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Anne Frank the Writer - An Unfinished Story
Watch a presentation, browse through original writings, watch interviews and share your thoughts on Anne Frank.
Religion Writers
The main page has faith-based news, while the FAQ page covers many issues important to understand when writing about religion.
Epublishing
A great resource of links and guides on how to not only write an Ebook, but where to distribute it.
Medieval Writing
Website devoted to medieval writing and manuscripts. Offers lots of information with pictures and definitions.
Digital Story Telling
A world of resources, examples and training opportunities to inspire your own digital storytelling tales! Visit the storymaking steps, toolkits and galleries of digital stories designed to help jump start beginners.
Newspaper Browser
Welcome to Chronicling America, enhancing access to America's historic newspapers. This site allows you to search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
George Orwell
Website devoted to the works of George Orwell, containing a biography, pictures and discussion boards.
News Designer
Interesting weblog that focuses on the trends in journalism and the nature and design of newspapers.
Bonus Links
NOVA: Infinite Secrets
Amazing website developed by PBS that explores the concept of infinity through interactivity and text. The website also explores the ideas of ancient mathematician, Archimedes.
New York Hall of Science
Visit and interact with the New York Hall of Science from your school or learning center using the latest videoconferencing technology. The Virtual Visit will connect your class with Explainers at the New York Hall of Science, providing a rich, interactive science learning experience. A Virtual Visit Program consists of exploration of selected areas of the New York Hall of Science's exhibits, demonstrations and activities illustrating science concepts.
nyscience.org/teacherconnections/programs/virtual-visit.php?mainId=5&subId=23&tertiaryId=15
Mysteries of the Catalhoyuk
The site takes a comic bookish approach to talking about an excavation site of a 9000-year-old city in Turkey. There is a lot of detailed information intermixed with interactive activities.
Drawing From Life
A collection of cartoon and caricature books from the Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
Deomocracy at War - Canadian Newspapers
During the Second World War, the staff of the Hamilton Spectator newspaper kept its own record of the war. This collection (now available online) of more than 144,000 newspaper articles, manually clipped, stamped with the date, and arranged by subject, includes news stories and editorials from newspapers, mostly Canadian, documenting every aspect of the war.