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… to Langston Hughes: Poems for a Democracy … yes Photo of American poet Walt Whitman taken by G. Frank E. Pearsall, c. … treatment of Whitman by Emory Holloway from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature . Click in the …
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… Commons In this lesson, students work with primary documents and latter-day photographs to recapture the … website, in the " California as I Saw It " collection at American Memory , and at the California Gold Rush website. …
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… Tears Spoiled My Aim and available via EDSITEment-reviewed American Studies at the University of Virginia , might be a … educates students about Faulkner's life, as well as some history of the South. Secondly, and equally importantly, the …
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… time and has influenced some of the greatest English and American writers as this article from NEH’s Humanities … and what he feels like when he does it. This is new in the history of Western thought. … Directions … The following …
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… a novel as a "primary" source—a way to learn about social history, students can gain valuable insights. Fictional … Thomas Paine, who had returned to England after the American Revolution, published The Rights of Man (1791). …
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… with other useful websites; download and print out selected documents and duplicate copies as necessary for student … on the various myths you will use. The 19th-century American writer Thomas Bullfinch produced popular versions … Greeks? What meanings do the Greek myths have for us today? History & Social Studies World History Art & Culture History …
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… materials and other useful websites. Download and print out documents you will use and duplicate copies as necessary for … of Gwendolyn Brooks from the EDSITEment reviewed Modern American Poetry website. Read the online version and listen … by providing some details of her life and place in literary history, drawing from the following links available via the …
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… livelihood. You will explore a 1850 issue of the American publication Godey's Lady Book and consider the … in the 1848 issue of The Quarterly Review . Scroll down the document about two-thirds and read the two paragraphs …
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… the distance and the difficult conditions, thousands of Americans traveled to the Yukon willing to test their mettle … stand-alone sections from this lesson that deal with the history of the Gold Rush era. While the emphasis of this … materials and other useful websites. Download and print out documents you will use and duplicate copies as necessary for …
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… were deteriorating. President John Adams wanted to preserve American neutrality in conflicts between Britain and France. … of Political Parties , Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed website …
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… Williams Walt Whitman sought to create a new and distinctly American form of poetry. As he declared in Democratic Vistas … treatment of Whitman by Emory Holloway from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature . Click in the …
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… for AP English Literature and Composition Closer Reading … American Literature Lessons — Nineteenth Century … American Literature Lessons — Nineteenth Century Lesson Plan …
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… include audio clips and video as well as primary source documents and photographs, along with other useful tools … Voices and Visions On “In the Waiting Room” from Modern American Poetry … 3. Gwendolyn Brooks: “We Real Cool” … The …
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… global violence." —from the EDSITEment-reviewed Academy of American Poets “ The Modernist Revolution: Make It New ” … panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history.’.. rejecting nineteenth-century optimism, …
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… Inés de la Cruz es considerada la primer gran poeta hispanoamericana y una de las figuras literarias hispánicas más … es considerado el primer tratado feminista en el hemisferio americano en desafiar a la autoridad católica y patriarcal …
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… day, which were already becoming lodged in the minds of the American reader. The EDSITEment-reviewed website Wessel’s Living History Farm contains an overview of the Farm Security … are available via the EDSITEment-reviewed New Deal Network: Documenting the Migrant Experience The Harvest Gypsies …
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… older man and a young girl in The Goodman of Paris text, a document composed at the time Chaucer was writing The … had neither the energy nor the wit to tame her. In this document, the much older husband offers advice to his … & Language Arts Reading 9-12 01/16/11 11/21/19 Women’s History …
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… "Cinderella" tale type-appears in hundreds of versions from African, Asian, American, and European countries and as far back in written … illustrations been used to make fairy tales more enjoyable? History & Social Studies World History Literature & Language …
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… 44-5 on the Red Badge Home Page of the EDSITEment resource American Studies at the University of Virginia "No … moments tenuously linked by narrative, a presentation of 'history' in the manner of Eadweard Muybridge's photographic …
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… grow to be one of the largest empires in Southeast Asian history, and at the height of its power the empire’s … temple, in a way which resembles the reading of a primary document, to gain insight into this history. In addition, …
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… part in the discussion. Madison had been present at the document's birth as the mastermind behind the so-called … materials and other useful websites. Download and print out documents you will use and duplicate copies as necessary for … Debates , available on the EDSITEment-reviewed website American Memory ) have been extracted, simplified, and …
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… stark, distanced portrayal is an excellent example of American literary naturalism. In this lesson, students will … to Jack London's biography and place him in literary history, using the biographies and other information …
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… Ask an NEH Expert: Historical Significance … Video History & Social Studies U.S. History Literature & Language Arts Writing … Related Content …
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… Ask an NEH Expert: Wide Research … Video History & Social Studies U.S. History Literature & Language Arts Writing … Related Content …
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… Ask an NEH Expert: Building an Argument … Video History & Social Studies U.S. History Literature & Language Arts Writing … Related Content …
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… García Márquez actually recapitulates episodes in the history of Latin America through the story of real and … elements to enrich his story of the Buendía family and the history of Macondo. In Lesson 2, students ascertain the …
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… Ask an NEH Expert: Validating Sources … Video History & Social Studies U.S. History Literature & Language Arts Writing … Related Content …
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… on the Experience of War … Video A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Literature & Language Arts Fiction Reading … Related …
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… to continuing the conversation. A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History World History Cold War (1945-1989) Vietnam War …
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… World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt listed four American freedoms in his State of the Union address to … First Amendment evident in everyday local community life? History & Social Studies Civics Art & Culture Painting 6-8 …