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In this lesson, students will explore the biography of Mary McLeod Bethune and primary resources related to her life in order to understand the impact she had on other people, and how her example of integrity and principle can affect their own lives today.
This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources showing Maryland's important religious and social impact on the New World in the middle 1600s.
Engage students in the study of themes connected to the novel The Bluest Eye in this video from the American Masters film Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am. Morrison explains how the “master narrative” shapes fiction and history and how she has tried to combat this narrative in works like The Bluest Eye. Support materials include discussions and ideas for extending learning in the classroom.
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Informational article from Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment on the maturation of the teen brain.
Teachers already know the importance of maximizing every minute of the literacy block. This webinar considers the benefits and costs of whole-group and small-group instruction and explores how data informs whether targeted interventions are needed in a whole-group or small-group setting. The webinar also examines scheduling options for maximizing the benefits of small-group instruction and provides practical comparisons of targeted small-group lessons versus generalized small-group lessons.
Explore the Harlem Writers Guild, the oldest African American writers association in the world, in this video from American Masters | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise. Teaching tips suggest asking students to research the Harlem Writers Guild and to think about writing as part of a community.
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In this video from American Masters | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, students analyze an excerpt of the poem Caged Bird. Through discussion questions and a short activity, students analyze the poem by doing a close read of the text and examine the literary techniques used.
Learn about the connection between Maya Angelou and Malcolm X, and their work in Ghana, in this video from American Masters | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise.
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Explore how growing up in the South during the Jim Crow Era influenced Maya Angelou’s writing in this video from American Masters | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise. The power of memory and the importance of setting inform both the video and discussion questions as students are asked to consider why Maya Angelou chose to write about her own life in her famous autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Examine Maya Angelou’s impact on those who knew her personally in this video from American Masters | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise. Utilizing video, discussion questions and teaching tips, students analyze and reflect on Angelou’s mentors in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
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In 1993, President Bill Clinton asked Maya Angelou to write a poem for his inauguration. After Clinton’s inaugural address, Maya Angelou recited her original poem “On the Pulse of Morning.” As the second poet in history to read a poem at a presidential inauguration—Robert Frost was the first when he recited a poem at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration in 1961—Angelou captured the attention of the nation. President Clinton called her poem “an eternal gift to America.” This clip from American Masters | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise features part of her performance at the inauguration and provides background about Clinton’s reasons for asking her, her response, and how the poem was received by the public.
In this resource, students explore the role of poetry in American politics, compare Angelou and Frost, and consider how Angelou’s poem reflects the challenges and concerns of the time. Discussion questions, teaching tips, and a student handout push students to engage with Angelou’s words and to think critically about her famous work.
This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.
This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.
This is a facsimile of the 1820 Missouri Compromise, which admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state so as not to upset the delicate balance between slave and free states; it also outlawed slavery above the 36º 30´ latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory.
This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.
This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.
Felix Morley reports that although officials have portrayed the development of the atomic bomb as “eminently laudable,” the general reaction to news of the atomic bomb has been “unconcealed horror.” Published in Human Events on August 29, 1945, these excerpts from Morley’s essay “The Return to Nothingness” show the author’s apprehensions over the atomic bomb and its impact on humanity.
This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.
This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.