Life Science (Part I), for example, is a ten-part program, covering basic biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, and taxonomy. Each section includes several subtopics, each covered in detail. The chapter on the elucidation of DNA structure – "Cracking the Code of Life" – includes a wealth of colorful diagrams and photos, a clear and straightforward text, an interactive family tree puzzle based on "your newfound understanding of DNA," instructions for isolating DNA on your own (from frozen peas), a biography of Rosalind Franklin, whose work proved essential for determining DNA structure, and a link to an article about the archaeological uses of DNA analysis.

English Literature ("From Beowulf to Virginia Woolf") is a ten-part program which begins with "Ballads and Moor Monsters" and proceeds through "Renaissance, Reason, and Order" (Italian sonnets, The Faerie Queen, Shakespeare), "Metaphysics and the Rising Middle Class" (John Donne, John Milton, and Aphra Behn – the first woman to make a living writing), "Satire, Sitcoms, Newspapers, and Novels," "Political and Social Revolution," "The Romantic Poets," "Reform and Earnestness," "Victorian Novelists" (Charles Dickens, the Brontes, Jane Austen, George Eliot), "Victorian Heroes and Heroines," and "Into the 20th Century." Each section includes links to the texts of the works studied, related cross-curricular information, activities, summaries, study questions, and illustrations.

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