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GRAMMAR
COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH:
PROFESSOR PAUL BRIANS'
SITE
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
DAILY GRAMMAR
Check your grammar knowledge.
Quizzes take four minutes.
http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
Special help in diagramming
sentences
http://members.cox.net/teachro/
ENGLISH IDIOMS & PROVERBS
All pages have at
least one picture each drawn by students.
http://humanities.byu.edu/elc/student/idioms/idiomsmain.html
GRAMMAR CENTRAL
Links to a teacher's notes on
grammar lessons as well ascopies of the lessons themselves.
http://tinyurl.com/94q5d
GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND STYLE: JACK LYNCH
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/contents.html
MRS. BLUEZETTE'S GRAMMAR CORNER
"A PBS mind in an
MTV world." Delightful, highly educational articles by a wonderful
English language wizard (umm...wizette).
http://www.newsblues.com/grammar.htm
PROFESSOR CHARLES DARLING'S GRAMMAR
SITE
Outstanding as a quick reference for your grammar
questions.http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
THE ENGLISH MAZE
A web-based learning system for
individuals and schools worldwide.
Students can improve their
pronunciation, speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills.
http://www.englishmaze.com/
USINGENGLISH.COM
A large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools and
resources for students, teachers, learners, and academics.
http://www.usingenglish.com/
WEB ENGLISH TEACHER
Educators can take advantage
of online technology to share ideas and benefit from the work of
others.
Beginning teachers can find guidance; experienced teachers
can find inspiration.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
THE BODY EXPLAINED
http://www.bioedonline.org/body-explained/
HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE BULLETIN
http://www.hhmi.org/bulletin/
NATIONAL ANNENBERG SURVEY OF YOUTH
http://tinyurl.com/4oaj9u
ARTS
AFRICAN AMERICAN BAND MUSIC AND RECORDINGS,
1883-1923
The core of this presentation consists of “stock” arrangements for bands or small orchestras of popular songs written by
African Americans.
In addition, we offer a smaller selection of historic
sound recordings illustrating these songs and many others by the same composers. Educational materials include short biographies of composers and performers of the time and historical essays.
http://tinyurl.com/2qd6o4
OPERAGLASS You can get detailed information on many operas, including:
- Libretti
- Source Texts
- Performance Histories
- Synopses
- Discographies
- Rôle Creator
http://opera.stanford.edu/
HISTORY
1904 WORLD'S FAIR SOCIETY
http://www.1904worldsfairsociety.org/
ALLIES IN ADVERSITY: AUSTRALIA AND THE DUTCH
IN THE PACIFIC WAR
http://www.awm.gov.au/alliesinadversity/index.asp
PICTURING THE CAYUSE, WALLA WALLA, AND UMATILLA TRIBES
About 250 of Major Lee Moorhouse’s pictures of the
Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla tribes for tribal and
non-tribal members.
These are about ten percent of Moorhouse’s pictures of
native peoples.
http://boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/mh/index.html
THE POINT OF A MONUMENT:
A History of the Aluminum Cap of the Washington Monument
http://tinyurl.com/o7rls
TIME OF REMEMBRANCE
Created in 1983 by the late Mary Tsukamoto, Elk Grove educator and lifelong civil rights activist.
In 1942, Mary, her husband Al, and daughter Marielle were forced to leave their home with whatever possessions they could carry
and relocate to an internment camp in Jerome, Arizona
It was her intention to to bring Elk Grove students into contact with former internees to listen to their stories and to learn what it means to be an American citizen. The program has evolved over the years and is an excellent Internet resource.
http://www.egusd.net/tor/ |
WRITING/JOURNALISM
COPYEDITING - ONLINE TRAINING
The experts at Copyediting have embarked on an ambitious plan: to create
a flexible program of editing tutorials for experienced editors and
novices alike.
http://www04.mcmurry.com/product/CE/Training.php
FACTCHECK
A nonpartisan, nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to
reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.
We monitor
the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in
the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.
Our goal is to apply the best practices of journalism and scholarship,
and to increase public knowledge and understanding.
http://www.factcheck.org/
JOURNALISM TOOLS
Offers links to a Tool Box of ideas, strategies and techniques about how to
produce and understand journalism.
The materials were collected by the
Committee of Concerned Journalists, a consortium of more than 7,000 working
in news around the world.
http://www.journalism.org/resources/j_tools
REFERENCES
DIGITAL DUTCH UNIT CONVERTER
http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/
eHOW
How To Do Just About Everything
http://www.ehow.com/
HIGH-BEAM ENCYCLOPEDIA
FREE online library – now with reference works like Oxford Dictionaries,
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia and millions of newspaper and magazine
articles.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
SEARCHME
Searchme lets you see what you’re searching for. As you start typing,
categories appear that relate to your query. Choose a category, and
you’ll see pictures of web pages that answer
your search.
You can
review these pages quickly to find just the information you’re looking
for, before you click through.
http://www.searchme.com
SHELFARI
A fun way to record all the books you've read, and to find books you
may have been searching for...then buy them if you wish.
It lets you
share book ratings and reviews with friends and meet people who have
similar tastes in books.
It also lets you build an online bookshelf,
join book clubs, and get good book recommendations from friends. If
you join, be sure to add me as your friend. And thanks, Holly Jahangiri.
http://www.shelfari.com/
HEALTH
CARING BRIDGE:
Fr**, personalized websites that support and connect
loved ones during critical illness, treatment and recovery.
http://caringbridge.org/
CONFLICT AND HEALTH
http://www.conflictandhealth.com/
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
http://tinyurl.com/5rtj6a
EDUCATION
DON'T BUY IT: GET MEDIA SMART
A media literacy Web site for young people that encourages users to think critically about media and become smart consumers.
Activities on the site are designed to provide users with some of the skills and knowledge needed to question, analyze, interpret and evaluate media messages.
http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/
CLASSROOM LEARNING 2.0
An online learning program by the California School Library Association 2.0 Team.
http://classroomlearning2.blogspot.com/
ENOTES
Features study guides, critical material, and group forums on more than
20,000 works of literature and other academic subjects.
http://www.enotes.com/
GRAMMAR GOES GREEN
Crafting Sentences Using Words from a New York Times' Article
http://tinyurl.com/5sqm5a
H-LATAM
International forum for the scholarly discussion of Latin American History.
http://www.h-net.org/~latam/
LEARN ENGLISH WITH PICTURES
http://www.my-english-dictionary.com
LOUD LIT
Committed to delivering public domain literature paired with high quality audio performances. We pair together great literature and accompanying audio.
Putting the text and audio together, readers can learn spelling,
punctuation and paragraph structure by listening and reading masterpieces of the written word.
http://loudlit.com/
MIT OPEN COURSEWARE
OCW shares free lecture notes, exams, and other resources from more than 1800 courses spanning MIT's entire curriculum.
http://tinyurl.com/2t2rfj
TRACKING THE BUFFALO
http://tinyurl.com/6z754o |
