Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Later New England Historians

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Describes the changing nature of historical writing during the later Colonial period in America.
Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Beginning of Verse, 1610 1808

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discussion of the earliest poetry in Colonial New England. Describes common themes and forms and identifies specific poets of the period.
Website
C-SPAN

C Span American Writers: The Declaration of Independence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief summary of The Declaration and Constitution by Thomas Jefferson and others. Also includes an on-line text of the work as well as links to other information websites.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: World's Greatest Break Up Letter

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Work through twenty-four links to websites, videos, images, and activities to learn about the Declaration of Independence and how it came to be.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Gettysburg Address

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students analyze historical speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King to find rhetorical devices and features that make these speeches memorable.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Rhetorical Devices and Historically Significant Speeches

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives students the opportunity to analyze Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech and identify the rhetorical devices that make them...
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Mary Rowlandson & Captivity Narratives Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An extensive bibliography of works about the captivity narrative, with special attention to the captivity narrative of Mary Rowlandson.
Website
Other

Msu: Captivity Narratives Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This bibliography of American captivity narratives is offered as part of a University of Michigan humanities electronic discussion group.
Unit Plan
Other

Hall of Church History: Puritans

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief explanation of the role of the Puritans in church history. Contains links to webpages devoted to specific Puritan sermon writers, preachers, and "divines."