Interactive
Curated OER

Keats' Poems Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about the poetry of John Keats. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reporting A Story: A School Newspaper Activity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars collaborate to document cultural groups within the school or community. They create a newspaper chronicling different groups within the school.
Interactive
Curated OER

The House of Mirth Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions about Wharton's The House of Mirth. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Holidays; Valentine's Day

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this foreign language worksheet, students select the best choice from two options to fill in blanks in eleven sentences. Each sentence is about Valentine's day.
Handout
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Philosophy of Love

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy of the threefold Greek typology for love: agape, eros, and philia. Summarizes also the Neoplatonic-Christian view of "love" and, in later centuries, "romantic love."
Website
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of "Love and Friendship"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for Jane Austen's story, "Love and Friendship and Other Early Works."
Primary
University of Chicago

University of Chicago Library: Le Roman De La Rose (The Romance of the Rose)

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a description of a medieval poem about courtly love, and view the digital manuscript of the poem.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Is Romance Dead?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As an introduction to the medieval romances, students compare and contrast the medieval rules of courtly love to the modern "rules" of courtship and romance. Students write a compare/contrast essay after group work and class discussion.
Handout
Washington State University

Washington State University: William Dean Howells Society: Brief Chronology of Selected Works and Events

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed chronology lists major events during William Dean Howells' life as well as the years in which his writings were published.
Website
Vancouver Island University

Ironies of Happy Endings: Introduction to Twelfth Night

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Text of a college lecture that introduces William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." It provides some background for the play, including information about Pastoral Romance, the characters Viola and Feste, the language of love, and the...
Website
Other

The Legend of Camelot

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can learn more about the story of Camelot as it has been told for hundreds of years--including the myth of Camelot, the Round Table, and the sword Excalibur.
Website
Harvard University

The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Main Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Geoffrey Chaucer Page provides materials for Harvard's Chaucer classes. It provides a wide range of texts and translations of Chaucer's works along with critical articles from various perspectives and general...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Twenty Fourth of June by Grace S. Richmond

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "The Twenty-Fourth of June" by Grace S. Richmond. This novel combines romance and suspense as the main character falls in love with the Gray family, especially their daughter.
Article
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Boy Meets Girl, Girl Meets Tragic End (Opera)

For Students 9th - 10th
Nothing comes close to opera when it comes to affairs of the heart. Opera has always been addicted to love, and its romances can range from the hilarious to the dramatic. But don't expect a standard "Boy Meets Girl" story when you take...
Handout
Other

Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
Activity
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Toronto site provides information on Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The text of some of his works is provided.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Green Mansions by W. H. Hudson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel Green Mansions by W. H. Hudson. It is a "romance of the tropical forest," as Hudson put it. The protagonist, Abel, falls in love with a wood nymph named Rima but their love is brought to an end when it...