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The visitor will find a collection of links to Internet sites dealing especially with English and American literature. Users can search by single word or by several categories. A list of links to General Sources is also provided.
Literary Resources on the Net in MERLOT
New Materials
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A Short Handbook for writing essays in the Humanities and Social Sciences
A retired master teacher of English and Comparative Literature teams up with his son, a History professor, on a new...
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Foundational Practices of Online Writing Instruction
Foundational Practices of Online Writing Instruction addresses the questions and decisions that administrators and...
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News Literacy Lessons - NCTE
This web page is adapted from a blog from the News and Information Literacy Professional Learning Community on the...
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Expression and Inquiry
Users of Expressions and Inquiry will note that it has three major sections—Section One which primarily focuses on the...
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Thesis Statement & Plagiarism - Writing and Reasoning
Project Description The Writing and Reasoning learning object is part of a series of self-paced digital resources...
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Hobson's Choice
By close reference to the play, Hobson's Choice, answer the following question based on the clip provided.
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Open English @ SLCC
Open English @ SLCC originated from a shared desire to offer affordable, responsive, accessible instructional resources...
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Smithsonian Open Access: Create. Imagine. Discover
Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian's images right...
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EmpoWord: A Student-Centered Anthology
EmpoWord is a reader and rhetoric that champions the possibilities of student writing. The textbook uses actual student...
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Kiddynomics: An Economics Curriculum for Young Learners
Kiddynomics: An Economics Curriculum for Young Learners is a set of lessons designed to introduce young children to the...
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Worth!
Students participate in a banking role play in which they portray roles based on characters in the book Worth! by A....
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Uncle Jed's Barbershop
Students listen to the book Uncle Jed's Barbershop, about an African-American barber who, despite significant setbacks,...
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Tortilla Factory
Students observe the teacher produce a paper taco and then produce their own paper tacos. Students learn about the...
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The Pickle Patch Bathtub
Students learn about opportunity cost, saving, savings goals and a savings plan by reading The Pickle Patch Bathtub....
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The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza
Students learn about consumers and producers and give examples from the book The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza. They...
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The Goat in the Rug
Students listen to the book The Goat in the Rug, about a Navajo weaver who uses a number of resources and intermediate...
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The Case of the Shrunken Allowance
Students listen to a story about P.B. who thinks money is missing from the peanut butter jar on his window ledge. In...
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The Berenstain Bears: Old Hat New Hat
In this lesson, students make a choice about what they want to eat for dinner, but then they are asked to trade with a...
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The Berenstain Bears' Trouble with Money
In this lesson, students hear a story about two little bears whose parents use several figures of speech relating to...
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The Berenstain Bears Get the Gimmies
In this lesson, students hear a story about Brother and Sister Bear, who seem to want everything. The little cubs learn...
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Ten Mile Day
In this multidisciplinary lesson, students work in small groups ("work crews") while participating in a production...
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Supermarket
After reading a story about a supermarket, students examine the change in supermarket jobs due to the advances in...
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Splat the Cat Takes the Cake
In this lesson, students participate in a market activity in which a market for cake ingredients is set up to demonstrate...
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Something Special For Me
In this lesson, students learn about the act of saving and how the accumulation of money saved is termed savings. They...
New Members
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Lorelei BaughmanMount San Jacinto College -
Maximo GimenezVeterinarian
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Suzan GridleyCalifornia State University, Long Beach
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Priscilla ToveyRamapo College
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Olena VertepaSESID
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Alexandra EnglandLändliche Erwachsenenbildung in Niedersachen e.V
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Liz EarleValencia Community/Technical College
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Nancy Mades-ByrdNorth Shore Community/Technical College
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VijayaBabu KogantiGovernment College for Women(A) , Guntur
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Susan McGradeIndiana Institute of Technology
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Steven HamelmanCoastal Carolina University
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Kalapala PadmajaGovernment College
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Tamara O'CallaghanNorthern Kentucky University
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Megan ShuddeArizona State University
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Mary EmeryCoastal Carolina University
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Velicia DanielsOnline Companies
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Lillian WarnerTarrant County College
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James (Mike) FraleyTexas Woman's University
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Kristin LittleUniversity of Arizona
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Gyasi FranciscoFlorida Christian College
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Pamela MeyersUniversity of West Florida
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Ronald HadrianKarpagam Academy of Higher Education
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Abdussalam AmooFederal University Wukari
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Catherine LamasLong Beach City College
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English on the Web
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CR4ZY reach upper bracket at ESL One Birmingham - NA/SA
May 30, 2020 05:56 PM PDT
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Lockdown literature: our pick of new novels of note, from historical to foreign fiction
May 30, 2020 04:18 PM PDT
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Poetry corner: a voice for emtions
May 30, 2020 04:15 PM PDT
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ESL One Birmingham China Playoffs Preview
May 30, 2020 03:07 PM PDT
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Art Briefs: $1000 advance offered in poetry competition
May 30, 2020 02:45 PM PDT
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Team Nigma stay perfect at ESL One Birmingham EU/CIS
May 30, 2020 02:22 PM PDT
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Urdu literature will badly miss legendary satirist Mujtaba Hussain
May 30, 2020 01:26 PM PDT
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MLA slams minister for sidelining her at Sancoale 'VP Ghar' function
May 30, 2020 01:03 PM PDT
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Cops quiz BJP MLA Dhullu Mahto
May 30, 2020 12:41 PM PDT
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Ninjas in Pyjamas eliminate OG from ESL One Birmingham Online
May 30, 2020 12:30 PM PDT
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Caught on cam: BJP MLA's relative thrashes a man in public in UP
May 30, 2020 11:45 AM PDT
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OG among the first teams eliminated from ESL One Birmingham Online
May 30, 2020 11:33 AM PDT
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'Write the truth': Heavy Hitters festival brings spoken word to poem-hungry masses
May 30, 2020 11:11 AM PDT
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Ex-MLA's driver allegedly commits suicide
May 30, 2020 10:37 AM PDT
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After personal assistant, 13 from Bhiwani MLA's family, staff test positive for Covid-19
May 30, 2020 10:26 AM PDT
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Team Liquid vs. Team Nigma ESL One Birmingham Online betting analysis
May 30, 2020 09:52 AM PDT
English on Twitter
- In 𝘚𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘳, survivors of the Earth’s second ice age travel the world in a train that never stops and is divided… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- NCA’s Online Learning Resources page now includes a sampling of free-to-access NCA journal articles that are relate… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- In an article in @ConversationUS, @mcmasterhum Comm Studies Prof @FaizaHirji discusses South Asian representation i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- When students complete a program of study in Communication, what should they know, understand, and be able to do? T… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- In NCA's 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, @NCState Prof Victoria J. Gallagher, @MaxMRenner1, and @raganglover examine the V… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NatComm
- Visit the American Academy of Arts & Sciences website for the full Humanities Indicators report, which provides inf… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NatComm
- With the protests against mask wearing, it may seem that Americans don’t trust scientists. However, survey data ind… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NatComm
- RT @hollyjhassel: Here are some recommendations on (re)submitting proposals to CCCC 2021 (for which I am program chair) as well as changes…2 days ago | NCTE_CCCC
- RT @Dr__Dix: Don't be like me and be scrambling to write your proposal today, when you can scramble to write your proposal on June 8th! htt…2 days ago | NCTE_CCCC
- The newest episode of 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 features @rbthisted, Director of the @americanacad Humanities Indicator… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NatComm