The text of a ballad about Robin Hood, collected by Francis James Child in a work called, "The English and Scottish Popular Ballads." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, the poem has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading skills and strategies.

Text of the fairy tale, "Little Daylight," by Sara Cone Bryant. The text can be read online or downloaded in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, the story has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading skills and strategies.

Biographical material about Doyle, and complete texts of many of his works. These include: "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," "Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes," "The Return of Sherlock Holmes," "His Last Bow," "The Mystery of Cloomber," and "Tales of Terror and Mystery." The texts can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading skills and strategies.

The text of Stephen Crane's semi-autobiographical tale, "The Open Boat." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading skills and strategies.

Text of an article by Susan B. Anthony which was originally printed in "The Revolution," in 1868. The article is titled, "Is it a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote?" The text can be read online or downloaded in either PDF or MP3 format.

The translated texts of seven of Grimms' Fairy Tales, including "The Golden Goose," and "Sleeping Beauty." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual stories in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each story has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading skills and strategies.

This resource presents the texts of two of Thornton Burgess's nature-oriented children's books, "The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat," and "Whitefoot the Woodmouse." The texts can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading skills and strategies.

This resource presents the text of a Brer Bear story, one of Harris's well-know "Uncle Remus" stories. The text can be read online or downloaded in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, the story has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading and math skills and strategies.

The texts of two of William Blake's poems, "Piping Down the Valleys Wild," and "Laughing Song." The texts can be read online or downloaded in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each poem has downloadable support material which focuses on various reading skills and strategies.

This site features tips for parents from top researchers about developing your child's reading skills.

This site contains definitions and analysis of American captivity narratives. Describes the conventions, rhetorical purposes, and themes of the captivity narrative genre. Lists example captivity narratives.

This site provides a wealth of information about Harriet Beecher Stowe's works. It provides some great links to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" information, a bibliography of primary and secondary sources by and about Stowe, and links to some of her work. A photo is also available.

Contains plans for nine lessons to help teachers start using literature circles in the classroom, including detailed explanations of all the roles and procedures. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.

This University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill site provides a wonderful explanation of regionalism and local color as it applies to literature. There is a lot of other good information about Southern Literature at this site!

Explore this great site for kids to learn about life, family, love, earth, and more. View lessons that help kids to understanding and appreciate these words.

This site on the book "Little Blue and Little Yellow" by Leo Lionni, includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources.

This site from Richland Community College includes basic definition, properties, and graph of the logarithmic function.

These questions test knowledge of the definition of a logarithm, domain and range of logarithmic functions, and properties of logarithms. Questions are true/false and multiple-choice; solutions are provided.

Students are introduced to logistic growth curves using a graphing calculator. Lab data includes the number of bacteria over a 20-hour period. The activity numerically approximates the derivative and uses regression to find a curve fitting the data.

This site describes several ideas and activities to use with picture books and intermediate/middle school age students. Specific title to use are also given.