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Read Works

Read Works: Classical Music: What Is Classical Music?

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text explaining what classical music is. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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York University

Classics in the History of Psychology: The Social Self

For Students 9th - 10th
A classic reading in psychology, this paper by George Herbert Mean was first published in 1913 on the social self.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Allusions to Mythological, Classical, and Traditional Texts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on allusions to mythological, classical, and traditional texts and understanding what allusion is, its importance and use as a literary device, and how to...
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Read Works

Read Works: Classical Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Classical Music: Ludwig Van Beethoven

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text about Ludwig Van Beethoven. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Classical Music: Johann Sebastian Bach

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the music of Johan Sebastian Bach. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Renaissance Renaissance Art

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about changes in art during the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Allusions to Mythological, Classical, and Traditional Texts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] The individual sections of this lesson will focus on understanding what allusion is, its importance and use as a literary device, and how to recognize it in reading. The main...
eBook
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Trojan Women

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by the Internet Classics Archive. Read the play, "The Trojan Women" in English, plus read and/or add comments, download the play, check out related websites, or recommend a related website.
Primary
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Caesar: The Civil Wars

For Students 9th - 10th
A translation of Caesar's "The Civil Wars" is available to read here, or to download in text-only format.
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Other

Classic Poetry Aloud Index

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to classic poetry read aloud in podcast format. Search by poet, theme, or top ten poems.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: The Wizard of Oz

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this learning module, students will engage in a deep study of Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. Worksheets, a test, and map projects are provided to reinforce comprehension of The Wizard of Oz.
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Other

Lecturas in Ingles Traducidas / English Readings

For Students 9th - 10th
Great way to practice English with this beautiful selection of short excerpts from literature classics like the Jungle Book, Sherlock Holmes, or the Cask of the Amontillado. Each text includes comprehension exercises with answers and...
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Able Media

Classics Tech Center: Strategies for Reading Latin Texts

For Students 9th - 10th
Site presents strategies for reading long texts in Latin. Discusses the concept of "prior knowledge" and also gives example exercises.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Classic Classifying

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which young scholars read a text and write main ideas and supporting details in boxes on a graphic organizer. Materials are included. [PDF]
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Able Media

Ctc: Reading Exercises on Gods and Gladiators

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Three readings in Latin along with comprehension quizzes from the Classics Technology Center. Quizzes could easily be used as worksheets as well. Appropriate for a level I or II Latin class.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Classical Comics: No Text: Much Ado About Nothing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This 19-page PDF provides a condensed version of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing along with two sections of text with no-text comics to fit the play. Students print the comics, read the sections, and fill in the dialogue bubbles...
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Other

Signet Classics: Scarlet Pimpernel Teachers' Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teachers' guide to the Signet Classic edition of Baroness Emma Orczy's tale of post-revolutionary France. The guide suggests several ways to build student knowledge prior to reading the novel, and discusses the major themes. It also...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1946

For Students 9th - 10th
Honored "for his inspired writings which, . . . exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style," Hermann Hesse (1877-1962 CE) was the 1946 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Read about his contributions...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Persians by Aeschylus

For Students 9th - 10th
This MIT Internet Classics Archives page is a translation of "The Persians" in an easy-to-read format, maintaining the verse format of the original.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Allusions to Mythological, Classical, and Traditional Texts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
You will be able to identify and understand allusions in myths, the classics, and other traditional texts and their influence on modern literature.
eBook
Library of Congress

Classic Books: The Children's Object Book [From 188?]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Turn the pages of this scanned copy of The Children's Object Book. Look at the pictures of several common objects inside and outside of the house and read the words under each picture. Published in the 1880s, the original is in the Rare...
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Library of Congress

Classic Books: The Rocket Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Turn the pages of this scanned copy of The Rocket Book by Peter Newell. Read along with the story and look at the pictures as a rocket is shot off in the basement of an apartment building and travels through twenty-one floors before it...
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Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books: Walter Crane: Baby's Own Aesop

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Turn the pages of this scanned copy of Baby's Own Aesop by Walter Crane. Read along with the shortened form in poetic form and see the moral of each story.