The lesson is aimed at students in grades 6-8. It offers useful background to history instructors preparing to use literature in the classroom for the first time. Course assignments, instructors' guides, and links to related sites are all available through this home page. The Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia maintains this site, which presents reproductions of texts and manuscripts, contemporary reviews and newspaper articles, graphic images, and interactive exhibits concerning the life and works of Mark Twain. This site offers a unique perspective on the Civil War as it examines the conflict through the music and poetry of both Union and Confederate sympathizers.
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Full-text reproductions of text and various web resources are available on such authors as Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Jean Toomer, and Phillis Wheatley. The site also offers links to historical texts such as the Emancipation Proclamation, as well as other libraries and indexes.