The 2023 Summer Teachers Seminar: “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg”
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Category: Twain for Teachers
The Handsomest Man That Ever Was: Twain’s Joseph Twichell
Steve Courtney contributes to CMTS’ ever growing collection of Twain Studies resource pages with an overview of Rev. Joseph Twichell
A Short Film About Mark Twain’s Anti-Imperialism Finalist For Indiana History Day Contest
A short documentary about Mark Twain’s anti-imperialism created by two Culver Academies students for National History Day Contest.
The Journey Motif: Poetry & Mark Twain, Part Two – Linguistic Exploration
The third selection of teaching exemplars for Mark Twain’s poetry.
The Journey Motif: Poetry & Mark Twain, Part One
The first in a series of scaffolding exemplars for teachers.
“And that has made all the difference.”: Scaffolding Mark Twain’s Poetry
Building on work from the Summer Teachers Institute, Jocelyn Chadwick and Matt Seybold discuss using Mark Twain’s comedic verse to prepare students for Robert Frost’s much-anthologized “The Road Not Taken.”
Winners of the Quarry Farm Fireplace Writing Contest
Congratulations to all the winners!
Generation Z, Mark Twain’s Poetry, & Teaching English From East Texas To Harvard with Jocelyn Chadwick
New episode of American Vandal preview Summer Teachers Institute.
The 4th Annual Quarry Farm Fireplace Contest
Attention all elementary teachers!!
Elmira Composer’s Arrangement of Clemens Family Poem Performed at Mark Twain House by Hartford Chamber Ensemble
Listen to & learn about “Good Night, Dear Heart,” a composition by Elmira native, Dan Forrest, based upon Susy Clemens’s headstone.