Great study guide for Paul Fox's "The Slave Dancer," complete with pre-reading materials, including an author biography and vocabulary preview, brainstorming activities, thought-provoking questions about plot, theme, and character, and...

This study guide is intended for university and AP students as well as the general reader studying Shakespeare's history play, Henry IV, Part I.

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...

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...

A reading guide to the novel David Copperfield along with biographical tidbits about Dickens and discussion questions for reading groups.

"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...

Tells the story of Joseph burying his father, Jacob. Provides study questions as well.

A very comprehensive website about China, including history (from ancient to modern), arts (architecture, handicraft, living etc.), philosophy (daoism, confucianism, buddhism etc) and literature.

Learn the background of both the book and the author, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; then click on the Readers Guide link to use the detailed study questions to spark discussion.

A review of "The Keeping Quilt" by Patricia Polacco, a story about a Russian immigrant mother and family as well as other resources for teaching young readers.

This resource has interviews with Dangarembga and links to other sites. It offers a study guide for "Nervous Conditions." A good site to check out on the subject.

This teacher's guide to Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is written to help students who are reading this book for class work.

Study the conventions of poetry with Lord Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade". In preparation for the British GCSE test, this site offers a great tutorial for students learning about alliteration, emotion, historical context,...

A site from the UK on William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Complete with information on the historical context, character analysis, thematic elements, and review questions.

A very thorough site including a biography, articles both by and about Robert Hass, interviews, and texts of two of his poems.

Shmoop's study guide for Orson Scott Card's science fiction novel, Ender's Game, includes chapter summaries, character descriptions, explanation of themes, and analysis of various elements in the novel. It also offers study questions and...

This site lists and discusses the characters and themes in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. Shaw wants the reader to think about the problems caused by "common" language, and how language can separate people from different places and...

A discussion of the literary devices used by Shakespeare in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Each device is linked to additional pages with more detailed information and examples.

Resources for Romeo and Juliet consist of a summary, analysis of themes and characters, a list of questions, and teacher resources. Each of the Acts and Scenes are discussed in great detail. An excellent set of questions is also included.

This site is loaded with quotes from Romeo and Juliet based on the multiple themes in the play such as love, hate, and mortality.

This site gives an overview of the major literary devices found in Romeo and Juliet.

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.

In this play written by Shakespeare a tale of loss and redemption is told. This site gives excellent insights into the characters, their motivations and important quotations from the play.

A fascinating look at the various elements of the plot in Romeo and Juliet.