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Mary Shelley: The Last Man eBookMary Shelley: The Last Man eBook
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University of Maryland
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9th - 10th
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Mary Shelley: The Last Man

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This is the full text of Mary Shelley's futurist novel The Last Man. Set in the twenty-first century, the novel revolves around six characters whose lives, over time and continents, are among the supposedly final generation of humans on earth, destroyed by an uncontrollable plague. Fully annotated.

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A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classics Edition of Mary Shelley ’s Frankenstein

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Contrary to popular belief, the monster's name in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is not Frankenstein. A teacher's guide for the novel helps readers make sense of key details in the text, define vocabulary words, and discuss prominent...
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Unit Plan

Curriculum Guide to: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Simon & Schuster
The activities in a curriculum guide to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein provide readers with an opportunity to explore various concepts in depth. First, groups research controversial scientists, examine their work, and decide whether or not,...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

Don't Reanimate Corpses! Frankenstein Part 1

Crash Course
"Who is more human? Victor Frankenstein or the nameless monster he created?" This, according to the narrator of a two-part presentation on Frankenstein, is the essential question. The video begins with a summary of the action of the...
13 mins 9th - 12th English Language Arts
Website

"The Last Man": Apocalypse Without Millennium

University of Maryland
A critical look at Mary Shelly's "The Last Man" and the idea (widely used in writing of that time) of the last man on earth.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
eBook

World Wide School: Etext of "To the Last Man"

World Wide School
This site provides the complete etext for Zane Grey's story, "To the Last Man."
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature

US National Library of Medicine
Just because you can, should you? Reflections on the ethics and limits of medical research are prompted by a reading of excerpts of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, viewing of clips from the 1931 film, and examining sections of the online...
6th - 12th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Worksheet

The Old Man, the Sea, and You

Curated OER
Immersed in Hemingway's detailed descriptions? The Old Man and the Sea is short but powerful, just like this quiz. Ten multiple-choice questions check what you remember about the story.
10th - 12th English Language Arts
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Exploring the Drive to Create in Frankenstein

PBS
Is it hubris that drives the creative process? Is it the desire to be remembered long past death? An interactive asks readers of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein and Percy Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" to consider what this wife and...
10th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

Tales of the Supernatural

National Endowment for the Humanities
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9th - 12th English Language Arts
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Worksheet

The Death of the Hired Man by Robert Frost

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