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Six Billion Others
Forty or so questions that help us to find out what separates and what unites us. These portraits of humanity today are accessible on this website.
Three-Minute Fiction : NPR
How long does it take to tell a good story? We're betting you can do it in just a few minutes, three, to be exact.
Student News - Stories and Video from CNN.com
The latest news and video about high schools, colleges, and universities, and the issues that affect youth learning.
National Gallery of Art
Interactive art you can make online. Very cool site. Choose an activity then reflect about it for your assignment.
50 Best Websites 2009 - TIME
Clear out your bookmarks. You're going to need the space for 50 offerings that are indispensable to navigating, enjoying yourself, shopping or just killing time on the Web....
Drain the Ocean | National Geographic Channel
Drain the Ocean is a virtual scientific expedition to the deep as we explore one of Earth's last great frontiers - the ocean.
The Library of Congress - Webcasts
Webcasts from the Library of Congress.
BBC Memoryshare
BBC Memoryshare is a living archive of memories from 1900 to the present day.
Fourteen Ways to Cultivate a Lifetime Reading Habit
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. -- W. Somerset Maugham Somewhere after lose
30 Dumb Inventions - Photo Gallery, 30 Pictures - LIFE
The 20th century saw many astounding technological innovations. The automobile revolutionized the way people live and work, the internet changed the way people think about information, and the U.S. of A put a man on the moon. But some technological advances that came in the earlier part of the 20th centry weren't exactly meant for the history books. Because they were stupid. Take, for example, this M3 sub-machine gun with a curved barrel for shooting around corners. It's the perfect gun for the "shoot first, look where you're shooting later"; kind of guy.
18 Creepiest Landscapes On Earth
Landscapes are usually associated with rolling hills and lush meadows, the tranquil quiet broken only by occasional birdsong. Not these landscapes. Full of fiends and strange faces, some of them might make you think a wizard muttered incantations to invoke nature's sinister spirits. Others appear as gateways to other worlds best left unexplored, while still others seem like sets straight out of a horror flick director's sick dream. Muhahahahahahaha!
Pinky Show
"We focus on information & ideas that have been misrepresented, suppressed, ignored, or otherwise excluded from mainstream discussion."
Favorite Poem Project
This page offers a list of Americans’ favorite poems; each poem is available in written form but also as a very cool video (never more than five minutes) based on the poem.
Poetry Daily, a new poem every day
This site features a different poet every day. The poems are usually short and almost always interesting. If you like poetry you will like this site.
NPR: Six-Word Memoirs
These memoirs, each six words long, are accompanied by a drawing or photograph that adds an interesting visual element to the story. Amazing what you can say in six words.
We Tell Stories
"Over six weeks writers including Booker-shortlisted Mohsin Hamid, popular teen fiction author Kevin Brooks, prize-winning Naomi Alderman and bestselling thriller authors Nicci French will be pushing the envelope and creating tales that take full advantage of the immediacy, connectivity and interactivity that is now possible. These stories could not have been written 200, 20 or even 2 years ago."
Poetry 180 - List of All Poems
This site is devoted to high school students. US poet laureate Billy Collins feels that poetry must be read and enjoyed, not constantly “tied to a chair and beaten with a hose until it says what it means.” Here you will find 180 poems, one for each day of the school year, that you will enjoy and want to write about.
Merriam-Webster Online
Every word they choose is worth knowing, but what is interesting is the story behind the word. Every day you get a word and its history. For those who like language or want to improve their vocabulary, this is a fun pick.
Poems Out Loud
"This website was inspired by Robert Pinksy's new volume. In honor of National Poetry Month, Pinsky will elaborate on the nature of reading poetry out loud throughout the month of April 2009. Other poets will be invited to add their voice as well."
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