The Miracle Worker
- Perkins School for the Blind page on Anne Sullivan
- The Miracle Worker full text
- Helen Keller National Center site
- 100 basic signs with video tutorials
- Lots of YouTube videos of Helen Keller speaking
- Excellent informational slideshow about Anne Sullivan
- Text of a letter Anne Sullivan wrote on the day that Helen learned the word "water"
Romeo and Juliet
- Romeo and Juliet full text
- Folger Shakespeare Library site
- Life in Italy in the Middle Ages
- The complete works of Shakespeare from MIT
- Shakespeare is always in the news, even 400 years after his death. Click here to see.
- Shakespeare is always in the news, even 400 years after his death. Click here to see even more.
- Current Shakespeare productions in NY
Odyssey
- Odyssey full text (n.b. this is not the same as the condensed Fitzgerald-translated version found in our textbook)
- Odyssey Fitzgerald translation download
- Met Museum Mycenaean era page
- Iliad full text by book
- Biography of Homer (n.b. Homer's very existence is in question)
A Separate Peace
- Exeter Academy photo essay
- Exeter Academy's John Knowles page
- The American Front during WWII
- A Separate Peace full text download
Of Mice and Men
- Of Mice and Men full text
- Steinbeck biography
- The Great Depression
- Salinas Valley slideshow from PBS
Speech
- 20 tips from TED Talks (slideshow)
- How to Give a Great Speech (via Forbes)
- Public speaking tips from Toastmasters International
- Slightly useful article on writing a song analysis speech for English class
Research Paper
- MLA formatting and style guide (from OWL)
- Easybib.com
- Citation Machine
- What MLA actually looks like (From CSU)