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National Records
The [|Library of Congress] is the United States oldest and largest federal library.

**History of America**
Visit the early settlement of [|Jamestown in a Virtual Tour]. Visit [|Colonial Williamsburg] to visit the establishment of American past. Visit [|The Salem Witch Museum] to learn about social suspicion and fear in1692. Study the [|Salem Witch Trials] through the Salem City Guide.

Background Project
 * Puritanism**

AMERICAN DRAMA
//**All My Sons**// by Arthur Miller: A research unit comparing business practices in //All My Sons// to business practices today Worksheet [] Research []

**NOVELS ** and Novelists
//Lord of the Flies// http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/literature/
 * Lord of the Flies-** authored by William Golding

//Scarlet Letter-// Links that can connect you to interactive vocabulary, text online, discussion questions, diagrams, and lots more. http://www.webenglishteacher.com/hawthorne.html
 * Scarlet Letter-** authored by Nathaniel Hawthorne

//Scarlet Letter-// Lesson Planet (10 day free trial) with great lesson plans for all types of learning. This link connects to ideas related to the //Scarlet Letter.// http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/search?keywords=Scarlet+Letter&media=lesson&offset=10

> http://krist4.googlepages.com/birdsofanotherfeather > http://del.icio.us/dgoshorn/tokillamockingbird
 * To Kill a Mockingbird** - authored by Harper Lee
 * To Kill a Mockingbird webquest
 * Collection of 25+ Links to To Kill a Mockingbird Lesson Plan, Guides, and other Resources

Jack London assignment (8th grade) [|Jack London wiki] (using Voicethread) by Shannon Hackett, Jenkintown Middle/High School

Mark Twain and his Times http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/index2.html

**AMERICAN POETRY REFERENCES**
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