The first of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, A - E, covers forty-four terms from "Allegory" to "Exposition."

This detailed site offers lesson plans, rationales, teacher notes and various activities for teaching the novel to junior classes.

This encyclopedia entry for Gertrude Stein reveals her influence on modernism in American literature as well as her partnership with Alice B. Toklas, her involvement in the avant-garde, Cubism movement, and her own writing.

A concise biography of Darwin, including his travels and his published works. Includes links to online copies of selected publications, along with information on related subjects.

This is a site that's dedicated to the life and works of John Stuart Mill (1806-1873 CE). The site provides numerous links to relevant information about his life and also his works on utilitarianism, individual liberty and women's rights...

This site from PBS' Africans in America series provides a biography of Olaudah Equiano, one of the many Africans forced to travel the Middle Passage. Links to related entries.

This fascinating collection of Asimov minutiae is linked to the larger Asimovonline.com site.

Josiah Henson's eyewitness accounts of his escape from slavery on the freedom train to Canada.

This Washington Post article from The Tech on Alex Haley offers a personal glimpse into Haley's life as a writer and how his writing connected him to his family.

Brief biography of Olaudah Equiano's life after his kidnapping in Africa to be sold into slavery. Link to the Equiano Foundation.

A brief summary of The Declaration and Constitution by Thomas Jefferson and others. Also includes an on-line text of the work as well as links to other information websites.

A useful guide to Wiesel's harrowing narrative, this four page .pdf offers literary conflict identification, chapter summaries, post-reading activity suggestions and other features.

Students work through drafting process to create self-portraits that later become the covers of autobiographical books.

An autobiographical account of the early part of the life of Elizabeth Ashbridge

An autobiographical personal narrative written by Jonathan Edwards who lived from 1703-1758.

An autobiographical personal narrative written by the African Olaudah Equiano Gustavus Vassa who lived from 1745-1797.

From Web English Teacher, find a list of lesson plans on Frederick Douglass. Includes study and discussion questions.

This resource features a booklist for Tomie dePaola. There is a summary and a picture of each book.

Kaffir Boy is an autobiographical story about a young boy's escape from his life in apartheid South Africa. This site involves a plot summary, character analysis, and a discussion of themes.

Here, you can read historical narratives spanning from 1791 to 1850. RL.11-12.10a/b Text Complexity

Help students create self-portraits and autobiographies.

This site provides the full text of James Baldwin's introduction to Bobby Seale's autobiography, titled "A Lonely Range."

An amusing autobiography of Howard Rheingold, with links to more information.

An amusing autobiography of Howard Rheingold, with links to more information.