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Home of the Higgins Hawks
Using keen vision and fierce hunting skills to SOAR (Seek Out Appropriate Resources)
PathFinder: Orion

Civil War Veteran Moses Shackley

Meet the Authors of the 9th Grade Summer Reading Books

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History of Names
http://www.greencis.net/~shart/names.html

 Baby Naming
http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/1505.html

 Popular Baby Names
http://www.babycenter.com/babynames/popnames.html

  Baby Name Finder
http://bnf.parentsoup.com/babyname/lookup

If this site is unavailable try
http://www.parentsoup.com/

and click on the appropriate links

 

 

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Camelot
http://www.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/england/sites/camelot.htm

 Origins of Arthurian Legend
http://www.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/origins/arthur.html

Timeline of Arthurian History
http://www.britannia.com/history/timearth.html

 People of the Middle Ages
http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/People.html

Did You Know
http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/Tidbits.html

 http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/Banners.html

 Definition of A Castle
http://www.castlewales.com/cast_def.html

 Ian’s Land of Castles
http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/n/x/nxd10/castle/castles.htm

 Castles on the Web Glossary
http://www.castlesontheweb.com/glossary.html

 http://rubens.anu.edu.au/student.projects97/castles/glossary.html

 Living Areas of a Castle
http://www.castlewales.com/life.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 14, 2003 -  Arthur Conan Doyle

Go to Timeline of Events and answer the following questions

1. When and where was Conan Doyle born?

2.  What is the name of the first Sherlock Holmes story and when was it published?

Go to Origins of Sherlock Holmes.

3. Who inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes and how did Doyle meet him?

A man is torn between loyalty to his dying wife and the passion he feels for another woman.
This was Arthur Conan Doyle's daily struggle for almost ten years.
Go to The Wives of  Arthur Conan Doyle.

4. How did Doyle meet his wife Louise?

5.  What sad events happened to Doyle in 1893?

6.  Who was Jean Leckie?

7.  Characterize Doyle's mother.

Conan Doyle spent the last years of his life speaking and writing about spiritualism. Go to Spirtualism.

8.  Name the five members of the British Society for Physical Research, referred to under Ghostbusters.

9.  Identify the author of The Chronicles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle website.

10.  How did Conan become a ship's surgeon?  At times, his life was in danger; describe two times.

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