Curated OER
Ivanhoe
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Heaven or Ground Hog Day?
Students discover the ideas of enlightenment by reading historical poetry. In this philosophical lesson, students read poems by Sir Walter Scott and Sergeant Joyce Kilmer while discussing the themes of the writing with classmates....
Curated OER
Introduction to the Romantic Age of English Literature
Introduce your class to the elements of Romanticism with these slides. The foundations of the movement, the roles of imagination and nature, and the value of art are all highlighted. Features of Romanticism are explained such as...
Curated OER
Truthfulness
Students investigate the concept of truthfulness. They practice the skill through seeing how truth is seen from other perspectives. Students are given a quotation to consider and spend time brainstorming with others about its meaning.
Cloud Front
Grammar Camp Worksheet Packet
Whip your students' grammar skills into shape with this series of practice worksheets. Touching on all eight parts of speech, these exercises challenge learners to identify the relationships between different words...
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Poetry of Sir Walter Scott
This University of Toronto site contains links to 16 of Sir Walter Scotts poems and provides some biographical information.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Sir Walter Scott
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.
University of Pennsylvania
Project Gutenberg: Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe"
Complete text of Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe." Multiple formats for downloading are available.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Thomas Carlyle on Sir Walter Scott
This site from Fordham University provides Thomas Carlyle's (1795-1881 CE) comments on Walter Scott (1771-1832 CE). This site includes biographical information.
British Library
British Library: Sir Walter Scott's Highlands
Contains images of Sir Walter Scott's Highlands. Click on an image for further exploration.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Romantic Revival: Sir Walter Scott
Provides analysis of Scott's works as well as his writing style. Looks at his themes and characters.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Christmas in the Olden Time by Sir Walter Scott
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Christmas in the Olden Time by Sir Walter Scott (1886), a book of illustrated Christmas poems.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Quotes by Sir Walter Scott
Seventy-nine quotes taken from the writings of Sir Walter Scott, with footnotes.
Other
Sir Walter Scott: The Father of Historical Fiction
Contains biographical information on the historical fiction writer, Sir Walter Scott.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Sir Walter Scott
Read a detailed biography of Sir Walter Scott, accounting his life and literary accomplishments. Lists published works.
Other
"Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott
Contains information about Sir Walter Scott, the novel "Ivanhoe," and its setting. Also includes a link to the text of the novel.
English Verse
English Verse: Sir Walter Scott (1771 1832)
While he's better known as a novelist, Sir Walter Scott also wrote poetry. Here are a number of poems in full text, along with a brief biographical sketch.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: "Ivanhoe"
Full text of Sir Walter Scott's medieval romance and swaschbuckler Ivanhoe (1819)
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of the Talisman
This site provides the complete etext for Sir Walter Scott's story, The Talisman.
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Bride of Lammermoor"
This site provides the complete etext for Sir Walter Scott's story, "The Bride of Lammermoor."
British Library
British Library: Austen's Emma: Social Realism & the Novel
In the course of the novel's development, Jane Austen was a significant contributor to the emergence of the modern novel as we know it today. The review of Emma in the Quarterly Review (October 1815) makes clear to a modern audience how...
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "Kenilworth"
This site provides the complete etext for Walter Scott's story, "Kenilworth."
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Ivanhoe" by Walter Scott
Text of the book "Ivanhoe" by Walter Scott. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)