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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Walt Whitman Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan/activity designed for students to see and appreciate the work of a great poet on the birthday of Walt Whitman. Provides web links and a bibliography, as well as other lesson plans. From May 31, 2007.
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Website
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Lincoln and Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An essay on Lincoln and Whitman and their shared admiration and kinship of spirit.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Walt Whitman, Triumph of Nationalism: America, 1815 1850

For Students 9th - 10th
Whitman's poem celebrating the integrity and industry of the masses within a democratic culture.
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Website
The Washington Post

Robert Hass on Walt Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
Poet laureate Robert Hass writes about Walt Whitman and the controversies that have often surrounded his writing and life.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Revising Himself: Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass

For Students 9th - 10th
This multimedia exhibition examines Whitman's life and writing career, as he continually revised his masterwork, "Leaves of Grass."
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Walt Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
(1819-1892) American poet. Author of Leaves of Grass.
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Article
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts: Free Verse

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses free verse including defining it and discussing its beginning.