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**[http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Simple Wiki -- link] |
**[http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Simple Wiki -- link] |
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**[http://books.google.com Google Books ] |
**[http://books.google.com Google Books ] |
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* Curricula, in toto |
* Curricula, in toto |
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**[http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm MIT's OPEN COURSEWARE] |
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* Music |
* Music |
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**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Guitar WikiBooks Guitar] |
**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Guitar WikiBooks Guitar] |
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* Mathematics |
* Mathematics |
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** Faraz, H., (2006). "''Understanding Calculus''" [http://www.understandingcalculus.com/ http://www.understandingcalculus.com/] (HTML and PDF version available) - Complete free online textbook focusing on understanding concepts. |
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**Focus on geometry? |
**Focus on geometry? |
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**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algebra Algebra Wiki] |
**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algebra Algebra Wiki] |
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**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Geometry Geometry Wiki] |
**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Geometry Geometry Wiki] |
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**[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/en/0/00/Learning_the_vi_editor.pdf Learning VI Editor PDF] |
**[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/en/0/00/Learning_the_vi_editor.pdf Learning VI Editor PDF] |
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**[http://simple.wikibooks.org/wiki/Numbers Numbers - a Pre-Algebra text in Simple English] |
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**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Visual_Math Visual Math] |
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* Visual arts |
* Visual arts |
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** [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Arts_bookshelf Wiki Arts] |
** [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Arts_bookshelf Wiki Arts] |
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*Development |
*Development |
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**[http://tools.google.com/gapminder/ gapminder - World development data, dynamic and interactive.(Flash)] ([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4237353244338529080&sourceid=searchfeed nice demo of]) |
**[http://tools.google.com/gapminder/ gapminder - World development data, dynamic and interactive.(Flash)] ([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4237353244338529080&sourceid=searchfeed nice demo of]) |
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**http://www.archive.org/details/iacl |
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**http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior |
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**http://wikieducator.org/Free_Textbooks |
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**http://www.logoslibrary.eu/pls/wordtc/new_wordtheque.main_bimbi?lang=en |
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**http://download.wikimedia.org/ to find dumps of WMF content such as [http://download.wikimedia.org/enwikibooks/20080319/enwikibooks-20080319-pages-articles.xml.bz2 the entire Wikibooks project in compressed XML] |
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Latest revision as of 14:38, 15 April 2008
Texts:
- Reference:
- Stories: Religious and works and epics
- Curricula, in toto
- Music
- Mathematics
- Faraz, H., (2006). "Understanding Calculus" http://www.understandingcalculus.com/ (HTML and PDF version available) - Complete free online textbook focusing on understanding concepts.
- Focus on geometry?
- Algebra Wiki
- Geometry Wiki
- Learning VI Editor PDF
- Numbers - a Pre-Algebra text in Simple English
- Visual Math
- Visual arts
- (Other) Science
- (Other) Humanities
- History & Geography
- Simple Wiki Human Rights
- Bill of Rights, Emancipation Proclamation, Constitution, other Historic Documents
- Liberty Fund.Org Ebooks Ancient Times to Modern Discussion of Civil Liberty -- Collection includes out of copyright histories
- Wiki United Kingdom Constitution and Government
- Wikijunior Kings and Queens of England
- Wikijunior South America
- Specific trades
- Essential health care information (contact Global Healthcare Information Network)
- At http://www.HSTutorials.net/olpc/olpcmathindex.htm you can see a mock-up of the student-user interface being developed for Algebra 1 in Simple English, which is located at http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Algebra_I_in_Simple_English&direction=next&oldid=526417
- Unsorted:
- http://www.archive.org/details/iacl
- http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior
- http://wikieducator.org/Free_Textbooks
- http://www.logoslibrary.eu/pls/wordtc/new_wordtheque.main_bimbi?lang=en
- http://download.wikimedia.org/ to find dumps of WMF content such as the entire Wikibooks project in compressed XML