Literature+Resources

__**Beowulf**__
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 * Students study the literature and literary techniques of the early Middle Ages, preparing to read //Beowulf// with an appreciation for its artistry and beauty. Students will learn the conventions of Anglo-Saxon poetry, solve online riddles, write riddles, and reflect on what they have learned.
 * Site with various links (some interactive, some resources for teachers) on different activities for the novel //Beowulf// in a high school classroom (grades 11-12th)

__**Lord of the Flies**__
authored by William Golding //Lord of the Flies// []

__**Scarlet Letter**__
authored by Nathaniel Hawthorne Links that can connect you to interactive vocabulary, text online, discussion questions, diagrams, and lots more. []

__**To Kill a Mockingbird**__
authored by Harper Lee > [] > []
 * To Kill a Mockingbird webquest
 * Collection of 25+ Links to To Kill a Mockingbird Lesson Plan, Guides, and other Resources

__**Edgar Allan Poe**__
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 * This interactive site has a lot of information about the author, plus games and interactive maps relating to his life and works. NOTE: This site is for older students and includes external links to sites that have discussion boards.
 * Explore the links to learn more about Poe and to read letters written to him and by him. Click on "Works" to read his poems and tales. Other links lead to descriptions of his house and grave
 * In this Webquest, students investigate Poe’s life and its impact on his works. Very interactive and fun project for students to work on while reading some of his work.
 * Click on the links to read the full text for five of Poe's stories
 * This museum site includes a biography of his life and samples of some of his works. There is also an online quiz.

====**[|Shakespeare Resource Center] ** : William Shakespeare's Biography ==== ====**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Absolute Shakespeare] ** ==== ====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|The Literature Network: William Shakespeare] ** ====

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**__Globe Theater Resources__**
====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Shakespeare Resources Center:] ** Shakespeare's Globe ==== ====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|3D Model of Shakespeare's Globe Theater] ** ==== ===<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**__Queen Elizabeth/Elizabethan England__** === ====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Historical Info on Elizabethan England] ** ==== ====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Shakespeare Resource Center: Elizabethan England] ** ==== ====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Elizabethan England] ** ==== ====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Renaissance: The Elizabethan World] ** ====

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**__Drama Resources__**
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Webquest - MacBeth is a Bad, Bad Man] - Directs students to realize imagery that Shakespeare uses to portray Macbeth as an evil character. ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Mr. Lettiere's Romeo and Juliet] ** === Good teacher-created resources: reading guides for each act with vocab, etc., online quzzes, handouts, project ideas, etc.