Online Course
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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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...
Primary
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."
Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Elie Wiesel Lesson Plans: Night

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this site to access numerous materials to support the study of Elie Wiesel's autobiographical novel, Night. Resources range from study guides to background information on the Holocaust.
Unit Plan
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.
Lesson Plan
Teachnology

Teachnology: English Language Arts Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Great lesson plans spanning a wide-range of language arts-related subjects.
Activity
Study Languages

Study Spanish: Cervantes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an explanation in Spanish and English with a few comprehension questions about Cervantes. Additional links are provided for more information on this topic. Great reading selection for beginning and intermediate Spanish...
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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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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.
Website
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.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Sir Walter Scott

For Students 9th - 10th
Bibliomania provides links to the full texts of Sir Walter Scott's novels Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Bridal of Janet Dalrymple, and the Tapestried Chamber.
Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Internet Medieval Source Book

For Students 9th - 10th
The Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies provides excerpted and full-text Medieval documents in English translation and in original languages as well, such as Beowulf and the Song of Roland, the lives of the saints, and so on.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Penguin: David Copperfield Reading Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
A reading guide to the novel David Copperfield along with biographical tidbits about Dickens and discussion questions for reading groups.