Castle High School Library - English Links
Based on the Book - Selected books that have been made into movies
Bibliofind - Millions of rare books, out-of-print books, magazines, etc
Bookfinder - Search for out-of-print and used books
Books and Book Collecting - Find any book in or out of print
Classic Bookshelf - Public domain e-texts of classic works of (primarily) British and American literature
Discovery Channel - TV schedule, themes, lesson plans
Edsitement - Search for best humanities sites
Great Books Online-Bartleby - Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, Roget II: The New Thesaurus, American Heritage Book of English Usage, Simpson's Contemporary Quotations, Gray's Anatomy, and more
Indiana Reading List - Indiana Department of Education reading list that meets the academic standards for English/Language Arts
NCTE - National Council of Teachers of English Web site
Puzzlemaker - Create various puzzles
Science Fiction Online Study Guides
SparkNotes Online Study Guides
WordOrigins.org - origins of words and phrases
Biographical Dictionary - Contains biographies of more than 22,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
Dictionary - Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition
Encyclopedia.com - Outstanding reference work features 17,000 articles with more than 170,000 links to other resources on the Web
Familiar Quotations: a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature
OneLook Dictionaries - Search more than 450 dictionaries for the correct definition and spelling of words.
Ye Olde English Sayings - Origins of Old English sayings plus a link to a list of other etymology pages
Authors on the Web - Biographies, books, and essays
Authors and Illustrators on the Web
Author Guides - Search alphabetically by author
Famous Black Writers - A & E biography
Greenwood Press Online Criticisms - Username: gem1797 Password: xijwqtt
Novel Guide - Classic and contemporary literature profiles, metaphor analysis, theme analysis, and biography
Online Literary Criticism Collection - Excellent site from Internet Public Library
Book Review Resources
Book Radio - Interviews with authors
Anniina's Amy Tan Page - Readings, essays, interviews, bibliographies, book reviews of Amy Tan's work
F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary Home Page
Norton Websource to American Literature - Literary timelines, study questions, plus great sites
Richard Wright- 1908 to 1960 - Biography, bibliographies, and links to other sites
To Kill a Mockingbird Student Survival Guide - Notes on words, allusions, and idioms
Voices from the Dust Bowl - American Memory Library of Congress
Walt Whitman Home Page - From Library of Congress American Memory
Witchcraft in Salem Village - Primary documents and other related materials related to the Witchcraft Outbreak in 1692
Wright American Fiction (1851-1875) - Indiana University Digital Library Program collection of American fiction that attempts to include every novel published in the United States from 1851 to 1875
18th and 19th European Classics Online Study Guides
Classical Origins of Western Culture - Provides information on Homer's Iliad, Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Antigone, Euripides' Medea, Plato's Apology and Republic, Vergil's Aeneid plus others.
Classic Bookshelf - Public domain e-texts of classic works of (primarily) British and American literature
Essays on Early 17th Century Literature - John Donne, Ben Jonson, John Milton, Sir Francis Bacon and others
India, Africa, and the Carribbean Literature Online Study Guides
Norton Websource to English Literature - Literary timelines, study questions, plus great sites
World Literature in English Online Study Guides
American Verse Project - Full-text collection of 19th century poetry
Artcyclopedia - http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ - The guide to great art on the internet
Atlantic Monthly's Poetry Page - Interviews, audio and essays
Bartleby Verse: American and English Poetry: 1250 - 1920
Danteworlds - http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/ - take a multi-media journey through Dante's Inferno
Everypoet for Every Man - Search by name, title, first line, etc.
Favorite Poem Project - Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's Favorite Poem Project shares audio and video of people reading their favorite poems.
Find a Poet - The Academy of American Poets provides information on favorite poets, both the famous and the lesser-known
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco - http://www.famsf.org/
Great Writers and Poets - Lists of author homepages
Modern American Poetry - A multimedia companion to Anthology of Modern American Poetry
Poetry Center - Knopf Publishing
The Poets - Modern American Poetry
Poets.org - from the Academy of American Poets
Web Gallery of Art - http://www.wga.hu/
Costume Page - Comprehensive site for costume history
Fashion & Costuming Resources - List of links, with excellent annotations, to web sites relating to costuming, fashion (both historical and current), the fashion industry, education, and more from the Association of College and research Libraries' C&RL.
Movies
All-Movie Guide - Look up movies and actors
Internet Movie Database - Search by title, character, etc.
Absolute Shakespeare - The essential resource for William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre
Elizabethan Era - Comprehensive site
Debate Continues on the Shakespearian Mystery
Elizabethan Theatre - Description of Elizabethan and Shakespearean theatres
Seven Ages of Shakespeare's Life
Humours - System for describing personality types (Click the right arrow at the bottom of each page for more information and examples.)
Life in Elizabethan England - Excellent, comprehensive site
Middle Ages: Religion - Annenberg/CPB project - What was it really like to live in the Middle Ages?
Shakespeare Theme Page - Curriculum resources, lesson plans and more
Shakespeare's Life and Times - History, music, art, politics and more
Shakespeare's New Globe Theatre
Tudor History - Life, architecture, and historical figures of Tudor England
Bulfinch's Mythology - Encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and magic contains well over 1800 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings, and legendary creatures and monsters from cultures and beliefs all over the world.
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Encyclopedia Mythica - An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend
Perseus Project - Library of ancient civilizations
Anne Frank - The Attic - Teacher Workbook
Calvin Minds in the Making - German Propaganda Archive
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies - Exhibitions and art created by Holocaust survivors
Forgotten Camps - Special emphasis on lesser-know subcamps
Holocaust Album - Contemporary photographs
Holocaust Art - View works of artists and read their biographies
Holocaust Art - View works associated with a ghetto or camp and read about its history
Holocaust History Project - Documents, photographs, recordings, essays, and links regarding the Holocaust, with special attention on refuting Holocaust denial and revisionism
Holocaust on Trial - Based on a television documentary about the Irving vs. Lipstadt trial in 2000. Features a timeline on Holocaust denial and revisionism, and biographies of Holocaust deniers and revisionists.
Holocaust Teacher Resource Center
Holocaust Timeline - A complete chronicle of Nazi persecution of the Jews with photos and text from The History Place.
Internet Resources on Genocide and Mass Killing
Kindertransport Organization - Children who lived in Great Britain without their parents during the ten months of the rescue operation called the "Kindertransport"
Last Expression: Art & Auschwitz - Art produced by concentration camp inmates, with a special focus on Auschwitz-Birkenau
Learning about the Holocaust through art
Night by Elie Wiesel Teacher Cyberguide
Nizkor Project -Based on Shattered! 50 Years of Silence, the History and Voices of the Tragedy in Romania and Transnistria, the site provides background and personal testimonies.
Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
Reflections on the Holocaust - a thorough, inclusive and well-organized site
Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust Site Map
Teaching with Movies: Learning Guide to Schindler's List
Teaching with Movies: Learning Guide to Anne Frank
Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
To Save A Life: Stories of Holocaust Rescue
Transdiffusion Broadcassting System - Hitler's Radio
U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Voices of the Holocaust - In 1946 Dr. David Pablo Boder of Illinois Institute of Technology interviewed Holocaust survivors. The interviews took place one year after liberation, while the victims were still in displaced persons camps throughout Europe. Excellent source
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Museum
