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Curated OER

Macbeth Madness

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Shakespeare's Macbeth by completing the creative activities. In this Macbeth lesson, students discuss the timeline for William Shakespeare and identify the characters for Macbeth. Students read Act One, Scenes i-v of...
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Curated OER

Macbeth Madness

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Shakespeare's Macbeth in a variety of creative activities. In this Macbeth instructional activity, students read Act Two, Scene IV and Act Three, Scene I-VI. Students then complete the text given at the link.
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Curated OER

Macbeth Madness

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Shakespeare's Macbeth through the reading and discussion activities. In this Macbeth lesson, students read Act IV and V and then discuss the ending to the play.
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Curated OER

Macbeth Madness

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Shakespeare's Macbeth. In this Macbeth lesson, students read Act Two Scene iv and Act Three Scenes i-vi in the play and complete the test from the given link.
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University of Michigan

Middle English Compendium: The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and search Chaucer's famous work, "The Canterbury Tales." Text is provided in untranslated Middle English.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Chaucer's 'The Merchant's Tale': Marriage & Relationships

For Students 9th - 10th
'The Merchant's Tale' can be viewed as one of the 'marriage' tales in Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales". Students can use this series of activities to explore how Chaucer portrays marriage, men and women, and relationships through the...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Reading Options: Canterbury Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on two famous tales from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales: "The Pardoner's Tale" and "The Nun's Priest's Tale." It provides links to the text of each tale and to the prologues of each tale, as well as an essay about...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Background: The Canterbury Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides the background for Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, a series of 22 short stories from 29 pilgrims traveling from Canterbury to Kent. It begins with a prologue that sets up the frame story and introduces the characters....
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literary Library: "Canterbury Tales" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive, printable study guide for Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" from the Glencoe Literary Library. Includes biography, background information, and Before, During, and After Reading Activities using graphic organizers, literature...
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: A Changing Society: Chaucer and the Medieval World

For Teachers 7th
In this lesson, Students read excerpts from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales as well as other medieval texts to learn about Medieval English society.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Introduction: Wife of Bath

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the Wife of Bath from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. It provides information about and links to the "Prologue to the Wife of Bath's Tale," "The Wife of Bath's Tale," and the commentary "The Wife of Bath and the...
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the book The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer including author information, literary elements, tale-by-tale summaries/notes for each of the tales, study questions, and analysis.
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Other

Online Companion to Middle English Literature: Geoffrey Chaucer

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource from Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf. Provides a short biography of Geoffrey Chaucer and links to pages describing some of his best-known writings.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Teaching the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this self-directed study involving research, composition, and presentation, students analyze Chaucer's characters of The Canterbury Tales as presented in the Prologue. Each student casts a modern personality in the role of one of the...
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Towson University

Towson University: Electronic Edition of the General Prologue: Canterbury Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
This multimedia site is full of useful features, from a video introduction to the purpose of the site, to notes on the text and a reading in Middle English. Information about the background, language and other details are also included.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: The Canterbury Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
Website
Harvard University

Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Comparison of Chaucer and Ovid

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of John Dryden's (1631-1700) Preface to The Fables (1700), the English poet's translation of Chaucer texts from the middle English. Dryden compares the styles of Ovid, Chaucer, and Boccaccio.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on numbers 1-10 for Middle English versions of the most famous of Geoffrey Chaucer's prologues and tales from "The Canterbury Tales." Other links will take you to more of Chaucer's works.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer and his major contribution to Middle English literature in The Canterbury Tales. He is known as ""The Father of English Poetry." The essential questions for the unit focuse on his skill with...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Geoffrey Chaucer

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biographical tutorial of Geoffrey Chaucer and his most famous work, "The Canterbury Tales." It starts with a slide show of the life of Chaucer and key information about "The Canterbury Tales." It offers an article by Jonathan...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: The Canterbury Tales: Reading Chaucer Across Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Through a focus on digitized images of manuscripts and print editions of Chaucer's work, students will develop their understanding of how his poetry has been produced and read over the centuries.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Geoffrey Chaucer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Have your students ever read any of Geoffrey Chaucer's work? Check out this comprehensive site featuring links to several sites focused on his life and "The Canterbury Tales."
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Other

Sogang University: The General Prologue: The Canterbury Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of "The General Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It begins with an introduction, followed by lively character portraits, and concludes with the Host suggesting a tale-telling contest.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Canterbury Tales: T He Reeve's Tale

For Students 9th - 10th
This unsettling tale is looked at in depth in this site that explores, the characters, and themes in one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.