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Washington State University: Japanese Creation Myth (712 Ce): Genji Shibukawa: Tales From the Kojiki
Japanese Creation Myth (712 CE) translated and updated text for modern retelling.
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Washington State University: Literary Movements: Captivity Narratives
This site contains definitions and analysis of American captivity narratives. Describes the conventions, rhetorical purposes, and themes of the captivity narrative genre. Lists example captivity narratives.
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Washington State University: Literary Movements: Domestic or Sentimental Fiction
This site provides a wealth of information about Harriet Beecher Stowe's works. It provides some great links to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" information, a bibliography of primary and secondary sources by and about Stowe, and links to some of her...
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Washington State University: The William Dean Howells Society
This site from Washington State University links you to various pages about author William Dean Howells. Links include a biography, his works, and more.
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Washington State University: Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events
A timeline of the social, political, historical, and literary history of America from the 1500s to the 1920s. It offers links to primary sources including historical and literary works including the original U.S. Constitution. RL.11-12.9...
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Washington State University: Polynomial Division
This site contains a brief explanation of how to divide a polynomial by a monomial by factoring.
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Washington State University: Slope Intercept, Point Slope Forms
Washington State University provides a lesson on finding the slope of an equation and putting the equation into the desired form. The site also contains informatinon concerning parallel and perpendicular lines.
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Washington State University: Real Numbers
This site from Washington State University provides properties and rules of addition and multiplication that help with proofs.
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Washington State University: Sets & Other Basic Concepts
Washington State University provides an introduction to sets and subsets and the symbols used to represent them.
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Washington State University: Power Series and Convergence: Power Series Review [Pdf]
This PDF reviews the various power series and explains convergence.
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Washington State University: Introduction to 19th Century Socialism
This article discusses the origin of 19th-century socialism. Discusses the Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, social classes, Karl Marx and labor unions. An in-depth article.
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Washington State University: Rats & Mice
What are six major problems caused by mice and rats? How do you control rodents? How have mice and rats survived people's constant attempts to eliminate them? You will find answers to these questions along with a description of the house...
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Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: How Does Snow Form?
In this "Ask Dr. Universe," an eight-year old's question about how snow is formed is answered. Find out what meteorologist, Nic Loyd, has to say about this science.
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Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: What Are Greenhouse Gases?
A question posed by a ten-year-old from Bolivia: What exactly are greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect? Dr. Universe finds an answer from Washington State University's Brian Lamb.
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Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: Is Pluto a Planet Again or Not?
Dr. Universe answers this question after talking with WSU's Katie Cooper. Katie is an expert in the geology of Earth and objects in outer space.
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Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: What Are Fingernails Made Of?
Find out what fingernails are made of when Dr. Universe talks with her friend Professor Lisa Carloye from the biology department at WSU.
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Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: Why Is Yawning Contagious?
Hans Van Dongen, a WSU friend of Dr. Universe helps her explain why yawning is contagious. What can we learn from our yawns?
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Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: What Causes Stomachaches?
Autumn from Texas wants to know why we get stomachaches. Dr. Universe brings in her friends Lisa Woodard and Brenda Bray who work in pharmacy research to help deliver the answer.
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Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: Are Animal and Human Bones the Same?
Good question! Dr. Universe answers Lydia's question with the help of a friend from the College of Veterinary Medicine at WSU.
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Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: Why Do People and Animals Get Cancer More Than They Used To?
A cancer researcher from WSU and a veterinarian from WSU's Veterinary teaching hospital helps Dr. Universe answer this challenging question.
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Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: Do I Really Need to Sleep?
Can't sleep? Don't want to sleep? Afraid of missing something if sleep takes over? Dr. Universe talks with a friend from WSU's Sleep and Performance Research Center about the importance of sleep.
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Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: Why Are Ripe Fruits Sweet?
Dr. Universe answers Alexa's thought-provoking question with feedback from her scientist friend who works at WSU. Why is it important that we eat fruit that has ripened?
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Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: Where Does Dirt Come From?
Great question! Dr. Universe refers to her friend Jim Harsh, a scientist, from Washington State University to answer.
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Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: How Do Mollusks Move Around the Ocean?
Dr. Universe went to a friend who is a marine biologist to find the answer to this probing question by Michel. Find out all about mollusks.