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Maine Historical Society

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: An American Studies Approach for Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The details of Longfellow's life, and the influence of his "Paul Revere's Ride" are explored in this lesson. Extensive materials, links and background information are strengths of this site.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: The Romantic Period, 1820 1860: Essayists and Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the Romantic Period's essayists and poets such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, the Brahmin Poets, and more.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Turn, Turn, My Wheel

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Turn, Turn, My Wheel" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Maine Historical Society

Maine Memory Network: The Elms: Stephen Longfellow's Gorham Farm

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The importance of place and home is explored in this extensive exhibit of primary source material related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's ancestral home.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Children's Hour

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the poem "The Children's Hour" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Transcendentalism, an American Philosophy

For Students 5th - 8th
A good look at the first major American philosophy, transcendentalism. Read about the ideas that transcendentalists believed, and find out the members of the Transcendental Club. Many American authors of the time espoused the ideals of...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Copley, Paul Revere

For Students 9th - 10th
Paul Revere's fame can be attributed Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride" and to the remarkable portrait John Singleton Copley painted of the artisan in 1768. View the picture and read the background of this portrait in...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: My Lost Youth

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania.com site provides the full text to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, My Lost Youth.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Song of Hiawatha

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Jeff Ulmer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's The Song Of Hiawatha has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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University of Pittsburgh

U. Of Pittsburgh: "The Skeleton in Armor" Text & Notes

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Norse Ballads of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow website at the University of Pittsburgh, this web page contains the text of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Skeleton in Armor" and editor's in-text notes. Also includes...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Literatura De Los Estados Unidos

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

Maine Historical Society: "Haunted Houses" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Longfellow's frequently quoted poem about haunted houses.
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Other

Paul Revere Heritage Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A compilation of information about Paul Revere, his role in colonial America and the beginnings of the American Revolution, popular myths about his famous ride, and an interactive map. Read primary source documents, see pictures of...
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Other

Eclectic Esoterica: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Students 9th - 10th
Need a Longfellow poem quickly? Find an extensive collection here at Eclectic Esoterica, by title. Link to a biography, and familiar quotations attributed to the famous Brahmin poet.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Henry W Longfellow's Youth

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed biographical information about Longfellow's youth and early education. Discusses the influence of his native Maine. Describes Longfellow's first publication, at the age of 13, in a local newspaper.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Longfellow at Bowdoin College

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information about Longfellow's years at Bowdoin College, his post-graduate studies in Europe, and his marriage to Mary Storer Potter.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Henry W Longfellow Matures

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discussion of the influence of Europe and the death of his wife on Longfellow's writing. Includes an analysis of his prose work, "Hyperion", and Longfellow's collection of poetry called "Voices of the Night."
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Vroma Project

Cambridge History of Eng. And Am. Literature: Longfellow at Harvard

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines Longfellow's position at Harvard, his dissatisfaction with the academic life, and his second marriage. Includes a discussion of one of Longfellow's best-known poems, "A Psalm of Life."
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TES Global

Blendspace: American Literature Early Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module with twenty-one links to texts, websites, videos, and quizzes on early American poets including Anne Bradstreet, William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Edgar Allen Poe.
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Maine Historical Society

Maine Historical Society: Longfellow and the Jewish Cemetery at Newport

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An exhibit about the Jewish cemetery in Longfellow's famous poem of the same name shows maps, photographs, and contemporary photographs.
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Maine Historical Society

Maine Memory Network: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow & Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using artifacts, this exhibit explores the connections between Longfellow and Stowe.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn brief information from the National Postal Museum on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, famous American poet who was featured on the one cent postage stamp.
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Curated OER

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Students 9th - 10th
Henry Wadworth Longfellow (1807-1882 CE) shows his brilliance through his poetry on this site.