Sequential Tutorials & Slideshows

Unlike the Hypertext Annotation examples, these Web sites are intended to present information sequentially.

Tutorials

Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans - An online tutorial which introduces the Indo-European language family and explains the comparative method. Part of the American Heritage Dictionary, Online Edition.

Paleography 1500-1800 - A detailed tutorial of English handwriting with a list of writing conventions. Includes images for practice exercises (remember changes in spelling, grammar and word meanings).

Virtual Edo - This web site presents a virtual tour through ancient Tokyo (Edo). Written from a first-person point of view, the text gives a lot of historic context.

Stages of Stonehenge Construction - Shows the stages of the Stonehenge construction over several centuries.

Vietmam: Journeys of Body, Mind & Siprit - A site explorinig Vietnamese culture with the metaphor of different types of "journeys."

How Everyday Things are Made - Good video tutorials with a “think about it ” question. Includes archives of answers of people who have answered the question before viewing the tutorial.

Institute of Nautical Archaeology Virtual Museum - The Institute publishes online reports of their underwater excavations including excavation maps and images of artifacts.

SEASITE Tagalog Language Page - Information about the Tagalog language (with audio) as well as Filipino culture including recipes, dances, games and the text of the Phillipines Constitutions. SEASITE also has pages on other South East Asian language.

Music Theory Net - Flash based tutorials with audio covering a wide range of topics. Licensed by "Creative Commons" for non-commercial use (attribution required).

Slideshows and Exhibitions

Best Dressed, 250 Years of Style - Modeled somewhat like a fashion magazine, this exhibition presents highlights from the 1997 exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

An Edward Hooper Scrapbook - A virtual scrapbook of photos and Edward Hopper art from all phases of Hopper's life.

Adoration of the Magi Slideshow - Streaming video which describes painting and zooms in on different locations. Includes plain text transcript. From the National Gallery of Art.

Bronze Age Horns of Ireland - Notes from how one musician is reconstructing bronze age horns from Ireland with audio samples from the modern reconstructed horns. Includes recorded audio.

Three Mile Island: The Inside Story - Exhibition from the Smithsonian arranged in rough chronological order from the construction of the power plant, through the crisis and the investigation afterward.

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