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University of Michigan: Museums
Links to dozens of art museums all over the world, by geographic region.
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University of Michigan Library: Digital Archive: Brown v. Board of Education
A digital collection of materials outlining the famous Brown v. Board of Education case and the events that followed it. Covers Supreme Court cases and school desegregation issues and events.
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Symbolism in Visual Images
Brief essay on visual symbolism in literature and art. Provides examples and nice images. Shows that visual images can have the same type of symbolism as literary works.
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U.michigan: Keyboard Temperament Analyzer
Features a downloadable spreadsheet for analyzing keyboard temperaments. Requires a bit of physics knowledge.
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University of Michigan: Sexual Selection
Discusses many details pertaining to sexual selection and gender differences in sexual selection. The rationale behind the increased female investment in the process is discussed. Provides many examples of the sexual selection process.
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Photoglossary/geysers
Describes how a geyser works and provides a nice diagram of the geological structure of a geyser.
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University of Michigan: Great Lakes Diatoms
Major groups of diatoms listed. Also genera list. A comprehensive site on diatoms.
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Floral Radiographs: The Secret Garden
A gallery depicting "floral radiographs," this website shows several examples of "this unusual art form" which shows "the secret beauty that lies hidden within [flowers'] blossoms." These black and white radiographs are done by Albert...
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University of Michigan: The Big Bang It Sure Was Big!
A detailed examination of "what is known about the Big Bang itself, the age of the universe, and the synthesis of the first atoms."
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University of Michigan: A Monetary Explanation of the Great Stagflation [Pdf]
A comprehensive look at the economic condition of the 1970s termed stagflation. Authors take a different view noting that oil price increases were not as essential to stagflation as thought. They develop the relationship between monetary...
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U of Michigan: Arthur Miller Files
This conviently arranged site offers a timeline, a list of works, with summaries and analysis, biographical information, interviews, etc. Also offers a list of resources, both print and electronic.
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University of Michigan: Online Symbolism Dictionary
Great website where you can look up literary symbols in a searchable index. For each symbol there is a brief explanation of its significance and links to other related symbols.
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Beyond Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Many famous and not so famous rounds can be found at this website. Midi files allow you to listen and learn. Wonderful!
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University of Michigan Health System: What Are Learning Disabilities (Ld)?
The University of Michigan has and extremely thorough article posted on this site offering comprehensive information on learning disabilities. Measures that parents can take are also available on this site.
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University of Michigan Periodical Cicada
A great review of these interesting insects, many of which are on a 13 or 17 year cycle of life. Great pictures and information.
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University of Michigan: Spy Letters of the American Revolution
A wonderful resource with letters, stories, people, and timelines of spies for the Loyalists and the Patriots during the American Revolution.
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American Verse Project: Poems by William Cullen Bryant
This site from the University of Michigan provides the online text to William Cullen Bryant's (1794-1878 CE) 1840 collection of poetry "Poems".
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American Verse Project: Anti Slavery Poems
This site from American Verse Project provides the online text for "Anti-Slavery Poems: Songs of Labor and Reform" by John Greenleaf Whittier. Poems can be viewed in plain text or as page-by-page images of the original work.
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American Verse Project: Atlanta Offering: Poems, by Frances e.w. Harper
Searchable text of poems by Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, from the book "Atlanta Offering."
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American Verse Project: Poems Relating to the American Revolution
Although he was not, strictly speaking, a combatant in the American Revolution, Philip Freneau (1752-1832 CE) nevertheless spent time on a prison ship in New York Harbor. Some of the poems in this volume speak to that experience.
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American Verse Project: Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Part of the Humanities Initiative American Verse Collection, this resource offers links to more than fifty poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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American Verse Project: John Greenleaf Whittier, a Sketch of His Life
This site from the University of Michigan provides the text for "John Greenleaf Whittier, A Sketch of His Life," written by Bliss Perry in 1907. Includes detailed biographical information and selected poems.
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American Verse Project: Fifty Years & Other Poems
Searchable index of poet James Weldon Johnson's collection of poems, "Fifty Years & Other Poems," originally published in 1917.