American Literature
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💙Best Ready-To-Use Valentine's Day Week Lesson PDF attached!
Hi Everyone! Hopefully most of you are on the Mindblue Education email list and are receiving our weekly emails. There was a lot of discussion about what love song would be awesome to teach on valentines day. We…
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REFLECTION: ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ Launched a Revolution
Great overview / reflection article from Smithsonian Magazine ...“James Baldwin said Caged Bird 'liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou…
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TOONS: Artist Pokes Fun At Literature Classics In 30 Cartoons
Artist Pokes Fun At Literature Classics In 30 Cartoons #literature #comics…
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NEW DOC: "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am"
I wrote about the new documentary “The Pieces I Am” for @TheAtlantic. https://t.co/lDbMKXKL8N— Syreeta McFadden (@reetamac)…
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LOST ESSAY: Langston Hughes Examines Chain Gangs + MLK 2027
Stalin's government was active reaching out to…
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OP-ED: What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now
What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now https://t.co/YE87jWZgix— Susan Barber (@susangbarber) June 13, 2019
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LIST: 10 Books Nesides ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ that Tackle Racial Injustice
.@Josh_Barrage and @vicpasquantonio asked educators about a summer reading list for students. The overall top pick:…
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PRIMARY SOURCE: 500 Court Cases in which Enslaved Persons Sued to Gain Their Freedom
"The Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recently debuted an online database of more than 500 court cases in which enslaved persons had sued to gain their freedom." https://t.co/3ACs2KqAXC— NCPH (@ncph)…
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TOON: Fan Petitions (alternate endings)
‘Fan Petitions’ (for yesterday’s @guardianreview) pic.twitter.com/pA183zQn2P— Tom Gauld (@tomgauld) May…
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PROFILE: How Nnedi Okorafor is building the future of Sci-Fi
Nnedi Okorafor is a friend and collaborator with George R. R. Martin and author of young-adult fiction, adult fiction, science fiction, Marvel comic books and a memoir. She's either the Next Big Thing or the Best New Old Thing You Still Haven’t Heard Of.…
For teachers of American Lit who want to MC Pop! FYI: it is a still from the film adaptation of the Secret Life of Bees - that film is extra pop because it features singer/actors Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah and Jennifer Hudson!