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TES Global

Tes: Shakespeare Extracts: Hamlet Ghost Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan for Shakespeare's Hamlet focuses on the Ghost in the opening act of the play. It includes reading the excerpt, listing the words/phrases characters use to describe the Ghost, listing...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Native Voices: Ghost Dance Songs

For Students 9th - 10th
A Native American Paiute man known as Wovoka, after seeing a vision, started the Ghost Dance religion which had many songs to carry on its oral tradition. Click on the tab "Ghost Dance Songs Activities" to explore activities and photos.
Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Fifty Cent Piece: A New York Ghost Story [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
A reader's theater script, based on S. E. Schlosser's retelling of Fifty-Cent Piece, is provided on this site. Eight character roles are needed in this ghost story.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Ghost Town Awakening

For Teachers 4th
Find and research a ghost town of Utah.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oscar Wilde the Canterville Ghost

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of Oscar Wilde's long short story "The Canterville Ghost." Includes a link to other full texts of Wilde's work on Bibliomania.
eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the complete text of this domestic tragedy. Multiple formats of the text are available.
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TES Global

Tes: Schemes of Work: Prose. Ghost Stories

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This series of 13 lessons explores the horror/ghost film genre. Students will culminate the study by writing their own ghost stories.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Ghosts and Fear in Language Arts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan explores the scaring methods employed by Gothic literature and ghost stories. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
Website
Other

Visit Idaho: Idaho Ghost/mining Towns

For Students 9th - 10th
A site from the Idaho Department of Commerce giving brief descriptions of some mining and ghost towns in Idaho.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Excerpt From 'A Christmas Carol': Marley's Ghost" by Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "CommonLit: Excerpt from "A Christmas Carol": Marley's Ghost" by Charles Dickens, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Teaching the Epic Through Ghost Stories

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan uses the oral tradition of ghost stories (anchored in the Gothic) as a means of explaining the oral tradition of the epics. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
eBook
Nagoya University (Japan)

Nagoya University: Victorian Ghost Stories: "The Body Snatcher"

For Students 9th - 10th
This Nagoya University site provides the text to Robert Louis Stevenson's ghost story "The Body-Snatcher." Provides other interesting Victorian ghost stories at this site also.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Are Ghost Ships Real?

For Students 9th - 10th
Peter B. Campbell investigates the fascinating phenomenon of ghost ships. [5:01]
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: The Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the origin of the Ghost Dance movement and the massacre of the Sioux that happened at Wounded Knee. Includes questions for students.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Ghost With the One Black Eye /Le Fantome Avec Un Oeil Au Beurre Noir

For Students K - 1st Standards
Storyteller Priscilla Howe tells a funny/scary campfire tale about a baby who wants her apple juice. One at a time, the family goes down to the cellar to get the juice, only to be confronted by a ghost. The story is available in English...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Ghost Stories Became a Christmas Tradition in Victorian England

For Students 9th - 10th
Spooky stories featuring the supernatural were all the rage during the darkest time of the year. Towards the end of each year, as fireplaces are lit and hot cocoa is made, Americans have made it a tradition to revisit their favorite...
Website
Other

Ghost Towns of British Columbia

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore British Columbia's ghost towns! Johnnie Bachusky, a writer/photographer living in Red Deer, Alberta, and Susan Foster, a photographer in Toronto, Ontario tell the stories of almost 20 ghost towns in the province through both...
Website
Other

Ghosttowns.com: Ghost Towns of Texas

For Students 9th - 10th
Ghost Towns of Texas offers the rich history of the Old West highlighting the many ghost towns in Texas.
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Ghost Typing Junior

For Students K - 1st
Ghost Typing Junior is an educational activity for children of all ages to practice keyboarding. Players must keyboard the letters that are on the ghosts before they get too close! If the ghosts get too close the game is over! Ghost...
eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of Three Ghost Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete e-text to the Charles Dickens ghost stories is provided at this site.
Website
Other

Ghost Towns of Alberta

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Alberta's ghost towns! Johnnie Bachusky, a writer/photographer living in Red Deer, Alberta, and Susan Foster, a photographer in Toronto, Ontario tell the stories of over 20 ghost towns in the province through both narrative and...
Website
Other

Ontario Ghost Towns

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Ontario's ghost towns through this interactive website! Learn the stories of the many ghost towns in the province through both narrative and photos. Maps are also provided.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Ghost of Greythorn Manor by Robina F. Hardy

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Ghost of Greythorn Manor by Robina F. Hardy (1887), a children's novel from the Way to Win Series.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Book: The Yew Lane Ghosts by Juliana Horatia Ewing

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of the novel The Yew-Lane Ghosts by Juliana Horatia Ewing.

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