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What needs to be here? - 9 views

Welcome. I thought it might be good to have a strand where we list things we'd like or hope to find, but haven't had the time yet.

wishlist plans

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Ms. Miller, Chamblee High English Department - Expanded Course Outline - 9 views

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curriculum AmLit

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on EC Ning: AtlantaTeacher

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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) - 2 views

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Hawthorne AmLit etext

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Links to etexts mostly go to "eldritchpress.org"

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Home Page: Stanton and Anthony Papers Online - 3 views

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E.C.Stanton S.B.Anthony AmLit women's.suffrage etexts

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looks like an ongoing project

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Catherine Hines on 28 Jun 10

Used in my classroom when students needed an original source. Worled great!

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Gatsby's Green Light Beckons a New Set of Strivers - New York Times - 2 views

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Gatsby AmLit

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via bl of IraSocol ; stunning misreadings

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http://www.gutenberg.org/files/409/409.txt - 5 views

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phillis.wheatley am.lit gutenberg

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How Christian Were the Founders? - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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founders Am.history Am.Lit

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of interest?

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On Teaching Thoreau - 2 views

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Thoreau teaching.resources

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The overarching theme for all that follows could be summed up thus: go beyond discussion; do what Thoreau did; react and respond in the moment; then compare your responses to his. Through such means, you may start a conversation with Thoreau that crosses centuries.
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- Thoreau was an intellectual who could work with his hands.
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- He was a writer.
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  - He was an observer of nature and our greatest nature writer.
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- He lived for a time at Walden Pond.
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- He advocated the embrace of solitude and simplicity.
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KM Anderson on 11 May 10

good ideas

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KM Anderson on 11 May 10

Excellent advice from an experienced (and local) teacher re intro'ing Thoreau to hs students.

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Divining America: Religion in American History, TeacherServe®, National Human... - 1 views

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religion NEH AmLit witch.trials deism abolition revival

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home page of huge site covering 4 centuries of religion in American life. Looks excellent. Seems to be kept up to date.

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Private Conversations: On the Set of 'Death of a Salesman' (1985) - 1 views

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film Arthur.Miller

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backstage. Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman, John Malcovich as Biff

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Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1 views

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Emerson etext

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National Center for

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National Center for Public Policy ?

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American History Resources Page - 2 views

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research.guide AmLit

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specifig to UC SantaCruz but still good list

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Replica of Thoreau's Cabin - 2 views

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Thoreau teaching.resources

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inside and outside shots of house replica

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KM Anderson on 11 May 10

This replica stands closer to the main road at Walden Pond. There is a marker at the house site, as well.

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MEET MR. THOREAU COURSE CURRICULUM - 1 views

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Thoreau teaching.resources

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tons of ideas here

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HistoryBuff.com - 2 views

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journalism newspapers AmLit resources

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This site focuses primarily on HOW news of major, and not so major, events in American history were reported in newspapers of the time.
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KM Anderson on 18 Jun 09

uber site w/ free resources; it's .com but says it's a nonprofit

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The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850 - 1 views

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Hawthorne Scarlet.Letter etext

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annotations? "online glossary"; notes for teachers and students

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The Thoreau Reader - 1 views

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etext primary.sources Thoreau transcendentalism

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sponsored by Thoreau Society: complete? annotated

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KM Anderson on 18 Jun 09

sponsored by Thoreau Society: complete? annotated; secondary sources as well; photographs

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Thoreau's Walking - with annotated text - 0 views

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Thoreau text teaching.resources

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"... in the distant woods or fields, in unpretending sprout-lands or pastures tracked by rabbits, even in a bleak and, to most, cheerless day, like this, when a villager would be thinking of his inn, I come to myself, I once more feel myself grandly related, and that cold and solitude are friends of mine. I suppose that this value, in my case, is equivalent to what others get by churchgoing and prayer.
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The First Great Awakening, Divining America, TeacherServe®, National Humaniti... - 2 views

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first.great.awakening religion revival AmLit

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Thoreau's Walking - 1 - 0 views

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Thoreau text

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quotes from here used to introduce Thoreau to class

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Teaching American Literature

What needs to be here? - 9 views

Ms. Miller, Chamblee High English Department - Expanded Course Outline - 9 views

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) - 2 views

Home Page: Stanton and Anthony Papers Online - 3 views

Gatsby's Green Light Beckons a New Set of Strivers - New York Times - 2 views

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/409/409.txt - 5 views

How Christian Were the Founders? - NYTimes.com - 2 views

On Teaching Thoreau - 2 views

Divining America: Religion in American History, TeacherServe®, National Human... - 1 views

Private Conversations: On the Set of 'Death of a Salesman' (1985) - 1 views

Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1 views

American History Resources Page - 2 views

Replica of Thoreau's Cabin - 2 views

MEET MR. THOREAU COURSE CURRICULUM - 1 views

HistoryBuff.com - 2 views

The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850 - 1 views

The Thoreau Reader - 1 views

Thoreau's Walking - with annotated text - 0 views

The First Great Awakening, Divining America, TeacherServe®, National Humaniti... - 2 views

Thoreau's Walking - 1 - 0 views

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