Resources for Educators: About Washington Irving
http://www.hudsonvalley.org/education/Background/abt_irving/abt_irving.html
"Historic" Hudson Valley's information on Washington Irving, who spent much of his life there.
"Rip Van Winkle"
http://www.bartleby.com/195/4.html
Full, free edition of "Rip Van Winkle" online.
"Rip Van Winkle" (1896)
http://www.archive.org/details/rip_van_winkle_1896
A five-minute clip from an 1896 film version of "Rip Van Winkle."
King Philip's War in New England
http://www.historyplace.com/specials/kingphilip.htm
A brief history of the war between colonists and Indians chronicled by Crayon.
King Philip’s War: Indian Chieftain’s War Against the New England Colonies
A longer history of the war by Glenn W. LaFantasie.
Westminster Abbey
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/
The website of Westminster Abbey, including a good section on its "thousand years of history."