Knowing Poe This is an excellent Website for anyone interested in researching the life and writing of Edgar Allan Poe. It provides detailed biographical information, primary texts, and video clips. The interactive section on Poe's "Poetic Principle" is especially helpful in understanding Poe's writing.
African Americans at War: Fighting Two Battles Just a part of the Experiencing War site created by the Library of Congress' Veterans' History Project, this segment explores the stories of ten African American veterans. Besides written text there are also audio clips. Library of
The Library of Congress explores the American Identity with a 80 page book. Aspects of the American Identity such as Monuments, Architecture, and Government are explored. Each section is accompanied with detailed photographs. courtesy of netTrekker
I Know That Here's an amazing site that will catch students' attention immediately. It offers 11 extremely interactive and engaging activities in which students are able to do everything from shaking down a building with a catastrophic earthquake to seeing what they might look like from outer space.