Edgar Allan Poe, American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic, is born

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  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.

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  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."

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French painter Paul Cézanne born

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  Lesson Plan / Art & Culture

  In Depth with the Full Spectrum

  In this lesson students will be introduced to the basics of the color wheel, as well as the ways in which artists use color to guide the viewer's attention through a painting's composition.

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General Robert E. Lee born

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  Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies

  Lesson 2: The Battles of the Civil War

  Through the use of maps and original documents, this lesson will focus on the key battles of the Civil War, Gettysburg and Vicksburg and show how the battles contributed to its outcome. It will also examine the "total war" strategy of General Sherman, and the role of naval warfare in bringing about a Union victory.

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  Student Resource / History & Social Studies

  On the Eve of War: Civil War Commanders

  An interactive that introduces the principal generals on both sides of the American Civil War. Accompanies Lesson Plan 1 of the EDSITEment curriculum unit: The American Civil War: A "Terrible Swift Sword."