National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Bless Me, Ultima
Guide to Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima, including historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show,...
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Call for the Wild
Guide to Jack London's, The Call of the Wild, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show...
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: The Great Gatsby
Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, with historical information about the novel's Jazz Age setting, an author biography, and access to a radio program (audio plus transcript) of excerpts from the novel and analysis of its...
University of Calgary
The Children's Literature Web Guide
This resource is a children's literature web guide.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Introduction to Ap Literature and Composition
This an introduction to an AP Literature and Composition online course; it explains the advantages to taking an AP class and the rigor involved. It provides links to the AP Literature Course Description and practice tests, Registering...
Science Museum, London
Making the Modern World: War, Literature, and Technology
This is a content-rich interactive site which guides you through the literature of war. Access the history of war literature to take you to a timeline, study authors' writings about war, learn about metaphorical language, and put into...
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Random Acts of Kindness: What People Are Doing: Teacher's Guide [Pdf]
Learn about kindness through activity ideas for students of all ages and ideas for encouraging positive behavior in the classroom and community. Learn what a "Random Act of Kindness" is, and find ways to talk about this character trait...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Signet Classic: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" Teacher Guide [Pdf]
Sixteen-page teacher guide for Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" contains enlightening introductory, overview, and language information. Also included are excellent writing activites and list of...
University of South Florida
U. Of South Florida: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
This comprehensive project provides information on many aspects of the Holocaust. There is an excellent timeline with narrative, pictures, and web links. The People section provides a study of people involved in and affected by the...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Penguin: David Copperfield Reading Guide
A reading guide to the novel David Copperfield along with biographical tidbits about Dickens and discussion questions for reading groups.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Introduction to Writing About Literature
This is an introduction to writing about literature; it includes a list of learning objectives for writing about literature including finding and using historical sources to discuss the historical context, finding and using literary...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American and Puritan Literature: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is a sermon written by British Colonial Christian theologian Jonathan Edwards, preached to his own congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts to an unknown effect, and again on July 8, 1741, in...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Early American and Puritan Literature: The Pilgrim's Progress
The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come; Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream is a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan (1628-1688) and published in February 1678. It is regarded as one of the most...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: American Literature: Video: Edwards and the Transition to Enlightenment
Use the video "Edwards and the Transition to Enlightenment" to consider the two learning outcomes below. It featuring discussions of Raymond Williams's model of culture; Edward Taylor; Jonathan Edwards; Benjamin Franklin; George...
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Glencoe Literature Library: "The Yearling" Study Guide [Pdf]
Before delving into "The Yearling," check out a biography of author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, an introduction to the novel, and pre-reading activities and discussion questions. While reading, participate in "Active Reading" diagramming...
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Glencoe Literature Library: "Missing May" Study Guide [Pdf]
A great resource for students reading "Missing May," complete with a brief biography of author Cynthia Rylant, pre-reading material, diagramming activities, personal response and analysis questions, and an essay prompts for students who...
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Glencoe Literature Library: "Dragonwings" Study Guide [Pdf]
Explore Laurence Yep's "Dragonwings" with the help of pre-reading questions, vocabulary lists, brainstorming activities, and thought-provoking writing prompts on character, plot, and theme. Students who have completed Yep's novel can...
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McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "All Quiet on the Western Front" Study Guide [Pdf]
A great resource for students reading "All Quiet on the Western Front," complete with a brief biography of author Erich Maria Remarque, pre-reading material, charting activities, personal response and analysis questions, and an essay...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: "Silas Marner" Teacher Guide [Pdf]
"Silas Marner" 16-page teacher guide applauds strengths of novel and provides succinct sequence of events. Chapter-by-chapter study questions, vacabulary, and various activities aid student understanding. Excellent culminating activities...
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Glencoe Literary Library: "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" Study Guide [Pdf]
Explore Benjamin Franklin and his "Autobiography" with the help of background information, vocabulary lists, brainstorming exercises, and thought-provoking writing prompts on Franklin's talents and contributions. Also, use what you have...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Tangerine by Edward Bloor
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis. In this novel, a...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.