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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Papa Interviews

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Through this lesson, students can examine the life and interests of Ernest Hemingway. They will research, write and perform a mock interview between Hemingway and a TV news anchor. Although this lesson was created to be used with the PBS...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

For Students 9th - 10th
"Join Michael Palin as he takes you on a journey to recapture the world of Ernest Hemingway." Contains a biography of Hemingway including a number of pictures of him and the various places he traveled throughout his life. In addition to...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: When Less Is More Understanding Minimalist Fiction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for five lessons that use Ernest Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain" and Raymond Carver's "Little Things" to teach about minimalist fiction. After studying these texts, students try to write their own minimalist fiction. In...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits: Ernest Hemingway

For Students 9th - 10th
Drawing on the monstrosities of World War I, Ernest Hemingway presents male characters persevering through many difficult circumstances in his works, as highlighted in this biography. See "Ernest Hemingway Activities" for more resources.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This unit delves into American modernist literature which introduced itself between World War I and World War II, including authors Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Explore the site for a video on demand,...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Modernism: In Another Country

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Ernest Hemingway and his short story "In Another Country." It includes a links to a Discovery Education video about Ernest Hemingway and the text of the short story. It also provides reading questions for the story.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation 1919 1929: A New Generation

For Students 11th - 12th
Looks at the new morality that emerged in the 1920s. It changed the role of women and the perception of African Americans, the latter facilitated by the Harlem Renaissance and its impact on the music and dance of the Jazz Age. Also...
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Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: A Farewell to Arms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guide to Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with activities, assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show, with...
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Ernest Hemingway Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Ernest Hemmingway (1899-1961 CE), the author of such works as "The Sun Also Rises" and "The Old Man and the Sea," who was awarded with the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. This website includes a biography, resources for...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure: Hip on Hemingway

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource for teachers has students create an official "Hip on Hemingway Club." To become a member, students will learn about Hemingway and then they will create a biography of Ernest Hemingway patterned after an alphabet book.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hemingway: The Man Versus the Image

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Ernest Hemingway's public persona and how it differed from the actual life of the writer in these videos from the American Masters film Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea. Using video, text, and text-dependent discussion...
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Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Virtual Professional Learning Series

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Our Virtual Professional Learning Series is created for teachers-by teachers-to bring together content experts and educators from all backgrounds. With an emphasis on fun, engaging, accessible, and free tools for classrooms, these...
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Three Shots: Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Three Shots: Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. In this lesson, students study issues related to independence and...
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Princeton University

Princeton University Library: Ernest Hemingway

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a wonderful photo exhibit of Hemingway's life. Includes pictures of his wives, mistresses, and friends, as well as shots of him hunting and fishing.
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Website
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Freedom of Information: Ernest Hemingway

For Students 9th - 10th
The whole FBI file on Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961 CE) as it was collected during Hemingway's lifetime, is available at this site.
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Handout
PBS

Michael Palin's Heminigway Adventure: Red Cross

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this article about one of the more famous Red Cross ambulance drivers in World War I, Ernest Hemingway. Of course, he was not famous at the time, but he used his experiences for his book, A Farewell to Arms.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Style Choices of Hemingway and Hawthorne

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plan which helps students understand the impact of the literary element of style on a piece of writing. Students read and analyze the works of Ernest Hemingway and Nathaniel Hawthorne. L.11-12.3 Language Functions/Style,...
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Ernest Hemingway Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the life and work of Ernest Hemingway through this informative site. This site provides links to lesson plans, activities and more for some of his works.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Picturing Hemingway: A Writer in His Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibit on Ernest Hemingway includes images and detailed information on his early years, relationships with other authors, the Paris years, middle and later years, and his writings.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Books and Movies

For Students 5th - 8th
A look at the literature and movies written and produced in the Jazz Age. See how the writers of the age reflected the consumer society and the emptiness of middle class. Movies appealed to mass culture and millions went to the movies...
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: July 21: First Battle of Bull Run & Ernest Hemingway

For Students 9th - 10th
Library of Congress presents historical material for the date July 21. Primary source documents including photos, letters, diaries and historical text. Looks at the First Battle of Bull Run and the author Ernest Hemingway.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: July 17: The Spanish Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
The Spanish Civil War was a precursor of the tumult of World War II. Read a brief description of those involved in this civil war and see posters supporting each side.
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Article
Other

Voice of America: American History: 1920s Were a Big Time for the Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
Voice of America offers an article about the arts in the Jazz Age including information about authors who wrote to protest what they saw happening in society. Read this article or listen to the narration of it.
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Website
Other

David v. Gagne: The Hemingway Blog, "A Farewell to Arms"

For Students 9th - 10th
This short essay by David V. Gagne discusses his adoration for the novel, "A Farewell to Arms." He discusses the themes and relationships of the novel. Includes links to other essays by Gagne on other Hemingway novels.