Authors and Works of Literature
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Through the 1860s
Through the 1860s
Bell Ringer: Confucius (4:26)
Bell Ringer: Tour of Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC (12:33)
Video Clip: The Relevance of Shakespeare (1:50)
Bell Ringer: Shakespeare's Language and Power (2:27)
Bell Ringer: Shakespeare and Loss (1:01)
Bell Ringer: Philosopher Thomas Hobbes (6:07)
Bell Ringer: Philosopher Montesquieu (4:17)
Video Clip: Mary Wollstonecraft (2:45)
Bell Ringer: Benjamin Franklin: Poor Richard's Almanac (3:44)
Bell Ringer: Benjamin Franklin and Pseudonyms (2:13)
Bell Ringer: Thomas Paine's Common Sense (4:10)
Bell Ringer: Lewis and Clark Book Collection (7:39)
Video Clip: Tocqueville on Race Relations in 19th century America (4:11)
Bell Ringer: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe (15:35)
Bell Ringer: Life and Legacy of Frederick Douglass (10:24)
Bell Ringer: Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Impact on the Nation (2:43)
On This Day: Publication Of Uncle Tom's Cabin (3 Clips)
Bell Ringer: American Transcendentalism (3:33)
Bell Ringer: Ralph Waldo Emerson (5:46)
Bell Ringer: Thoreau's Walden Pond (9:02)
Bell Ringer: Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation (3:58)
Video Clip: The Civil War and American Art: Paintings and Literature (3:11)
Lesson Plan: Author and Abolitionist Lydia Maria Child (12 Clips)
Since the 1860s
Since the 1860s
Lesson Plan: Author and Abolitionist Lydia Maria Child (12 Clips)
Lesson Plan: Mark Twain (6 Clips)
On This Day: Charles Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" is Published (3 Clips)
Bell Ringer: W E B Du Bois (5:06)
Bell Ringer: O. Henry (8:10)
Video Clip: Langston Hughes (1:17)
Lesson Plan: Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance (9 Clips)
Bell Ringer: George Orwell (1:27)
Bell Ringer: The Life and Legacy of William Faulkner (7:43)
Lesson Plan: John Steinbeck (8 Clips)
On This Day: James Arthur Baldwin Birthday (5 Clips)
Lesson Plan: The Cold War and Global Literature (9 Clips)
Lesson Plan: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail (7 Clips)
Lesson Plan: "Silent Spring Revolution" - Conservation Efforts in the U.S. (7 Clips)
Lesson Plan: The Ruby Bridges Story (6 Clips & Slides)
On This Day: Publication of The Feminine Mystique (4 Clips)
Lesson Plan: Author Jacqueline Woodson (11 Clips)