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Young poets read their winning entries and met former U.S. Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, at the 2019 Young Minds Dreaming Contest held for the third year in a row at the South Carolina State...
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2019 Young Minds Dreaming Poetry Contest | Ask an Author
On Writing "The American South And The Great War, 1914
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Dr. Matthew Downs discusses the writing process behind the book The American South And The Great War, 1914 - 1924, which he co-authored with Dr. Ryan Floyd.
On Writing Books And Articles
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Dr. Fritz Hamer discusses the types of sources he used for writing A Southern City Reborn: Charleston, Its Navy Yard and World War II, as well as Forward Together: South Carolinians in the Great War.
On Writing "Our Country First"
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Dr. Courtney Tollison Hartness talks about the research and writing process behind her upcoming book: Our Country First: The Making of a Southern City During the Progressive Era and The Great War.
Authors Purpose
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The students will be learning new vocabulary words and discussing authors purpose by generating questions and drawing conclusions.
“The Past is Present” or “Respective Perspectives”
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Students will examine multiple perspectives of different groups of people on the notion of freedom during the American Revolution. The class forms into 5 groups: Patriots, Loyalists/British, Enslaved...
Selfies and Portraits in the Past and Present
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In groups of three or four, students will research, potentially by field trip but invariably online, a miniature portrait found in the colonial American section of the Gibbes Museum of Art. Students...
Juan Felipe Herrera: Advice for Writers | Young Minds Dreaming | Ask an Author
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Juan Felipe Herrera, the son of Mexican migrant farmers, grew up in the San Joaquin Valley in Southern California. As a child, he attended school in a variety of small towns from San Francisco to San...
Juan Felipe Herrera: Bilingual Children's Books | Young Minds Dreaming | Ask an Author
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Juan Felipe Herrera, the son of Mexican migrant farmers, grew up in the San Joaquin Valley in Southern California. As a child, he attended school in a variety of small towns from San Francisco to San...
Juan Felipe Herrera: Poetry Career | Young Minds Dreaming | Ask an Author
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Juan Felipe Herrera, the son of Mexican migrant farmers, grew up in the San Joaquin Valley in Southern California. As a child, he attended school in a variety of small towns from San Francisco to San...