University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Lyndon B. Johnson's Cabinet
In addition to providing a general description of the roles of Cabinet members, this website provides a chart listing the people who served in the Cabinet of President Lyndon Johnson during the 1960s.
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Wittenberg University: Major Figures of the Harlem Renaissance
Brief overview, followed by biographical sketches of people making this time memorable.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: W. S. Blunt
Excerpts from the diaries of Wilfred Scawen Blunt, English writer who opposed British imperialism.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: "Letter From Spain"
This site from Modern American Poetry provides a review of the famous poem by Langston Hughes. The information that is provided is somewhat brief, but factual, and worth checking out.
Columbia University
Columbia: Tips for Effective Presentations Using Four Important Design Concepts
Excellent, clear guidelines to aid you in using visual aids in a presentation. Curser down to find the information. W.9-10.6 Techno, SL.11-12.5 Audio Visuals
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Chien Shiung Wu (1912 1997), y.k. Lee, and l.w. Mo
The experiments of Columbia University physicists (left to right) Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), Y.K. Lee, and L.W. Mo confirmed the theory of conservation of vector current. In the experiments, which took several months to complete,...
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Indiana University: More About the Wpa
This site from Indiana University describes the purpose the Works Progress Administration served during the Depression and summarizes the special programs of the W.P.A.
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Old Dominion University: Calculus Animations W Mathcad
Explanations and animations of limits, slopes, derivatives, arc length, infinite series, conic sections, cycloids, parametric curves, polar curves, quadric surfaces, and more.
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Sweatt v. Painter Archive
This site has just about everything one might want to know in an investigation of the important Supreme Court decision in Sweatt vs. Painter.
Colorado State University
Colorado State Writing Center: Using Descriptive Detail
This resource explores the various types and uses of descriptions in writing. Includes in-depth information about the definition, uses, and types of descriptive detail.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp.3,4 College Athletes
Below are the heights of the players on the University of Maryland women's basketball team for the 2012-2013 season and the heights of the players on the women's field hockey team for the 2012 season. (Accessed at...
Harvard University
Harvard Univ.: Harvard College Writing Center: Ending the Essay: Conclusions
This resource teaches how to write a conclusion for an essay. Also includes a few pointers on how not to end one.
Other
Do History: Using Primary Sources
This site explains the difference between a primary and secondary source. It also provides students with questions to ask when gathering evidence about a primary source document.
Starfall
Starfall: Letters of the Alphabet
This site features activities for the letters of the alphabet. Students have an opportunity to click on a letter and hear a story about that letter.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Beginnings of the Movement: African American Men Get the Vote
Explore the ways in which the women's suffrage movement, after African-American men were given the right to vote, fell short. Read texts from this period of time.
Black Past
Black Past: Young, Colonel Charles
In this encyclopedia article, you can learn about Col. Charles Young, the first African-American colonel in the U.S. Army.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Imagist Ezra Pound
This site from the University of Groningen provides a good exposition of the well known imagist poet, Ezra Pound. Includes links to T.S. Eliot and W. C. Williams.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Cohesion: Using Repetition and Reference Words
This site gives a brief overview of how to achieve cohesion or coherence in writing. It explains how the repeating of key words and using reference words help tie ideas together. Use link in first paragraph to find charts of transitional...
University of California
Cal Heritage Collection: Using Primary Sources
This resource covers what primary sources are, where we can find them, and how we can assess them in the classroom.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Margaret Mann Lesley (1891 1988)
Geneticist and cytologist Margaret Mann Lesley (1891-1988) earned a Ph.D. from University of California in 1921 and worked primarily at the Department of Horticulture, University of California Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside,...
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Hyper Physics: Earth Orbits
An equation for the law of universal gravitation is stated. The weight equation (W=m*g) is related to the law. An interactive Javascript form allows the user to practice determining the force of gravity and the acceleration of gravity...
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Hyper Physics: Earth Orbits
An equation for the law of universal gravitation is stated. The weight equation (W=m*g) is related to the law. An interactive Javascript form allows the user to practice determining the force of gravity and the acceleration of gravity...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Ruth Winkley
In 1921, the Marine Biological Laboratory's Biological Bulletin listed Ruth Winkley as a clerk in the laboratory supply department; she graduated from University of Michigan in 1925, where she studied invertebrate zoology. This is...