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Who was Walt Whitman, and what link does he have to president Abraham Lincoln?  After Lincoln's assassination, Whitman wrote "O Captain! My Captain!" This poem and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" are the focus of exercises that look at the way the poet crafted his tributes to Lincoln. 

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Grade
9th - 11th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2007

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