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History.com: How Ghost Stories Became a Christmas Tradition in Victorian England

For Students 9th - 10th
Spooky stories featuring the supernatural were all the rage during the darkest time of the year. Towards the end of each year, as fireplaces are lit and hot cocoa is made, Americans have made it a tradition to revisit their favorite...
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Aesop's Fables: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site features "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens separated into staves or sections.
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: A Christmas Carol

For Students 9th - 10th
The full online text of "A Christmas Carol."
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TES Global

Blendspace: Background for a Christmas Carol

For Students 9th - 10th
A six-part learning module with links to videos, websites, and a picture providing information about Charles Dickens and Victorian England.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Charles Dickens a Christmas Carol

For Students 6th - 8th
A six-part learning module with a PowerPoint, a video, a text, and web links about Charles Dickens and life in Victorian London.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the classic Christmas story "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: A Christmas Carol

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: A Christmas Carol

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: A Dickens of a Resume

For Students 9th - 10th
While studying Charles Dickens' novel, "A Christmas Carol," students can work on their writing skills by creating a resume of the characters in the book.
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Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read these beloved classic stories with their original illustrations. 23 books for children, including The Three Little Pigs and Denslow's Humpty Dumpty. 6 novels for teens, including Poe's The Raven and Dickens' A Christmas Carol. All...
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Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read these beloved classic stories with their original illustrations. 23 books for children, including The Three Little Pigs and Denslow's Humpty Dumpty. 6 novels for teens, including Poe's The Raven and Dickens' A Christmas Carol. All...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Mexican Music: A Christmas Tradition

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the Mexican Christmas tradition La Posada in this activity. Provided is the music and lyrics to a traditional posada song. The lyrics are available in both Spanish and English.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Dickens of a Time: Discovering the Victorian Period

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Before reading Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, students examine different aspects of Victorian Life in London through a variety of research projects requiring hands-on computer activities.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: A Dickens of a Party

For Students 9th - 10th
Come to a party honoring Ebenezer Scrooge! This WebQuest is a complete "Party in a box," -- with a planning worksheet, specific tasks and roles, rubrics for evaluation and guidelines for presentation and party-going.
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Curated OER

Library of Congress: read.gov: A Christmas Carol

For Students 9th - 10th
Book cover of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
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New York University

Nyu: Charles Dickens, Annotated Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
See Literature Annotations on Charles Dickens' (1812-1970 CE) "The Bleak House," "A Christmas Carol," "The Cricket on the Hearth," "Doctor Marigold," "The Old Curiosity Shop," "Our Mutual Friend." Commentary included.
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A&E Television

History.com: How 25 Christmas Traditions Got Their Start

For Students 9th - 10th
Christmas in America has been filled with traditions, old and new. Some date back to 16th-century Germany or even ancient Greek times, while others have caught on in modern times. Here's a look at 25 ways Americans have celebrated the...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Christmas Poems and Pictures by James G. Gregory

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Christmas Poems and Pictures by James G. Gregory (1864), a collection of songs, carols, and poems related to Christmas.
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Curated OER

Stormfax: "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the full original text of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
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Curated OER

Stormfax: "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the full original text of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
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Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Victorian Web has content that provides a detailed biography and list of works; cultural, economic, social and political contexts; and essays addressing literary themes, imagery, characterization and more in the work...
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A&E Television

History.com: How Christmas Was Celebrated in the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
Long before Santa Claus, caroling and light-strewn Christmas trees, people in medieval Europe celebrated the Christmas season with 12 full days of feasting and revelry culminating with Twelfth Night and the raucous crowning of a "King of...
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History Teacher

Historyteacher.net: Winter Holiday History "Carol"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that uses holiday music as a way to explore historical events, people, or topics.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Charles Dickens

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores the historical background of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Students are presented with assessment items on the topic.

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