Texts On-Line

 

List compiled by Rebecca Ladd, Reading Specialist

 

Science, Phys. Ed., Spec. Ed. History

 

 

Adventure and Survival Stories

 

www.frontiertrails.com 

 

www.storiesofadventure.com  tons about everything

 

www.virtualnorth.com/fireside/  9 stories about nature

 

www.bear-tracker.com/stories.html  only one story

 

www.caske2000.org/caske.htm  tons of adventure and culture stories

 

www.thejauntlist.org/blog/categories/allStories/  hundreds about everything

 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/  hundreds about everything

 

http://blizzardguy.tripod.com/shortstories.html

 

http://www.hopcott.freeserve.co.uk/

 

 

 

 

 

English/Language Arts

 

 

Science Fiction

 

http://www.scifi.com/sfpresents/

 

 

Mystery and Horror

 

http://atoledo.freeyellow.com

 

http://www.horrorking.com/findstory.html

 

www.interlog.com/~command/frightc.htm

 

Classic Stories

 

http://geocities.com/short_stories_page/

 

www.bibliomania.com

 

http://www.bibliomania.com/0/-/frameset.html  hundreds

 

www.bartleby.com/195/

 

http://www.bergtraum.k12.ny.us/cybereng/shorts/

 

www.classicreader.com   hundreds

 

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/   everything

 

http://www.short-stories.co.uk/  same site as above

 

http://www.americanliterature.com/SS/SSINDX.HTML

 

http://thor.he.net/~stories/    very short stories  (short short)

 

http://www.learning.caliberinc.com/stures6.html   Stories about everything, mythology, poetry

 

 

 

 

History

 

 

Teaching using primary sources

 

 

 http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september96/09tally.html  Instructions and sources for using exciting primary sources in the classroom.

 

 

Primary Sources

 

http://spec.lib.vt.edu/specgen/guides.htm   Collection of primary sources arranged by subject area.

 

www.frontiertrails.com  historical travels, old west, meeting Charles Lindburgh

 

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/   unbelievable collection of American primary sources

 

http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/   unbelievable collection of Primary documents

 

http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/  discussion and text of European primary sources

 

http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-digcoll.html  Huge mix of primary sources sorted by person, interests, subjects, and related and connected primary sources.  Great site for all student research.

 

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/primary.html  Huge resource for teachers.  American and world primary sources.

 

http://members.aol.com/historyresearch/primary.html  A listing for many primary source collections.  HUGE.

 

http://www.jacksonesd.k12.or.us/k12projects/jimperry/Primary.html  Search engine for many primary sources.

 

http://www.ala.org/acrl/resnov01.html  Listing of biggest primary and secondary sources.

 

http://www.americanwest.com/  Collection and presentations about all aspects of the American West, Indians, etc,,,

 

 

http://nationalhistoryday.org/08_others/08_links_c_1.html  search done for primary sources on all American history.

 

 

http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/teaching_with_documents.html  Government primary sources arranged by subject area for teachers.

 

http://zeeb.library.cmu.edu/bySubject/History/primary.html  collection of primary sources by subject.

 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/  hundreds of stories about everything

 

http://library.csusm.edu/sg/history/primarysource.asp  Huge collection of primary sources arranged by subject.

 

http://www.newseum.org/holocaust/credits.htm   An on-line exhibit of the Holocaust.  Based on primary sources.

 

http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/immigrant/personal.html  Library of Congress collection of immigrants personal accounts.  HUGE.

 

http://www.learning.caliberinc.com/stures6.html  Historical stories collection

 

 
 
Student Research in History

 

http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/immigrant/personal.html  Library of Congress collection of immigrants personal accounts.  HUGE.

 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/  hundreds of stories about everything

 

http://www.newseum.org/holocaust/credits.htm   An on-line exhibit of the Holocaust.  Based on primary sources.

 

http://www.dohistory.org/   site for all student research.

 

http://www.americanwest.com/  Collection and presentations about all aspects of the American West, Indians, etc,,,

 

http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-digcoll.html  Huge mix of primary sources sorted by person, interests, subjects, and related and connected primary sources.  Great site for all student research.