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The Celtic Twilight: Enchanted Woods

by W. B. Yeats "And Fair, Fierce Women"Miraculous CreaturesEnchanted Woods I Last summer, whenever I had finished my day's work, I used to go wandering in certain roomy woods, and there…

Writing Well: Letter Perfect

Letter PerfectWriting WellLetter PerfectStamp of ApprovalPeople Who Like People: Social NotesLetters of Opinion As much as we use the telephone to reach out and touch someone, there are times when…

Year in Review, 2000: Pop Culture Trends

2000 was the year of reality TV, digital music, scooters, and more Pottermania by John Gettings   Related Links 2000 Year in Review 2000 Year in Music Harry Potter…

College Essay Questions

  Significant Experience | Important Issue | Influential Person | Future Goals Significant Experience Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, or risk…

Animal Hall of Fame

Land mammal: African elephants weigh up to 14,000 pounds and can eat as much as 600 pounds of food a day! Their trunks contain as many as 100,000 different muscles. Marine mammal: The blue whale…

Roundup of Recent Science Milestones, 2007

From a leopard species discovered to the Airbus A380 by Liz Olson and Beth Rowen Related Links 2007 Year in Review New Planets and a Larger Solar System Encyclopedia: Leopard…

William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act II

Act IIScene ICourt of Macbeth's castleEnter Banquo, and Fleance bearing a torch before himBanquoHow goes the night, boy?FleanceThe moon is down; I have not heard the clock.BanquoAnd she goes…

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

The Twelve Dancing Princesses There was a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. They slept in twelve beds all in one room; and when they went to bed, the doors were shut and locked up; but…

American Music Timeline - 1930-1960

Part V: 1930-1960 by David Johnson 1932 1936 1944 1948 1954 1959 Next: 1960s 1932 Blues pianist Thomas A. Dorsey, "father of gospel music," writes song "Take My Hand Precious Lord" Top Circa…