ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Walt Whitman Classroom Activity
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.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Lincoln and Whitman
[Free Registration/Login Required] An essay on Lincoln and Whitman and their shared admiration and kinship of spirit.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Walt Whitman, Triumph of Nationalism: America, 1815 1850
Whitman's poem celebrating the integrity and industry of the masses within a democratic culture.
The Washington Post
Robert Hass on Walt Whitman
Poet laureate Robert Hass writes about Walt Whitman and the controversies that have often surrounded his writing and life.
Curated OER
Revising Himself: Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass
This multimedia exhibition examines Whitman's life and writing career, as he continually revised his masterwork, "Leaves of Grass."
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Walt Whitman
(1819-1892) American poet. Author of Leaves of Grass.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts: Free Verse
This article discusses free verse including defining it and discussing its beginning.