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Activity
Curated OER

Express Yourself Lesson Seed 14: Dedication

For Teachers 6th Standards
Connect Martin Luther King Jr's famous speech, "I Have a Dream," to The Cay by Theodore Taylor. Taylor refers to the speech in his dedication, which creates a natural segue into talking about the speech and how it relates to the novel....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The "State" of ABC's

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders apply the ABC format to write books about various states. They identify important people, places, and events and include title. copyright, and dedication pages. They have items for all letters and createcovers and "about...
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Robert Frost

For Students 9th - 10th
The site from the Library of Congress includes the handwritten version of Frost's poem, "The Gift Outright," that Frost delivered from memory at Kennedy's inauguration.
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Interactive
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Robert Frost at Jfk's Inauguration

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you imagine being asked to speak at a presidential inauguration and then not being able to read what you had intended to say? That's what happened to Robert Frost. Visit this site to find out how he solved this problem.