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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a link to biographical information about Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and her most famous work Frankenstein and a link to the full text of the novel.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ever since she called 911 from a teen party, Melinda has quieted her voice, literally and figuratively. She only finds it when its needed to prevent a reoccurrence of the same horror. This stunning look at sexual assault and peer...
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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: The Haunted Palace

For Students 9th - 10th
Scholarly archive of Poe's poem "The Haunted Palace" is home to numerous versions of the work in manuscript and in print, including versions that were published in the Poe horror classic "The Fall of House of Usher."
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Threat of Invasive Species

For Students 9th - 10th
Massive vines that blanket the southern United States, climbing high as they uproot trees and swallow buildings. A ravenous snake that is capable of devouring an alligator. Rabbit populations that eat themselves into starvation. These...
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Other

Truth and Reconcilliation Commission of Peru

For Students 9th - 10th
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission studied the internal violence in Peru. Salomon Lerner, chairman of the Commission, said that "the two final decades of the 20th century are a mark of horror and disgrace for Peruvian society and...
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Electricity, Frankenstein, & the Spark of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using an online exhibition, investigate how Mary Shelley's horror science fiction story, Frankenstein, reflects the knowledge and studies of electricity, and how those fictional ideas are used in modern medicine.
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Rwanda: History

For Students 9th - 10th
Rwanda has suffered the horror of genocide. Read how this has affected the country and how the country is recovering from its recent history. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 19: Runaway Slaves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Underground Railroad was a significant part of American History. It served as a lifeline to hundreds of slaves who risked their lives to escape the horrors of bondage. Through readings of primary sources and listening to music,...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Courage in Denmark: Resistance to the Nazis in Wwii by Us Holocaust

For Students 7th - 8th
World War II (WWII), a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 involved more than 100 million people and over 30 countries. The Allied powers - including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union - worked together...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: A Troubled Peace by l.m. Elliott

For Teachers 6th - 9th
A Troubled Peace, the sequel to L. M. Elliott's award-winning Under a War-Torn Sky, chronicles nineteen-year-old U.S. Air Force pilot Henry Forester's adventures in France from March through July 1945. Although Henry safely returned from...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: New York Times Upfront: 1911: The Triangle Factory Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Article addresses the horror and the legacy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire while examining the inhuman treatment of immigrants during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Johnson, a Ride for Liberty the Fugitive Slaves

For Students 9th - 10th
Eastman Johnson focused his art on the status of race in the United States right about the time of the American Civil War. View his picture "A Ride for Liberty-The Fugitive Slaves" that depicts slaves crossing battlefields from the...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Themes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From Romantic poetry to Gothic horror, from depictions of poverty and industrialization to portrayals of the middle classes, and from crime fiction to fin de siecle decadence: the literary works of the Romantic and Victorian periods...
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A&E Television

History.com: These Appalling Images Exposed Child Labor in America

For Students 9th - 10th
The Industrial Revolution brought not only new job opportunities but new laborers to the workforce: children. By 1900, 18 percent of all American workers were under the age of 16. 1904, the National Child Labor Committee formed in the...
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A&E Television

History.com: How Eleanor Roosevelt Pushed for a Universal Declaration of Human Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
In the wake of World War II's horrors, Roosevelt saw the need to support refugees and affirm the right to education, shelter, and medical care. Roosevelt was there to speak about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Shrady and Casey, Ulysses S. Grant Memorial

For Students 9th - 10th
The dramatic monument to Ulysses S. Grant in front of the U.S. Capitol Building speaks to both the valor and the horror of the Civil war. View pictures of the monument made by Henry Merwin Shrady and read about its details in this essay.
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Other

Qrisse's Edgar Allan Poe's Pages

For Students 9th - 10th
From this page, access information on Poe's life and career. In addition, read full-texts of Poe's stories and poems and check out an audio file of "The Raven."
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Titan of Terror: The Dark Imagination of h.p. Lovecraft

For Students 9th - 10th
Silvia Moreno-Garcia dissects the Lovecraftian legacy.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Ghost Stories Became a Christmas Tradition in Victorian England

For Students 9th - 10th
Spooky stories featuring the supernatural were all the rage during the darkest time of the year. Towards the end of each year, as fireplaces are lit and hot cocoa is made, Americans have made it a tradition to revisit their favorite...
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Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site is a professor's guide for students. This guide features information on how to distinguish between Poe and his narrators in his stories.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Fantastic Fiction

Fantastic Fiction: Stephen King: Detailed Bibliography and Awards

For Students 9th - 10th
This bibliography includes not only Stephen King's novels and short stories, but chapter books, collections, nonfiction, anthologies containing his stories, awards and nominations, as well as secondary literature about his work. Click on...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Is Being Scared So Fun?

For Students 9th - 10th
What could possibly be fun about being scared? Margee Kerr examines the biology and psychology behind what makes fear so fun. [4:29]

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