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Aramaic Lexicon will cover all dialects and periods of ancient Aramaic, one of the principal languages of antiquity, with a literature of central importance to history and particularly to the Jewish and Christian religions. (Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities)

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Archive of Indigenous Languages of Latin America is a digital archive of recordings and texts in and about the indigenous languages of Latin America. It offers recordings of naturally-occurring discourse -- conversations, narratives, ceremonies, speeches, and songs. Many recordings are accompanied by transcriptions in Spanish, English, or Portuguese. The archive also provides dictionaries, grammars, ethnographies, and teaching materials. (University of Texas, Austin, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities)

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Art and Life in Africa Project describes material that has been developed for a CD-ROM being produced at the University of Iowa. Links to further resources on the web have been added. (University of Iowa, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities)

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Between the Lions is based on the PBS children's TV series, and presents a new story each week with related interactive games and activities for kids 4-7. It also recommends books for each episode and offers more than 300 tips and resources for helping kids learn to read. (WGBH, supported by Department of Education)

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Celebrating Our Connections Through Water explains to students how they can collect data about the role of water in celebrations around the world, organize it in a retrieval chart, and use the information to create learning stations for a Water Day Celebration. (Peace Corps)

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Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition describes the University of Minnesota center, which supports programs of research, training, development, and dissemination of information related to second language teaching, learning, and assessment. The site describes its Summer Institute for Teachers and its various conferences, workshops, publication series, and working papers. (University of Minnesota, supported by Department of Education)

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Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliothéque nationale de France—Exhibit traces the history of this relationship from Charlemagne to Charles de Gaulle, through the prism of more than 200 magnificent "treasures" on loan from the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. The choice of items was dictated as much by their historical importance as by their artistic value in the hope that they will provide insight into, and spark curiosity about, the complex history of the United States' oldest ally. (Library of Congress)

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Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students features resources and best practices for combining oral history and community study with dance, theater, music, and visual arts. This site also presents curricular materials from City Lore, an organization that sponsors artist residencies in schools and staff development for teachers in New York and other cities. (CityLore, supported by National Endowment for the Arts)

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Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative represents efforts of an international group of Assyriologists, museum curators, and historians of science to make available the form and content of cuneiform tablets dating from the beginning of writing, ca. 3200 B.C., until the end of the third millennium. (Multiple Agencies)

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Dresden: Treasures from the Saxon State Library -- Exhibit is an exhibit of books, manuscripts, and paintings of Saxony, a region of Germany that played a pivotal role in the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe. (Library of Congress)

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Drip-Drop: Access to Water teaches students about access to water in Kenya, Ghana, and their own community as they read stories by Peace Corps Volunteers. (Peace Corps)

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EDSITEment offers subject-based access to top humanities sites, EDSITEment lesson plans, and at-home activities. Subject areas include literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies. (National Endowment for the Humanities)

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The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Struggle tells the story of a man, a union, and a time when millions of Americans joined a just cause. The Fight in the Fields is a portrait of Cesar Chavez, the charismatic leader of the United Farmworkers Union (UFW), and the history and impact of the UFW. (Independent Television Service, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities)

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The Handbook of Latin American Studies is a bibliography compilation of more than 5,000 resources on Latin America consisting of literary works selected by scholars and edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. (Library of Congress)

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Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande is an online presentation of a multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. The collection consists of approximately 8 hours of audio recordings (146 titles on 36 recording discs), 1 graphic image, and 218 pages of print material including administrative correspondence, recording logs, song text transcriptions, and publications. (Library of Congress)

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The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary is an effort to establish new dictionaries of Swahili, the most widely spoken language in Africa. The Kamusi Project features online dictionaries, Swahili learning resources, a discussion forum, links to Africa related sites, and images from East Africa. (Yale University, supported by Department of Education)

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Oral Language Archive is a growing collection of recordings of native speakers. The website features samples of various languages and a CD with the existing archive can be ordered. (Carnegie-Mellon University, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities)

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Meeting of Frontiers: America and Russia is a bilingual, multimedia digital library that tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West, the parallel exploration and settlement of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the meeting of the Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Much of the primary material has never been published or is rare. The site is intended to demonstrate the educational and cultural potential of international cooperation in the development of digital libraries. (Library of Congress)

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Narrative vs. Expository Texts is written for students with limited English language skills, and uses the vignettes from Peace Corps Volunteers to compare and contrast expository and narrative texts. Students then go on to write essays of both types. (Peace Corps)

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port- lingua is a set of educational worksheets for working with websites in French, German, and Spanish. For instance, one exercise is to visit a website in France that lists vacant apartments, while another is to shop in an online store in Germany. (Portland State University, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities)

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