Homework Resources
English and Language Arts
- Book Rags
Book summaries and discussion questions on contemporary classics that your teachers may be assigning. - Dictionary.com
Searchable dictionary, thesaurus, and quotes. - Guide to Grammar and Writing
An exhaustive searchable database with help on grammar and writing. Includes everything from adverbs to a thesis statement. - Poetry 180
This site offers poems to read each day of school. Better yet, it teaches you HOW to read a poem out loud. This site is from the Library of Congress and your teachers may be interested in sharing a poem from the site each day as part of your classwork. - Poets.org
Information on poets and poetry and includes audio samples of the poetry. - Shmoop
Shmoop is the cool database. Check out what they have to offer in the Literature, Poetry, Shakespeare, or Mythology tabs for everything regarding your English homework, then browse around on the other tabs just for fun (and I mean fun, some articles use a music video posted to reinforce topic ideas).
- Babbel: Enjoy Learning Languages
You must sign in with either your email address and create a password or you can connect with Facebook and share your progress with your friends or classmates. Includes online courses and message boards to connect with others learning languages. - iforeignlanguage
The author of this site has down-to-earth advice on how to study any language. - Linguanet Worldwide
This site allows you to test your proficiency level in any language. - YourDictionary
This site links to websites for over 260 languages (more advanced than just your basic language dictionary).
- The African-American Mosaic Exhibition
A Library of Congress online exhibit of primary source documents on slavery, include many photos. - Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government
"How a Bill Becomes a Law" and other important functions of our government. - Biographical Dictionary
Need to know a historical figure who was born today? This database has brief articles (most with pictures) on over 28,000 people and is searchable. - History on PBS
Full videos of episodes on history topics from Public Broadcasting System television stations across the country.
- Ask Dr. Math
A list of common formulas and other math tips from the Dr. Math series of books. - Cells Alive!
This site includes everything you need to know regarding cells, both plant and animal. It has great animations of the phases of cell mitosis and meiosis as well as camera images of cancer cells growing. - FactMonster Homework Center: Mathematics
Math homework help includes help with fractions, conversions, formulas and more. - HippoCampus
Virtual classroom with videos teaching several subjects including biology, chemistry and other sciences. - Science Daily
A research news magazine on science. - WebMath
Help with math questions.
- College Navigator
From the National Center for Education Statistics, you can plug in your college selection criteria into their search engine and it will bring you results of colleges that may be right for you. - How to Choose a College that is Right For You
An article from NPR on what is the best criteria for choosing a college. - Peterson's College Search
Featured colleges, articles on top colleges, and other information about the college search.
- Memphis Public Library Databases
Check here for the journals, newspapers, genealogy, biography and literature sources, statistics, history and more among our electronic databases. - Tennessee Electronic Library
Free to the residents of Tennessee, this set of electronic databases hosts subjects such as genealogy, journals and help with standardized tests. - Virtual Reference Shelf
Another virtual reference desk where you can ask those questions you might be afraid to in person. - Encyclopedia Britannica
(username:shelby, password:county) - Internet 4 Classrooms
- Maps 101
This is a map skills website for elementary school students. - Sheppard Software
- Word Book Encyclopedia
This is provided to you free by the Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL). You can also find this website by going to the
TEL website: http://tntel.tnsos.org/