Unit Plan
City University of New York

Brooklyn College: Emily Dickinson: An Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is actually the study guide for the Emily Dickinson section of a course titled "The Emergence of the Modern," taught at Brooklyn College. Though it is written for college students, it should be accessible to high school...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Emily Dickinson (1830 1886)

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of critical reviews of 16 of Emily Dickinson's poems. Most poems are analyzed by multiple critics. In addition, there are two biographical sketches, and essays examining her use of the dash and her lack of titles.
Website
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Women's Studies Database: Emily Dickinson Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides the text to more than one hundred poems by Emily Dickinson. It also includes an introduction with a little information about her poetry.
eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are the full texts of three books of Emily Dickinson's poetry, edited and published posthumously by two of her friends, Mabel Loomis Todd and T. W. Higginson. (Only Ms. Todd edited the last book.) These texts include prefaces...
eBook
ibiblio

Ibiblio: E Book: Poems by Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an e-text of the first published selection of the poems of Emily Dickinson (1830?1886) originally appeared in 1890, edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The text contains 115 poems and can be searched by...
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Other

Emily Dickinson Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts offers a companion website with a wealth of information on Dickinson's life, including an illustrated timeline and a variety of short essays about special topics related to Dickinson's...
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Other

Emily Dickinson: Early Feminist Essays (Pub. 1886 1915)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an eclectic mix of Dickinson's letters, some early essays about her writing, and remembrances of her by friends and family. The texts of 32 of her poems are annotated with references to other Dickinson writings. The entire site...
Website
Other

Emily Dickinson's Because I Could Not Stop for Death

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an abstract and the text for an article which appeared in "Explicator." The article provides the text and a line-by-line analysis of the poem "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson. Provides references...
Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Poet Emily Dickinson

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
As part of a unit on Emily Dickinson and her poetry, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
Primary
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the full text of "Because I Could Not Stop For Death," by Emily Dickinson. This poem captures the overwhelming feeling of death. At the bottom of the page is another way to experience the poem, through Text Flow....
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Emily Dickinson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Web English Teacher provides links to information and resources on the 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson. Included are lesson plans, biographical information, critical analyses, and the texts of hundreds of Dickinson's poems....
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Washington State University

Washington State University: American Authors: Reading Dickinson's Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are several questions and ideas one should keep in mind while reading the poems of Emily Dickinson.