http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/Arts/subcollections/CasselmanImageAbout.shtml

The late Eugene Casselman was quite an Iberian enthusiast, and during his thirty years of travel in the region, he created over four thousands color slides and black and white photographs documenting the architecture of Spain. Most of these items focus on the Mudejar style, which was an ornate court style largely inspired by Spanish Islamic architecture. Recently, the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections project took on the task of organizing, describing, and scanning this collection in order to place it online. Visitors can now take in this marvelous collection, and they can search these materials by place, date, subject, or title. Looking around via the subject groupings isn't a bad way to start, and they include "Visigothic", "Asturian", and "Romanesque". [KMG]

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/indianapolis/

The National Park Service has created over forty "Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary" guides since the program started, and this recent guide to the heritage of Indianapolis continues in that tradition of quality material. Working together with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources' Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, the guide highlights 59 locations listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Visitors can start their journey through the site at the "Essays" area, which include pieces titled "Ethnic Indy" and "Go Diagonal", which looks at the distinctive diagonal thoroughfares which give the city quite a bit of character. The "List of Sites" area lists each site mentioned in the essays, and the "Maps" feature includes interactive maps of the city and the downtown area. [KMG]

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/deseg/

For those who experienced federally-mandated school desegregation in the 1970s and 1980s, it was something many of them will never forget. American RadioWorks recently took on this very compelling era in American history by sending Kate Ellis and Catherine Winter to Louisville and Charlotte to talk with people about their experiences with school desegregation. They returned with many hours of recordings, and visitors can take in the substantial fruits of their labors on this site. Visitors can listen to the complete radio program here, read a transcript, and also offer their own recollections with this process as well. For those who might be pressed for time, they can also click on photographs of interviewees to take in their individual memories of this period. Educators might find that this program could be used in the classroom as an additional multimedia activity to start discussion about a wide range of topics. [KMG]

http://www.k-state.edu/herbarium/

Located in Manhattan, Kansas, Kansas State University is well-known for their various agricultural outreach programs, and their Herbarium is a fascinating place for botanists and the general public. For those who can't make a trip out to Kansas, they also have a nice website. Visitors to the site can start by looking over the "Information" section, which includes information on the history of the Herbarium, along with offering up a nice answer to the question, "What is an herbarium?" Moving on, visitors can also query their online database of plant species from Kansas and learn about their forthcoming Central Great Plains Network. The site is rounded out with a list of contact information and other noteworthy links. [KMG]

http://www.immunology.klimov.tom.ru/index.html

Some individuals might blanch at the idea of a "basic" immunology overview, but Professor Vladimir V. Klimov provides just such a resource on this site. As the homepage notes, the site is designed to assist undergraduate students learning about the basics of immunology through essays, images, animations, quizzes, case histories, and external links. Visitors can begin by looking over the "Table of Contents" area, which includes seven complete chapters of information. These chapters include "The Immune Responses", "Effector Activity", and "Functional Organization of the Immune System". While some of the materials on the site require a paid subscription, there's enough free material here to get students on their way to learning more about this field of study. [KMG]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/issues/

It's already a bit difficult to keep tabs on all of the many presidential candidates for the 2008 race, but the Washington Post has created this very nice issue coverage tracker to help out in this area. Visitors to the site can review press coverage and opinion writing on the various candidates and the major issues here, and they can also add this entire feature to their website or MySpace page, if they are so inclined. The issue tracker draws on a wide set of website sources across the political spectrum, including news services, interest groups, bloggers, unions, and activists. It's a fine resource, and one that could be used to generate discussion in political science and civic courses across American classrooms. [KMG]

http://www.silentera.com/index.html

The early years of silent film made international stars of people such as Tom Mix, Lon Chaney, Douglas Fairbanks, and countless others. Directors sensed new opportunities, and they also flourished in this environment for three decades. This rather fun and interesting site pays homage to this era in cinema, along with providing valuable information on where to find silent films on a variety of media formats. Visitors can learn about upcoming silent film events, browse a series of short biographies of various silent era film stars, and view a list of "Lost Films" as well. Overall, it's quite a nice site, and film buffs of all stripes will want to keep tabs on developments through this collection of materials. [KMG]

http://www.craftinamerica.org/

Craft in America is the web site component of a multi-year, multi-faceted project to showcase the work of American artists working in clay, wood, metal, glass and fiber. In addition to the web site, the project includes a PBS documentary, aired earlier this spring, and now available on DVD; a traveling exhibition; a book; and a set of resources for educators. The exhibition will go to 8 cities by 2009: Little Rock AK, Portland OR, San Diego CA, Houston TX, Bloomfield Hills MI, Oklahoma City OK, and Brockton MA. The web site serves as a clearinghouse for information about all the other components of the project, but also provides a great deal of material in its own right. There is virtual exhibition with 130 examples selected from the traveling show. Educator guides grouped around 3 broad themes - Memory, Landscape and Community - are available for download. And there is extensive information about the artists, from images of their work to portraits of them, as well as videos of artists at work, such as ceramic artist Matthew Metz talking about his career while throwing a pot, a group of glass artists executing a Dale Chihuly design at the Museum of Glass in Washington, or Pat Courtney Gold describing the imagery on her baskets. [DS]