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Miscelaneous Sites

Virtual Field Trips  http://www.field-trips.org/develop.htm

BUBL Information Service
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/
Evaluated Internet resources covering all academic subject areas. Amazing site.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web (Browse by Content or Subject Area)
http://www.bluewebn.com/wired/bluewebn/

eserver.org
http://eserver.org/
Collections in the Arts and Humanities. Amazing collection. College-level.

NWREL (Northwest Regional Educational Library) -The Library in the Sky
http://www.nwrel.org/sky/

Library Spot
http://libraryspot.com/
LibrarySpot is a virtual library resource center with vertical information portals designed to make finding the best topical information on the Internet a quick, easy and enjoyable experience.

Landmarks for School
http://www.landmark-project.com/
Includes resources for students and teachers, including science, social studies, "Words of Humankind," raw data, images, and more. Includes descriptions and suggested uses in the classroom for each site. "One of the earliest educational websites on the Internet, Landmarks has served teachers since 1995 with links to teaching and learning resources on the Net and collaborative online projects."

StudyWeb
http://www.studyweb.com/
Over 88,000 research-quality URLs.

Worldcom MarcoPolo
http://marcopolo.worldcom.com/
No-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom. Panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines.

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Lesson Plan Databases

English and Language Arts Lesson Plans
http://7-12educators.about.com/education/7-12educators/msub1plneng.htm

Teachnet.com: Lesson Ideas (by Subject Area)
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/index.html

AskERIC Lesson Plans
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/

Microsoft's Encarta Lesson Collection: Schoolhouse
http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/

Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE): Language Arts
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cla.html
Literature guides, lessons, resources for language arts.

Language Arts Mini-Lessons Elementary (K-5)
http://yn.la.ca.us/cec/ceclang/ceclang-elem.html

Clarkson's English Teaching Webpage
http://www.wathena406.k12.ks.us/WHS/Staff/clarkson/MrC/clarkson_english_teaching_.htm
Lessons, worksheets, and teaching ideas from one, very busy, high school English teacher.

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Teaching Language Arts

PBS TeacherSource: Language Arts
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm
Lessons and activities arranged by grade level, recommended books, recommended web sites, grants and conferences, media literacy, etc.

Electronic Archives for Teaching the American Literatures
http://www.georgetown.edu/tamlit/tamlit-home.html

Syllabi and Other Course Materials for Literature Courses
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/syllabi.html

Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/links.html

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
http://www.ncte.org/
Articles, lesson and teaching ideas, discussion lists, etc.

Kairos
http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/
An electronic journal designed to serve as a peer-reviewed resource for teachers, researchers, and tutors of writing at the college and university level.

Scholarly Journals on the Internet
http://www.literaryhistory.com/SchInternet.htm#journals
Links to "a few outstanding scholarly journals [that] are making their contents freely available over the internet." Focus is British literature journals.

Syllabi and Other Course Materials for Literature Courses
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/syllabi.html
This collection of syllabi and course materials make real use of the Web; a simple course description or a text-only syllabus isn't enough. These literature courses post their reading lists, course materials, etc.

Victoria Research Web
Teaching Resources: Syllabi

http://www.indiana.edu/~victoria/teaching.html
Links to course plans on Victorian history and literature for the benefit of both students and colleagues.

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Language Arts and Literature Sites - Extensive Sites that Categorize by Topic

Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research
http://vos.ucsb.edu/

Literature Resources for the High School and College Student
http://home.teleport.com/~mgroves/LitResources/
This should also say "for teachers." Wow list categorized by literature (sorted by century), indices, online books, writer's resources, magazines, and a miscellaneous category called "!?!"

Literary Resources on the Net
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature.

Yahoo! Directory of Literature
http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/literature/

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Literature and Language Arts Resources
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/arts/artlit.html
Be sure to scroll down. Sites are listed alphabetically.

Literature and General Language Arts Resources
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/places/language.html

LetsNET: Language Arts
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/frames/subjects/la/index.html
A variety of units and activities that are language arts- and Internet-centered.

Internet for English
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/vts/english/
A free "teach yourself" tutorial on Internet information skills for English. Tour key sites for English, discover tools and techniques to improve your Internet searching, review the critical thinking required when using the Internet, and reflect on how to use the Internet for studying, teaching or research. Great for teachers, but also appropriate for high school students.

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Online Full-Text Resources

On-Line Books
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
15,000+ complete books available online.

Internet Public Library Online Texts Collection
http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/
Over 19,000 titles that can be browsed by author, by title, or by Dewey Subject Classification.

Bartleby Library: Great Books Online
http://www.bartleby.com/
Search by line or check alphabetical list by author

Project Gutenberg
http://www.promo.net/pg/
Online literature by title, author, and search engine.

Bibliomania
http://www.bibliomania.com/
"The Best Classic Books and Reference on the Web." Categorized by reference, fiction, non-fiction, Shakespeare, and poetry

A Literary Index: Internet Resources in Literature http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/english/flackcj/Litmain.html
An overview and a review of the more significant collections of Internet literary resources of interest to scholars, students, and lovers of literature.

American Memory Project
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/
Primary source material from the Library of Congress that incorporates documents, audio, video, maps, and photographs into forty online exhibitions from the Civil War to vaudeville to folk music to the Great Depression.

Alex Catalogue of Electronic texts
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/alex/
Search or browse this collection of digital documents collected in the subject areas of English literature, American literature, and Western philosophy. You can also search the content of located texts for specific words or search the content of multiple documents simultaneously. Also will create PDF (Portable Document Format) files of any of the texts for easier formatting to print the texts.

Classic Reader
http://www.classicreader.com/
Read, search, and annotate great works of literature. The collection currently contains 634 books and 905 short stories by 194 authors. New works are added to the collection on a regular basis. The works are split into seven categories: fiction, non-fiction, children, poetry, Shakespeare, short stories, and drama.

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Composition, Rhetoric, Grammer, and Writing Sites

Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

Guide to Grammar and Style
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/index.html

Yahoo! Directory on Writing
http://dir.yahoo.com/social_science/communications/writing/

On-Line English Grammar
http://www.adultlearn.com/grammar-online.html

Online Writing Lab: Handouts for Students and Teachers
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html
A large collection of handouts on a variety of writing-related topics, resources for teachers and links to other web sites related to writing.

Writing Argumentative Essays
http://www.eslplanet.com/teachertools/argueweb/frntpage.htm

The Write Site
http://www.writesite.org/
Interactive Language Arts and Journalism page designed for middle schools. Students can discover what's behind the who, what, where, when and why as they take on the roles of journalists.

Kid's Click: Reading , Writing, Speaking
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/topread.html
Impressive list of links by category (alphabet, codes, composition, English as a second language, grammar, spelling, writing, etc.). Provides description and reading grade level for each site. For students in grades K-7.

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Vocabulary and Spelling Sites

Vocabulary University
http://www.vocabulary.com/
Vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery. These exercises help prepare for SSAT, PSAT, GED, SAT and ACT tests, supplement personal vocabulary acquisition, and are being used in home schooling and ESL programs.

Wild World of Words Challenges
http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/challenge/word.html
Interactive site to help with spelling, decoding, word building, and deciphering word meanings.

Englishtown.com: Everything about English
http://englishtown.com/
A site offered in 12 different languages for students to learn English. Includes daily lessons, tests, games, book clubs, chat rooms, pen pals, etc. Games include online Word Drop, Quiz Wiz Hangman, and Crossword Puzzle. Not just for ESL students.

Discovery School's Puzzlemaker
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/index.html
An online puzzle and games generation tool for teachers, parents and students. Create and print customized word search, mazes, crossword, and math puzzles using your word lists. Build your own maze or print their specialty hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and classroom topics.

Kid's Click: Reading, Writing, Speaking
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/topread.html
Impressive list of links by category (alphabet, codes, composition, English as a second language, grammar, spelling, writing, etc.). Provides description and reading grade level for each site. For students in grades K-7.

About.com: Free School Fonts
http://desktoppub.about.com/library/fonts/bl_schoolfree.htm
Fonts mimic the style of type used to teach print and cursive handwriting skills. Each link goes to a larger sample, author and description info, and download link.

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English as a Second Language Sites

Clearinghouse for Multicultural/Bilingual Education
Multimedia: Computer Software

http://catsis.weber.edu/mbe/Htmls/MBE-Mm-Computer.html

EduHound Espanol
http://www.eduhound.com/espanol/defaultE.cfm (in Spanish)
http://www.eduhound.com/espanol/defaultEN.cfm (in English, but for Hispanic education)
The EduHound.com directory provides a prescreened database directory of K-12 Educational Links categorized by subject, alphabetically from a list of clickable keywords. This is the Spanish version of the site, which includes topics of interest to the Hispanic student, bilingual tutorials, and various dictionaries.

ESL Partyland
http://www.eslpartyland.com/
Student pages have over 75 interactive quizzes, 15 discussion forums, interactive lessons on a variety of topics, a chat room, and lots of links. Teacher resources include: lesson plans and reproducible materials to use in class, discussion forums, ideas for communicative practice activities, a chat room, and more.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: World Languages
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/world/worldrw.html
Links to educational sites for world languages and ESL resources.

Learning Resources: CNN
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/
Offers web-delivered instruction using current and past CNN San Francisco bureau news stories. Intended for adults with moderate reading and speaking comprehension skills including advanced ESL or non-native English speakers, but appropriate for high school ESL students as well. Each module includes the full text of each story and interactive activities to test comprehension. The learner can choose to read the text, listen to the text, and view a short video clip of the story.

Lesson Plans and Resources for ESL, Bilingual, and Foreign Language Teachers
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslindex.html
Lesson plans and Internet resources.

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Reference Sites

My Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com/
All-purpose, HUGE general reference resource. Includes newspapers, business, search engines, magazines, 50 encyclopedia categories, weather, 300 research/reference sites, etc. If you get lost, just check out My Virtual Encyclopedia: Education And Teaching at http://www.refdesk.com/educate.html

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/99/index.html
The 1901 9th edition put online by Columbia University. Includes a keyword search tool, index of authors and more.

American Memory Project
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/
Primary source material from the Library of Congress that incorporates documents, audio, video, maps, and photographs into forty online exhibitions from the Civil War to vaudeville to folk music to the Great Depression.

Pedro's Dictionaries
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pedro/dictionaries.html
Specialized dictionaries, including choice of language plus bilingual dictionaries.

Literary Calendar
http://english.yasuda-u.ac.jp/lc/
Historical information related to literature and writing for every day of the year. Different authors, quotes, and poems each day.

Roget's Thesaurus
http://www.thesaurus.com
A searchable Gopher index by keywords.

One Look Dictionaries
http://www.onelook.com/
4,285,381 words in 746 online dictionaries (at last count).

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary with Links
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
1,853 illustrated dictionary entries. Each word is used in a meaningful example sentence. Most entries have links to a related web site. Also contains an English-French, English-German, English-Portuguese, and English-Spanish version.

Cambridge Dictionaries
http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/elt/dictionary/
Search for the definition, pronunciation, usage etc. of a word in the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs or Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms.

Wilton's Etymology Page
http://www.wordorigins.org/home.htm
Description of word origins. Very interesting.

Concordia University Libraries' Citation & Style Guides
http://juno.concordia.ca/services/citations.html
APA, MLA, Turabian, Guides to Grammar, and Citing Electronic Sources.

Reference Links
http://campus.fortunecity.com/newton/40/reference.html

Dictionary of Symbolism
http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/

A Glossary of Literary Terms and A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/Harris/rhetform.html

Word Play: Sites That Feature Fun With Words
http://www.wolinskyweb.com/word.htm
Huge list of links to word sites like sites for acronyms, homonyms, puzzles of all kinds, mnemonics, crazy libs (like Mad Libs), and the list goes on and on.

Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/

My Virtual Encyclopedia: Books And Literature
http://www.refdesk.com/books.html
Links to "everything" literary on the web. Not really, but a huge list of links on just about every major topic/author of literature.

Information Please
http://www.infoplease.com

Electric Library
http://ask.elibrary.com/

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Museums
http://www.icom.org/vlmp/

Smithsonian Institute
http://www.si.edu/

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/

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Children's Literature (general) and Author Sites

Authors & Illustrators on the Web
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
Specifically for children's and young adult authors.

Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature
http://www.dalton.org/libraries/fairrosa/

The Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Children's Literature and Language Arts
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childlit.htm
Extensive and varied resources.

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature
http://www.carolhurst.com/
A collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.

Bedtime Stories
http://www.thebabiesplanet.com/bbstory.shtml
Links to lots of sites with stories, rhymes, songs, and poems. Many of the sites include illustrations, sound, and animation. Good site for K-3 students.

PBS Kids: Between the Lions
http://pbskids.org/lions/
Stories, games, songs, resources for reading. Geared for ages 4-7.

Kid's Click: Literature
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/toplite.html
Impressive list of links by category (literature general, folklore, authors, nursery rhymes, poetry, Shakespeare, etc.). Provides description and reading grade level for each site. For students in grades K-7.

Scholastic: Authors and Books
http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorstudies.jhtml
Thousands of books, teaching materials, and online activities for using literature in your classroom. Meet your favorite authors and discover new ones with live interviews, classroom activities, and author profiles.

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American Literature and Author Sites

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/TABLE.HTML
Browse the 279 pages of this site by typing in key words: names, literary periods, themes, topics, motifs, dates, places, and titles. Also organized chronologically with links to author information within each time period. An amazing site.

Literary Resources -- American
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Lit/american.html

CyberBee: Celebrate African-American Art, Music, and Literature!
http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan99/cybe0199.htm

Writing Black USA
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/Literature/amlit.black.html
Literature and History written by and on African Americans

Literature & Life
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/litandlife/
Created by KTCA, Twin Cities Public Television, this site explores the Givens Collection, a unique assemblage of African-American literature celebrating the people, ideas, and eras that these works represent. Read excerpts from writers from the days of slavery, the Black Renaissance and through to today. Also included are online study guides for teachers and RealVideo clips.

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British Literature and Author Sites

English, Scottish, And Irish Literature 1800-1899: A Web Guide From Literary History
http://www.literaryhistory.com/19thC/Outline.htm#top
Links to author sites. Good gathering of sites for each author.

British Literature and Anglophile Resources
http://www.britishliterature.com/
Information on the people, history, culture and literature of England as well as the countries and regions associated with her including Scotland, Ireland, Wales, New Zealand and the Isle of Man. Extensive site.

British Author Biographies
http://www.incompetech.com/authors/

Brittania: King Arthur
http://www.britannia.com/history/h12.html

The Quest: An Arthurian Resource
http://www.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/welcome.html
Categories include Arthurian art, the England of Arthur, Celts, the Court, "fun and games," the grail, the legend's origins, and quests.

Arthurian Legends: Interdisciplinary Unit
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Edu/RSE/RSEblue/arthur/artidu.html
A web-based, interdisciplinary approach to teaching about King Arthur. Includes a variety of resources for many subject areas.

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Shakespearean Sites

Shakespeare Web
http://www.shakespeare.com/
An interactive, hypermedia environment dedicated to the understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare's plays and other works.

Shakespeare's Globe Research Database
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/globe/

Everything Shakespeare
http://www.field-of-themes.com/shakespeare/indexmain.html
This site contains Shakespeare's complete works, summaries of his work, essays on his work, a history of the man himself, links to other Shakespeare resources, and a message board for those who want to talk to others about Shakespeare.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
http://daphne.palomar.edu/shakespeare/
Includes a Shakespeare Timeline (requires frames), an online biography; Shakespeare genealogical chart and a timeline summary chart that places the events of Shakespeare's life into historical context. Also includes a bibliography, critical resources, and a Searching page that contains links to specifically Shakespearean search tools. Plus lots more.

GlobeNext: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
http://library.advanced.org/50033/
A ThinkQuest entry that is an online resource for teaching Shakespeare that emphasizes Julius Caesar as a dramatic text. Includes insights and perspectives from directors, actors, historians, and audience. Also includes a downloadable Teacher's Guide and links to extensive online resources.

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World Literature and Author Sites

Open Directory Project: World Literature
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/World_Literature/
Over 4,700 sites listed in 55 categories of different countries or cultures.

World's Literature
http://www.griffe.com/projects/worldlit/
Literature from 40 different countries.

The Internet Classics Archive
http://classics.mit.edu/
A list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation.

The Perseus Project
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
The Perseus Project's initial focus was the ancient Greek world and now has grown to include the Roman era and the Renaissance, including the works of Christopher Marlowe. Includes art and archeology, text and translations, historical overview, encyclopedia, essays and catalogs, and 30,000+ pictures.

History for Kids
http://www.historyforkids.org/
Includes information on all aspects of ancient life of Egypt, Western Asia, the Germans, Greece, Rome, Islam, and the Middle Ages. Also includes subject topics such as art, economy, environment, architecture, games, clothing, etc.

Chinese Literature in English
http://chineseculture.about.com/culture/chineseculture/msub9103.htm
Links to a variety of sites featuring Chinese literature translated into English. Or check out Philosophy & Classical Works at http://chineseculture.about.com/culture/chineseculture/msub121.htm or the main Chinese Literature page at http://chineseculture.about.com/culture/chineseculture/msub91.htm

Japanese Old Tales: English Translation
http://mhtml.ulis.ac.jp/~myriam/futsu/mokugb.html

HORAGAI
http://www.horagai.com/english.html
An online magazine presented by Kato Koiti, a Japanese critic. There are, at present, only a few English pages in HORAGAI, but they continue to translate Japanese articles. The most helpful part of the site is the Literary Hotlist (http://www.horagai.com/www/hot/xhot.htm) with links to a large amount of Japanese literature sites. The sites that have English translations are noted.

Tales, Fables, and Stories from Africa

http://quattro.me.uiuc.edu/~fog/tales.html

Columbia University - MIDDLE EAST STUDIES
http://www.columbia.edu./cu/libraries/indiv/area/MiddleEast/arabic_lit.html
A collection of on-line articles, stories, and poems, including an on-line Arabian Nights.

Facts about Israel: Literature
http://www.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00lx0
A longer article giving general information about Hebrew Literature. (Note: Many of the links shown are incorrectly linked.)

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Mythology and Fairy Tale sites

Myths and Legends
http://pubpages.unh.edu/%7Ecbsiren/myth.html
Links are organized by region and language group. Huge site of links.

Folklore and Mythology: Electronic Texts
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
Arranged by category/subject. Use the "find" feature on your browser.

Mythology
http://www.windows.umich.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/mythology/mythology.html
Includes mythology revolving around the earth, constellations, sun, etc. Read any of the site's information at a beginning (grade school), intermediate (middle school?), or advanced (high school?) level.

Myth Web
http://www.mythweb.com/
This site is devoted to the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology.

Hans Christian Andersen
http://hca.gilead.org.il/

National Geographic: Grimms' Fairy Tales
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/
Complete text of 209 tales; not the watered-down versions.

REBUS RHYMES: Mother Goose and others
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html
Designed for children who are learning how to read. Illustrated nursery rhymes, coloring pages, and more.

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Poetry Sites

About.com Guide to Poetry
http://poetry.about.com/
Links to every century/era as well as current articles regarding poetry or poets. Includes a link to poetry contests, anthologies, festivals and live poetry events, etc., etc.

BartlebyVerse: American & English Poetry 1250 --1920
http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
Indexes to Poems chronologically, or by author, title, or first line

American Verse Project
http://www.hti.umich.edu/english/amverse/
An electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.

A Small Anthology of Poems
http://unix.cc.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/index.html
Not so small. Alphabetized by author.

Poetry Magazine
http://www.poetrymagazine.org/
Founded in Chicago by Harriet Monroe in 1912, Poetry is the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world.

Sonnet Central
http://www.sonnets.org/
An archive of English sonnets, commentary, pictures, and relevant web links. Also accepts original sonnets to display on their site.

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Classroom Computers

Managing Computers in the Classroom
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/paulalee.htm
This article discusses what a third-grade teacher learned from working with computers in the classroom during the last two years.

Designing Collaborative Projects for the Internet
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/kerns1.htm
Read this list of what to do and not do so that your project ends up providing sweet dreams rather than nightmares.

Ideas for the One Computer Classroom
http://danenet.wicip.org/mmsd-it/tlc/1comprm.html

 Project-Based Learning
http://www.4teachers.org/projectbased/
This site has an easy way to make age-appropriate, customizable project checklists for written or oral reports. (Click on the link to project checklists, and then either select the choice for Writing or Oral Presentations.)

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Young Writers

Young Writer's Clubhouse
http://www.realkids.com/club.shtml
For kids who think they might want to be a writer. Includes articles about real-life kid authors, keys to successful writing, Ask the Author opportunities, Young Writers' Contests, and Young Writers' Critique Group, where young writers can get honest comments and suggestions from other young writers about how to improve their work.

The Young Writers Club
http://www.clickinks.com/Resources-for-Writers.html
Excellent for younger students. This club aims to encourage children of all ages to enjoy writing as a creative pastime by getting them to share their work and help each other improve their writing abilities. All the stories have an electronic form attached to it so that others can comment on the work and maybe suggest ways in which it might be improved.

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