Syllabus:

• Historical background of various eras
• Analysis of poetry from a variety of time periods and authors
• Poetry project focused on an American author of student choice
  • includes biography, analysis, and major paper

Related Links:

• Walt Whitman: http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C07070E
• Emily Dickinson: http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C07000F
• 161 poet sites, with poems, commentary, biography, etc.: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets.htm
• American poets: http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/
• Biographies of famous American poets: http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/poets/poet.htm
• Young American poets of the 20th century: http://www.cswnet.com/~erin/young.htm
• Biographies and poems of 19th century poets: http://www.2020site.org/poetry/
• Resources for teachers on 19th century poets: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/amlitpoetry19th.htm
• Modern and contemporary American poets: http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/home.html
• Outline of American history: http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1954uk/index.htm