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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Madame Bovary : Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This study guide provides information on the plot, themes, author, and context of the novel, "Madame Bovary." Here, refresh your knowledge of the book's major characters and events and study important themes and ideas through "Sample...
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Texas A&M University

American Transcendentalism Web: Walden Study Text

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Virginia Commonwealth University site contains study notes that explain the text to each chapter of Thoreau's "Walden."
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Using a Jigsaw for an Author Study

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a structure for an author study. Students will work in a jigsaw activity during a 9-week author study. Downloadable graphic organizers accompany this author's study.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Author Study

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this lesson, students will learn more about their favorite authors by researching them on the Internet and presenting to the class, school, and community. Students will see that authors are real people thereby developing an...
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New Deal Network

New Deal Network: Work Study Live: The Resident Youth Centers of the Nya

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay will take its readers on a journey through the development and subsequent closing of a National Youth Administration (NYA) resident youth center in Lima, New York. Author Gordon Halstead, director of the center, provides a...
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Other

New Testament Study Helps: Mark's Gospel

For Students 9th - 10th
An analysis of the Book of Mark which provides historical information, a short description of the book along with details about the possible author.
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Other

New Testament Study Helps: Luke's Gospel

For Students 9th - 10th
An analysis of the Book of Luke which provides historical information, a short description of the book along with details about the possible author.
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Other

New Testament Study Helps: John's Gospel

For Students 9th - 10th
An analysis of the Book of John which provides historical information, a short description of the book along with details about the possible author.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Koosje: A Study of Dutch Life" by John Strange Winter

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Koosje: A Study of Dutch Life" by John Strange Winter, which was the pen name of Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard, a Victorian author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to...
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Grade Saver

Grade Saver: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the play Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett including author information, literary elements, act summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Summary of Holes by Louis Sachar

For Students 5th - 9th
This is an online study guide for the young adult novel Holes by Louis Sachar including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Grade Saver

Grade Saver: Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the Russian novel Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Virginia Tech

Journal of Career and Technical Education: Teaching Vocational Work Ethics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article discusses teaching vocational work ethics using various methods. Author includes notes on key concepts, the background, design, setting, subjects, findings, reflections, and conclusions of the study.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: John Strange Winter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a link to the full text of the short story "Koosje: A Study of Dutch Life" by John Strange Winter.
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University of Maryland

Voices of Democracy: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, "Inaugural Address" January 1961

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech is one of the most famous speeches in American history. Teachers can use this activity to teach Language Arts standards, as well as Social Studies standards. This lesson plan includes pre-reading ideas,...
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Reading Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the background of both the book and the author, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; then click on the Readers Guide link to use the detailed study questions to spark discussion.
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Cengage Learning

Gish Jen (B. 1955)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site, from publisher Houghton Mifflin's online syllabus assistance for college instructors, provides helpful information for the study of Jen's works, including commentary on themes and style and questions for analyzing the works.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Pioneer Values in Willa Cather's My Antonio

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The objective of this site is to guide students through a self-directed exploration of pioneer life in reference to the book, "My Antonio." Students will have an opportunity to work on combining the study of history and literature...
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Other

Virgil.org

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is devoted entirely to the study and appreciation of Virgil and his work. A great place to start a study.
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Other

Reading Quest: Making Sense of Social Studies

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Teaching students to read well in areas other than language arts requires teaching and reinforcing the kinds of reading strategies taught here. There are 27 strategies, ranging from brainstorming to word mapping. The site includes PDF...
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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Fahrenheit 451

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A description and guide to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio...
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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Longfellow: Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guide to the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including historical context, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with discussion activities, homework assignments, and essay topics.
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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: A Farewell to Arms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Guide to Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with activities, assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show, with...
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National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

For Students 9th - 10th
Guide to Carson McCullers' novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay...

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