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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Joel Chandler Harris (1845 1908)

For Students 9th - 10th
The famous Uncle Remus folktales were retold by this writer. Site offers a biography of Harris, a brief discussion of the Uncle Remus tales, and a list of suggested readings.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Oromos

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Oromos, an African people. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges,...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Fulani

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Fulani, an African people. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges,...
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Folk Speech, Figurative Language

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this lesson plan, students will consider Their Eyes Were Watching God: Folk Speech and Figurative Language. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. This lesson provides students with an...
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Virginia Hamilton

For Students 6th - 8th
This site contains a biographical description of Virginia Hamilton. There is also a list of her books with a brief description of each
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Why the Sky Is Far Away

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Langston Hughes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a biography of Langston Hughes, followed by several of his poems (some complete with audio clips) and a bibliography of his more influential works.
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Other

Uncle Remus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a collection of 35 "Uncle Remus" stories, written by Joel Chandler Harris. In addition, many of Harris's songs and poems are gathered here, and some analysis of his work.
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Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The home page of Encyclopedia Mythica from which you can access its full range of content on myths from throughout the world. Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Japanese, and Chinese mythology are the site's most popular areas, but many...
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Other

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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Cyberbee

Adventures of Cyber Bee

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
CyberBee is designed for K-12 teachers and encourages engaged learning and problem solving skills through a variety of activities based on frameworks such as the WebQuest, treasure hunts, and Big6.
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Other

Mad River Theater Works: The Ballad of John Henry [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll down this study guide to find the lyrics to the Ballad of John Henry, which was collected from individuals in the West Virginia mountains in the 1920's. Discusses the different versions of the song and the history behind it.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Joel Chandler Harris

For Students 9th - 10th
(1848-1908) Southern writer who wrote children's stories inspired by African-American folklore.

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