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Character Change: The Diary of Anne Frank
"In this interactive lesson supporting literacy skills, students examine what Anne Frank’s writing and a video dramatization of her diary reveal about her character and how it changed while she was in hiding. Students develop their literacy skills as they explore an English language arts focus on character change. During this process, they read informational text, learn and practice vocabulary words, and explore content through videos and interactive activities."
How to Love Lit Podcast
The How to Love Lit Podcast is deliberately designed to help parents, teachers, students and lifelong learners better understand great works of classical literature, from a traditional or classical perspective. Students spend five weeks exploring the most commonly studied works taught at the high school level, starting first with the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. This resource is completely free and available to anyone with access to Spotify, Apple or Google podcast players. The website also has free teaching resources available.
Lesson Plans for Young Heroes of History
The homepage of the author of this series of Children and Young Adult historical fiction
Free Chronicles of Narnia Resource Unit
Knowing Poe
The complete guide to learning Edgar Allan Poe. The site contains biographical information, poems and stories, a collection of primary resources, and lesson plans.
Kid's literature featuring Ireland
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Ireland
A Web Companion to The Norton Anthology of English Literature
Explore English literature and culture with Norton Topics Online.
Wuthering Heights Study Guide
Wuthering Heights Study Guide consists of approx. 79 pages of summaries and analysis on Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.
Daily Lit
Daily Lit sends daily email installments of - you guessed it - literature. Register and choose from over a thousand free titles in dozens of categories.
Teaching Shakespeare Through Exercises on Acting and on the Basic Emotions
Plays mentioned: Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, and The Winter's Tale.
How to Teach a Novel
This great resource from Keith Schoch, a New Jersey educator, will walk you through everything starting with choosing a great book.
Book Adventure
Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Created and maintained by Sylvan Learning.
Just One More Book
Podcast of great read-aloud children's books.
Book titles to avoid - Native Americans
Despite the fine writing and exciting plots, many books about Indians foster continuations of classic blatant stereotypes. Recommended titles for reading as well as titles to avoid with explanations.
Free educator guide for The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
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From the Harper Collins Children's division. Picture book sweepstakes, Character laptime activities and a pre-school clubhouse.
AmericanLiterature.com
American Literature is focused on the American short story. Thousands of short stories are available on the site along with author biographies. You may search by title or author and there are also several dozen popular American novels in their entirety on the site.
Kids' literature featuring Austria
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Austria
Kids' literature featuring Belgium
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Belgium
Kids' literature featuring the Czech Republic
Top literature picks for children with themes related to the Czech Republic
Kids' literature featuring England
Top literature picks for children with themes related to England
Kids' literature featuring Finland
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Finland
Kids' literature featuring Germany
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Germany
Kids' literature featuring Greece
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Greece
Kids' literature featuring Italy
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Italy
Kids' literature featuring Russia
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Russia
Kids' literature featuring Scotland
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Scotland
Kids' literature featuring Spain
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Spain
Kids' literature featuring the Netherlands
Top literature picks for children with themes related to the Netherlands
Kids' literature featuring Wales
Top literature picks for children with themes related to
Canadian Sites and Literature for Kids
This informative article from Travel for Kids includes information on all of the must-know sites in Canada, sorted by province and city. It also features a top literature picks for children to learn more about Canada.
Kids' literature featuring Costa Rica
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Costa Rica
Kids' literature featuring Cuba
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Cuba
Kids' literature featuring Guatemala
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Guatemala
Kids' literature featuring Mexico
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Mexico
Kids' literature featuring Panama
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Panama
Kids' literature featuring the United States
Top literature picks for children with themes related to the United States
Kids' literature featuring Argentina
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Argentina
Kids' literature featuring Chile
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Chile
Kids' literature featuring Ecuador
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Ecuador
Kids' literature featuring Peru
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Peru
Kids' literature featuring Bali
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Bali
Kids' literature featuring Kenya
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Kenya
Kids' literature featuring Australia
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Australia
Kids' literature featuring Egypt
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Egypt
Kids' literature featuring Namibia
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Namibia
Kids' literature featuring Hong Kong
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Hong Kong
Kids' literature featuring Israel
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Israel
Kids' literature featuring Malaysia
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Malaysia
Kids' literature featuring Singapore
Top literature picks for children with themes related to Singapore
Dear America Resources
From Scholastic.com
Screwtape Letters Worksheets
Free set of worksheets, divided by chapter, to accompany a reading of the Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.
Teachers' Guide to Follow the Drinking Gourd
Follow the Drinking Gourd, a song published in 1928 by H.B. Parks, encodes instructions for enslaved peoples to escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad. This site contains lyric meanings, astronomy information and activities, and worksheets for elementary, middle school, and high school students.
Aesop and Ananse: Animal Fables and Trickster Tales
Grades K-2 from EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities
It Doesn't Have to End That Way: Using Prediction Strategies with Literature
Grades K-2 from ReadWriteThink, International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English.
Inferring How and Why Characters Change
Grades 3-5 from ReadWriteThink, International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English.
Web English Teacher
Children's Literature
The Paperback Swap
Free book swap (paperback and hardback)
Literature unit studies
Homeschool Share is a small website that offers almost 100 literature-based unit studies, mostly for younger students.The site also includes links to resources to be used for FIAR (Five in a Row) units. Those of you who enjoy creating lapbooks™ will like this site.
A Book In Time - Timeline of Historical Fiction and Nonfiction
The Ultimate History Booklist! I have featured this site before, but they recently changed their URL and that was a reminder for me to mention it again. A Book In Time is a recommended reading list for history including fiction and non-fiction books, which are listed by time period.
Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture
This site from the University of Virginia presents texts related to Uncle Tom's Cabin both prior to its writing and after its publication, including the text of the book itself.
Why & How I Teach with Historical Fiction
Scholastic article by Tarry Lindquist
English Literature Study Guide:The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
Free online study guides by SparkNotes.
Kids' literature featuring France
Top literature picks for children with themes related to France
Kids' literature featuring India
Top literature picks for children with themes related to India
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