Curated OER
Poet James Whitcomb Riley: Famous in His Own Day
An engaging biography of "Hoosier" poet James Whitcomb Riley serves as a springboard for study of his unique dialect-based verse. Several activities illuminate differences between spoken vernacular and formal language. Learners record...
Curated OER
James Whitcomb Riley
Students describe James Whitcomb Riley's poems and identify the themes they portray. In this poetry lesson plan, students read the history of James Whitcomb Riley and read some of his poems.
Indiana University
Lilly Library: Indiana University: The Appeal of James Whitcomb Riley
For James Whitcomb Riley's sesquicentennial in 1999, the Lilly Library created this exhibition which provides biographical information as well as background on several of his more popular poems, such as "Little Orphant Annie," and "The...
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of James Whitcomb Riley
The texts of nine poems by James Whitcomb Riley, with a few biographical notes. Poems include standards like "The Raggedy Man, " and "When the Frost is on the Punkin," as well as less familiar works like "A Barefoot Boy, " and "Granny."
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Riley Child Rhymes
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Riley Child-rhymes by James Whitcomb Riley, a book of poems for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: A Child World
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of A Child-World by James Whitcomb Riley, a book of children's poetry.
Other
Poetry Archive: Little Orphant Annie
Text of James Whitcomb Riley's popular poem, "Little Orphant Annie."
Indiana University
Indiana Magazine of History: James Whitcomb Riley, Indiana Poet
Fourth-grade lesson plan on James Whitcomb Riley's poetic style, especially his use of local color and dialect. It also introduces the use of recitation as entertainment in the days before electronic entertainment. Although the lesson...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Later National Literature: P2
This encyclopedia, "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature" provided by Bartleby.com, includes information of regionalism in poetry located in section X 'Later Poets'. Check out 1.Poets of East and West 5. The Middle...