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eBook
University of Pennsylvania

University of Penn: Bliss and Other Stories; Ebook

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of 14 Katharine Mansfield stories.
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Website
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Charlotte Bronte

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an elaborate overview of the life, works, and times of Charlotte Bronte. Content ranges from the genre, plot, and theme found in "Jane Eyre," to the position of middle-class women of Bronte's time, to the Boer War....
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Primary
Other

U Mass: The Bluestocking Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
Well-organized archive of primary texts on 18th-century English high culture, including the "cult of sensibility." Almost exclusively women authors, with the notable exception of Byron.
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, discussing the life and writing of Toni Morrison the recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature, includes Morrison's "Nobel Lecture," "Biographical information," and "Other Resources."
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Activity
Washington State University

Washington State University: The Edith Wharton Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is presented by the Wharton Society at Washington State University, offers bibliographies of Wharton's works and of works about her writing, an index of the journal the "Edith Wharton Review," links to many related...
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Website
Other

Applit: Resources for Appalachia Literature

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Resources for readers and teachers of Appalachian literature for children and young adults that includes lesson plans, texts, bibliographies, and so on.
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: All American Girl

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan on Abigail Adams, Phillis Wheatley and other women writers is designed to "enhance the Social Studies curriculum for fourth and fifth graders by providing information on the roles that women had during three areas in...
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Gender and Sexuality

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Examine representations of gender and sexuality in Restoration and 18th-century literature including Paradise Lost and The Rape of the Lock, and explore the works of early women writers such as Aphra Behn, Frances Burney and Margaret...
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Hurston, Zora Neale

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very brief encyclopedia entry about Zora Neale Hurston, the talented and prolific writer of the Harlem Renaissance and later.
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Lesson Plan
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Understanding Poetry of Maya Angelou Through Rap Lyric

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By examining the lives and lyrics of popular, positive black female rappers such as Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill, students can trace a direct line back to the inspirational writer and poet, Maya Angelou. Rap lyrics will help explicate...
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Handout
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Elaine Fried De Kooning

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief, yet informative article on Elaine Fried de Kooning who was an artist, writer, critic, and educator. Although she primarily painted in the abstract expressionist form, she also painted a portrait of John F. Kennedy.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Harriet Beecher Stowe

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of famous Civil War writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. Includes list of additional titles about author.
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Article
Agnes Scott College

Agnes Scott College: Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850 1891)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a biography of the mathematician, writer, and advocate of women's rights, Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850-1891 CE).
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Handout
PBS

Pbs a Science Odyssey: Rachel Carson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from PBS provides a biography detailing the life of the environmentalist and writer, Rachel Carson (1907-1964 CE).
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Handout
Other

Rachel Carson Institute: Commemorating Carson

For Students 9th - 10th
The Rachel Carson Institute provides a brief biography of the esteemed marine biologist and writer, Rachel Carson (1907-1964 CE).
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Carson Mc Cullers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides biographical information of American author, Carson McCullers.
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Handout
New York University

O'connor, Flannery

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, part of one on medicine and the humanities from New York University, provides links to discussions of four of O'Connor's stories. The discussions included summaries of and commentaries on the stories.
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Website
Baertracks

Creative Quotations: Annie Dillard

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from Creative Quotations offers a lengthy list of quotations on various topics from Annie Dillard's writing. Also includes a very brief biographical sketch. An interesting site overall.
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Website
Other

Mostly Fiction Recommended Books: Anne Tyler

For Students 9th - 10th
This website offers summaries and reviews of Anne Tyler's novels "Morgan's Passing" and "The Accidental Tourist." Also included are a list of works, a list of links and a short biography.
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Website
African American Literature Book Club

African American Literature Book Club: Ann Petry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Ann Petry including a short biography, the video [10:12] "Ann Petry and Harlem's History" and links to seven of her literary works.
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Website
Other

Metro active.com: Ghost Writer: Amy Tan

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from MetroActive.com offers a newspaper article on Amy Tan and her novel "The Hundred Secret Senses." Tan discusses the "ghosts" in her novels as well as her own life as a storyteller.
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Website
Other

A Natural Curiousity: Margaret Drabble

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a short summary of Margaret Drabble's novel "A Natural Curiosity." Includes a short biography of the author.
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Website
Other

Margaret Drabble: "The Gates of Ivory"

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a review of Drabble's "Gates of Ivory." Includes biographical information about the author and a color picture of the hard cover copy of the novel.
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Handout
Other

Nevada Writers Hall of Fame: Tocmetoni Sarah Winnemucca

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a description on the life and works of Sarah Winnemucca, Native American author and rights activist.