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PBS

Pbs: Craft in America

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting look at how all of us are somehow connected to handmade crafts. Explore the idea of folk art and fine crafts through three major themes: memory, landscape, and community.
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Other

Stephen Collins Foster: American Dreams

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a wealth of information about the American songwriter, Stephen Foster. This link leads you to the biographical information which is divided into five sections: beginnings, his life's work, the legend, the problems, and...
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois

For Students 9th - 10th
This famous examination of the struggle for identity and equality is presented in multiple digital formats.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Davy Crockett

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about one of the most interesting early Americans. From Tennessee to Congress to the Alamo, find out what drove this extraordinary man.
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Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Lesson Plan: Writing Folktales

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
With this lesson plan, students examine the American tradition of folk tales and tall tales, then write and illustrate their own original tale. Provides links to more information, an assessment rubric, extension ideas, and a list of...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: John Henry: The Steel Driving Man

For Students 9th - 10th
This ibiblio.org site deeply explores the truth behind the legend of John Henry. Content includes interviews with numerous scholars who take a look at how this legend may have been created. Scholars also analyze historical facts versus...

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