Study Starters Hub
High school and college students, we have the resources you need to enhance your study skills and boost your research skills.
Our unique collection of Study Starters is designed to kickstart your research, enhance your study skills, and build your knowledge in a wide range of subject areas. The primary goal of these creative curriculum study starters is to help you think about popular disciplines in new ways. From historical overviews to our curated lists of top influencers in every field, we offer a wealth of resources to help you through your higher education and beyond.
Creative Curriculum Study Starters
Cram for tests, get ideas for papers, and start your research with these popular lists:
Brief Histories
Every academic subject is built on the shoulders of giants. We offer a comprehensive history of the top disciplines. Here, you’ll find insights into figures of influence, those who exhibited leadership in their fields, and the key concepts that still inform our learning today. Learn more about the scholars and legends who shaped each of these critical academic disciplines:
- Anthropology
- A Brief History of Anthropology: 1900-1949
- A Brief History of Anthropology: 1950-2000
- A Brief History of Anthropology: 2000-2020
- A Brief History of Anthropology: Pre-1900
- Biology
- A Brief History of Biology: Before 1900
- A Brief History of Biology: 1900-1950
- A Brief History of Biology: 1950-2000
- A Brief History of Biology: 2000-2020
- Computer Science
- Earth Sciences
- A Brief History of Earth Sciences: Before 1900
- A Brief History of Earth Sciences: 1900-1949
- A Brief History of Earth Sciences: 1950-1999
- A Brief History of Earth Sciences: 2000-2020
- Meyer or Mendeleev: Who created the periodic table?
- Mathematics
- Philosophy
Learn more about the figures who have shaped our understanding of life, culture, and the evolution of humans within their environment.
See which figures helped shape the way we teach and learn this critical life science.
Learn about the innovations that contributed to the rise of computer technology.
See which figures helped shape our approach to essential areas of science like geology, ecology, and environmental science.
See which individuals helped expand the vocabulary and define the key concepts that are still covered in mathematics today.
Learn more about the philosophers who helped us better understand the very nature of human existence.
Classics Bright Notes
Our series of Bright Notes study starters are among our most valuable study tools. The links below are part of a growing collection of study guides based on Classics from both American and World literature. Titles were chosen based on their popularity and their distribution of usage across both high school and higher education. These study starters help readers understand the core concept at the heart of each text as well as providing insight into complex ideas. Consider these Bright Notes a valuable supplemental resource for your reading and writing.
- Study Guide to All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- Study Guide to The Awakening by Kate Chopin
- Study Guide to Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
- Study Guide to The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay
- Study Guide to Beloved by Toni Morrison
- Study Guide to Beowulf
- Study Guide to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Study Guide to Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- Study Guide to The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
- Study Guide to The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- Study Guide to The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
- Study Guide to Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Study Guide to The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Study Guide to The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
- Study Guide to Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Study Guide to The Green Pastures by Marc Connelly
- Study Guide to Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
- Study Guide to Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Study Guide to The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
- Study Guide to Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
- Study Guide to Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
- Study Guide to One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
- Study Guide to Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
- Study Guide to Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
- Study Guide to Satyricon by Petronius
- Study Guide to Sister Carrie by Theodore Dresier
- Study Guide to Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Study Guide to Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver
- Study Guide to War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Check out our full library of study guides, tools, and tips, here.