Charles Lamb retells the tale of Ulysses. This is not a translation of Homer's Ulysses, but a modern (19th century) retelling of the story.

A profile of aerospace engineering as a career,includes aeronautical and astronautical engineers as sub-categories in this field. Includes Aerospace Engineering Overview - Preparation - Day In The Life - Earnings - Employment - Career Path Forecast - Professional Organizations -Profiles of Aerospace Engineers - Overview PDF - PowerPoint - Podcast.

Here you will find a collection of maps of Afghanistan from the Perry-Castaneda Collection. There are political maps, relief maps, cultural maps, historical maps, and links to maps on other sites.

An excellent overview of ground-breaking African Americans who participated in the World War II effort in the European and Pacific fronts. Also highlights awards, honors and African American women in the War.

Resource takes an exploratory look at Grant's Gazelle. Content includes information on this gazelle's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the young, and predators.

Resource takes an exploratory look at the hartebeest. Content includes information on the hartebeest's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the young, and predators.

Resource takes an exploratory look at the oryx, a large antelope of striking appearance with long, spearlike horns. Content includes information on the oryx's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the young, and predators.

Resource takes an exploratory look at the sitatunga, one of the only true amphibious antelope. Content includes information on the sitatunga's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the young, and predators.

This website contains pictures and descriptions of the Middle Passage voyage. Click on Teacher's Guide for teacher resources.

Using automobile crash test footage, this video segment adapted from NOVA shows some of the challenges in designing the air bag.

Find out what sources are contributing to the particulate pollution in your state. An interactive bar graph shows the major types of air pollution and their sources. This particular activity focuses on two types of particulates.

In this activity, you will monitor the levels of ozone in Trenton, New Jersey for several days and make final decisions about the influence of weather on ground level ozone.

These materials document the goals and activities of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights; from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.

Here you will find state and city maps (including outline and topographical maps) of Alabama. Also includes historical maps and maps of Alabama's National Parks.

A concise look at the governmental structure of Albania including its legislature, executive branch,and judicial structure. You can also find a chart showing the current governmental officials and political parties. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.

Read the text of the Albany Plan of Union which advocated a union of the colonies under a royal governor. Although not adopted, it was the first step in colonial unification.

A truly complete biography of the great man. Some adequate discussion of his theoretical and scientific work, but the accent here is on his personal life. Many anecdotes, many quotes from him, many references and hotlinks to other science personalities. A great resource!

Over the years, many immigrants came to Alberta from Estonia. This site profiles the rich history, areas of settlement, sense of communityas well as the Estonian people and their cultural life.

This full text of Aldous Huxley's novel, "Brave New World," is preceded by a brief paragraph introducing the book, its context, and its plot.