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Literature - What Makes a Good Short Story?     Online short story followed by an brief exposition about writing technique. Literary journey through the classic short story "A Jury of Her Peers." Activities in the exhibit invite visitors to describe a setting, write a story and solve the mystery of who killed John Wright. From Exhibits Collection -- Literature http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/

Return of the Looted Treasures     Five cardboard boxes showed up at the Geographic one morning. Their contents: priceless Maya artifacts to be returned to Mesoamerica. Get the story and eye treasures long locked away from public view. From Looted Treasures @ nationalgeographic.com http://www.nationalgeographic.com/treasures/index.html

Evolution of Languages     We don't ask ourselves where languages come from because they just seem to be there: French in France, English in England, Chinese in China, Japanese in Japan, and so forth. Yet if we go back only a few thousand years, none of these languages were spoken in their respective countries and indeed none of these languages existed anywhere in the world. Where did they all come from? From Exploratorium Magazine: The Body http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/index.html

Frank Lloyd Wright: Life and Work     For more than 70 years, Frank Lloyd Wright showed his countrymen new ways to build their homes and see the world around them. He created some of the most monumental, and some of the most intimate spaces in America. He designed everything: banks and resorts, office buildings and churches, a filling station and a synagogue, a beer garden and an art museum. Learn more about organic architecture, what fueled Wright's passion, and how Wright’s work changed architecture and America. From Frank Lloyd Wright http://www.pbs.org/flw/buildings/

The Write Stuff     Who wrote first? Tracking the ultimate invention. Think of all the great reasons to use the written word: The Great American Novel. Princess Diana eulogies. Maya Angelou's poetry. The Yellow Pages. The ingredients on a package of pastrami. From Who wrote first? http://whyfiles.org/079writing/