National Humanities Center
Teaching The Great Gatsby: A Common Core Close Reading Seminar
The 41 slides in a professional development seminar model how to use close reading techniques to examine the many layers of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. In addition to passages from the novel, slides provide biographical...
Library of Congress
Loc: Wise Guide: Honor Your Father, at Least Once a Year
The Library of Congress provides information on the origins and observation of Father's Day.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Father's Day
Wikipedia's entry on Father's Day discusses the history of the holiday and lists the dates for its occurrence in different countries.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Nelly's Dark Days by Hesba Stretton
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Nelly's Dark Days by Hesba Stretton [1870], a children's novel about an alcoholic father.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Mexican Independence Day Facts
A concise, bulleted list with facts about Mexican Independence Day, its origin and how it is celebrated.
A&E Television
History.com: This Day in History: Stephen Austin Imprisoned by Mexicans
Read this short account of when the Mexican government imprisoned the Texas colonizer Stephen Austin in Mexico City.
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9/11 Memorial & Museum
National September 11 Memorial & Museum: First Fallen: Father Judge [Pdf]
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson is...
Library of Congress
Loc: Thomas Jefferson Exhibit
The Library of Congress has created an exhibit which focuses on the extraordinary legacy of Thomas Jefferson--founding father, farmer, architect, inventor, slaveholder, book collector, scholar, diplomat, and the third president of the...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Exploring Borderlands: Samuel De Champlain
This passage highlights passionate French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, in his conquest for new lands in present day Canada and his establishment of France's North American capital of Quebec. Click the "Samuel de Champlain Activities"...
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Shakespeare Poems
Not only is Shakespeare famous for his plays, but for his sonnets and songs, as well. View his poems here, including "The Phoenix and the Turtle", "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day", and other sonnets.
Museum of the City of San Francisco
Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: Ranch/mission Days Alta California
An 1890 article in "Century Magazine" by Guadalupe Vallejo relates his understanding of Hispanic influences on ranches and missions that existed in California before it became a state.
University of Toronto (Canada)
Selected Poems of John Donne
Links to 42 poems by the English metaphysical John Donne (1572-1631).
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb
In Cures for Heartbreak, Margo Rabb writes a fictional account of a 15-year old girl whose mother dies just days after being diagnosed with melanoma; then her father falls ill, too. Using vignettes - many appeared elsewhere as short...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Discussion Guide: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by James Boyne
Bruno is only nine years old when his father, a commandant in Hitler's army, is transferred from Berlin to Auschwitz during the Holocaust. The house at "Out-With," as Bruno calls it, is small, dark, and strange. He spends long days...
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: Letter From Charles Hamilton: Battleship Maine: Havana Harbor
Letter by Charles Hamilton, Apprentice, 1st Class on the Battleship Maine, writing to his father from Havana Harbor during the Spanish-American War ten days before the ship exploded and Charles Hamilton was lost.
Other
One More Story: William Steig: Pete's a Pizza
Listen and read along as Pete and his father have fun on a rainy day pretending to make Pete into a pizza in this children's picture book.
Other
Texas Black History Preservation Project: William Goyens (1794 856)
A biography of William Goyens, a mixed African American and Cherokee married to a white woman, whose father was a freed slave. Goyens was a Texas businessman who himself participated in the slave trade, and friends with many of the well...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Becoming Visible: Grace Paley
Grace Paley is presented in this brief biography highlighting her contributions to literature for her vivid expressions of American local-color through her writings. See "Grace Paley Activities" for related materials.
Curated OER
National Park Service: New Orleans Jazz Nat'l Historical Park: Louis Armstrong
A major figure in jazz, Louis Armstrong is considered the father of jazz. Learn about his early days in New Orleans and how he developed into one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time.
Other
Rock Island Books: The Story of Jesus
The story of Jesus as told from the perspective of the New Testament in 156 chapters. Each chapter is annotated.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Joseph Fielding Smith
(1838-1918) An early president of The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His father was the Mormon founder. Joseph Fielding died at age 80.
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