Literature
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FreeBooknotes.com presents Cliff's Notes-like help for many works.
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Norton online quizzes - Western Literature
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Week 1: Dawn of the Twentieth Century
- Call of the Wild, by Jack London
- Biography of Jack London
- Worldviews
Week 2: The Progressive Era
- The Legend of the Teddy Bear
- Worldviews
Week 3: Wilson's Reforms & Europe's War
- Read The Tales of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter
- Interactive site for Peter Rabbit
- Biography and works of O Henry
Week 4: Deadlock and Death
- The Railway Children, by E. Nesbit
- Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery
- The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekhov
- Spark Notes: The Cherry Orchard
Week 5: America Mobilizes & Russia Revolts
- The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams
- The Railway Children, by E. Nesbit
- Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery
- Spark Notes: All Quiet on the Western Front
Week 6: Winning the War & Losing the Peace
- The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
- Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery
- Spark Notes: All Quiet on the Western Front
Week 7: Postwar America
- Biography of A. A. Milne
- Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery
- Poetry by Robert Frost
- T.S. Eliot
- Alliteration, Allusion
Week 8: America's Roaring 20's & Russia's Stalin
- Biography of A. A. Milne
- Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie
- Animal Farm, by George Orwell
- Spark Note: Animal Farm
- How to identify literary satire
Week 9: American Ballyhoo & Hitler's Early Career
- In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place
- Biography of A. A. Milne
- Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie
- The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka
- Spark Note: The Metamorphosis
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Week 10: Bull Market and Black Market
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Go to www.babar.com for fun activities this week.
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Spark Notes for Our Town
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The Great Gatsby E book
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Spark Notes for The Great Gatsby
Week 11: Crash! The Great Depression in America
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Mike Mulligan site with activities
Week 12: FDR and the New Deal
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Click here for all kinds of activities to use with Curious George books
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Mr. Popper's Penguins literature guide
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Spark Notes for The Pearl
Week 13: Aggression and Appeasement
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Spark Notes for The Glass Menagerie
Week 14: Blitzkrieg!
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Biography of Paul Gallico, author of The Snow Goose
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Questions for The Hundred Dresses
Week 15: World-Wide War
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Spark Notes for The Lord of the Flies
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Spark Notes for The Old Man and the Sea
Week 16: Unconditional Surrender
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Glencoe study guide for The Chosen (.pdf file)
Week 17: Hot War to Cold War
Week 18: A Jewish Homeland
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Spark Notes for The Little Prince
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Week 19: India's Independence
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Go to www.babar.com for fun activities this week.
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Activities for One Grain of Rice for UG and up
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The House of Sixty Fathers- Study Guide. This has overview, themes, questions and more.
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Homeless Bird- Study Guide
Week 20: China's Revolution
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The House of Sixty Fathers- Study Guide. This has overview, themes, questions and more.
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Homeless Bird- Study Guide
Week 21: Truman: Korea & the Red Scare
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Glencoe guide to So Far from the Bamboo Grove. This is a pdf file: 22 pages.
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My Side of the Mountain: several activities from which to choose. Scroll down to "procedures" and click on "comprehension questions", "morning activities", "unit test", and more. (The "morning activities" are my favorite!)
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Spark Notes for The Crucible
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More web notes for your study of The Crucible
Week 22: Eisenhower's Oasis
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Need "money" to play Who-opoly? Click here for free Monopoly money to download.
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Want some fun online activities for Dr. Seuss books? Click here.
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Use Week 21 links for So Far from the Bamboo Grove and My Side of the Mountain
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Waiting for Godot- Spark Notes
Week 23: Conformity and Change
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Two-page pdf file that will give you more helps for teaching Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
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Fun online activities for Little Bear
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Spark Notes- "Everything that Rises Must Converge", by Flannery O'Connor
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Spark Notes- "A Good Man is Hard to Find", by Flannery O'Connor
Week 24: Kennedy's New Frontiers
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Where the Wild Things Are- Games and Activities
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The Snowy Day- Good site with activities to do after you read the book
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Fahrenheit 451- Spark Notes
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Fahrenheit 451 Novel Guide
Week 25: Camelot and Crisis
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James and the Giant Peach- Activities
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The Watsons Go To Birmingham- 1963- Activities
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Spark Notes for To Kill a Mockingbird
Week 26: Johnson's Great Society
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Water Buffalo Days- Activities
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The Lilies of the Field Lesson Plans
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Spark Notes for To Kill a Mockingbird
Week 27: A Nation in Distress
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Water Buffalo Days- Activities
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The Lilies of the Field Lesson Plans
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Spark Notes for To Kill a Mockingbird
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Week 28: Nixon: Détente and Watergate
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day- Story time online
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Have Space Suit Will Travel- Activity Guide- pick and choose what you like
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I, Robot- Study Guide
Week 29: Ford's Integrity
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You Are Special, by Max Lucado- Story read on You Tube with book
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Have Space Suit Will Travel- Activity Guide- pick and choose what you like
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Citizen of the Galaxy- Study Guide
Week 30: Carter's Malaise
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Teaching "The Breadwinner"
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Citizen of the Galaxy- Study Guide
Week 31: Reagan's Revolution
Week 32: G.H.W. Bush's New World Order
Week 33: Clinton's Lost Opportunity
Week 34: George W. Bush: War on Terror
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ClassicNotes on Fahrenheit 451
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Vocabulary list for Fahrenheit 451
Week 35: Obama: Hope and Change?
Week 36: Reflections and Revelation
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