"A Bird Came Down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson
Poems of Emily Dickinson Second Series by Emily Dickinson (1891) | Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
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"The Owl and the Pussycat" by Edward Lear
Nonsense Song by Edward Lear (1871) | Edward Lear (1812–1888)
"To a Skylark" by Percy Shelley
Introduction to Notable Poems by Hamilton Wright Mabie (1909) | Percy Shelley (1792–1822)
"April Rain" by Robert Loveman
Published as "Rain Song" in Verses (1909) | Robert Loveman (1864–1923)
“The Wind” by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Child's Garden of Verses (1905) | Robert L. Stevenson (1850–1894)
“Who Has Seen the Wind” by Christina G. Rossetti
Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book (1876) | Christina G. Rossetti (1830–1894)
La Salle and the Great Lakes: A Unit Study
Great Lakes unit study. On March 19, 1687, Robert La Salle died in Texas.
“Discontent” by Sarah Orne Jewett
St. Nicholas Magazine (1876) | Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909)
“The Death of the Old Year” by Alfred Tennyson
Poems (1833) | Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
“It Snows” by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale
Woman’s Record (1852) | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1788–1879)
“The Night After Christmas”
Dear Santa Claus (1901) | Anonymous
“A Visit from Saint Nicholas” by Clement C. Moore
A Visit from Saint Nicholas (1862) | Clement C. Moore (1779–1863)
“Thanksgiving” by Henry Coyle
The Promise of Morning (1899) | Henry Coyle
“Song — The Owl” by Tennyson
The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1892) | Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
“Pegasus in Pound” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Seaside and the Fireside (1850) | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
“The Village Blacksmith” by Longfellow
Ballads and Other Poems (1842) | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
“The School of Life” by Irving Sydney Dix
The Calendar and Other Verses (1913) | Irving Sydney Dix (1880–1948)
DNA & Genetics: A Unit Study
On September 13, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed the Federal Crime Bill, which included the U.S. DNA Identification Act. This act authorized the establishment of a national index to keep track of DNA samples taken from convicted criminals and to…
“A Singing Lesson” by Jean Ingelow
Werner's Readings and Recitations Edited by Edgar S. Werner (1891) | Jean Ingelow (1820–1897)
“A Fine Day” by Michael Drayton
Golden Numbers Edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1909) | Michael Drayton
“July” by Susan Hartley Swett
A Year of Beautiful Thoughts Edited by Jeanie Ashley Bates Greenough (1902) | Susan Hartley Swett
“Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
The Daily Examiner, June 3, 1888 | Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863–1940)
Morse and the Telegraph {Free Unit}
On May 24, 1844, the first Morse code telegraph message was sent. Samuel Morse unit resources.
“The Butterfly and the Bee” by William Lisle Bowles
The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. II (1855) | William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850)