e e cummings – American poetry project
In Just- (1920) in Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious the little lame balloonman whistles far and wee and eddieandbill come running from marbles and piracies and it's [...]
Br’er Rabbit and the briar patch – American literature
A briar patch - a big thorn bush A story about Br'er Rabbit So Br'er Fox had caught Br'er Rabbit and this time Br'er Fox said he was going to cook Br'er [...]
Br’er Rabbit takes a ride – American literature
Br'er Fox Everyone laughed at Br'er Rabbit This is a story about Br'er Rabbit and his enemy Br'er Fox. Well, after that story with the Tar Baby got around, the girls were all laughing [...]
How Br’er Rabbit lost his tail – American literature
Br'er Rabbit and his tail Another Br'er Rabbit story This is a story about Br'er Rabbit. So one day in late fall, Br'er Rabbit was hopping down the dirt road and [...]
Br’er Rabbit stories – American literature
The printing press of the Cherokee Advocate in the 1800s, which first printed a Br'er Rabbit story (the Tar Baby) Why is he called Br'er Rabbit? Br'er Rabbit is short [...]
Anne Bradstreet – American literature
Anne Bradstreet Who was Anne Bradstreet? Anne Bradstreet was the first person who published English poetry in North America. She sailed from England to America with her husband and her [...]
Ute get horses – American history
Utes riding horses in the 1800s AD During the 1500s AD, the Utes had not yet seen any European invaders. They were still living in Utah and Colorado the way they had [...]
Sitting Bull and Wounded Knee – Sioux history
Sioux history - Red Elk Woman, a member of the Sioux When did the Sioux first meet Europeans? In the 1500s and 1600s AD, Sioux people - Lakota people - were still [...]
The Shoshone fight the United States
Shoshone history: a Shoshone woman and baby The Shoshone get horses After the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 AD, some Shoshone people in Wyoming bought horses. These horse-riders split off from the other Shoshone and [...]
Restoration England – British history
Charles II of England Oliver Cromwell tried to leave his job as Lord Protector to his son Richard when he died in 1658, but Richard was so useless that two years [...]
