Dana Gioia
Publisher
National Endowment for the Arts
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (21 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Various famous and not so famous individuals state the effect that Shakespeare's works have had in their lives. A main video presentation accompanied by seventeen vignettes.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Endowment for the Arts
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (28 min., 45 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Interviews, commentaries, and excerpts from Amy Tan's first novel, The Joy Luck Club. Accompanying teacher's guide includes ten lesson plans, each with focus topic, discussion activities, writing exercises, and homework assignments Also includes capstone projects, suggested essay topics, handouts with more background information about the novel, and bibliographical references. Lessons dovetail with state language arts standards required for fiction....
Author
Series
Publisher
National Endowment for the Arts
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (41 min., 36 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Includes interviews, commentaries and excerpts from the novel, providing first-hand accounts of why The Grapes of Wrath remains so compelling seven decades after its initial publication. Teacher's guide contains ten lessons, each with a focus topic, discussion activities, writing exercises, and homework assignments. Also includes capstone projects, suggested essay topics, handouts with more background information, and bibliographical references. Lessons...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Endowment for the Arts
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (28 min., 59 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Readings of excerpts from and critical analysis of Harper Lee's novel To kill a mockingbird, a coming-of-age story about racial injustice and the destruction of innocence.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts organized a series of writing workshops led by prominent authors to encourage US troops and their families to record their experiences and reflections on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The result is this extraordinary volume of first-hand letters, poems, journals, memoirs, and e-mails from the men and women directly involved in battle and their families back home.
This uniquely
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