Spreading Gratitude Rocks
A Note of Gratitude
Gertrude Stein once said, "Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone." Learners break their silence by engaging in discussion and making lists of what makes them grateful. Next, pupils write and illustrate a thank you letter to a chosen...
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Ernest Hemingway: Inside Out
Introduce class members to basic biographical information about Ernest Hemingway. Groups read three brief paragraphs, and then respond to fact-based questions using material drawn from the readings. The exercise would work well with...
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Creative Writing/Poetry Lesson Plan
Students complete poetry writing activities and art analysis activities. In this creative writing and art lesson, students analyze a cubist piece by Picasso and discuss abstraction. Students read a poem by Gertrude Stein about Picasso...
Annenberg Foundation
Modernist Portraits
How did literature reflect people's attitudes in post-World War I America? A lesson explores the topic using a variety of activities. Individuals watch and respond to a video; read author biographies and engage in discussion; write...
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Cubist Self-Portrait
Study Cubism and Cubist art by examining a number of images with your students. They look at the relationship of Cubism to society architecture, and literature. Finally, they design a Cubist self-portrait using a variety of mediums after...
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Resources for Teaching Women Writers
Twelfth graders explore, discuss and experience a wide variety of texts from around the world written by women. They analyze the different genres covered and view a lot of unique point of views from different female perspectives. Topics...
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Volunteering Our Time
Students participate in a service learning project. In this philanthropy lesson, students volunteer their time at a local soup kitchen and reflect upon the experience in a journal.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits: Gertrude Stein
Feminist and modernist, Gertrude Stein is featured in this biography for her contributions of many literary genres as well as being a mentor to many twentieth century writers. See "Gertrude Stein Activities" for related materials.
Other
Jewish Women's Archive: Gertrude Stein
Detailed biographical discussion on the life and career of American Jewish writer, Gertrude Stein.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Gertrude Stein
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Gertrude Stein including information on her life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Stein is also provided.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: Gertrude Stein
This site provides links to several interesting photos of Gertrude Stein.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Gertrude Stein
This encyclopedia entry for Gertrude Stein reveals her influence on modernism in American literature as well as her partnership with Alice B. Toklas, her involvement in the avant-garde, Cubism movement, and her own writing.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits
This unit delves into American modernist literature which introduced itself between World War I and World War II, including authors Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Explore the site for a video on demand,...
University at Buffalo
Gertrude Stein
This site, maintained by a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, contains an excerpt from Stein's "Composition as Explanation" and 4 photos of Stein.
Yale University
E.e. Cummings and Gertrude Stein
This site, maintained by Yale's Rare Book and Manuscript Library, discusses the influence of Chinese and Japanese art on Cummings' poems and paintings. Offers one example of each along with brief commentary.
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Gertrude Stein
This site, maintained by a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, contains an excerpt from Stein's "Composition as Explanation" and 4 photos of Stein.
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Gertrude Stein
This site, maintained by a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, contains an excerpt from Stein's "Composition as Explanation" and 4 photos of Stein.
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Gertrude Stein
This site, maintained by a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, contains an excerpt from Stein's "Composition as Explanation" and 4 photos of Stein.
PBS
Minnesota Public Radio: Authors on Fitzgerald
This site from the Minnesota Public Radio provides a list of quotes from other authors on F. Scott Fitzgerald, including Ernest Hemmingway and Gertrude Stein. The information is somewhat brief, but factual, and worth checking out on the...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Literatura De Los Estados Unidos
Wikipedia overview in Spanish of American literature from its roots to contemporary authors and themes. This entry is a broad sweep -- no era is covered in depth but it's a helpful "big picture" view for Spanish-speaking students, with...
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Sherwood Anderson
This site, compiled by a public library in Finland, contains a brief biography of Anderson and a discussion of his major works. It also has a chronological list of his works.