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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania.com site a biography of the 19th century American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). Discusses his parents, early youth, education, literary ambitions, years of travel and study, Harvard tenure, love for...
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Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: The First Thanksgiving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a site covering every aspect of the first Thanksgiving ever celebrated. There is a picture timeline, an interactive trip on the Mayflower, and wonderful descriptions of what the lives of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians...
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: William Cullen Bryant

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania entry provides a biography of the 19th century American poet William Cullen Bryant and an analysis of his major poems. Discusses his role as a journalist and his translation of Greek classics. Includes suggestions for...
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eBook
University of Michigan

American Verse Project: Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of "The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, originally published in 1859.