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Pbs Learning Media: Poetry in America: Skyscraper
Travel back to 1914 when Chicago's skyscrapers and Chicago's poets were defining modernist reach and audacity. In this video [7:46] excerpted from Poetry in America, host Elisa New considers the rise of the skyscraper -- and the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Musee Des Beaux Arts
In this video [4:03] excerpted from Poetry in America, ponder W.H. Auden's World War II era reflections on suffering in "Musee des Beaux Arts" with Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, with journalist and ethicist David...
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Pbs Learning Media: Fast Break
Edward Hirsch's poem "Fast Break" captures a single slow-motion play on a basketball court. In this video [6:06] excerpted from Poetry in America, join Hirsch, host Elisa New, NBA players Shaquille O'Neal, Pau Gasol, and Shane Battier,...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Asking Questions as You Read
This screencast focuses on asking questions as you read, including: the purpose; types of questions; examples of questions for character, setting, and events; and a literary example. [2:44]