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Pbs: American Masters: Sam Goldwyn
PBS presents biographical information and a career timeline on one of America's greatest producers and Academy Award winner, Sam Goldwyn.
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Pbs: American Masters: The Algonquin Round Table
A description of the Algonquin Round Table and how it became famous. Includes quotes and stories from witnesses.
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Pbs: American Masters:thomas Eakins
From the PBS series, American Masters, this is the biography for the 19th century American realist painter, Thomas Eakins.
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Pbs: American Masters: Truman Capote
A biographical profile of author Truman Capote. Included is a lesson on characterization for Grades 7-12.
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Pbs: American Masters: Vaudeville
From the PBS series, American Masters, this is a description of early 20th century American popular theater, Vaudeville.
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Pbs: American Masters: Willa Cather
A discussion of the writings and life of Willa Cather. There is also an interactive timeline of her life, and an interview with the makers of the film, Willa Cather: The Road Is All.
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Pbs: Allen Ginsberg: Poetry and Politics
This site is a lesson about the poet Allen Ginsberg. Read his poems, read about the work of other writers in the Beat movement, and investigate the larger social and political climate in which they lived.
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Pbs: American Masters: The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
This site contains biographical content drawn from the American Masters Series DVD entitled The Life And Times of Allen Ginsberg. The person featured,Allen Ginsberg, was one of the first "beat" poets. His counterculture experimentation...
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Billy Wilder: Film Noir Inventor and Genius
This site is a lesson plan focused on post-World War II America and the film making career of Billy Wilder. Details on the Film Noir genre and its reflection of shifting American values. Click to a biography and timeline of Billy...
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Pbs: American Masters: Alfred Hitchcock
This timeline and biography of Hitchcock's career focuses on much of his stormy relationship with David O. Selznick.
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Pbs: American Master: Tennessee Williams
This resource contains a lesson plan on the plays of Tennessee Williams from the American Masters Series. Also contains state standards.
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Pbs: American Masters: Ray Charles
PBS presents a biography of the "Father of soul," Ray Charles. He was an internationally famed musician, combining jazz, country, gospel, soul, and R&B in a way that was truly unique.
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Pbs: American Masters: Ernest Hemingway
British writer Tom Stoppard reflects on the life and legacy of Ernest Hemingway in this essay. There is also an interactive timeline of Hemingway's life, and an interview with DeWitt Sage, who directed a film about Hemingway.
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Pbs: American Masters:bob Marley
Explore this PBS site to learn much information about the life of famous Reggae musician, Bob Marley. Focus includes not only his music, but his religious and political views as well. Included is a career timeline.
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Pbs American Masters: Aretha Franklin
Learn much about "The first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame". PBS portrays the life of "Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin.
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Pbs: American Masters: Bob Dylan
The companion website of a film documentary directed by Martin Scorsese about the life and music of Bob Dylan. Understand Dylan's career and the impact of his music on the politics of the time, his influences, and his many musical...
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Pbs: American Masters: Lesson 2: Truman Capote: Other Voices, Other Rooms
This lesson plan is based on the PBS episode of American Masters about Truman Capote. Young scholars will read and analyze how Truman Capote develops characters as they record their findings on worksheets included with this lesson. Then...
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Pbs: American Masters: Ella Fitzgerald
Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald is featured on this PBS site. Find out about her life and musical career. Be sure to check out the interactive career timeline as well.
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Pbs American Masters: Constantin Stanislavsky
Short biography of Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky provided by PBS's American Masters series. Contains four paragraphs of information as well as links to related topics.
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Pbs: American Masters: Abstract Expressionism
Provides an article on Abstract Expressionism, "the dominant trend in western painting throughout the 1950s."
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Pbs American Masters: Scientific American: Allen Ginsberg
A biography of Allen Ginsberg, a leading poet and driving force of the Beat generation.
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Pbs American Masters: Edgar Allan Poe
Biographical information about writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe.
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Pbs American Masters: Maurice Sendak
A profile of Maurice Sendak, the author of Where the Wild Things Are. There is also a lesson plan for K-2 (make a class book) and one for Grades 6-8 (create an opera based on Sendak's work).
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Pbs American Masters: Maurice Sendak
A profile of Maurice Sendak, the author of Where the Wild Things Are. There is also a lesson plan for K-2 (make a class book) and one for Grades 6-8 (create an opera based on Sendak's work).