Category: Thematic Units
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Morse and the Telegraph: A Unit Study
On May 24, 1844, the first Morse code telegraph message was sent. Samuel Morse unit resources.
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Bowles, William Lisle: “The Butterfly and the Bee”
Methought I heard a butterfly Say to a labouring bee:…. Poetry study.
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Longfellow: “The Arrow and the Song”
I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where…. Poetry study.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis: “Pirate Story”
Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing, Three of us aboard in the basket on the lea…. Poetry study.
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Howitt, Mary: “The Spider and the Fly”
Will you walk into my parlour?” said the Spider to the Fly…. Poetry study
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Wordsworth: “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills…. Poetry study
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Coolidge, Susan: “A Thunder Storm”
The day was hot and the day was dumb, Save for cricket’s chirr or the bee’s low hum…. Poetry study.
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Hemans, Felicia: “The Sky-lark”
Hymns on the Works of Nature, for the Use of Children (1827) | Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793–1835)
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Lear, Edward: A Limerick
There was an Old Man with a beard,…. Limericks by Edward Lear. Poetry study.
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Frost, Robert: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though…. Poetry study resources.
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Lowell, James Russell: “Stanzas on Freedom”
Miscellaneous Poems (1843) | James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
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Free Civics Studies Lesson 16: America’s Marvels
Free Civics Studies Lesson 16: America’s Marvels. Material and intellectual marvels and America’s growth.
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Free Civics Studies Lesson 15: The National Capital
Free Civics Studies Lesson 15: The National Capital. What Washington is and why it exists.
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Free Civics Studies Lesson 14: The Citizen
Free Civics Studies Lesson 14: The Citizen. Citizenship and election day methods.
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Free Civics Studies Lesson 13: The State, the City, and the Town
Free Civics Studies Lesson 13: The State, the City, and the Town. What a state is and the government of cities and towns.
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Free Civics Studies Lesson 12: The Flag
Free Civics Studies Lesson 12: The Flag. The meaning of a flag and the history of “Old Glory.”
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Free Civics Studies Lesson 11: The Office-Holder
Free Civics Studies Lesson 11: The Office-Holder. How men and women are selected to work for the government.
