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Education Oasis: Memoir: The Stuff of Our Lives Unit
A six to eight week unit about the genre of memoir. Students will see that writers write about the ordinary happenings of their lives and will be encouraged to reflect upon the significance of remembered events. Students will keep a...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Memoirs About Photographs
This review discusses Looking Back, a memoir written by Lois Lowry. The song "Photograph", performed by Nickelback, and "In Color" by Jamey Johnson, are suggested as sources to assist with extending the students' understanding of memoir....
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Memoirs About Pictures & Photographs
This site includes a book review of Roald Dahl's memoir, Boy: Tale of Childhood. A related lesson plan to stimulate the writing of memoir of the young scholars' lives is also included, along with teacher's description of her own piece.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Memoir of James Arthur Cobb
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Memoir of James Arthur Cobb by Euince Hale Cobb, a nonfiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Memoirs of a London Doll
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Memoirs of a London Doll by Richard H. Horne, a fiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Memoir of John Lang Bickersteth
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Memoir of John Lang Bickersteth by John Lang Bickersteth, a nonfiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Memoirs of a Country Doll
A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of Memoirs of a Country Doll by Mary Curtis, a fiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Memoirs of Emma and Her Nurse
A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of Memoirs of Emma and Her Nurse by Lucy Lyttelton Cameron, a fiction book for children.
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Autobiography: A Type of Memoir
This resource has information about autobiography, a type of memoir, plus examples of types of autobiographies and the criteria for each one.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: From the Memoirs of a Minister of France by Stanley J. Weyman
This is the full text of From the Memoirs of a Minister of France by Stanley J. Weyman. A collection of twelve short stories set in the backdrop of Henry IV's reign. These historical romances chronicle the various thrilling experiences...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
This is the complete text of the novel Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 7: Memoir: Unit Files
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the text, Memoir.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Memoirs of the Ausgleich, 1867
Count von Beust's written memoirs of the Ausgleich, the focus of which is his fears. Modern History Sourcebook site by Fordham University.
War Times Journal
War Times Journal: From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of James Longstreet
An online edition of the famous Confederate general's wartime memoirs. He fought in such battles as Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg and more.
War Times Journal
War Times Journal: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
Here are several excerpts from Grant's memoirs regarding the Wilderness campaign. In them, he discusses his appointment by Lincoln to be commander of the Army of the Potomac, and much more.
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
This site provides the complete etext to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: From the Memoirs of Lt. Camillo Viglino
This excerpt from the memoir of Lieutenant Camillo Viglino explains the significance of Monte Grappa to the Italian Front during World War I. Strategies of the the Austro-German troops and the Italian troops are discussed as they...
University of North Carolina
Documenting the American South: Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley
This site from the University of North Carolina provides the full text of Phillis Wheatley's poetry, and her memoirs.
University of North Carolina
Unc: Reminiscences & Memoirs of John H. Wheeler
The full text of John Wheeler's memoirs (478 pages) in which he writes a history of North Carolina by talking about its famous citizens. He has a lengthy section on Richard Dobbs Spaight, Sr. in which he discusses his life and how he...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Suggestions for Writing Memoirs: Memories of a Pet or Object
This lesson, inspired by Gary Paulsen's My Life in Dog Years, helps learners write memoirs or narratives about their lives through the eyes of a pet, a favorite pair of jeans, or their shoes. Students choose one item that is very close...
University of Virginia
Univ.of Virginia: The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville
A complete translation of the "The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville," published in 1906, is provided here at the Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Memoir Inspired by Three Truths and a Lie
This is a book review and activity for the picture book "Three Truths and a Lie" by Carlalyn Buchner, a story about an older cousin who bullies his younger cousin with outrageous truths and lies. The activity suggests students write...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Summertime Inspired Memoirs
By listening and then responding to multiple versions of the song "Summertime," students will understand how songs can convey various moods. Writing about a personal summertime memory, students will try to mimic a mood from one of the...
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The War Times Journal: Memoirs of 48 Years Service
Excerpts from the memoirs of British General Horace Smith-Dorrien who was present at the battle of Isandhlwana (one of only five British solders to survive) and also served in the early part of World War 1.
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