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October 7, 1765

Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies
Colonial Broadsides and the American Revolution
Drawing on the resources of the Library of Congress's Printed Ephemera Collection, this lesson helps students experience the news as the colonists heard it: by means of broadsides, notices written on disposable, single sheets of paper that addressed virtually every aspect of the American Revolution.
Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies
Colonial Broadsides: A Student-Created Play
In this lesson, student groups create a short, simple play based on their study of broadsides written just before the American Revolution. By analyzing the attitudes and political positions are revealed in the broadsides, students learn about the sequence of events that led to the Revolution
Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies
Declare the Causes: The Declaration of Independence
Help your students see the development of the Declaration as both an historical process and a writing process through the use of role play and creative writing.

October 7, 1849

Lesson Plan / Literature & Language Arts
Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and the Unreliable Biographers
We are naturally curious about the lives (and deaths) of authors, especially those, such as Edgar Allan Poe and Ambrose Bierce, who have left us with so many intriguing mysteries. But does biographical knowledge add to our understanding of their works? And if so, how do we distinguish between the accurate detail and the rumor, between truth and slander? In this lesson, students become literary sleuths, attempting to separate biographical reality from myth. They also become careful critics, taking a stand on whether extra-literary materials such as biographies and letters should influence the way readers understand a writer's texts.
Lesson Plan / Literature & Language Arts
Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and the Unreliable Narrator
Help your students consider a variety of narrative stances in Edgar Allen Poe's short story, "Tell Tale Heart," and Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."
Lesson Plan / Art & Culture
Tales of the Supernatural
Examine the relationship between science and the supernatural in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the “horror stories” of Hawthorne and Poe.