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  A Brief History of the English Language |
  Toni Morrison: Biographies, Interviews, and Classroom Resources |
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  The Tragic Vision |
  Enhancing the Study of Shakespeare''s Plays: Background Information |
   Examining Tone in Parody and Tragedy |
  The Charles Dickens Page |
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   The Victorian Web: Authors, Genre and Technique, and Crossdisciplinary Connections |
   Making the Pre-AP/AP leap |
    Shakespeare in the Classroom |
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    "The American" by Henry James: A Fishbowl Discussion |
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     English Words Derived from Latin |
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     Examining Tone in Parody and Tragedy |
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      General Characteristics of the Renaissance |
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    Assignment Ideas for Chaucer''''s "Canterbury Tales" |
    Rappin'''' with Beowulf |
    "The American" by Henry James: A Fishbowl Discussion |
    Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools |
    "The Iliad": A Practical Approach |
   Teacher''s Guide to "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder |
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    Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools |
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     General Characteristics of the Renaissance |
   Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools |
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    The Victorian Web: Authors, Genre and Technique, and Crossdisciplinary Connections |
      General Characteristics of the Renaissance |
    Famous Speeches: Audio Clips and Background Information |
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    Shakespeare in the Classroom |
    Famous Speeches: Audio Clips and Background Information |
    American Rhetoric: Speeches and Devices |
      An Interdisciplinary Unit on "The Color Purple" |
   Teacher''s Guide to "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder |
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    The Victorian Web: Authors, Genre and Technique, and Crossdisciplinary Connections |
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    Famous Speeches: Audio Clips and Background Information |
    Rappin'''' with Beowulf |
   Teacher''s Guide to "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder |
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    The Victorian Web: Authors, Genre and Technique, and Crossdisciplinary Connections |
      Pulitzer Prize Winners |
    Famous Speeches: Audio Clips and Background Information |