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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Poetry of Liberation

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit examines poetry of the postmodernism period, focusing on the Beat Movement, Black Arts Movement, feminism, and other related movements and periods in recent literary history. An extensive list of authors, time line, video, and...
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Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Gary Snyder

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Illinois contains great information on Gary Snyder. The information is presented in a link format with links to various topics, such as: biography, chronology, online interviews, online poems, and on...
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Other

Eco Books: Gary Snyder

For Students 9th - 10th
This Eco Books site offers a long biography, photo, and review with quotes from "THE PRACTICE OF THE WILD" and "A PLACE IN SPACE."
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Poetry of Liberation: Gary Snyder

For Students 9th - 10th
Gary Snyder is the focus of this biography, identifying his contributions to literature through poetry. Click on "Gary Snyder Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Beat Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry surveys the Beat movement in American literature and culture during the 1950s and early 1960s, which was personified by such writers as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs.
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Other

Cosmic Baseball Association: Gary Snyder

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Beat generation writer Gary Snyder includes a quote and photos.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Gary Snyder: Short Bio

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a short biography on Snyder written by Ann Charters from "The Portable Beat Reader."
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eBook
Sacred Text Archive

Sacred Texts: Smokey the Bear Sutra by Gary Snyder

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers the text to "Smokey the Bear Sutra" by Gary Snyder.
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Other

Amba: Gary Snyder: Biography, Bibliography, Photo

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a biography of Gary Snyder on this American Museum of Beat Art site. There is also a bibliography of his works.
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Other

Gary Snyder: Lengthy Biography, Quotes, Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a very long biography, several quotes from Snyder, and many quotes from other writers regarding Gary Snyder. It also has a bibliography.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Gary Snyder

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a short biography with a photo. It also has the text to FOUR POEMS FOR ROBIN and HAY FOR THE HORSES.
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eBook
University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania: Gary Snyder

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Pennsylvania offers an excerpt from MAKING PEACE WITH THE SIXTIES by David Burner.
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Curated OER

Sacred Texts: Smokey the Bear Sutra by Gary Snyder

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers the text to "Smokey the Bear Sutra" by Gary Snyder.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Gary Snyder

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Gary Snyder.