Literature


- 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.
- 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
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Week 1: When John Adams Was President
- Read Rapunzel here.
- Teaching Guide for Rapunzel
- Text of Pride and Prejudice
Week 2: Napoleon: The Man and His Career
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Spark Notes for Pride and Prejudice
- Vocabulary list for Pride and Prejudice
Week 3: Early Industrial Revolution
- Hansel and Gretel
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Spark Notes for Pride and Prejudice
- Vocabulary list for Pride and Prejudice
Week 4: Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
- Rumpelstiltskin
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Spark Notes for Pride and Prejudice
- Vocabulary list for Pride and Prejudice
Week 5: Jefferson and the Supreme Court
- William Blake and poetry
- William Wordsworth and poetry
- James Macpherson and poetry
- Robert Burns and poetry
- Sir Walter Scott and poetry
Week 6: Madison and the War of 1812
- Lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner
- William Wordsworth and poetry
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge and poetry
Week 7: Reshaping Europe and South America
- Johnny Appleseed
- Full version of Swiss Family Robinson
- Additional questions and activities for Swiss Family Robinson
- Full version of Frankenstein
- Spark Notes on Frankenstein
- Lord George Gordon Byron and poetry
- Percy Bysshe Shelley and poetry
- John Keats and poetry Weeks 8-10:
- See many translations of Silent Night; many of them have an audio that you can listen to as well.
Week 8: South America in Transition
- Comprehension Questions for Ox-Cart Man
- Additional questions and activities for Swiss Family Robinson
- Full version of Frankenstein
- Spark Notes on Frankenstein
- Study Guide for Goethe's Faust
- Another Study Guide for Faust
Week 9: Monroe and the American Hemisphere
- Translations of Silent Night
- Silent Night
- Additional questions and activities for Swiss Family Robinson
- Full version of Frankenstein
- Spark Notes on Frankenstein
- Short biography of Chateaubriand
- Short biography of Pushkin and his literature
- Irving and his literature
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Week 10: John Quincy Adams and Political Realignments
- John James Audubon biography. Don't miss the printables and games at the end of the biography.
- Biography of Frederick Chopin
- Listen to music by Chopin
- Thematic exploration of Island of the Blue Dolphins
- Examine Island of the Blue Dolphins through a literary lens
- Victor Hugo and the text of Les Miserables
- Spark Notes on Les Miserables
Week 11: Jacksonian Democracy
- Biography of Frederick Chopin
- Listen to music by Chopin
- Thematic exploration of Island of the Blue Dolphins
- Examine Island of the Blue Dolphins through a literary lens
- Victor Hugo and the text of Les Miserables
- Spark Notes on Les Miserables
Week 12: Revolutions in Texas & Europe
- The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Anderson
- Thematic exploration of Island of the Blue Dolphins
- Examine Island of the Blue Dolphins through a literary lens
- Victor Hugo and the text of Les Miserables
- Spark Notes on Les Miserables
Week 13: Victorian England
- Thumbelina
- Spark Notes:Les Miserables
- Spark Notes:David Copperfield
Week 14: Victorians at Home and Abroad
- 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
- Spark Notes: Les Miserables
- Spark Notes: David Copperfield
Week 15: Manifest Destiny
- Spark Notes: Oliver Twist
- Spark Notes:The Raven by Poe
Week 16: Sea to Shining Sea
- The Princess and the Goblin discussion questions
- Spark Notes: The Scarlet Letter
Week 17: The Oregon Trail
- The Princess and the Goblin discussion questions
- Spark Notes: The Scarlet Letter
Week 18: 1848: Gold Dust & Gunpowder
- The Princess and the Goblin discussion questions
- Spark Notes: Billy Budd
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Week 19: Westerners in Asia
- Emily Dickinson poetry
- Gustave Flaubert and his poetry
- Walt Whitman and his works
- Gerard Manley Hopkins poetry
Week 20: Franklin Pierce & the Crimean War
- Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- Pdf download of study guide for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Spark Notes for Tom Sawyer
- Spark Notes for Great Expectations
Week 21: America Divides & Italy Unites
- Caddie Woodlawn quiz
Week 22: Lincoln and the Start of the Civil War
- Pdf download of study guide for Across Five Aprils.Scroll down to download the file.
- Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Week 23: Decisive Years of the Civil War
- Vocabulary list for Red Badge of Courage
Week 24: Closing Years of the Civil War
- Billy Budd by Herman Melville
- Spark Notes for Billy Budd
- Billy Budd: an enhancement. This is an outstanding site designed to aid and enhance a study of Billy Budd. Definitely worth your time!
Week 25: Andrew Johnson vs. Radical Reconstruction
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Week 26: Ulysses Grant & the Plains Indians Wars
- Emily Dickinson: The Complete Poems
- Alice in Wonderland. This site has the entire text as well as wonderful illustrations created through out the years. There are illustrations from the original book all the way up to the Disney version. This is worth a look just for the pictures!
- Alice in Wonderland: an Interactive Adventure. This is a site with games an activities linked to Alice in Wonderland. Great for younger students!
Week 27: Technological Progress & the Unification of Germany
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- A biography of Robert Browning
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Week 28: Introducing Africa and Reforming Empires
- Just so Stories by Rudyard Kipling
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- Biography of Tolstoy
Week 29: The Scramble for Empire
- Just so Stories by Rudyard Kipling
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- A Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
- Spark Notes for A Heart of Darkness
Week 30: Imperialism and Culture
- Audio of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Jerry Pinkney
- Just so Stories by Rudyard Kipling
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Spark Notes for Crime and Punishment
Week 31: Waves of Immigrants
- Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Spark Notes for The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Spark Notes for Crime and Punishment
Week 32: Captains of Industry
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Spark Notes for The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Spark Notes for Crime and Punishment
Week 33: Labor Issues and the New South
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Spark Notes for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Spark Notes for Crime and Punishment
Week 34: Farmers, Populists, Gold Strikes and Gold Standards
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
- Spark Notes for The Invisible Man
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Spark Notes for Crime and Punishment
Week 35: Powerful Men and Inspiring Women
- The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
- Spark Notes for The Invisible Man
- Biography of Henrik Ibsen
- Spark Notes for A Doll's House
Week 36: The Balkan Problem & American Imperialism
- Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
- Spark Notes for The Importance of Being Earnest
- An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
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