Chimney sweeps, street urchins, and Queen Victoria — very different characters living in the very same era. A collection of images enhances any lesson on Victorian England, making a great addition to classroom decoration, slideshows, or...

This is a four-page PDF of six photos to inspire descriptive writing: Children playing on a slide in Brazil, Factory Sunset, Family Dinner, Oil Spill, Red Palace Room, and War Prayer. A list of picture credits with web links is provided...

Search or browse a collection of plays by Zora Neale Hurston, whose writing reflects life experiences, travels, research, and study of southern, African-American folklore. At this site, there is also a timeline of Hurston's life and works.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The PowerPoint game provides a review of the life and works of Charles Dickens. Students will enjoy playing Connect 4 as they answer questions correctly.

This graphic organizer, written in Spanish, will help students plan a drama that is based on a story or a historical event. Students will complete a graphic organizer, answer guiding questions, and write a play based on the content.

This graphic organizer will help students plan a drama that is based on a story or a historical event. Students will complete a graphic organizer, answer guiding questions, and write a play based on the content.

This slideshow tutorial focuses on organizing an analytical paper; it defines analysis and outlines the basic five- paragraph essay format. It discusses what goes into the introduction, the body paragraphs, and the conclusion. It...

A nine-slide presentation explaining how to format the titles within a text. Formatting examples include the titles of books, articles, poems, short stories, films, and plays.

This lesson introduces puns in writing. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.

National Public Radio presents a feature on Tennessee Williams' famous play. Includes pictures, clips from the movie version, and interesting history of the writing and filming of this ground-breaking work.

The Center for Urban Education provides a graphic organizer for students to use as a planning tool. Students will write a play based on what they read or on the content they learn in other subject areas.

Thomas Middleton's website lists some of his plays, some of which are online. Some plays are solely his writing, some collaborations with other playwrights, some questionable as to who wrote it, and some collaborators and rivals.

By clicking "View opening movie," students hear "The Yellow Rose of Texas" and view a short slide presentation of flags, weapons, soldiers on the battlefield, camp, and Civil War heroes. For older students, the video could be played...

Francis Beaumont (1584-1616 CE) was most renowned for his collaborations with John Fletcher. Here you find a biography of Beaumont, and the texts of both his solo writings and his plays with Fletcher.

National Public Radio presents a feature on Tennessee Williams' famous play. Includes pictures, clips from the movie version, and interesting history of the writing and filming of this ground-breaking work.

National Public Radio presents a feature on Tennessee Williams' famous play. Includes pictures, clips from the movie version, and interesting history of the writing and filming of this ground-breaking work.

America's only Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill lived here from 1937 to 1944 while writing his final and most memorable plays: The Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and A Moon for the Misbegotten.

Offers much relevant information on noted award winning Anishinaabe poet, columnist, and performer Jim Northrup. Lists many of his writings, books, plays, anthologies, films, videos, and interviews with links to many.

Authoress, bon in Hampshire, England, Dec. 16, 1786; died Jan. 10, 1855. She wrote many plays, poems and essays. The best of these writings were selected and published in "Our Village," a work of five volumes.