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Activity
Indiana University

Lilly Library: Indiana University: The Appeal of James Whitcomb Riley

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Activity
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of James Whitcomb Riley

For Students 9th - 10th
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."
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Lesson Plan
Indiana University

Indiana Magazine of History: James Whitcomb Riley, Indiana Poet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...