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Curated OER

Colourful Cover of Novel, by Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief criticism of Canadian novelist's Elizabeth Smart's popular works. Also, learn about the artwork and miscellaneous materials (journals, correspondence, manuscripts) that reveal "a clearer understanding of a complex person: a...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: English Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth article regarding the English Civil Wars. The article discusses the events leading up to the war, the dispute between Charles II and Parliament, and details on the First, Second and Third Civil Wars.
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Read Works

Read Works: Drawing Conclusions 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on drawing conclusions through which students learn how to use pictures and context clues to discover a missing word and to draw conclusions about a story. Students also use...
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Matrix Inversion: Finding the Inverse of a Matrix

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Inverse matrices are very useful for solving matrix equations. But, given a matrix, how do you invert it? How do you find the inverse? The technique for inverting matrices is kind of clever. For a given matrix A and its inverse A-1, we...
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BBC

Bbc Scotland: Mary Queen of Scots

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore key events from the life of Mary Queen of Scots. There are many easy to use interactive exercises to help test your knowledge of the information you have just read. Great biographical overview, a timeline, and links to...
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Other

Shakespeare Resource Center: The Authorship Debate

For Students 9th - 10th
This site outlines the various "conspiracies" associated with Shakespeare's work.
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British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: The Tempest: Magic

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity encourages students to explore Shakespeare's presentation of Prospero and his arts in the light of attitudes to magic in the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period. Included are discussion questions, primary sources, links...
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Other

Women in Elizabethan England

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay about the role of women in Elizabethan England.
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Britain Express

Britain Express: History: Tudor: Elizabethan Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains small paragraphs with information about different aspects of Elizabethan life.
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BBC

Bbc: Mary, Queen of Scots

For Students 3rd - 8th
Poor Mary, Queen of Scots. Read about her life as Queen of a religiously divided country and find out how that affected her reign and death. Archived.
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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Shifting the Balance of Power

For Students 9th - 10th
This site introduces ideas about how the English became a naval power and competed with the Spanish in settling the New World.
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BBC

Bbc: Burgh Life in Mary's Time

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interactive game leads students through the Royal Burgh of Stirling, Scotland. The students search the burgh for four lost items in an effort to gain entrance to a banquet given by Mary Queen of Scots. There is a non-flash version...
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Essays and Research on the Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this comprehensive site to learn more about English Renaissance Literature. This site is a gold mine of information. It has several essays that illuminate this genre. Find out more about this period in literature through this...
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BBC

Bbc History: British History: Empire: Symbiosis: Trade and the British Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
Article examines the factors that drove forward the expansion of the British Empire during the nineteenth century and asks whether it was desire for trade or "thirst of conquest." Archived.
Interactive
BBC

Bbc: History: Elizabethan Spying Game

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive game in which students try to crack the secret code that incriminated Mary Queen of Scots. Archived.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dynasty, Revolution, and the Classical Age

For Students 9th - 10th
Welcome to Britain, home to one of the biggest empires in history and a rich artistic heritage. We'll start in the 16th through the 18th centuries, years that saw the establishment of Britain and British art as we know it. As you travel...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Henry Iv Part2

For Students 9th - 10th
Written during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I the themes in this play still resonate. Read about the characters and themes in this informative site.
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Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary School: Sir Martin Frobisher

For Students 3rd - 5th
A biography of Sir Martin Frobisher (1535-1594), one of the first English navigators to search for a Northwest Passage to India and eastern Asia. He became known as one of the greatest seamen during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He...
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Purplemath Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Algebra teacher Elizabeth Staple offers answers to the question, "How do you really do this stuff?" Detailed and down-to-earth, Purplemath has dozens of graduated and cross-referenced lessons, links to other valuable resources, and...
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Other

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

For Students 9th - 10th
Paper on the defeat of the Spanish Armada includes a Summary, the Objectives and Planning of the Armada, the famous storm, and the aftermath.
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Other

National Marine Museum: Seas and Ships: Sir Francis Drake (1542 96)

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Sir Francis Drake. Read about his exploits as a raider of Spanish ships, circumnavigator of the globe, and hero in the battles against the Spanish Armada. Understand why his voyages increased the English claims in the New...
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Other

Springfield Public School District: Elizabethan England

For Students 9th - 10th
Springfield Public School District provides comprehensive information on England during the Elizabethan time period. Includes historical figures and events, everyday life, arts and architecture, Shakespeare, and it offers links to other...
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: On the Death of Anne Bronte

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Charlotte Bronte, "On the Death of Anne Bronte", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Elizabeth Kim and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Yale University

Open Yale Courses: Modern Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty-five lectures from Yale course, ENGL 310: Modern Poetry, with a syllabus, handouts, reading assignments, activities, and a final exam study guide. Lectures are available as text transcripts, audio, and video. Poets and topics...

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