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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: The Makars: Medieval Scottish Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
From morality to migraines: this article analyses key concerns in the late medieval poetry of Robert Henryson and William Dunbar.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: The Earliest World History in English

For Students 9th - 10th
This article considers what we can learn from the Old English Orosius about the Anglo-Saxons and their relationship to the wider world.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Old English

For Students 9th - 10th
This article charts the evolution of Old English through the 700 years during which it was written and spoken.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: The War of the Worlds

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this learning module, students will engage in a deep study of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Worksheets, tests, and map projects are provided to reinforce comprehension of The War of the Worlds. This module is designed to support...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: The Turbulent 17th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
The 17th century was a time of great political and social turmoil in England, marked by civil war and regicide. This article introduces the key events of this period, from the coronation of Charles I to the Glorious Revolution more than...
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Doris Lessing

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch of Doris Lessing, 20th century British feminist writer.
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University of California

University of California: British Women Romantic Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Don't miss out on learning more about the female poets of the British Romantic Period. This University of California Davis site provides links to text and information on British women poets of the Romantic Era, many of which are unknown...
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Literary Resources Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Delve into the British Renaissance period through this informative site. This site has tons of resources for every type of enthusiast.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Essays and Research on the Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this comprehensive site to learn more about English Renaissance Literature. This site is a gold mine of information. It has several essays that illuminate this genre. Find out more about this period in literature through this...
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W. W. Norton

Norton Anthology: Overview of Literary Gothicism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Do you know what type of literature "literary Gothicism" represents? Find out what types of literature throughout the ages have been touched by the Gothic influence when you visit this site.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Fin De Siecle

For Students 9th - 10th
Read articles that address the following questions about the end of the 19th-century literature: What are the key tropes of late 19th-century literature? How did writers respond to the desires and anxieties of the time? How did...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Novel

For Students 9th - 10th
These articles answer the following questions about novels between 1832-1880: From Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell to George Eliot, how did the writers of this period use fantasy, realism, sensationalism, and...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics & Victorians Reading and Print

For Students 9th - 10th
How did rising literacy rates, libraries, and new technologies influence literature and reading habits during the Romantic and Victorian periods? These resources answer this question.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Novel

For Students 9th - 10th
From the origins of the Gothic to depictions of the emerging middle-classes, these articles explore the key characteristics of late 18th- and early 19th-century literature.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Crime

For Students 9th - 10th
These articles research the following questions related to the Victorian Age: Why was crime such a popular subject in 19th-century fiction? How did literature balance fear, social commentary, and entertainment? How were gruesome murders...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics &Victorians Power and Politics

For Students 9th - 10th
From the radicalism of the Romantic poets to the violent suppression of protests, the 18th and 19th centuries were peppered with incidents of political upheaval. Read how power and politics feature centrally in some of the period's great...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Routledge's British Primer by George Routledge and Sons

For Students 1st - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Routledge's British Primer (1888). It is an illustrated textbook for young children including the letters of the alphabet, numbers, spelling, syllabication, poetry,...
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides biographic information on British author, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The site also lists her works.
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British Library

British Library: Language & Literature: Books for Cooks: 1500s Food

For Students 9th - 10th
View a series of extracts from sixteenth-century cookbooks written in English and learn what people ate during Tudor times. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the English diet of the period, including the foods eaten when...
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BBC

Bbc History: Historic Figures: George Orwell (1903 50)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of British journalist and author George Orwell, including personal background and history as a writer.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Hallam Succession by Amelia E. Barr

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the 19th-century British novel The Hallam Succession by Amelia E. Barr.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The Romantic Revival Austen

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Cambridge History of Literature, provides analysis of the life, novels, and early works of Jane Austen.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: American and Puritan Literature: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

For Students 9th - 10th
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is a sermon written by British Colonial Christian theologian Jonathan Edwards, preached to his own congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts to an unknown effect, and again on July 8, 1741, in...
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University of Maryland

British War Poetry in the Age of Romanticism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This annotated collection of poems focuses on the theme of war in the late 1700s. Good for an interdisciplinary look at British history or for a literary exploration of war as a theme.

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