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June–July 2012
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Keep your students reading classic fiction and serious nonfiction this summer. Check this list of important books every college-bound student should know. Aligned with EDSITEment resources! Read more »
Grapple with the Shakespeare’s ghostly specter; tag his vivid verbs; then challenge your students with an interactive crossword! Read more »
Examine the visions of three active agents in the creation and management of Great Britain’s empire in North America: British colonial leaders and administrators, North American British colonists, and Native Americans. Read more »
This Fourth of July, spend time with some of the courageous minds and liberating ideas that burst forth with the coming of the American Revolution. Read more »
Discover one of the abolitionist orator’s greatest speeches: a celebration of American Founders turns into a sermon on the moral hypocrisy of his age and concludes with praise for that “glorious liberty document,” the U.S. Constitution. Read more »
Go back to the ancient city-state and Classical Greek civilization. Examine Greek values and cultural assumptions about human excellence and competition. Then, explore the great city of London, site of this year’s Games, as well as of the 1908 and 1948 Olympics. Read more »
Celebrate our beloved American poet Walt Whitman and learn how his notebooks, poetry, and prose capture the experience of the Civil War.
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