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Hawthorne: Author and Narrator
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this EDSITEment lesson, students come to recognize the difference between a narrator and an author, and explore the impact of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Walt Whitman's Notebooks and Poetry: The Sweep of the Universe
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts, United States History, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students read the poetry of Walt Whitman to determine how he attempts to combine universal them...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Walt Whitman to Langston Hughes: Poems for a Democracy
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts, United States History, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students explore the idea of "democratic poetry" by reading Whitman's words in a variety of med...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Cheerful Hearts and Willing Feet
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Dance, Writing Strategies, Visual Arts, Theatre, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, encourages students to explore various methods Louisa May Alcott uses to de...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Candle and the Mirror
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, Visual Arts, United States History and 2 additional..This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, encourages students to examine author Louisa May Alcott as a pioneer, deepl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Examining Transcendentalism through Popular Culture
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students examine the characteristics of transcendentalism by using excerpts from the works of Ral...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0California H/SS Course Model- Reform Movements of the 1830s
Grades: 8Subjects: History-Social ScienceThis California H/SS Course Model helps Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people from 1800 to the mid-1800s a...Views: 0Favorites: 0Campfire Stories with George Catlin: An Encounter of Two Cultures
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Native Peoples, History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, United States HistoryCampfire Stories with George Catlin: An Encounter of Two Cultures takes students on a virtual journey with the artist and ethnol...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Campfire Stories with George Catlin: An Encounter of Two Cultures: A Guide for Teachers
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Environmental Issues, Geography, Native Peoples, History-Social Science and 4 additional..Teachers’ page using art, artifacts, and primary source texts to bridge American history, geography, art appreciation, environme...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) Home Page
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsNathaniel Hawthorne s Home Page contains extensive links to biographical information, online texts, articles about the author, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Henry David Thoreau Is Born
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.This page, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, focuses on significant events in American history and culture associ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Paul Revere's Ride
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States History, English-Language ArtsThis resource features the words to the poem Paul Revere s Ride, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This resource is referenced in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0"Walden"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis resource, found on the EDSITEment-reviewed American Studies at the University of Virginia Web site, is part of the Universi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsRWE.org - The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson is a celebration of one of America s finest philosophers. This site features collecti...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Web of American Transcendentalism
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThe English Department at the Virginia Commonwealth University presents this Web site about American transcendentalism. The site...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Daughter of the Transcendentalists
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Philosophy, History-Social Science, United States History, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis page, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, focuses on significant events in American history and culture associ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Selected Essays by Thoreau
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Philosophy, History-Social Science, United States History, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThe University of Virginia s American Studies department presents this electronic text from its collection of hypertext projects...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Electives, History-Social Science, United States History, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis collection of images, from the book of the same title and presented by The New York Public Library Digital Gallery, depicts...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0