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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lullabies From Around the World

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars investigate lullabies from Ghana, Poland, and India. In this music lesson, students learn several lullabies from several countries and find the rhythm and pulse within each song.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: Literature 1900 1950

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore key literary works of the early 20th- century with these articles.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: Gender and Sexuality

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how 20th-century literature explored, questioned, and exploded traditional ideas of gender roles and sexuality.
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Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: A Cradle Song

For Students 9th - 10th
A lullaby poem from William Blake's Songs of Innocence, "A Cradle Song", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Clara Villanueva and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: W. H. Auden

For Students 9th - 10th
This Academy of American Poets webpage provides, in addition to a short overview of his life, a selected bibliography as well as hyperlinks to a number of Auden's poems such as "On the Circuit" (read by the author), "Lullaby," and "The...
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Handout
Lesson Tutor

Classical Composer: Johannes Brahms

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn more about composer Johannes Brahms at this website. It provides a brief and personal overview of his life and music.