Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Thomas Hardy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What do you know about the life and work of Thomas Hardy? Explore this informative site to learn more about this famous poet.
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania website from contains a chapter from "The Oxford Book of English Verse" that contains several poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Poetry includes, "River-spirits," "A softer voice," "Bird-spirit," "Grief," "A Musical...
Website
Other

University of Virginia: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Virginia provides a good look at Dante Gabriel Rossetti's career as a writer with a few links to some of his works.
Website
Other

Brandeis University: Robert Louis Stevenson Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This Brandeis University webpage features a brief critical biography of the life and work of Robert Louis Stevenson, photograph of the author, and a selected bibliography.
Primary
Nagoya University (Japan)

Nagoya University: E Texts of the Work of the Bronte Sisters

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to the available e-texts of works of all three Bronte sisters: Charlotte, Emily, and Anne.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Golden Fleece by Julian Hawthorne

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel The Golden Fleece by Julian Hawthorne, a combination romance, adventure, metaphysical and mystery from the Victorian era by the son of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: A Dickens of a Party

For Students 9th - 10th
Come to a party honoring Ebenezer Scrooge! This WebQuest is a complete "Party in a box," -- with a planning worksheet, specific tasks and roles, rubrics for evaluation and guidelines for presentation and party-going.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Lewis Carroll Scrapbook Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Digitized original scrapbook that was kept by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and contains approximately 130 items, including newspaper clippings, photographs, and a limited number of manuscript materials, collected between 1855-72.
Unit Plan
East of England Broadband Network

History's Heroes: Harriet Martineau (1802 1876)

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story and timeline on Harriet Martineau, author and social reformer. Find out who she was, what she did, her achievements, and...
Activity
Other

Barrack Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to the full texts of Rudyard Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads, which features such poems as "Gunga Din."
Website
Universal Teacher

Moore's Teacher Resources: A Christmas Carol

For Students 9th - 10th
This teacher's guide to Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is written to help students who are reading this book for class work.
PPT
TES Global

Tes: Revision: Charles Dickens Quiz (Connect 4)

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The PowerPoint game provides a review of the life and works of Charles Dickens. Students will enjoy playing Connect 4 as they answer questions correctly.
Graphic
Curated OER

Imagery

For Students 9th - 10th
Victorian web provides explanation of imagery and information on the authors that use this tool.
Graphic
Curated OER

Victorian Web: Thomas Hardy

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Thomas Hardy.
Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: William Makepeace Thackeray

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographial note on William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), English journalist, novelist. Includes disucssion of his famous novel, VANITY FAIR (1847-48), a tale of two middle-class London families.
Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the life, story and work of Charles Dickens (1812-1870 CE).
Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Oscar Wilde Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete text of Poems (1881) by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

For Students 9th - 10th
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is known as the father of the Victorian ghost story. In "Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling" a ghost is in search of its lost legal papers. Read the full text on this site.
Graphic
Curated OER

Victorian Web: Rossetti

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Graphic
Curated OER

The Victorian Web: Charles Dickens

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Charles Dickens.
Graphic
Curated OER

The Victorian Web: Thomas Carlyle

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Thomas Carlyle.
Graphic
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Alice Liddell

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a photograph of the real-life Alice in "Alice in Wonderland."
Article
BBC

Bbc: King Arthur, 'Once and Future King' by Michael Wood

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article, Michael Wood tries to explain how the legend of King Arthur came to be and the changes that took place over time. He also attempts to separate legend and myth from history.
Graphic
Curated OER

Charles Dickens: An Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Victorian Web has content that provides a detailed biography and list of works; cultural, economic, social and political contexts; and essays addressing literary themes, imagery, characterization and more in the work...

Other popular searches