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Emily Dickinson: Early Feminist Essays (Pub. 1886 1915)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an eclectic mix of Dickinson's letters, some early essays about her writing, and remembrances of her by friends and family. The texts of 32 of her poems are annotated with references to other Dickinson writings. The entire site...
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Sonnet Central

Sonnets.org: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected full texts by Henry Howard (1517-1547) with annotations.
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American Library Association

Building Libraries & Library Additions: Selected Bibliography

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This helpful, annotated bibliography is not limited to school libraries and media centers, but most of the information can be applied to a school situation.
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American Library Association

Building Libraries & Library Additions: Selected Bibliography

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This helpful, annotated bibliography is not limited to school libraries and media centers, but most of the information can be applied to a school situation.
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Other

Cummings Study Guide: The Raven

For Students 9th - 10th
A study guide and analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven." Includes an annotated text of the poem to aid in comprehension
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Virginia Commonwealth University

Study Webtext: "Bartleby the Scrivener"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Annotated version of the story offers notes and questions to facilitate active reading.
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Eserver

E Server: Exploring Technoculture: Computers, Society, & Pedagogy

For Students 9th - 10th
An annotated bibliography on technoculture. Contains brief reviews of book sources as well as a few Internet links.
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University of Maryland

Mary Shelley: The Last Man

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of Mary Shelley's futurist novel The Last Man. Set in the twenty-first century, the novel revolves around six characters whose lives, over time and continents, are among the supposedly final generation of humans on...
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NASA

Nasa: Bibliography on Martian Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a selected Annotated Bibliography on Martian Exploration presents classical Mars reading material from Percival Lowell and Alfred Russel Wallace from the turn of the last century, Werner von Braun and Willy...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: World Poetry Day Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A classroom activity/lesson plan which marks World Poetry Day. Allows students to discuss, appreciate, and respond to different types of poetry, and includes web links and an annotated bibliography. From March 21, 2007.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: On This Day in 1918, the u.s. Passed the u.s. Standard Time Act

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A classroom activity commemorating the 1918 Standard Time Act and aiding students in learning about differing time zones. Includes lesson plans, web links and an annotated bibliography. From March 19, 2007.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Rachel Carson Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan for teachers which introduces, honors, and commemorates the birthday of the environmentalist Rachel Carson. Provides web links, an annotated bibliography, and other lesson plans on the subject. From May 27, 2007.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Maya Angelou Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A brief activity for students in commemoration of the birthday of Maya Angelou. Provides a short lesson on the poem "On the Pulse of Morning," other lesson plans, web links, and an annotated bibliography. From April 4, 2007.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Grade 8: Writing a Persuasive Essay [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Provides a student model of a persuasive essay on the topic of television violence. Allows students to examine content, format, and structure and includes notes and annotations as student aids throughout.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writing a Personal Narrative [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A middle school student model of personal narrative writing. Includes a good writing style, examples, and very good notes and annotations as helpful aids for writing success. Points out the introduction, sequence of events and how they...
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: The Community Rule

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an annotated text of the fragment known as "The Community Rule" of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It was one of the first scroll fragments found.
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: The War Scroll

For Students 9th - 10th
An annotated translation of one of the scrolls found in the caves at Qumran. This scroll describes the final battle between light and darkness.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Daguerreotypes by Augustus Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
Augustus Washington, son of a former slave, learned to make daguerreotypes in 1843 to offset his college expenses, during his freshman year at Dartmouth College. Biographical notes and details about his work are provided in an annotated...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Northwest Coast American Indian Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian presents an extensive annotated bibliography of works on Native Americans for grades K-12.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Battle of San Jacinto: Pamphlet, General Sam Houston's Official Report

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is pamphlet printed in 1878 that gave General Sam Houston's official report on the Battle of San Jacinto. Eight pages long, it is annotated by artist Henry McArdle, as he did research for his painting, "The Battle of San Jacinto."
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Our Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This book takes an in-depth look at the Constitution, annotated with detailed explanations of its terms and contents. Included are texts of primary source materials, sidebar material on each article and amendment, profiles of Supreme...
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Siteseen

Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Civil War Battles for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource for students of all ages on the Civil War. Students will find information through maps and links to information on military technology, battle strategy. Includes annotated timeline, outline of battles and video [3:00] on Abraham...
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Other

Amsterdam Centre for Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow this link to the homepage of the Amsterdam Centre for Architecture, which puts a spotlight on architects, buildings, and urban developments in the Netherlands. Includes an interactive timeline and a digital map of prominent...
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Penguin Publishing

U.s. Penguin Group: Welcome to the World of Ezra Jack Keats! [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a collection of information about Ezra Jack Keats and his books for young readers. It includes biographical information, an annotated listing of his books; activity suggestions for four of his books; book suggestions by theme for...