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Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Oral and Literary Strategies

Created October 13, 2010

Through close reading and textual analysis of Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe's 1958 novel about the British colonization of Nigeria, students learn how oral, linguistic, and literary strategies are used to present one’s own story and history through literature.

The Language Bank

Created October 12, 2010

Students practice reading, listening to, and writing in a foreign language by making Internet excursions to foreign language websites.

French Connections

Created October 12, 2010

Take a virtual tour of Paris, create an English language guide to French Internet resources, and compare journalistic practices in the United States and France.

The World of Haiku

Created October 8, 2010

Explore the traditions and conventions of haiku and compare this classic form of Japanese poetry to a related genre of Japanese visual art.

Women in Africa: Tradition and Change

Created October 7, 2010

Examine the role of women in African society as represented in traditional artwork and post-colonial literature.

Egyptian Symbols and Figures: Scroll Paintings

Created September 29, 2010

This lesson introduces students to Egyptian art, culture, and history through the ancient tomb paintings and mythological figures of the Book of the Dead.

Egyptian Symbols and Figures: Hieroglyphs

Created September 29, 2010

Students will examine the art and history of ancient Egypt through the oldest writing system in the world. This lesson teaches students how to understand and write Egyptian hieroglyphs.

World of Dante

A multimedia research tool intended to facilitate the study of the Divine Comedy through a wide range of offerings. These include an encoded Italian text which allows for structured searches and analyses, an English translation, interactive maps, diagrams, music, a database, timeline and gallery of illustrations. Many of these features allow users to engage the poem dynamically through the integrated components of this site.

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VRoma

Take a tour through a virtual reconstruction of Rome! A community of scholars, both teachers and students, created these on-line resources for teaching Latin and ancient Roman culture.

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