REFERENCE
A brief article about Grammy Award-winning poet, writer, composer, and actress Maya Angelou.
A brief article about Jame Baldwin, including related resources.
Learn about Civil Rights leader James Meredith, who in 1961 was denied admission to the University of Mississippi…
Learn more about the life of contemporary novelist Toni Morrison.
Learn more about the life of Langston Hughes, American poet and central figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
An article about writer Richard Wright.
Distribute an article that details the many talented African American writers from Phillis Wheatley to James Baldwin.
A brief article about Alice Walker.
A brief article about Ralph Johnson Bunche, the first African American to win a Nobel Prize.
A brief article about abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
Celebrate the achievements of women with this list of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners.
Read about Julia Ward Howe -- an American suffrage leader.
WORKSHEETS
Read about A.A. Milne's achievements, and explore the related activities to learn more about this children's author.
Explore renowned authors from the 1930s and their works.
Share the story of John Steinbeck's achievements with your students, and assign the related activities as a way of…
Learn about three major writers of the forties: Richard Wright, James Michener, and Herman Wouk.
Share the story of the Reys, creators of Curious George books, and assign the related activities to learn more about…
Read about E.B. White and assign the related activities to help students learn more about the beloved author of…
Share the story of Jack Kerouac, and assign the related activities to help your students learn more about this literary…
Share the story of Rachel Carson's achievements with your students, and assign the related activities to help them learn…
Learn about Rudyard Kipling's life and accomplishments, and explore the related activities.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Robert Louis Stevenson.
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Rudyard Kipling.
Read this interview with your students to learn about author Inbali Iserles and the process of writing The Tygrine Cat.