CommonLit
Common Lit: The Gettysburg Address
A learning module that begins with "The Gettysburg Address" by President Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Thinking Skills
In this self-guided course, you will be looking at several pieces of literature in many different forms. This unit will teach you some principles of thinking and learning and how to use basic literary terms in the analysis of literature....
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Early American and Colonial Period to 1776
Background information about the literary traditions of the pre-Colonial and Colonial period. Includes information about Native American oral traditions and Native American cultures. Follow the links to the Early American era and to...
History Tools
History Tools: Abraham Lincoln on Slavery and Freedom 1858 1860 [Pdf]
Excerpts from Abraham Lincoln's speeches between 1858 and 1860 given when he was running for the Illinois Senate and the presidency.
Other
Three Speeches From Frederick Douglass
The actor Fred Morsell provides the text of three speeches given by the abolitionist Frederick Douglass: "The Church and Prejudice", "Fighting Rebels With Only One Hand", and "What the Black Man Wants".
CommonLit
Common Lit: Text Sets: Influential Speeches
This is a collection of 47 Grade-Leveled texts (6-12) on the topic Influential Speeches. What makes a great speech, and what makes a great speech memorable? Study some of the most influential speeches in history and learn how they...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Later National Literature: P2
This encyclopedia, "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature" provided by Bartleby.com, includes information of regionalism in poetry located in section X 'Later Poets'. Check out 1.Poets of East and West 5. The Middle...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: "The Private," the Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912
Hamlin Garland's short story, "The Return of a Private", that describes the post-Civil War conflicts for western farmers with nature and with other settlers.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Memorandum During the War
The Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia presents links to the online text for Walt Whitman's prose writing, "Memorandum During the War" in which Whitman records his thoughts and experiences visiting the wounded in the...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Language and Ideas
From Johnson's Dictionary to letter-writing, newspapers and coffee-house culture: explore how different forms and mediums helped to develop and circulate language and ideas during the long 18th century.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Imagist Ezra Pound
This site from the University of Groningen provides a good exposition of the well known imagist poet, Ezra Pound. Includes links to T.S. Eliot and W. C. Williams.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Colonial Period
Background information about the literature of the Colonial period in American history. Discussions of capitalism, Puritan theology, and stewardship as found in the thought and literature of the period.
Cengage Learning
Studying Harriet Beecher Stowe
This site is geared for teachers but also gives some good insight for students about studying the work of Harriet Beecher Stowe such as major themes, historical perspectives, personal issues, form, style, artistic conventions, audience,...
University of South Florida
Lit2 Go: Sidney Lanier
A brief biographical line, and the texts of several of Sidney Lanier's poems, including: "An Evening Song," "From the Flats," "Tampa Robin," and "The Mockingbird." Texts can be viewed online or downloaded as either PDF or MP3 files.
University of Pennsylvania
Penn Library: European New World Narratives
Brief analysis on the nature of European narratives about their explorations in the New World.
University of Pennsylvania
Penn Library: Captivity Narratives
Provides a brief explanation of the role of captivity narratives in the pre-Colonial and Colonial periods in American history. Contains reproductions of primary source documents. RI.11-12.9 17,18.19th Cen Historic
The History Place
The History Place: Timeline Photos Gettysburg
This site from The History Place provides a very extensive timeline of the life and work of Abraham Lincoln. Throughout the timeline are photos that can be enlarged, links to many speeches and papers, and other historical information....
Other
Twentieth Century British Literature
This introductory note to 20th century British literature presents links to informative sites for student research and lists of authors.
Other
Cartania: Civil War Reflections 1862 1865
Harvey Hogue's adventures as a Union soldier in a Confederate prison camp, and his escape from the notorious Andersonville make interesting reading. Not exactly a primary source document, but stories from an actual participant in the...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Star of Gettysburg by Joseph A. Altsheler
The full text of the novel The Star of Gettysburg by Joseph A. Altsheler. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2
Read the full text of volume two of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines speeches, resolutions, and letters written by Abraham Lincoln.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 3
Read the full text of volume two of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines speeches and the first three Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 5
Read the full text of volume five of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines speeches and letters written by Abraham Lincoln during the beginning years of the Civil War.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 6
Read the full text of volume six of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines telegrams, writings, and messages to Congress by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.