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This Launchpad, adapted from www.WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org, provides background materials and discussion questions to enhance your reading and understanding of Benjamin Franklin’s “The Project of Moral Perfection” a passage from his Autobiography.
Birth of a Nation, the NAACP, and the Balancing of Rights
Bon Voyage!
A Trip to Asia for Asian-Pacific Heritage Month for 6–12 Students to celebrate Asian-Pacific American Month!
Bon Voyage!
A Trip to Asia for Asian-Pacific Heritage Month for K–5 Students to celebrate Asian-Pacific American Month!
Read Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "We Real Cool" out loud to yourself a few times. Then watch the video of John Ulrich discussing and reading "We Real Cool" as part of the EDSITEment-reviewed Library of Congress Favorite Poems Project. Pay particular attention to how you read the poem and how the poem is read in the Favorite Poems Project video—what words are emphasized? what kind of rhythm is established?
Use the following links as you explore Robert Browning's poem, "My Last Duchess."