Samuel Sewall handout
| 02_samuel_sewall_handout.pdf |
Anne Bradstreet handout
| 03_anne_bradstreet_handout_all.pdf |
Michael Wigglesworth handout
| 03_michael_wigglesworth.pdf |
Great Awakening video
| 03_great_awakening_video.pdf |
The Letters of Abigail Adams handout
| 05a_abigail_adams_life___letters_handout.pdf |
| 05_abigail___john_adams_video.pdf |
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Patrick Henry's Speech 250th Anniversary Reenactment
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Students recite portions of Patrick Henry's famous "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech
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Mar 25, 2025
VA250 In This Moment, In This Place: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" Join VA250 to feel the power of the fiery words that sparked a Revolution, right where it happened. On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry gave the impassioned call, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia. Now, 250 years later to the day, experience the spirit that founded a nation, in the place and time where it all began. |
Jun 29, 2026
To celebrate 250 years of America, CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how six top debate competitors from around the country joined together to recite parts of Patrick Henry's famous "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech. The fiery address is often credited for helping push the colonies toward revolution. |
Jefferson, Washington, & Freneau handout
| 07a_lit_of_rev_pt3_handout_complete_w_farewell_address.pdf |
Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
| 08_irving_sleepy_hollow.pdf |
| 08a_legend_of_sleepy_hollow_in_class.pdf |
Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow handout
| 10a_longfellow_all_poems_handout.pdf |
"A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Peace On Earth with the backstory of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, set with Civil War and Iraq War images.
Peace On Earth with the backstory of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, set with Civil War and Iraq War images.
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"The Children's Hour" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Priscilla" - from The Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
[a poem about Priscilla Alden, an ancestor of H. W. Longfellow]
[a poem about Priscilla Alden, an ancestor of H. W. Longfellow]
Ralph Waldo Emerson handout
| 12a_emerson_concord_hymn___brahma.pdf |
Louisa May Alcott handout
| 12b_louisa_may_alcott_complete_handout.pdf |
American Lit Lecture Notes
| 01_lit_of_settlement_-_part_01.pdf |
| 02_lit_of_settlement_-_part_02.pdf |
| 03_lit_of_religious_experience_-_part_01.pdf |
| 04_lit_of_religious_experience_-_part_02.pdf |
| 05_lit_of_revolution_-_part_01.pdf |
| 06_lit_of_revolution_-_part_02.pdf |
| 07_lit_of_revolution_-_part_03.pdf |
| 08_minor_rom_1_knickerbockers_rev_2022.pdf |
| 09_minor_rom_2_knickerbockers.pdf |
| 10_minor_rom_3_new_england.pdf |
| 11_minor_rom_4_new_england_rev_2022.pdf |
| 12_major_rom_1_transcendent.pdf |
| 13_major_rom_2_transcendent.pdf |
| 15__16_transc_pessimists_poe_hawthorne_melville.pdf |
