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| Anne Frank IIIAfter twenty-five months of hiding from the Nazis in the secret annex behind their home in Amsterdam, Anne Frank and seven other Jewish fugitives were betrayed.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 English | History-Social Science |
| Dante's Inferno IDante, one of the world’s finest and most influential poets of western literature, was born in Florence, Italy, in 1265. He got caught up in the economic and political upheavals of his day.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 English | History-Social Science |
| Dante's Inferno IIAfter Dante was banished from Florence in 1302, he wrote his great masterpiece "The Divine Comedy." By writing it in Italian, the language of the people, he helped drag readers out of their slavish devotion to Latin.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 English | History-Social Science |
| Anne Frank IIJune 1942, Amsterdam: Anne Frank received a gift for her thirteenth birthday--a red plaid book with blank pages. It became her diary--the most famous diary in the world.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 English | History-Social Science |
| Anne Frank IBorn in Frankfurt, Germany in 1929 (June 12), Annelies Marie Frank would not live to see her 16th birthday, but she left a powerful memoir of Jewish life in Nazi-occupied Europe, a legacy for the victims of the Holocaust.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 English | History-Social Science |
| Anne Frank IVJust hours after Anne Frank and her family were discovered in their hiding place--the “secret annex”--and arrested by the Gestapo, two of the family’s helpers rescued Anne’s diary.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 English | History-Social Science |
| Samuel Johnson: PatronageIn Samuel Johnson’s "Dictionary of the English Language," he defines a patron: One who countenances, supports or protects; commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Samuel Johnson: Alleviating PovertySamuel Johnson, like his contemporary British writers, struggled with poverty while establishing his career. He later wrote of those years with a mixture of warning and compassion.Grades 9-12 English |
| Samuel Johnson: London Center of the WorldOf the many passions in a passionate life, few exceeded the city of London for Samuel Johnson. He told his biographer, James Boswell, “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”Grades 6-8 | 9-12 English |
| Samuel Johnson: The First DictionaryIn 1755, Samuel Johnson published the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language. Although recognized by scholars as a serious work, in places it was kind of quirky.Grades 9-12 English |
