Resources for the study of South American, Central American, and Caribbean culture.
Texts, images, and commentary for the study of the Middle Ages.
The site features 13 works by Chopin, including The Awakening, a transcript of the documentary, interviews with a Chopin descendent and Chopin scholar, and a basic chronology of Chopin's life.
Annotated journals of Lewis and Clark during their expedition. Images, maps, and audio readings of scholarship on Lewis and Clark.
Monticello, the mountaintop home of Thomas Jefferson and the only home in America on the elite World Heritage List of the United Nations, is owned and operated by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (formerly the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation).
This highly interactive site offers many ways to introduce jazz as a musical genre and cultural tradition. An interactive map features hot places for jazz in America; a lounge defines jazz with recordings of key elements and genres; and audio files feauture nine different songs of nine artists. Artists featured on the site include: Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan.
Hosted by Drexel University's College of Information Science and Technology and aided by a consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science, this site contains a vast collection of online texts, including novels, newspapers, magazines, and tutorials for students of all ages.
A library of texts and translations recording all aspects of medieval life.
Explore and read real children's books in 61 languages for kids 3-13. Find award-winning books and tag your favorites. Download gadgets, the new StoryKit iPhone app, a teacher's training manual for classroom use, and the iPad version of this award-winning site.
Indivisible, a project of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, documents, through photographs and interviews, the struggles and achievements of 12 communities that have made differences on their residents. The American communities, from Chicago's Southwest side to the North Pacific Coast of Alaska, each face different challenges, but their stories all feature individuals of exceptional vision and commitment.