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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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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Walt Whitman

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Not only for teachers. Explore the world of this famous writer when you visit the collection of links on Whitman at the Web English Teacher website.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Douglass Archive: Whitman "In Memory of Thomas Paine"

For Students 9th - 10th
Speech given by Walt Whitman, "In Memory of Thomas Paine," on January 28, 1877 for the 140th anniversary of Paine's birthday.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania houses a transcription of the full and complete text of Walt Whitman's classic "Leaves of Grass."
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Walt Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical note on Walt Whitman that discusses his verse form, his life, and the influence of his poetry. Includes link to Leaves of Grass.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Specimen Days by Walt Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
From his "Prose Works" published in 1892, Walt Whitman comments on Edgar Allan Poe's significance as a poet.
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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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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: "Robert Burns as Poet & Person" by Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the full text of Whitman's "Robert Burns and Poet and Person." This piece of prose provides an authoritative analysis of Burns' life and work.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Penny Press, Walt Whitman and the War

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate the onset, popularity and influence of mass-circulation newspapers in the early 19th century, and explore their impact on the war with Mexico. Create a short news article using the Penny Press style.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: A Backward Glance

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource presents the full text to Walt Whitman's essay, "A Backward Glance." In addition to the full length essay, links are provided for related prose.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Biography: Walt Whitman

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Introduce your students to the life and writings of Walt Whitman using the higher order pre and post reading activities within this flipchart.
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Other

University of South Carolina: Leaves of Grass

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of South Carolina site, presented by the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, chronicles the publication history of Whitman's many revisions of "Leaves of Grass." Includes photographs of rare copies of early...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Walt Whitman and Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, gives information on Whitman's notebooks kept during the Civil War. Image of Whitman available from this site.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to the Transcendentalism period (1836-1860) in American Literature. It focuses on the beliefs and characteristics of transcendentalism and its leading authors: Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson and...
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Curated OER

Walt Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Walt Whitman (1819-1892 CE), with links to selected Whitman poems.
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eBook
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: E Text/i Hear America Singing

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the online text for "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: World Below the Brine

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
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New York University

Nyu: Literature, Arts and Medicine Database

For Students 9th - 10th
NYU's Literature, Arts and Medicine Database is a collection of writings, art and film that encompass the medical humanities. Full texts of fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction are available, as well as artworks and film clips. Summary...
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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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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Walt Whitman House

For Students 9th - 10th
The final residence of poet Walt Whitman.
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Article
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: What Are Simple Poems to Memorize?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on selecting a poem to memorize and ways to memorize the poem. It includes two poems that would be good choices to memorize, Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice" and Walt Whitman's "Oh Captain! My Captain!"
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Walt Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn brief information from the National Postal Museum on Walt Whitman, famous American poet, who was featured on the five cent postage stamp.
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Curated OER

Carte De Visite Portrait of Whitman

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, gives information on Whitman's notebooks kept during the Civil War. Image of Whitman available from this site.
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eBook
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Memorandum During the War

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia presents links to the online text for Walt Whitman's prose writing, "Memorandum During the War" in which Whitman records his thoughts and experiences visiting the wounded in the...

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