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Robinson Crusoe Island Adventure
After reading and describing the characters, setting, and plot in The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, class members write original Island Adventure narrative pieces including detailed descriptions of people, places, and things. Afterward,...
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Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions based on Robinson Crusoe. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
In this literature worksheet, students respond to 15 short answer and essay questions about Robinson Crusoe. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Island Survival
Students participate in a simulation of life on a deserted island. They work with their group to develop an island survival plan and summarize it in a journal. Students use a worksheet and challenge cards to earn points. They will be...
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Robinson Crusoe: The Original "Survivor"!
Fourth graders read and analyze Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, and participate in problem solving activity similar to television show, Survivor. Eight lessons on one page.
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Reading and Writing Program Using Core Knowledge Literature
Students improve their reading and writing skills using Step Up to Writing and Six Traits of Writing techniques. Students complete a Robinson Crusoe vocabulary crossword, a Treasure Island character analysis web, reading comprehension...
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Mystery of the Real Robinson Crusoe Solved
Learners explore the location of the campsite of fictional character Robinson Crusoe. In this ESL lesson, students read an article that discusses the whereabouts of Robinson Crusoe's campsite, then have a class discussion on the...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe
At this website, read all eight chapters of Daniel Defoe's novel, "Robinson Crusoe." Also provided is a brief paragraph introducing the text, its context, it protagonist, and its reasons for its popularity.
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: The Story of Robinson Crusoe, Adapted for Children
This version of Defoe's story can be viewed the way it was published about 1900, complete with illustrations. Could make an interesting comparison to the complete novel.
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of Dickory Cronke
This site provides the complete etext for Daniel Defoe's story, Dickory Cronke.
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of Further Adventures of Crusoe
This site provides the complete etext for Daniel Defoe's story, The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Daniel Defoe
This site gives a thorough biography of Defoe. It includes quotes from his writing and information about his most important works.
Planet eBooks
Planet E Book: Robinson Crusoe [Pdf]
The complete text of "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe is available here in PDF format. Robinson Crusoe, which was first released in 1719, is 393 pages pages long.
University of Adelaide
University of Adelaide: A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
This site from the University of Adelaide provides the etext of a "Journal of the Plague Year," by Daniel Defoe. It traces the occurrences of 1665 in London through the eyes of the famous novelist, Daniel Defoe.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Shakespeare to Defoe: Malaria in England
Detailed analysis of the spread of malaria in England owing to changes in climate during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
This is the full text of the novel The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, a sequel to The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Daniel Defoe
This site features the author Daniel Defoe including a biography and the full text of three novels: Dickory Cronke, Robinson Crusoe, and The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, a fiction book for children.
University of Oregon
University of Oregon: Renascence Editions: Regulation of the Press [Pdf]
At this site from the University of Oregon you can read Defoe's arguments for a free press as they were published in 1704.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Robinson Crusoe (Defoe)
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, a fiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, fiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Robinson Crusoe (Henry Altemus)
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, a fiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Robinson Crusoe (Mc Loughlin)
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, a fiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Strange and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of The Strange and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, a fiction book for children.