This University of St. Andrews page offers an excellent biography on George Boole, an English mathematician and linguist (1815-1864.) Discusses his life and his contributions to these fields.

This site provides biographical information on the author, as well as facts about the novel's context, plot, and major themes, this study guide is an excellent tool for anyone studying George Eliot's novel, "Middlemarch." Also includes study questions (with responses) and suggestions for further reading.

At this website, read or print out all 21 chapters of George Eliot's novel, "Silas Marner."

The Virginia Bill of Rights was the framework for the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights. Some of Mason's actual phrasing appear in the first ten amendments passed fifteen years later. He is credited for authoring the first American document that limited the authority of government and strengthened the rights of individuals.

Discover how historians use newspapers and learn about the development of the modern newspaper. Get answers to many questions about different newspapers.

Review the text George Washington's first inaugural address given on April 30, 1789. RI.11-12.8 seminal U.S. texts

Artcyclopedia provides direct links to Braque's works in museums around the world. Online exhibitions and reviews.

Students will love this lesson! Students will do a number of hands on activities in groups. Students will first solve the problem and then write a formula of how the answer may be found.

Notes for teachers who are reading Freeman's (1852-1930 CE) stories with their students, as well as links to other authors for comparison and a bibliography of source material are all available here.

This resrouce gives the text of Gerald Ford's State of the Union Address in 1977.

Check out this site for a brief history of the Watergate scandal & the text of President Ford's speech announcing his official pardon of Richard Nixon. You can access an audio clip of the speech as well as view the original written document.

The response to the Nuremberg Laws by the National Representation of the Jews in Germany, September 24, 1935.

Links to four documents in which Adolph Hitler justifies his invasion of Poland and his response to Great Britain's objection to that act. Very interesting reading.

Read Gertrude B. Elion's autobiography at this Nobel Foundation online museum. Learn about her contributions to the study of immunology, for which she is honored with the Nobel Prize. Includes information on her personal and professional life.

At this site from the Nobel e-Museum you can download and read Gertrude B. Elion's Nobel Lecture, "The purine path to chemotherapy." This lecture, originally given by Elion on December 8, 1988, is available in pdf format.

Learn how scientists regulate a nuclear reactor in this animation-enhanced essay from the FRONTLINE Web site.

Calculate the Area of a Trapezoid This Concept Handheld Software Application reviews the definition and area formula for the rectangle, square, parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, and circle.

Explore probability theory with interactive animation that simulates the rolling of dice, tossing of coins and generating random numbers. Evaluation options include bar graphs, table of trials data, settings for specifying the number of trials, ways to collect data and weighting. In addition, students can export data for further exploration.

Find out about the history of Ghana from its beginnings, its place as a British protectorate, and the problems and eventual successes it has had since its independence. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.