Moon Pie invented? How about jelly beans, catsup, or breakfast cereal?...
Universal Teacher
Moore's Teacher Resources: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
An excellent site from the UK. Includes biographical information on Chaucer, historical context, and in-depth information on the Wife of Bath, complete with the relationship between the prologue and tale, character analysis, and essay...
University of Michigan
Middle English Compendium: The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer
Read and search Chaucer's famous work, "The Canterbury Tales." Text is provided in untranslated Middle English.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Utopian Promise: William Bradford
Seventeenth century author, William Bradford, set sail on the Mayflower and embarked on a journey to the New World using his experiences for his writings. Click on "William Bradford Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Literary Movements: The Slave Narrative
In addition to defining "Slave Narrative," this website includes information on the styles and influences associated with slave narratives. Also provided, are links to several examples of nineteenth- and twentieth-century slave narratives.
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Plimoth Plantation: You Are the Historian
What really happened at the first Thanksgiving? Students will explore different aspects of the harvest celebration in 1621 through an interactive program provided by an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute.
Other
Online Companion to Middle English Literature: Geoffrey Chaucer
A resource from Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf. Provides a short biography of Geoffrey Chaucer and links to pages describing some of his best-known writings.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Rituals of the Hajj
There are two pilgrimages to Mecca. Hajj--known as the Greater Pilgrimage and 'Umra-the lesser pilgrimage. Hajj can only be undertaken between the 8th and the 13th of Dhu al-Hijja - the twelfth month of the Muslim calendar. At all other...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 12: Canterbury Tales
Students learn how the stereotypes and characterization of Chaucer's pilgrims reflect his views of religious corruption and social boundaries in the medieval period. They will consider how the themes reflected in the general Prologue...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Early Settlers in New England
A scene of early English colonists, or Pilgrims, in snow.
Curated OER
Smart Exchange: Large Image Preview: First Thanksgiving
Cartoon illustration of Pilgrims on Thanksgiving.
Indiana University
Indiana University: Lilly Library: Fore Edge Painting
Exhibition of an obscure art form known as fore-edge painting, a decorative art that arose in Europe alongside the bookbinding trade. View examples of books embellished with finely painted fore-edges of subjects such as the Canterbury...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Algonkian Tribes
A good look at the Algonkian tribes that ranged along the Atlantic coast, although different in many ways, but connected linguistically. Read about the Wampanoags, who met the Pilgrims, and the Powhatans, who helped John Smith and his...
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page
This site provides links to five of Browning's most famous works including "Aurora Leigh," "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point," "Selected Poems," "Sonnets From the Portuguese," and "Translations from the Greek Christian Poets."
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Utah
Who "led the group of Mormon pilgrims seeking freedom from religious persecution into the Great Salt Lake Valley?" Come to this website and find out!
Smithsonian Institution
Freer | Sackler Galleries: Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires
Two thousand years before today's "global economy," an exchange network linked the continent of Asia via the Silk Route. Between the first and eighth centuries of the common era, the empires and states of Asia often came into conflict as...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Buddha Shakyamuni
How do we recognize this figure as Shakyamuni Buddha? This is the traditional representation of the Shakyamuni Buddha or the historical Buddha. The statue shows the moment of his enlightenment at a place called Bodh Gaya in India, which...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Sanctuary of Bom Jesus De Matosinhos of Congonhas Do Campo
Bom Jesus de Matosinhos in Congonhas do Campo is a sanctuary for many pilgrims in Brazil. This elaborate complex of architecture, sculpture, and painting shows scenes of the life and death of Christ. View pictures and read the history of...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
This resource presents a collection of searchable texts, including court records, Colony laws, seminar analysis of various topics, and biographical profiles of selected colonists. It also includes a search engine and images.
Yale University
Avalon Project: Mayflower Compact 1620
Read the actual words of these earliest Americans and their attempt at self-government with the writing of the Mayflower Compact. Link directly to other colonial charter pages.
University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Law Center: Mayflower Compact
Provides the full text of the Mayflower Compact, the first written framework of government in what is now the United States.
Library of Congress
Loc: America as a Religious Refuge
One of the primary reasons for colonization of the New World was to escape European religious persecution. This site provides stories of religious nonconformists, militants, zealots, reformers, and the faithful.
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