Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts

Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" published

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Related Links: 
UVA: Robinson Crusoe
Common Knowledge Foundation: Teacher's Guide

Novelist and critic Virginia Woolf drowns herself at age 59

Submitted by jphelan on March 28, 2013 - 6:58am
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History & Social Studies
Literature & Language Arts
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March 28, 1941
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Virginia Woolf in the Classroom

American author John Updike born

Submitted by jphelan on March 18, 2013 - 6:48am
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March 18, 1932
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Picturing America
Related Links: 
Jefferson Lecture: John Updike "What is American About American Art?"
John Updike Biography
Picturing America

Literatures, Religions, and Arts of the Himalayan Regions

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Gen. George Marshall outlines his plan to rebuild Europe

Submitted by jphelan on January 30, 2013 - 11:04am
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June 5, 1947
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Related Lesson Plans: 
Lesson 2: The Strategy of Containment, 1947–1948
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Cold War Europe
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We The People
Performers at the Globe Theater in London

"Shakespeare Uncovered"

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Performer's at the Globe Theater in London

"Shakespeare Uncovered"

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  • John Steinbeck’s "The Grapes of Wrath": The Inner Chapters

    Created October 12, 2012
    Steinbeck migrants

    This lesson offers students a close consideration of the opening chapter of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and serves as the impetus for looking at the purpose of the inner chapters or “generals” as the author referred to them.

  • Steinbeck’s Use of Nonfiction Sources in "The Grapes of Wrath"

    Created September 17, 2012
    Steinbeck image (women washing clothes)

    John Steinbeck’s use of nonfiction sources in writing The Grapes of Wrath is examined to illustrate how they affect the reader’s perception of a novel.

    Thornton Wilder receives Pulitzer Prize for “Our Town”

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    Thornton Wilder receives Pulitzer Prize for "Our Town"

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    Thornton Wilder's Our Town: The Reader as Writer

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