The Book Report
Kids reads.com: The Fudge Books by Judy Blume
This comprehensive site features activities, reviews, and more for Judy Blume's "The Fudge Books." Come and explore this educational gold mine.
Other
Mr coward.com: Dragonwings (Teacher Guide)
This teacher's guide to the Newbery Award-winning novel contains study questions, vocabulary words, projects, supplementary information, and much more.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Online: Number the Stars
This detailed unit includes author biography, ideas for introducing the novel, related reading suggestions, reproducibles and more. Acrobat Reader required to read the study guide.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Judy Blume Lesson Plans
This educational site features links to lesson plans, learning activities, and more for several of Judy Blume's works. It also provides links to biographical information about this young-adult and children's author.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Literary Terminology: Practice 5 (English I Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Practice using terminology critical for comprehension, interpretation, and analysis of poetry, drama, and fiction.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
Lyddie is a young girl who is separated from her family and made to work in order for them to keep their farm. Selected (6) reading passages (grades 8-9) to pair with the novel "Laddie" by Katherine Paterson. [Free account registration...
Other
Study Guide for the Novel: "Number the Stars"
This site a sixth grade teacher offers this collection of discussion/study questions and classroom activities.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Louisa May Alcott
Discover biographical details about famed author Louisa May Alcott who created colorful relatable characters in 19th-century novels.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Chaim Potok
This brief article on Chaim Potok, a rabbi and the author of "The Chosen", supplies information about his novel's characters, his early life and his education. Provides links to related articles.
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...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: The House on Mango Street
Explore the Mexican-American culture by reading "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros. This novella is made up entirely of vignettes about teenage Latina, Esperanza Cordero, who struggles with her life in a Chicano and Puerto...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Ivanhoe, Circa 1150 to 1200
A map illustrating place names and routes of the main characters from Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe, set in the time of the Third Crusade and England's Norman Era. The map shows the routes of Cedric, Isaac, and Brian de Bois-Guilbert,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edward Bellamy
(1850-1898) An American author who is famous for his novel set in the year 2000, Looking Backward, which was published in 1888.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Henry Rider Haggard
Writer of adventure novels
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Karl Marx
A German revolutionary who argued the idea of communism in his novel The Communist Manifesto.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lewis Wallace
Lewis "Lew" Wallace (1827 - 1905) was a lawyer, governor, and Union general in the Civil War. He is most known for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.He was the eleventh governor of the New Mexico Territory.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Benjamin Disraeli
(1804-1881) British Statesman and Prime Minister who wrote the novels Vivian Grey Coningsby and Sybil
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: F. Marion Crawford
(1854-1909) American novelist who published over 40 novels
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George De Maurier
(1834-1896) French artist and illustrator who wrote and illustrated three novels, notably Trilby
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: James A. Froude
(1818-1894) British writer and historian who wrote the History of England and the controversial novel the Nemesis of Faith
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Henry James, Jr.
(1843-1916) American author that wrote many short stories and novels such as The Two Magics and Daisy Miller
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: On Your Mark, Get Set, React
This session will demonstrate a novel approach to reaction time experiments done in junior science and mathematics courses. Participants will use a Calculator-Based Ranger (CBR) and a TI-83+ to record their reaction times.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1930 1939
New tools such as special microscopes and the cyclotron take research to higher levels, while average citizens enjoy novel amenities such as the FM radio.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Dialect (English Iii Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, studentsl listen to dialects from speakers around the country, explore how the use of dialect in literature helps to convey character, and determine to what...