Description: This page includes information and images or videos on the landmarks of France. It is part of our World Landmarks Series.

Description: This page includes information and images or videos on the landmarks of Greece. It is part of our World Landmarks Series.

Description: This page includes information and images or videos on the landmarks of Italy. It is part of our World Landmarks Series.

Description: This page includes information and images or videos on the landmarks of the United Kingdom. It is part of our World Landmarks Series.

Description: This page contains a history and description of Berlin. It is part of our world cities series.

Description: This page contains a history and description of London. It is part of our world cities series.

Description: This page contains a history and description of Moscow. It is part of our world cities series.

Description: This page contains a history and description of Paris. It is part of our world cities series.

Description: This page contains a history and description of Rome. It is part of our world cities series.

Description: This section includes detailed descriptions and images of six of the world's most important castles.

Description: This flash-based interactive castle allows students to scroll over the different parts of the castle to learn about their functions.

Description: This is a full biography on Marie Antoinette

Description: This is a full biography on Edward Teach, AKA Blackbeard

Description: This biography is on the female pirate Anne Bonny.

Description: This is a full biography of French explorer Jacques Cartier.

Description: This is a full biography on artists Marc Chagall. It comes with readspeaker technology that allows for the narration and highlighting of text.

Description: This is a full biography of French explorer Samuel de Champlain.

Description: This is a full biography of English explorer James Cook.

Description: Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who sailed for Spain and is credited with opening the Americas to European exploration in 1492. Although he believed he had reached Asia, he actually landed in the Caribbean, beginning centuries of contact and colonization.

Description: This is a full biography of Spanish explorer and conquistador Francisco Coronado.

Description: This is a full biography of Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernan Cortes. It comes with text controls, narration, vocabulary highlighting, scavenger hunts, discussion questions, and in printable form.

Description: This is a full biography of Spanish explorer and conquistador Ponce de Leon

Description: This page tells all about the life and discoveries of Leonardo da Vinci. It is part of our math pioneers series.

Description: This writing prompt explains that Ponce de Leon's search for the Fountain of Youth was made up by those who wished to embarrass him. It then requires students to write about an instance in which they may have experienced slander, or, when a character in literature or movies experienced it.

Description: This is a full biography of Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernando de Soto.

Description: This is a complete biography on the notorious British pirate Sir Francis Drake.

Description: This is a complete biography on Jane Goodall.

Description: This is a complete biography of Franz Joseph Haydn.

Description: This is a complete biography on Henry VIII

Description: This is a full biography of French explorer Robert Sieur de la Salle

Description: Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to sail around the world in the early 1500s. Sailing for Spain, he sought a western route to the Spice Islands and discovered the Strait of Magellan at the southern tip of South America. Although he was killed in the Philippines in 1521, his expedition continued and completed the first circumnavigation of the globe.

Description: This is a full biography on Henri Matisse, complete with gallery.

Description: This is a complete biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Description: This is a short biography on Christopher Newport.

Description: This is a full biography on Thomas Paine.

Description: This is a complete biography of Pablo Picasso.

Description: This is a full biography on Rembrandt, complete with gallery.

Description: This is a complete biography on John Smith of Jamestown

Description: This page tells all about the life and discoveries of Ada Lovelace. It is part of our math pioneers series.

Description: This is a complete biography about Sir Henry Morgan

Description: This is a full biography of Spanish explorer and conquistador Francisco Pizarro.

Description: This page tells all about the life and discoveries of Pythagoras. It is part of our math pioneers series.

Description: This is a complete biography on William Shakespeare.

Description: This is a complete biography of Ludwig Van Beethoven.

Description: This is a complete biography of Vincent Van Gogh.

Description: This is a complete biography on William the Conqueror