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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes

Document Information

Type: Program description / syllabus / proposal
File Size: 1.9 MB
Summary

This document outlines the curriculum and contributors for 'Poetry in America for Teachers II,' an educational initiative by Harvard and WGBH. It lists high-profile contributors including Al Gore, Lawrence Summers, Ray Dalio, Walter Isaacson, and Richard Dawkins, detailing the topics they discuss and the locations where footage was shot (ranging from Harvard University museums to Papua New Guinea). The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' Bates stamp, suggesting it was part of an investigation, likely regarding Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Harvard and prominent figures, though Epstein himself is not named in this specific text.

People (20)

Name Role Context
Michael Pollan Author
Discussing Joel Barlow and colonial agriculture
Joel Barlow Subject
Historical figure discussed by Michael Pollan
Lawrence Summers Economist
Discussing Oliver Wendell Holmes, technology, and depreciation
Oliver Wendell Holmes Subject
Historical figure discussed by Lawrence Summers
John Steele Editor
Editor of Nautilus magazine, discussing Lowell and Melville
Al Gore Vice President
Discussing Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson Subject
Historical figure discussed by Al Gore
Lawrence Buell Eco-critic
Filmed on the Concord River and Houghton Rare Book Library
Emily Dickinson Subject
Poet whose work and home are featured
Martin Espada Participant
Filmed on the East River discussing Whitman
Susan Howe Participant
Discussing Stevens and parks
Richard Dawkins Scientist/Author
Discussing Frost, evolution, and probability
Jay Parini Frost Biographer
Filmed in Frost’s cabin
David Coleman Director of the College Board
Discussing Robert Frost's 'Birches'
Peter Galison Participant
Discussing Einstein and Modernism
Walter Isaacson Author
Discussing Einstein and Modernism
Ray Dalio Participant
Discussing Marianne Moore in Rajah Ampat
Jane Pickering Head of Harvard Natural History Museum
Filmed in the Harvard Museum of Natural History
Walt Mossberg Participant
Discussing coding and computer language
David Malan Participant
Discussing coding and computer language

Organizations (13)

Name Type Context
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Initiative partner
HarvardX
Initiative partner
WGBH
Initiative partner
Nantucket Whaling Museum
Filming location
Nautilus
Science magazine
Harvard's Houghton Rare Book Library
Filming location
Harvard University
Location of manuscripts
College Board
Organization led by David Coleman
Harvard Science Center
Housing the Scientific Instruments collection
Fogg Museum
Filming location
Conservation International
Associated with the Rajah Ampat filming
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Filming location
House Oversight Committee
Source of document (Bates stamp)

Timeline (3 events)

Unknown
Filming/Interview with Lawrence Summers
Unknown
Unknown
Filming/Interview with Al Gore
Concord River / Houghton Rare Book Library
Unknown
Filming/Interview with Ray Dalio
Rajah Ampat

Relationships (3)

Listed as a contributor in the program description
Listed as a contributor in the program description
Listed as a contributor in the program description

Key Quotes (2)

"Poetry in America for Teachers II : The Poetry of Earth, Sea, and Sky"
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"Combining study of poetry with study of science, environment and the visual arts"
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Poetry in America for Teachers II : The Poetry of Earth, Sea, and Sky
(an initiative of Harvard Graduate School of Education, HarvardX and WGBH)
Combining study of poetry with study of science, environment and the visual arts
. Materials include hundreds archival images and live footage shot in
Cape Cod, Nantucket, Vermont, New York, Connecticut, Jamaica, Aspen, California,
Papua New Guinea including oceans, ponds, marshes, birds, fish mountains, coral
reefs, forests as well in some major collections (HMNH etc)
with author Michael Pollan on Joel Barlow (and colonial agriculture)
with economist Lawrence Summers on Oliver Wendell Holmes, (and technology
and “one hoss shay” depreciation)
with Harvard students at the Nantucket Whaling Museum and with , John Steele,
editor of the science magazine, Nautlilus, , on Lowell and Melville
with Vice President Al Gore on Ralph Waldo Emerson ,and, with eco-critic Lawrence
Buell (with footage taped on the Concord River as well as in Harvard’s Houghton
Rare Book Library )
with a dozen Harvard students and Boston area school teachers on Emily
Dickinson’s “skies” (shot at Emily Dickinson’s home in Amherst Massachusetts) and
with ED’s original mss. at Harvard University
with Martin Espada and other New Yorkers (footage shot on the East River) on
Whitman and urban greenspace and with Susan Howe on Stevens and parks
with Richard Dawkins on Frost, evolution and probability and with Jay Parini, Frost
biographer, in Frost’s cabin on “The Road not Taken”.
with Director of the College Board (and writer of the Common Core Standards) ,
David Coleman on Robert Frost’s “Birches” (filmed in a birch grove)
with Peter Galison on Einstein and Modernism (taped in the Harvard Scientific
Instruments collection in the Harvard Science Center) and with author Walter
Isaacson on Einstein and Modernism (Fogg Museum)
with Ray Dalio on Marianne Moore( in Rajah Ampat with Conservation
International); and with Jane Pickering, Head of the Harvard Natural History
Museum, ( filmed in the Harvard Museum of Natural History)
with Walt Mossberg and David Malan on coding, computer language and L-A-N-G-U-
A-G-E poetry
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