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The College Board

Ap English Literature and Composition: Exam Practice

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice exams for AP English Literature and Composition.
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W. W. Norton

Norton Anthology: Restoration/british Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The period between 1660 and 1785 was a time of amazing expansion, when Britain became an empire and its society and literature had to adapt to circumstances for which there was no precedent. The topics in this Restoration and Eighteenth...
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: Sir Philip Sidney

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the biography of Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586); his works included Arcadia, The Defence of Poesy, and Astrophil and Stella.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: John Dryden

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biography of John Dryden (1631-1700). It discusses his life and his works of poetry, satire, and drama.
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
A Child's History Of England by Charles Dickens offers the opportunity to learn the history of England as told by one of the finest storytellers of English literature. The book begins with Roman Britannia and proceeds chronologically to...
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: 18th Century Resources Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this incredible site full of resources and links to the world of literature in 18th-century Britain. This site holds the key to learning more about the authors, works, and topics of this time period.
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: The Dictionary of the English Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief introductory essay on the history of Samuel Johnson's dictionary. Includes information on the time frame of the work and the significance of the dictionary in the development of modern versions. Criticism is cited.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: John Donne: Holy Sonnet 10

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of John Donne's "Holy Sonnet 10;" it is also available in audio format.
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Science Museum, London

Making the Modern World: War, Literature, and Technology

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a content-rich interactive site which guides you through the literature of war. Access the history of war literature to take you to a timeline, study authors' writings about war, learn about metaphorical language, and put into...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania contains the English translation of the work of the 11th century poet, Omar Khayyam. Edward Fitzgerald's translation is the best, and most respected translation of this ancient poem.
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TES Global

Tes: Revision: Macbeth, English Literature, Interactive Quiz (Connect 4)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This Power Point interactive presentation is a review over William Shakespeare's Macbeth through a game of "Connect Four."
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Other

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: True Stories From English History

For Students 9th - 10th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of True Stories from English History by Maira Elizabeth Budden, a nonfiction book for children.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Elizabeth George Speare

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Web English Teacher has put together a terrific resource featuring links to Elizabeth George Speare's life and work. These links provide lesson plans, teaching ideas and more.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Dr. Seuss Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What is your favorite Dr. Seuss story? Web English Teacher may be offering you resources to teach it right here! Also contains links to biographical information.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: English in Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania site surveys the literary history of the English in colonial Virginia. Includes analysis of the work of Captain John Smith, William Strachey, and George Sandys. Links to other notes about early American literature.
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British Library

British Library: Language & Literature: Books for Cooks: 1900s Food

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
View a series of extracts from English cookbooks written during the first half of the twentieth-century and learn what people in England ate during this period. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the English diet of the time,...
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British Library

British Library: Language & Literature: Books for Cooks: Medieval Food

For Students 9th - 10th
View a series of extracts from some of the oldest known cookbooks written in English. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the medieval English diet, including the differences in food eaten by peasants and by medieval elites at...
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: New English Poetry: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

For Students 9th - 10th
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry discusses the English renaissance poetry of Henry Howard (1517-1547).
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Arizona State University

Arizona State University: Black History Month Exhibit: Anti Slavery Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibit displays and explains literature relating to the antislavery movement.
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Other

Brock University: Psychoanalysis and Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting intro to psychoanalysis and its place in literature. Very accessible to students. Good place to start research on the subject.
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Other

Study Questions: Ecclesiastical History & Caedmon's Hymn

For Students 9th - 10th
Medieval English literature course study questions that provides excellent critical thinking on Bede's "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" and Caedmon's "Hymn."
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: Andrew Marvell

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a bibliography of Andrew Marvell (1621-1678); his poems include "Upon Appleton House," "To his Coy Mistress," and "The Definition of Love."
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Other

Anglo Saxon Period: Characteristics of Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This concise survey of Anglo-Saxon poetry is part of a larger site in English for Chinese university students.

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