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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Literary Response and Analysis

For Teachers 11th
Examine a variety of literary responses to Abraham Lincoln's death and the impact of perception. Your class can work in writing groups to analyze either poetry, eulogy, or a newspaper article. They retell the events of Abraham Lincoln's...
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Article
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: What Are Simple Poems to Memorize?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on selecting a poem to memorize and ways to memorize the poem. It includes two poems that would be good choices to memorize, Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice" and Walt Whitman's "Oh Captain! My Captain!"
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Website
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Lincoln and Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An essay on Lincoln and Whitman and their shared admiration and kinship of spirit.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: 8th Grade Poetry Unit

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This thirty-three-part learning module provides a poetry unit designed for 8th graders. This blendspace provides videos, web resources, and reference sheets related to the study of eighth grade poetry content.