Neoclassicism

Featured author for this period...

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

• • Benjamin Franklin- connect Bartleby.com and e-texts of some of Franklin's best known works.

  • The Electric Ben Franklin: The Quotable Franklin- a wicked fun site from USHistory.org

  • Ben Franklin: In His Own Words- great resource from the Library of Congress  

  • Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Excerpt from Autobiography: “The Autobiography” -p. 142

      • Excerpt from Nonfiction: “Poor Richard’s Almanac” -p. 148

      • Speech: “Speech in the Convention” -p. 207

 Audio Book/MP3  

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin- Read the full text of Franklin's autobiography with this link to the online (or downloadable if you prefer) e-text from Project Gutenberg. 

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Abigail Adams

• • Women's Words of Wisdom: Thoughts Over Time- Click on the portrait of Abigail Adams to learn what she has to say.

  • First Lady Biography: Abigail Adams - from the National First Ladies' Library 

  • Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Letter: “Letter to Her Daughter from the New White House” -p. 216

 Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur

• •  Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Excerpt from Letter/Epistle: “Letters from an American Farmer” -p. 220 

Olaudah Equiano  

• • Olaudah Equiano - biographical information from Washington State University

  • Africans in America: Olaudah Equiano- interesting information from PBS

  • Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • •  Excerpt from Autobiography: “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano” -p. 160

 Patrick Henry 

•  Colonial Williamsburg: Patrick Henry- interactive and filled with lots of interesting information.

•   Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

  • •  Speech:  “Speech in the Virginia Convention”   -p. 202

 Thomas Jefferson  

• • Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government - - from the Library of the University of Virginia.

  • The Declaration of Independence is available as "literature for your eyes and ears" through LoudLit.org!

  •  Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Primary Source: The Declaration of Independence  - p. 170

      • Historic Memorandum: "Commission of Meriwether Lewis" -p.293 

Meriwether Lewis  

• • New Perspectives on the West: Meriwether Lewis-interesting biographical information from PBS

  •  Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Nonfiction: "Crossing the Great Divide" -p. 298

Thomas Paine

• • Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Excerpt from Essay: “The Crisis, Number 1” -p.174

Phillis Wheatley

• • Columbia - click here and see a painting of the goddess Columbia as referenced in Wheatley's poem "To His Excellency, General Washington". 

  • Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources:

    • • Poem: “An Hymn to the Evening”  -p. 182

      • Poem: “To His Excellency, General Washington” -p.  184

Overall "Text to World" & "Text to Text" Connections for this Literary Period

• • American Memory Timeline - from the Learning Page at The Library of Congress, this link will help you connect American history to American literature.