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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: Angels, in the Early Morning

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "Angels, in the Early Morning", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The White Morning by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "The White Morning" by Gertrude Atherton about a woman who is deeply dissatisfied with her country, Germany, and German society.
Lesson Plan
The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Ite: 'A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning' [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
As part of the National Gallery's Take One Picture project, this PDF offers suggestions for using this Rubens painting in a cross-curricular study in elementary grades.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Poetry: Varying Views of America

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson allows students to examine the various views of American perspective through studying three poems by diverse poets: "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, "I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes, and "On the Pulse of Morning"...
Article
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Blackbird Hill, Nebraska

For Students 9th - 10th
Read William Clark's journal entry concerning the event that took place early on the morning of August 11, 1804, when Lewis and Clark visited the grave of Blackbird, one of the great leaders of the Omaha Nation.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: What Was Flight 93's Target?

For Students 9th - 10th
When the plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field on September 11, it was 20 minutes flying time from the nation's capital. On the morning of September 11, 2001, 46 minutes into United Airlines Flight 93, a nonstop flight from Newark, New...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Visualizing the World's Twitter Data

For Students 9th - 10th
Good morning, Twitter! Millions of tweets are sent everyday, and from these tweets, we can gather a lot of information about people's lives: where they travel, when they wake up, and their opinions on pretty much everything. Jer Thorp...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Quest to Understand Consciousness

For Students 9th - 10th
Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness- but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio uses this simple question to give us a glimpse into how our brains create our sense of self. [18:43]
Article
Space.com

Space: 'Snow Moon' Eclipse & Green Comet a Double Treat for Skywatchers

For Students 9th - 10th
A penumbral lunar eclipse and a bright green comet gave skywatchers across the globe a double treat Friday night (Feb. 10) and early into Saturday morning.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Counting Cup

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will count counters, draw a picture of the counters, and record the number in a booklet. A list of materials and how to put together the booklet is included. This activity is most effective if initially it is done daily with all...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Levee Failures Made Hurricane Katrina a Bigger Disaster

For Students 9th - 10th
By the time Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Buras, Louisiana early on the morning of August 29, 2005, the flooding had already begun. In all, levees and floodwalls in New Orleans and surrounding areas fell in more than 50 locations...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Claude Monet

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a detailed biography of Claude Monet, as well as images of many of his works. His work is broken into numerous sub-sections for display purposes, and many include detailed accounts of the work.
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Other

Psychology Today: Sleep and Your Different States of Consciousness

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the various sleep-related states of consciousness. (Published Jan. 13, 2011)
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Eserver

E Server: Poetry Collection: Shakespeare: Sonnet 33

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 33.
Website
Princeton University

Princeton News: "The Story of a Novelist" Thomas Wolfe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a press release on an exhibit at Princeton University about Thomas Wolfe entitled "The Story of a Novelist." The article provides some information about Wolfe's life and works and a link to some photos from the exhibit.
Website
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: A Living Document

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen and read along as news reporters from NPR recite the Declaration of Independence.

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