University of Calgary
The Children's Literature Web Guide
This resource is a children's literature web guide.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Shhh! Bear's Sleeping: Learning About Nonfiction and Fiction
Young scholars explore the distinction between the fiction story Bear Snores On and the nonfiction book Every Autumn Comes the Bear.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Young Man's Gift of Literature, Science, and Morality
A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of The Young Man's Gift of Literature, Science, and Morality by Cotesworth Pinckney, a nonfiction book for children.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anglo Saxon Literature
This lesson focuses on Anglo-Saxon Literature including the importance of the monks who listened to the stories and poems and wrote them down and the two nonfiction pieces that had an impact on creation of the written language: The...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: Postmodernism
This lesson is an introduction to American Literature Postmodernism, after WWII an age of rapid development in science and technology. It discusses the characteristics of Postmodernism and lists some of the authors and their new ideas....
New York University
Nyu: Literature, Arts and Medicine Database
NYU's Literature, Arts and Medicine Database is a collection of writings, art and film that encompass the medical humanities. Full texts of fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction are available, as well as artworks and film clips. Summary...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Reader Response Quest. To Focus and Reflect on Literature
Daily Teaching Tools provides nineteen reading response prompts for fiction and six reading response prompts for nonfiction. W.11-12.9a Amer Lit 18th,19th, 20th cen/Analy
Curated OER
Study Guide for a Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle
This study guide provide activities for all chapters in Madeleine L'Engle's fantasy novel, A Wrinkle in Time. Connected text questions are provlded for Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: The Elements of Nonfiction [Pdf]
A short worksheet which allows students to improve their understanding of the elements of nonfiction literature. Provides eight questions and allows students to craft responses for a given literary text.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Storyland of Stars by Mara L. Pratt
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Storyland of Stars by Mara L. Pratt (1892). This is an illustrated, nonfiction book about astronomy and the stars from Young Folks' Library of Choice Literature.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Nonfiction Book Review
This five-page essay provides an example of a nonfiction book review. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Bill Nye's Chestnuts Old and New by Bill Nye
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Bill Nye's Chestnuts Old and New by Bill Nye (1894), a collection of nonfiction, humorous stories, sketches, photographs, and memoranda from the Harvard Series.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Boy Travellers in the Far East by Thomas W. Knox
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Boy Travellers in the Far East by Thomas W. Knox, (1880?) a nonfiction account of the adventures of two boys in a journey to Japan and China.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Uncle John's First Shipwreck by Charles Bruce
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Uncle John's First Shipwreck or The Loss of the Brig "Nellie" by Charles Bruce, a nonfiction story of Uncle John's shipwreck and the loss of his ship.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: From Many Lands, Asia by Raphael Tuck & Sons
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book From Many Lands, Asia by Raphael Tuck & Sons(1890), nonfiction information about the countries in Asia.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Huc's Travels in Tartary, Thibet, & China by M. Jones
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the illustrated children's book Huc's Travels in Tartary, Thibet, & China by M. Jones (1888), a nonfiction narrative of the Abbe Huc's Travels in the Far East with a Roman Catholic...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Discovering Ourselves in Literature and Life
This lesson plan, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), encourages students to evaluate literature in a variety of multimedia formats and answer the question, "Who Am I?," Students are then asked to...
The English Teacher
The English Teacher: Teaching the Analysis of Non Fiction
A form used by an English teacher to help students understand and analyze nonfiction literature. Very helpful ways to classify information. It can be modified for different grade levels.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Children's Literature Newsletter
Free monthly email newsletters featuring classic children's literature, new books, ideas and activities to use with students, and links to other Internet resources.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Chatterbox Junior by R. Worthington
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Chatterbox Junior by R. Worthington (1883), a book of illustrated poems, children's stories, birds, games, and historical information. Includes both fiction and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Nonfiction and Research: Creating and Using Outlines [Pdf]
This is the three-page PDF The Quality Writing Center: "Creating and Using Outlines." It explains and provides examples of what to do before starting the outline, working thesis, defining purpose, the types of outlines, creating the...
Other
Teaching Books: Lincoln: A Photobiography [Pdf]
Chapter by chapter lessons and answer key to use with the nonfiction award winning book, Lincoln: A Photobiography, which tells the story of Lincoln's life through pictures and words.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Eric Carle
What do you know about Eric Carle, the author? This Carol Hurst site highlights some interesting facts about this author's life and refers to some of his books.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: A Brief History of the United States by Joel Dorman Steele
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book A Brief History of the United States by Joel Dorman Steele (c1885). This is an illustrated history of the U.S. from the early settlers through the Reconstruction...