Class Zone: The Language of Literature

Research Starters

The Necklace: Guy de Maupassant

Page 36--Inquiry & Research
The Chemistry of Elegance

Ganoskin.com
A well-designed and easily searchable site containing an enormous amount of information on many aspects of gems and jewelry-making.

Welcome to the International Gemmological Institute
This site contains useful information about identifying gems and grading diamonds.

National Jeweler on the Web
A well-designed and easily searchable site containing an enormous amount of information on many aspects of gems and jewelry-making.

Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?: Tim O'Brien

Page 72--Inquiry & Research
Guerrilla Warfare

The American Experience/Vietnam
A companion site to the PBS television series on the Vietnam War, this site provides an excellent history of the war, the weapons used, and the people involved.

The Wars for VietNam
A site from Vassar College containing an overview of the Vietnam Wars with links to detailed articles, original documents, and other Vietnam sites.

Vietnam War Literary Links
A very large collection of Vietnam links, including many first-hand accounts of soldiers' experiences in Vietnam.

Vietnam War
This is a remarkable collection of source materials related to the Vietnam War, providing many links to other sites. Part of Mississippi State University's Historical Text Archive.

A Visit to Vietnam
A virtual tour of contemporary Vietnam, with maps, photographs, visitors' reports, and links to other sites.

from The Perfect Storm: Sebastian Junger

Page 123--Inquiry & Research
Tracking Hurricanes

Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center
The site of the National Hurricane Center, this contains information on current and past hurricanes, satellite images, forecasting models, and much more.

FEMAÐHurricane Fact Sheet
A fact sheet on hurricanes--what to do before, during, and after a hurricane--from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Hurricanes: online meteorology guide
This well-designed, interactive site from the University of Illinois will teach you everything you want to know about hurricanes.

Hurricanes and Tropical Storms
This page, maintained by a hurricane enthusiast, contains a great deal of hurricane information, radar images, and links to other hurricane sites.

Hurricane Hunters Home Page
The website of the Hurricane Hunters, a Department of Defense organization that flies airplanes directly into hurricanes to study them.

The Wreck of the Hesperus: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Page 129--Inquiry & Research
Discovery of the Titanic

Ocean Planet: How Deep Can They Go?ÐThe RMS Titanic
This site has information about Dr. Robert Ballard, who led the 1985 expedition that discovered the Titanic.

TitanicÐRaising a Legend Online
An informative website from the Discovery Channel. A large focus is the recent expedition to the wreck, including photos and videos. There is also an annotated list of other Titanic sites.

Titanic
This excellent Titanic site from Encyclopaedia Britannica displays photographs and articles on the building of the Titanic and its fateful voyage.

Explorers Hall@nationalgeographic.com
This site contains good photos of the discovery of the Titanic plus a first-hand account by a survivor who was 12 when the ship sank.

Incident in a Rose Garden: Donald Justice

Page 150--Inquiry & Research
Death in Art

ART HISTORY RESOURCES: Part 3, Art of the Middle Ages
This superb site, maintained by a professor of art history at Sweet Briar College, is filled with information, images, and useful links.

Medieval Art and Architecture
A large collection of images of medieval art and architecture, mostly from England and France.

National Gallery of Art--The Collection
The website of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C., contains a large number of paintings, searchable by artist or period.

The National Gallery: The Collection
The website of the British National Gallery, this site contains images and descriptions of some of the paintings in the museum.

Medieval Art
A useful and well-organized collection of medieval links.

The Sniper: Liam O'Flaherty

Page 168--Inquiry & Research
Irish Republican Army

Frontline: Behind the Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein
A companion website to an episode of the PBS show Frontline, this site provides an excellent history of the IRA and Sinn Fein, as well as interviews, a time line, and related songs and poems.

The Irish Republican Army
A long essay detailing the history of the IRA from its beginnings through today, this is part of a larger site on the history of Ireland from the University of Texas.

Sinn Fein Home Page
The official home page of Sinn Fein, this site includes a history of the party, information on current elections, and links to further resources.

Irish Internet Hub
Perhaps the ultimate resource to all things Irish on the Internet, this site includes links to many sites about Irish history and politics, including the IRA and Sinn Fein.

The Censors: Luisa Valenzuela

Page 190--Inquiry & Reseach
American Freedoms

The Bill of Rights
Part of the Library of Congress website, this page has the text of the Bill of Rights and a link to the text of the U. S. Constitution and other documents.

Central Intelligence Agency
At this official site of the CIA, you will find information on the history and role of the organization.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Home Page
At this official site of the FBI, you will find information on the history and role of the organization. The site also includes an educational page for teens.

Privacy
Part of the website of the American Civil Liberties Union, this page contains both current and historical information on privacy issues in the United States.

The Cask of Amontillado: Edgar Allan Poe

Page 218--Author Study Project
Edgar Allan Poe

The Literary Gothic
Links to more than 200 sites dealing with Gothic literature written before 1960. Includes general resources, materials on specific authors (including Edgar Allan Poe) or texts, and academic discussion groups.

Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher
A fascinating site on all things relating to Poe, with literally hundreds of links to Poe societies, biographies, films based on Poe's stories, criticism, and even courses and educational projects.

E. A. Poe Society of Baltimore
A more scholarly Poe site, this has biographical and critical essays, as well as information about the Edgar Allan Poe Museum.

The Edgar Allan Poe Museum
The website of the Poe museum in Richmond, Virginia. An entertaining site with visual and sound effects, it also contains an interesting virtual tour of the museum.

Edgar Allan Poe on the Internet
Links to various online resources are included in this brief summary of places to look for Poe information.

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