Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: English Pertrarchan Sonnets
This lesson focuses on English Pertrarchan sonnets which were translated into English by Sir Thomas Wyatt who then created his own poetry in the Pertrarchan form. It features Wyatt's poems "They Flee from Me" (in text and audio) and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Nonfiction: Jfk Speech
This lesson focuses on John F. Kennedy's speech, "We Choose to go to the Moon," delivered at Rice University on September 12, 1962. It features links to JFK's biography and Wikipedia entry, the National Geographic: "Moon 101" video, the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:technology and the World Around Us: Technology and Education
This lesson focuses on the benefits of technology in education including assisting students with their writing and research skills, reading comprehension and providing them with numerous resources on the Internet for analyzing works of...
Luminarium
Luminarium: Edmund Spenser (1552 1599)
This Edmund Spenser site features links to Spenser quotes, a biography, essays, and scholarly articles written as well as selected poems.
Other
Hong Kong Education City: English Campus
English Campus is an excellent site for Chinese speakers learning English. It includes seven channels - Watch, Read, Practice, Play, Create, Meet, and a Teachers' Corner. Learn by playing word and grammar games, watching movies and...
Other
Pare: Designing Scoring Rubrics for Your Classroom
What do you know about designing scoring rubrics for your classroom? This site features an article that details how and when to use rubrics in the assessment process. It also gives examples of rubrics used in classrooms.
Mex Connect
Mexico Connect: Pre Classic Period of the Olmecs
The Formative Period (1500 BCE-300 CE) of Mesoamerican culture is surveyed with an overview of the Olmec culture. Includes discussion of Olmec stone head sculpture, art, building, writing, and other achievements.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Sequoyah (Ca. 1770 Ca. 1840)
Featured is an overview of the life of Sequoyah who "was the legendary creator of the Cherokee syllabary." He found a way for the Cherokee people to communicate with each other by making each sound represented by a symbol which...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Teaching With Pourquoi Tales
This site features activities that revolve around "Teaching With Pourquoi Tales." Learners will learn more about these types of old legends that deal with the natural world.
Other
Pare: Developing Classroom Performance Assessment
Check out this informative article featuring information on recommendations for developing classroom performance assessments and scoring rubrics. Teachers will find this article extremely informative.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849)
This site is a professor's guide for students. This guide features information on how to distinguish between Poe and his narrators in his stories.
Other
Infotoday: Digital Storytelling Finds Its Place in Class
When we use multimedia to develop and share student stories we foster self-expression. The added dimension of video provides a method for these students to display their creativity. This article features an educator's insight and tips in...
Other
University De Valencia: The Literature of Modernism: 1912 40
Modernist poetry is featured in this comprehensive article.
First World War
Satrical Magazines of the First World War
Read about the "Humor," magazines of the Great War and their role in the conflict. The site includes illustrations from the publications and views of various scholars about them. A bibliography follows the article. Site by First World...
EL Education
El Education: Chickenology: The Art and Science of Keeping Chickens
This manual was written by a group of middle school and high school students in the Maplewood Richmond Heights school district. The students, known as the "Chickenologists", care for the district's flock of chickens. This comprehensive...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Challenges Faced by the New Nation
[Free Registration/Login Required] This unit covers the content area featuring the challenges faced by the new nation including the writing of the Constitution, government powers, the Bill of Rights and the War of 1812.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Anne Rivers Siddons (B. 1936)
Native Georgian Anne Rivers Siddons writes about Southerners in all her novels. This site features a biography of the prolific writer, as well as a brief discussion of her work. A suggested reading list is also included.
Other
Finding Dulcinea: Nobel Women: Toni Morrison
Article on Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison highlights her early life, literary career, teaching experience, and passion for writing.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Critical Reading: Conclusion to Critical Reading
This lesson focuses on the importance and purpose of reading. It features an article entitled "The Benefits of Leisure Reading."