Miep Gies answers questions about hiding the families, why she did it and other questions

Information on her childhood, living in the Secret Annex, the time spent in concentrations camps and the diary

Has pictures and information about the annex

Information about the Frank family's life before moving to Holland

Their life in Holland before going into hiding

A good timeline for World War II in Europe, starting from World War I's end up to 1946. Also provides some links for events.

A timeline for World War II events specific in the Pacific (Japan).

Statistics and information about military and civilian deaths, countries' leaders and more

A variety of political cartoons about issues around World War

Another site for statistics for World War II

A good (and long) overview of all the major events during World War II

Describes the groups targeted by Hitler and his followers.

More information about the groups Hitler targeted

Describes the treatment of the Gypsies as one of the racial groups persecuted by the Nazis

Classification system for the different groups imprisoned in concentration camps

Nazi Treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses during World War II

Nazis Treatment of Soviet POWs

Albert was the brother of Hermann Goering, commander of the German air force, but he was opposed to the Nazi regime

Click on this link and choose ID cards and then enter your person's id number

Enter a title of a book you liked and the site offers suggestions for other books

A long list of books suggested by teens for teens

Read for an overview of the author's life

Describes the big events of London's life

Includes a response as to why we still read The Call of the Wild

Pay particular attention to "The Mail and Mail Carriers," "The Trails" and "Running the Rapids"

Describes what one would need to make the journey in search of gold

Accounts of the gold rush

Scroll down the page to "Animals for the Yukon"

An overview of some of the ideas and themes in the novel

For a challenge, read about some people and ideas that influenced the author

An overview of sled dogs

Lists the big events in Shakespeare's life

Describes the controversy over whether or not the plays were actually written by William Shakespeare

A list of the most frequently asked questions about Shakespeare that link to the answers

A more in-depth background of Shakespeare's life. It also has some nice documents and images

Provides information on the theatres, companies and actors used for the plays

Basic information about the times- to get specific information on a variety of topics, click the links to the left side of the p

Historical Overview of the time

Describes what life was like for women of different classes

People who attended the plays

Avoid reading the plot if you want to be surprised. A good overview for the characters, background and themes of the play.

Gives a brief overview of the play and some facts

Describes how the play has been adapted over the centuries

A basic overview on how to approach reading Shakespeare's works

Explains what iambic pentameter is

Skim through the beginning of the page until you get to the part about recognizing rhyming, prose and verse

Gives a good literary overview of what it is and the requirements for a book to be considered a bildungsroman

An overview over life in Victorian England

It's not quite as brief as you might think, but it does give a good overview of his life