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Carl Sandburg: Chicago Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
This website offers the complete e-text of Sandburg's "Chicago Poems," plus a biography and the Carl Sandburg Discussion Group.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Maintained by the University of Toronto, this site provides an extremely brief biography and a number of Sandburg's poems, including "Chicago," "Fog," Grass," and "They Will Say."
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Rhythms in Poetry: Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Carl Sandburg is featured in this biography for his politically socialistic poetry which, unlike his contemporaries tended to focus more on content then meter and rhythm. Click on "Carl Sandburg Activities" for related artifacts and...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Fog" by Carl Sandburg

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Fog" by Carl Sandburg, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: At a Window by Carl Sandburg

For Students 7th - 8th
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was an American poet and writer who won three Pulitzer Prizes in his lifetime. His work is known for the way it plays tribute to the common man. "At A Window" was published in Poetry in 1914. As you read, make...
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Chicago History Museum

Encyclopedia of Chicago: Carl Sandburg, the Chicago Race Riots, July 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a part of an article written by Carl Sandburg for the Chicago Daily News reporting on the Chicago Race Riots of 1919.
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Other

Lisa Lee's Carl Sandburg Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This website offers a very detailed time-line biography of Sandburg, along with the text of his poem "Home Thoughts," an explication of that poem, a bibliography, and pictures.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Pegasos Literature Resources: Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a decent biography of Sandburg, along with the text of his poem "Be Ready," and a good list of Sandburg's major works.
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Other

Eastland Memorial Society: Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
This website offers a biography of Sandburg, along with links to five of his poems: "Eastland," "Chicago," "Cool Tombs," "Fog," and "Blue Island."
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a short biography of Sandburg, along with links to e-texts of two of his works, "Chicago Poems" and "Cornhuskers."
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University of Michigan

American Verse Project: Cornhuskers, by Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Maintained by the Humanities Text Initiative at the University of Michigan, this site provides the entire text of Sandburg's collection of poetry, "Cornhuskers."
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "Chicago" by Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Maintained by the Academy of American Poets, this website offers the text of Sandburg's poem "Chicago."
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Sandburg on Race

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the University of Illinois covers the work of Carl Sandburg as a reporter in Chicago during the riots of 1919.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1978 to commemorate writer Carl Sandburg, who won two Pulitzer Prizes. With a short biographical passage.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Sandburg's "Chicago Poems"

For Students 9th - 10th
This website offers the complete online text of Carl Sandburg's "Chicago Poems." Each poem is available in a separate link. By clicking on "Contents" at the top of page, students can link to an index of titles and first lines from all...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed as an online companion to the "Anthology of Modern American Poetry," this website focuses on specific areas of Sandburg's life: "Sandburg on Race," "Radical Sandburg," "Sandburg on WWI," and "Sandburg's Journalism." Also...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Personification With "Grass" by Carl Sandburg

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners will be reading the poem "Grass" and identify the main idea and supporting details with a partner. Students will then write a poem using personification.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Wilderness

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Languages

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
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Curated OER

Carl Sandburg

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Carl Sandburg.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Nc: Connemara, the Carl Sandburg Farm

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of the Connemara, The Carl Sandburg Farm.
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Curated OER

Carl Sandburg

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Carl Sandburg.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Illinois Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
This overview for Illinois includes information on the poet laureate for the state. Other sections include featured poets (Gwendolyn Brooks and Carl Sandburg) and poems specifically about Illinois.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Wisconsin Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Wisconsin includes information on the poet laureate, Denise Sweet. Other sections include featured poets (Lorine Niedecker and Carl Sandburg) and poems...

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