Literature

General

  • Another massive site: teacher's use in gathering background information, probably, initially, although you'll use it to find sites for your children to read.  If they want to read the originals, here they are!
  • FreeBooknotes.com presents Cliff's Notes-like help for many works.
  • Several books assigned, and some not assigned but interesting to Rhetoric level students (like works of Voltaire and Darwin) are found here.
  • Huge site of FREE online classics: some are assigned this year, many make great summer reading!
  • Great Books in Time.  This huge (and growing!) site links world literature with a variety of sites.  Some give background to the historical period that produced the works (this is the avowed goal of the site's author) and some give actual text of Great Books.  Set aside some browsing time, and enjoy!
  • You won't believe this site. You can look up any word, you can even make your own glossary. You type in a list of vocabulary words, decide what you would like included and push send. You then get a professional paged glossary of all your words. AND IT IS FREE! (You do have to register first.)  Contributed by Dody.
  • Norton online quizzes - Western Literature

Want to suggest a resource or link? Email Dana.


Unit 1

Week 1: When John Adams Was President

Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career

Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution

Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase

Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court

Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812

Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America

Week 8: South America in Transition

Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere

Want to suggest a resource or online site?  Email Dana.


Unit 2

Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments

Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy

Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe

Week 13:

  • Michelle has contributed this great link for some Cherokee tales. 

  • Use this site of Animal Tales for your Lower Grammar students.

  • "Why the Bat has Wings" is a nice story if you don't have access to the recommended book.

  • One last site for another alternative.

Week 14:

  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

  • Angi recommends this free dramatic audio version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Real Player 5.0 or later is required, unless you have your computer's audio player set up to play .rm files. A link to Real Player is on the website.

  • Cyberguide for A Christmas Carol

  • Excellent vocabulary guide for A Christmas Carol, especially if you are extending this novel into several weeks!  Jane has provided us with this great link.

Weeks 14-18:

  • Victor Hugo: his life and times, and a complete text of Les Miserables.
  • Spark Notes for Les Miserables
  • Focus on the Family has a wonderful audio version of Les Miserables.  Type the title into the search engine on the upper left side of the page. 

Weeks 16-18:

  • Excellent study guides for the Little House books!  Scroll down to find them...all in pdf files.  
  • Another great study guide for the Little House books! This link contributed by Charlette.
  • Listen to Pa's fiddle music!  It's not actually a fiddle you hear and no one is singing, but it's fun to listen to the songs anyway!  Recommended by Kathy.

Want to suggest a resource or online site?  Email Dana.


Unit 3

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Week 26:

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Unit 4

Weeks 27-28:

  • A Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
  • Spark Notes for A Heart of Darkness
  • Award winning Imperialism site covering ALL aspects of Imperialism.  Lots of connected sites.  Teachers, initially, and then Upper Grammar + will enjoy, with supervision.  For upper Dialectic and Rhetoric Level students, do not miss the discussion of Imperialism using Kipling's famous poem "The White Man's Burden" as a jump off point.  Response poems and articles referenced in the question posed in the Student Activity Pages (and reprinted in part in the Teacher's Notes) can be found here.

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Week 36:

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