I just found this animated film of the Billy Collins poem "The Country," and I think it might be good for the classroom.
There are a few more animated poems of his on youtube, as well.
I'm teaching a unit on visual art and story, so if you have any suggestions or ideas, pass them on.
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this is beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Here is a freaky Gogol story about art:
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/g/gogol/nikolai/g61my/
and a summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Portrait_(short_story)
Thanks for the link. I like Gogol.
you might read about this guy Jess.
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2008/jess/
I just read about these classics in Newsweek. Not exactly what you're looking for, but....
http://www.papercutz.com/classics/windwillow/willowhome.html
A teaching first:
Today, approx. a half hour into one of my lectures, a man beat on my door hard enough to shake the pane. He stepped in, said he was sorry to interrupt my class, and introduced himself as a member of the local police department, saying he needed one of my students. The student stepped out, then came back in 5 minutes. He wasn't arrested.
The man wasn't in uniform; he was in a suit. He didn't show me a badge, a warrant? Does that matter? I just felt protective of the student and feel like his civil liberties were compromised.
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