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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Industrialization of the American Landscape - Language Arts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine poetry , editorials, and other writings during the Industrial Revolution. They perform a "chalk talk" to explain perceptions, ideas and observations of the working world. Students write poetry and essays modeled...
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eBook
University of Michigan

American Verse Project: Cornhuskers, by Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Maintained by the Humanities Text Initiative at the University of Michigan, this site provides the entire text of Sandburg's collection of poetry, "Cornhuskers."
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Activity
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Carl Sandburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed as an online companion to the "Anthology of Modern American Poetry," this website focuses on specific areas of Sandburg's life: "Sandburg on Race," "Radical Sandburg," "Sandburg on WWI," and "Sandburg's Journalism." Also...