Web Sites (31 - 40 of 60): Autobiography

The Inside is Out * - scientists have mapped the human genome! Find out what it's all about and how it might affect society in this special report for students from PBS. Scientists have revealed the map of the entire human genome. That's the genetic material contained in human...
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American Slave Narratives -     American Slave Narratives:  An Online Anthology   F rom 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. These
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Computer Brainstorming * - Brainstorming is an important first step in the writing process. The computer offers kids many tools to use to help quickly get their ideas down on paper. The "rubber stamp" feature of an art program like Kid Pix from Brøderbund can inspi...
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Daniel Boone: The Great Civilizer * - Horatio Greenough, The Rescue , 1836-53. One of the first images of Daniel Boone we find in the cultural arena is that of the Civilizer, or as Smith would term it, the Empire Builder. This vision is based on the concept of subjugating the savage, of wres...
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Capra, Smith, and Doe * - Lincoln With Washington And His Generals assembled individuals from different eras in national history to evoke a particular national lineage and to form a composite ideal of American leadership and morality. The idealized, composite hero envisioned by F...
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Johnson, James Weldon: Facts * - profile and examples of his work, from the Academy of American Poets.
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Twentieth-century Poetry in English * - -- William Carlos Williams My Poet Pages Poet Links William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) Picture from 1995 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. (The Bettmann Archive) -- Transitional First he said: It is the woman in us That makes us write-- Let us a
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Book Page * - siness.html Business Cooking & Wine Fiction History & Biography Mystery Romance V.C.Andrews
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Genetic Research * - find links to info from PBS's Online NewsHour about gene therapy and sequencing the human genome. Includes a timeline and RealPlayer audio and video segments.
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Waters, Ethel - Jazzateria * - learn about this singer who remains a towering figure in the history of jazz and American music.
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