CommonLit
Common Lit: Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
A learning module that begins with Thomas Gray's poem "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Excerpts From Leviathan
A learning module that begins with "Excerpts from Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Act for Establishing Religious Freedom
A learning module that begins with "Act for Establishing Religious Freedom" by Thomas Jefferson, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Excerpt From Far From the Madding Crowd
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from Far From the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
Britain Express
Britain Express: History: Tudor: Act of Supremacy
This site explains the Act of Supremacy (as established in both 1534 and 1559) that would "firmly establish the English monarch as the official head of the Church of England."
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: You Decide: Jefferson or Hamilton?
Read statements by Jefferson and Hamilton on the role of government, the virtue of people, slavery, and the role of cities and decide who had the more enduring vision of America. Your opinion will be added to the tally of others who have...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: George Washington: The First Administration
Read about George Washington's presidency. See why his role was so important in setting precedents to be followed by future chief executives. Find out about some of the warts in his personality too, all of which made him more human.
CommonLit
Common Lit: The History of the Cylinder Phonograph
A learning module that begins with "The History of the Cylinder Phonograph" by The Library of Congress, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Power, Politics, and Religion
A murdered king, a homeless ruler, a man who sells his soul to the Devil: discover how Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers represented power and powerlessness.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: W. H. Auden
This Academy of American Poets webpage provides, in addition to a short overview of his life, a selected bibliography as well as hyperlinks to a number of Auden's poems such as "On the Circuit" (read by the author), "Lullaby," and "The...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: The Battle of Antietam
What was the bloodiest battle in all American history? The Battle of Antietam , during the Civil War, wins this dubious honor. The Library of Congress has more information about this famous battle along with some actual photographs.
Digital History
Digital History: The Significance of 1492
A good look at what is known as the Columbian Exchange, the exchange of foods, disease, and even ideas between the New World and Old World beginning with Columbus' encounter in 1492.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Utopia
This lesson introduces utopia in fiction writing. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Ethnicity and Identity
From Othello and Shylock to depictions of the 'New World' and anti-immigration riots, explore Shakespeare's fascination with ethnic identity.
Other
Us flag.org: Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents
Use this timeline for the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to learn more about American history. It takes you from June 7, 1776, through to the writing of this major document in U.S. history.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Shays' Rebellion
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry lesson allows students to gain a more nuanced understanding of how Americans...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Cardinal Fisher
John Cardinal Fisher (c.1469 - 22 June 1535), from 1935 Saint John Fisher, was an English Catholic bishop, cardinal and martyr. He shares his feast day with Saint Thomas More on June 22 in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and 6 July...
Bill of Rights Institute
Bill of Rights Institute: Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton is perhaps the most misunderstood and under-appreciated of the Founders. A proponent of a strong national government with an "energetic executive," he is sometimes described as the godfather of modern big government....
CommonLit
Common Lit: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
A learning module that begins with Thomas Gray's poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Luther v. Borden
In the spring of 1842, Rhode Island had two governors and two legislatures. One government was committed to retaining the old colonial charter, which severely limited voting rights, as the state's constitution. The other government, led...
Other
The Jeffersonian Perspective: Limited Government, Part 1
It is doubtful that Thomas Jefferson would ever have proposed "Limited Government" as an abstract principle unassociated with specific limiting factors. He was more inclined to express his principles in definite and practical terms, not...
Curated OER
T. S. Eliot
Who was Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965 CE)? Use this site to learn more about this famous poet through a brief biographical sketch. You will also have an opportunity to read some of his poetry when you click on featured titles.