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A&E Television

Biography: Flannery O'connor Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biography of author Flannery O'Connor who is famous for her short stories using religious and life in the South as primary themes.
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Georgia Women of Achievement: Flannery O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of Flannery O'Connor.
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Flannery O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
This lengthy biographical article discusses O'Connor's works and life, and includes a suggested reading list.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: F. O'connor "A Good Man Is Hard to Find":who's the Real Misfit?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find": Who's the Real Misfit?. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Other

Comforts of Home, a Site Dedicated to Flannery O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
Containing "Links to biographical information about Flannery O'Connor, critical analysis of her work, and general praise of her abilities as a writer and as a human being," this site is well organized and easily navigated. What you find...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Flannery O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
Flannery O'Connor is featured in this biography for her contributions to literature through many short stories, in most of which she created rural southern characters. See "Flannery O'Connor Activities" for related materials.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Should You Read Flannery O'connor?

For Students 9th - 10th
Iseult Gillespie explores how Flannery O'Connor's endlessly surprising fictional worlds continue to draw readers decades later.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the collection of short stories "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Flannery O'Connor including author information, literary elements, short story summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Other

The Dark Side of the Cross: Flannery O'connor's Short Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an essay about Flannery O'Connor's works by Patrick Galloway. The essay discusses Christianity and other themes in O'Connor's works.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Sandra Day O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: The Supreme Court: Biographies of the Robes: Sandra Day O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1981. She was the first woman to ever serve as a justice on the Supreme Court.
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Just Books Read Aloud

Just Books Read Aloud: Jane O'connor: Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A video of the book "Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet", written by Jane O'Connor, and illustrated by Robin Glasser. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
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PBS

Pbs American Experience: Sandra Day O'connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Changed the Supreme Court, and the Country

For Students 9th - 10th
Despite their differences, the first and second female Supreme Court justices found common ground on women's equality.
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New York University

O'connor, Flannery

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, part of one on medicine and the humanities from New York University, provides links to discussions of four of O'Connor's stories. The discussions included summaries of and commentaries on the stories.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Bucky O'connor by William Mac Leod Raine

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the western novel "Bucky O'Connor" by William MacLeod Raine set in the Southwest in the early 1900's.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Sandra Day O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Sandra Day O'Connor.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Sandra Day O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a brief biography of Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Sandra Day O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame provides a brief biographical sketch of the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
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Illinois Institute of Technology

Oyez Project: Sandra Day O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
Good biographical sketch with picture and links to information on appointment, family, experience, biographical sketch, after office, literature and case participation.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Technology and the World: Technology and Literature: Part 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Flannery O'Connor, her short story "The Life You Save May be Your Own," and the characteristics of Southern Gothic Literature. It features links to Flannery O'Connor's Biography, a Wikipedia article on "The Life...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit: Postmodernism: "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the Southern Gothic short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor which is set in the South in the 1950's and reflects the changes brought about by the court case Brown vs. Board of Education to...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Portraits of Sandra Day O' Connor

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institute presents a slideshow of seven portraits of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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Curated OER

Sandra Day O'connor

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Portrait painting of Sandra Day O'Connor by Gil Eisner.
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Curated OER

Sandra Day O'connor

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Portrait painting of Sandra Day O'Connor by Daniel Bennett Schwartz.

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