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Curated OER

An Explication of Death

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, analyze portions of William Cullen Bryant's poem, "Thanatopsis." They present their analysis to the class and discuss the meaning of the poem as a whole. They also identify the poetic elements present in the...
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eBook
University of Michigan

American Verse Project: Poems by William Cullen Bryant

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Michigan provides the online text to William Cullen Bryant's (1794-1878 CE) 1840 collection of poetry "Poems".
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Bryant and the Minor Poets, Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry provides a complete bibliography of William Cullen Bryant and related minor poets among his contemporaries.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: William Cullen Bryant and Philip Freneau

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two poems examining divinity and concluding that while God is benevolent, one appreciates God either through a romantic lens or a rationalist calculation. Poems are William Cullen Bryant's, "To a Waterfowl," and Philip Freneau's, "On the...
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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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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Little People of the Snow

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1873 publication of The Little People of the Snow by William Cullen Bryant, a fiction book for children.
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Sonnet Central

Sonnets: William Cullen Bryant (1794 1878)

For Students 9th - 10th
Six sonnets by the American Romantic era poet, including "Midsummer," "October," "November," "To an American Painter Departing for Europe," "Mutation," and "William Tell."
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Website
Other

On the Life of Thomas Cole

For Students 9th - 10th
For a firsthand look at Bryant's work look no further. This site is "A funeral oration delivered before the National Academy of Design, New York, May 4, 1848 by William Cullen Bryant."
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Thanatopsis

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text to William Cullen Bryant's poem Thanatopsis.
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Unit Plan
Georgetown University

Georgetown University: William Cullen Bryant (1794 1878)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Heath Anthology of American Literature offers a look at classroom issues, strategies, themes, comparisons, and other criteria for teaching this William Cullen Bryant and his poetry to students.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Mathew Brady's Portraits: William Cullen Bryant

For Students 9th - 10th
Short biographical note about William Cullen Bryant illustrated with a portrait photograph taken by Mathew Brady, celebrated portrait and Civil War photographer.
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TES Global

Blendspace: American Literature Early Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module with twenty-one links to texts, websites, videos, and quizzes on early American poets including Anne Bradstreet, William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Edgar Allen Poe.
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Other

American Literature: William Cullen Bryant

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very brief biography on 19th century American author, William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878 CE).
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Other

William Cullen Bryant Homestead

For Students 9th - 10th
See a picture of the home of William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878 CE), which is located in the Hampshire Hills. Read about this large, historic home, in which Bryant wrote his well-known poem "Thanatopsis," at the age of 18.
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Curated OER

Picture of w.c. Bryant

For Students 9th - 10th
Six sonnets by the American Romantic era poet, including "Midsummer," "October," "November," "To an American Painter Departing for Europe," "Mutation," and "William Tell."
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Curated OER

Museum of the City of New York: Peter Cooper and William Cullen Bryant

For Students 9th - 10th
A cabinet card of Peter Cooper and William Cullen Bryant from the Musum of the City of New York.
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Curated OER

William Cullen Bryant

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of William Cullen Bryant.
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Curated OER

William Cullen Bryant

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of William Cullen Bryant.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Cullen Bryant

For Students 9th - 10th
This famous poet and journalist was born in Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. -The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Cullen Bryant

For Students 9th - 10th
An American poet and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post newspaper.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Cullen Bryant

For Students 9th - 10th
(1794-1878) America's first major poet that helped form the new Republican party and translated new editions of the Illiad and the Odyssey.