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Poets.org: Missouri Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Missouri includes information on featured poets (T. S. Eliot and Maya Angelou) and poems specifically about Missouri.
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Poets.org: Mississippi Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Mississippi includes information on featured poets (Etheridge Knight and Natasha Trethewey) and poems specifically about Mississippi.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: New York Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for New York includes information on the poet laureate, John Ashbery. Other sections include featured poets (Frank O'Hara and Muriel Rukeyser) and poems...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Oregon Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for Oregon includes information on the poet laureate, Lawson Inada. Other sections include featured poets (William Stafford and Dorianne Laux) and poems...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: The Heresy of the Didactic

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org presents the full text to Edgar Allan Poe's essay, "The Heresy of the Didactic." In addition to the full length essay, links are provided for related prose.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "The Concrete River" by Luis J. Rodriguez

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the poem "The Concrete River" by Luis J. Rodriguez. A brief biography of Rodriguez is also provided.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Langston Hughes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: National Poetry Month

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
April is National Poetry Month. Find all the resources you need to celebrate poetry in your classroom, including a new activity for each day, a poster for the current year plus archives of previous posters, and teacher resources that...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Maya Angelou

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Maya Angelou including information on her life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Angelou is also provided.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Walt Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Walt Whitman including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Whitman is also provided.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Lord Alfred Tennyson

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Lord Alfred Tennyson including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Tennyson is also provided.
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Poets.org: A Backward Glance

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource presents the full text to Walt Whitman's essay, "A Backward Glance." In addition to the full length essay, links are provided for related prose.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Voice

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Thirteen day poetry unit plan provided by The Academy of American Poets designed for ninth or tenth grade students. Contains individual lessons on spoken poetry, written poetry, poetry as social commentary, and voice. Each lesson...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Songs My Teacher Taught Me

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Twenty day poetry unit plan provided by The Academy of American Poets. Contains three thematic sections: "What is Poetry?", "Poems of Childhood," and "Self and Society." Each section contains a reading list, introduction, analytical...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: The Literature of War

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Eight day war poetry unit plan provided by The Academy of American Poets designed for tenth, eleventh, or twelfth grade students. Originally part of a larger class on the literature of war, this unit contains an overview of the past and...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Poetry in Translation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Wonderful multicultural/diversity poetry unit created by a Queens high school teacher. Students explore poetry from different cultures, including their own (in English and/or their native language).
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Poets.org: Poets: Margaret Atwood

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Margaret Atwood including information on her life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Atwood is also provided.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This is Robert Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay." A short biography of Robert Frost is also included.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thyer

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of Thayer's "Casey at the Bat."
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Arthur Rimbaud

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biographical overview of Arthur Rimbaud including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Rimbaud is also provided.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Bob Kaufman

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biographical overview of Bob Kaufman including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Kaufman is also provided.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Ben Jonson

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biographical overview of Ben Jonson including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Jonson is also provided.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Alfred Noyes

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biographical overview of Alfred Noyes including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Noyes is also provided.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Octavio Paz

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biographical overview of Octavio Paz including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Paz is also provided.