This is a great site which features Greek philosophies- stoicism, cyncism, skepticism. They give good descriptions; easy to understand for most people.
Also traces how some English words are from Greek.
This site doesn't contain primary sources, but might be useful for research into philosophers or the history of ideas. Might also help students with new terms they encounter in their study.
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Kay - saw your post and thought you'd be interested in the new set of scientific teaching collection videos we've (NMAH) posted on YouTube. We are in the middle creating a website for these videos, and we'll be adding more over the next year or so.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SmithsonianAmHistory?ob=0&feature=results_main
'The Duke Collection of American Indian Oral History online provides access to typescripts of interviews (1967 -1972) conducted with hundreds of Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and cultures of their respective nations and tribes. Related are accounts of Indian ceremonies, customs, social conditions, philosophies, and standards of living. Members of every tribe resident in Oklahoma were interviewed.'
"Based at Harvard's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, the Journalist's Resource project examines news topics through a research lens. We surface scholarly materials that may be relevant to media practitioners, bloggers, educators, students and general readers. Our philosophy is that peer-reviewed research studies can, at the very least, help anchor journalists as they navigate difficult terrain and competing claims. In 2013 the American Library Association named us one of the best free reference Web sites."
Not very extensive but it's always useful to have a collection of sources organised around a topic (in this case Stoicism) rather than period. Any Stoics out there? I thought the Christians killed them all off...
A collection of free Internet materials designed for help students studying to become teachers, new teachers, and experienced teachers with the art of teaching.
An excellent collection of public domain ebooks run out of the University of Adelaide, focussing on literature, philosophy, science and the queen of all subjects, History. She deserves a capital.
This is a search engine which scans a collection of primary source websites for open access sources. They purport to focus on American and British literature.