Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides

Below are two downloadable packets offered by Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site for teachers' use. The packets are available to download as one large file, or in sections. Please click on the appropriate link below to download the desired document.

 

Longfellow's Life & Legacy

Download the entire packet (.pdf file, 1.355 MB).

Table of Contents & Introduction (.pdf file, 127 KB).

Biographical Information (.pdf file, 85 KB).

Poems & Primary Sources, part I (.pdf file 319 KB).

Poems & Primary Sources, part II (.pdf file, 194 KB).

Additional Resources (.pdf file, 25 KB).

About the National Park Service (.pdf file, 43 KB).

 

Poetry and the Imagination

Download the entire packet (.pdf file, 2.47 MB).

Table of Contents and Unit Overview (.pdf file, 113 KB).

Learning about Longfellow (.pdf file, 72.4 KB).

The Poet's Toolbox (.pdf file, 87.4 KB).

Drafting and Editing Poetry (.pdf file, 181 KB).

Compiling a Writer's Magazine (.pdf file, 1.1 MB).

Assessment (.pdf file, 30.1 KB).

Additional Resources (.pdf file, 1.01 MB).