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ANIMATION(ISH): David Foster Wallace "This is Water" excerpt

Great speech, made into a short gift book posthumously and highly teachable...too much water, eh? The full speech as well

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Oct 13, 2015

RESOURCE: The New York TimesMachine

This is probably the most amazing newspaper feature EVER. If you get / have a digital subscription to the Times you can browse the newspape…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Aug 29, 2015

TED ED: Walt Whitman 'A Noiseless Patient Spider' Animated

Cool as three animators take on the poem... A poetic experiment: Walt Whitman, interpreted by three animators - Justin Moore Animation b…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Aug 29, 2015

NYTLN LESSON: Text to Text - ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘History of Lynchings in the South Documents Nearly 4,000 Names’

Another great lesson plan from the New York Times Learning Network Read the complete lesson plan here.

Started by Ryan Goble

0 May 2, 2015

ARCHIVE: Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature at the Library of Congress

Find Inspiration in Contemporary American Literature Selections from the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature at the Library of Congre…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 May 2, 2015

PICS: Remembering Dresden 70 Years After the Firebombing / Slaughterhouse Five

Great resource if you're teaching WWII or Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five from the Atlantic.. Remembering Dresden: 70 Years After the F…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Mar 9, 2015

RESEARCH: Science Shows Something Surprising About People Who Still Read Fiction

From the NYTimes... Read the whole blog HERE and see also RESEARCH: Science Shows Something Surprising About People Who Love to Write

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Dec 15, 2014

DATA VISUALIZED: Novels & non-fiction books visualized

From Information is beautiful: Which books do the experts agree should be on your shelf?…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Dec 11, 2014

RESOURCE: Teaching Mockingbird

Do you remember the first time you read To Kill a Mockingbird as a young adult? For many, the voices of Scout, Tom and Atticus still resona…

Started by Frank W. Baker

1 Dec 2, 2014
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INTERVIEW: Toni Morrison on Colbert

Fun, gotta get your Colbert on before he goes to the network... The Colbert Report Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Nov 30, 2014

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