A series of graphic organizers shows the progression of learning about literary genre, beginning in kindergarten and building through to fifth grade.

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Literary Genres."

This chart features the six American Literary Time Periods: Puritan Times (to 1750), Rationalism/Age of Enlightenment (1750-1850), Romanticism (1800-1850), Realism (1850-1900), Modernism (1900-1950), and Contemporary/Postmodernism...

This lesson introduces genre in fiction.

This slideshow introduces the genre of science fiction. It presents background information, common elements, common themes, pop movies (from books) showing diverse examples, and three specific examples: "Time Machine," "I, Robot," and...

This slideshow lesson focuses on the genre romance; it provides genre background and common elements. It offers literary examples and an excerpt with explanation.

This slideshow lesson features the genre of historical fiction. It provides background information, common elements, literary examples, and practice. The practice consists of viewing pictures of Stonehenge and the Pyramids and thinking...

This slideshow focuses on the genre of action/adventure; it provides background information, common elements, a list of pop culture movies (made from books), three famous literary examples, and an excerpt from a fourth with commentary.

An eleven-slide presentation that can be viewed online or downloaded. The slideshow explains the characteristics that make up gothic literature and gives several examples of gothic literary texts.

This slideshow focuses on the genre of mystery; it provides background, compares and contrasts mystery and crime fiction, lists the common elements of mystery, and provides literary examples with Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie novels.

This site from The Victorian Web provides an elaborate overview of the life, works, and times of Charlotte Bronte. Content ranges from the genre, plot, and theme found in "Jane Eyre," to the position of middle-class women of Bronte's...