LINKS 

 

A Few General Links and Resources

 

www.authorsink.com  -- If you homeschool, try out Prof. Engle! He is professor emeritus of the University of North Carolina and offers his highly entertaining lectures on various famous historical and literary people in both audio and video formats. The thing about Professor Engel that my family has liked so much is that he tells you things that no one else knows and that you won't find anywhere else. His lectures are interesting, entertaining and educational. We were introduced to him when we heard him live in our hometown giving his address on "The Mystery of Robert E. Lee." I have never read or heard anything  on Lee that was comparable to this night's presentation. I was hooked on Engel from then on. It is almost a crime to do Shakespeare without listening to his audio of  "How William Became Shakespeare." I also recommend his book, A Dab of Dickens and a Touch of Twain.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/ --  great site developed by the BBC for teachers and students. It has incredible educational games and interactive activities for students.

http://www.bl.uk/learning/index.html  This is the website of the British Library.  The “Learning Area” has interactive student activities and much, much more.

Doug Elliott - Doug is a naturalist, storyteller, and expert in all things wild-- wild edibles, wild flowers, wild and entertaining stories. He sells both books and audio tapes suitable for an audience of any age. His presentations of songs and stories are hard to describe because they are so varied, but all are packed with fun, fable, historical tidbits, and oddities of nature you won't read in any biology book. Enjoy him with your children while they are young. (He's a homeschooling dad, too.

Greenleaf Press-- Listen to one of my favorite talks by Rob Shearer --"A Walk Through Western History"

The Kahn Academy. Wow -- I can't say enough about this site as a course of study, or at least a back up, for almost any subject. It's too much to explain -- go to the site to see who Kahn is and what he's doing. Rave reviews say he has helped them through calculus when no one else could, explained a science principle that seemed obtuse to the student, etc. Kahn has been interviewed on several news shows explaining his mission and you can watch the you tube videos on his site. It's all free, all aimed at giving free education to the world!! I'm not kidding. Every educator should know about this site.

Kidpub.com -- As the name insenuates, this site helps kids/teens get published. Very reasonable price. Even classrooms can publish a composite work and use it as a fund raiser. If you want to learn the ropes and do it yourself though, check out my publishing tools here.

 

History - Medieval

www.bedesworld.uk.com  (on the Venerable Bede, "Father of English History")

www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html-- New York’s Fordham University’s Internet Medieval Sourcebook

www.librarius.com (for all things Middle English)—has “wave” audio files so you can actually hear the middle English spoken.

www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/germanic/oe_bosworthtoller_about.html. University of Pennsylvania’s complete Anglo Saxon dictionary.

Renaissance

www.luminarium.org 

www.williamtyndale.com -- this is a wonderful site on Tyndale, the first person to translate the Bible from its original Hebrew and Greek into English. Because of his translating work, he was executed by the Roman Catholic Church for heresy.

www.Biblegateway.com – read the King James Version or any of several modern ones here, plus a full Greek and Hebrew Bible reference section. You can also read the Wycliffe version from 1400.