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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Beat Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry surveys the Beat movement in American literature and culture during the 1950s and early 1960s, which was personified by such writers as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Extra, Extra!! Mary Rowlandson's Captivity Newscast

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will be an interdisciplinary lesson that involves both English Language Arts and Social Studies (History). The lesson will be primarily technology-based and also project-based that will have the students performing historical...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Boy Scouts in Southern Waters by G. Harvey Ralphson

For Students 4th - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This book, Boy Scouts in Southern Waters, was written by G. Harvey Ralphson, one of the first American Boy Scouts Masters. Published in the early 1900s, this is the...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Boy Scouts on Motorcycles by G. Harvey Ralphson

For Students 4th - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This book, Boy Scouts on Motorcycles, was written by G. Harvey Ralphson, one of the first American Boy Scouts Masters. Published in the early 1900s, this is the fourth...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Boy Scouts in Mexico by G. Harvey Ralphson

For Students 4th - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This book, Boy Scouts in Mexico, was written by G. Harvey Ralphson, one of the first American Boy Scouts Masters. Published in the early 1900s, this is the first book...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the life and work of Charles Dickens through this educational resource.
Website
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: A Brief Guide to Modernism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Concise explanation of modernism as it applies to literature. It's mainly a discussion of the poetic movement of the early twentieth century, and it discusses many of the important figures of the era.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Lord Byron, Poe, and Poetry: Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the literature of Edgar Allan Poe, Lord Byron, and "the most poetical topic in the world" in this series of videos from the American Masters film, Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive. Discussion questions, teaching tips, and a student...