Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Examine Relationships
Ninth graders read part three of The Joy Luck Club and examine the ways that the relationships between the mothers and daughters change as the daughters grow up, as well as the influence the mothers have on their adult daughters.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Prepare to Write
Understand how learning about the past in The Joy Luck Club allows the mothers and daughters to alter their perceptions of one another. Choose one mother and daughter's experiences from part four of The Joy Luck Club to use to support...
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180:how to Tell Your Mother There Will Be No Grandkids in Her Future
In this non-prose piece, the poet advises how to communite with a mother that there will be no grandchildren from her in the future.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: I Stand Here Ironing
Ninth graders are introduced to the concepts of connections between mothers and daughters and how perception influences our understanding of each other by reading "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "To a Daughter Leaving Home" by Linda Pastan
This brief poem describes a mother watching her daughter ride away on her bike. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site offers links to paired texts, questions and answers, an annotation tool, and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Postmodernism: "Everyday Use"
This lesson focuses on Alice Walker and her short story "Everyday Use," which explores the generation gap between a mother and daughter and the relationship among a mother and her two daughters. Links are provided to the text of the...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The History of Hortense by John s.c. Abbott
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The History of Hortense Daughter of Josephine, Queen of Holland, Mother of Napoleon III by John S.C. Abbott [1870], a biography.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: The Cord
The one-stanza poem compares the reach of a phone cord to the long reach of her mother.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Four Chinese women, who left war-torn China and immigrated to America, share their stories as they try to understand their daughters and what it means to be Chinese in America. Selected (10) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair with...
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Birth Day
This three-stanza poem expresses his mother's joy in giving birth to her daughter.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Pilgrims to Mecca" by Mary Hallock Foote
Text of the short story "Pilgrims to Mecca" by Mary Hallock Foote, which is a story about the relationship between a mother and daughter. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: The History of Hortense
This ebook version of John S. C. Abbott's "The History Of Hortense: Daughter Of Josephine, Queen Of Holland, Mother Of Napoleon Iii" has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized...
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Mother and Her Daughter
An image of "Mother and Her Daughter", created by Henri-Francois Riesener from 1816-23 (Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm).
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan [Pdf]
This is a six-page PDF of the short story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, a story about a conflict between a Chinese-American daughter and a Chinese immigrant mother.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Skeletal System
Through this unit, written for an honors anatomy and physiology class, students become familiar with the human skeletal system and answer the Challenge Question: When you get home from school, your mother grabs you, and you race to the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Grand Challenge: Fix the Hip Challenge
This lesson introduces the Bone Module Grand Challenge question. Students are asked to write their initial responses to the question alone. They will then brainstorm ideas with one other student. Finally, the ideas are shared with the...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Examine Character Relationships
Ninth graders read part two of The Joy Luck Club and examine how the mothering style of the members of the Joy Luck Club affected their daughter's perception of mothers.
University of Groningen
American History: Biographies: George Read 1733 1798
Read's mother was the daughter of a Welsh planter, and his Dublin-born father a landholder of means. Soon after George's birth in 1733 near the village of North East in Cecil County, MD, his family moved to New Castle, DE, where the...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende
In the midst of his mother's struggle with cancer, fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold has the opportunity to take the trip of a lifetime. Accompanying his fearless grandmother, a magazine reporter for International Geographic, Alexander...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: American Art: Mary Cassatt: Breakfast in Bed (1897)
Breakfast in Bed, painted by Mary Cassatt, shows a mother embracing her young daughter while lying in bed. The theme of motherhood, found in many of Cassatt's works, is noted in this brief article.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Girls Who Have Influenced History
An entire eBook is presented at this site from the University of Virginia, including the stories of rulers and other influential girls throughout history. Illustrated, and great reading for Women's History Month or any other time.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Sahara Special" by Esme Raji Codell
Selected (8) reading passages (grades 5-8) to pair with "Sahara Special" by Esme Raji Codell. Sahara Special is the story of Sahara Jones's 5th grade school year and the struggles she overcomes to make friends and reach her potential as...
Curated OER
Mother at Funeral of Her Murdered Daughter. Photo:
An excellent in-depth report from NPR that examines immigration issues in the United States today and its affect on America's economy. Delves into the debate Congress is having over proposed new immigration law.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Henry Vi of England
Henry was the only child and heir of King Henry V of England and therefore great things were expected of him from birth. He was born on 6 December 1421 at Windsor, and succeeded to the throne at the age of eight months on 31 August 1422,...