North Carolina Standard Course of Study - Language Arts
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/curriculum/languagearts/scos/2004/25grade8

Citation Machine  (MLA)
http://citationmachine.net/index.php?callstyle=1&all=

MLA Citation Maker
http://secondary.oslis.org/resources/cm/mlacitationss

Cherokee Folklore Video
http://www.visitnc.com/experience/no1_cherokee/cherokee.asp

Christopher Walken's "The Raven"
http://www.ojai.net/swanson/theraven.htm

Folklore Unit
Websites from North Carolina Language and Life site:
http://www.talkingnc.com/

Talk like a Tarheel
http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/resources/tlth.html

Reading and Writing Resources
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/TeacherHut/ContentColsm/index.html#english

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
(Famous quotations, phrases, & proverbs with sources)
http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett

Learning About Authors and Their Works
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/chauthors.htm
http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/