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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Robinson Crusoe Island Adventure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
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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Interactive
Curated OER

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
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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Interactive
Curated OER

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

For Students 9th - 12th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Island Survival

For Teachers 4th - 12th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Robinson Crusoe: The Original "Survivor"!

For Teachers 4th
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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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Reading and Writing Program Using Core Knowledge Literature

For Teachers 4th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mystery of the Real Robinson Crusoe Solved

For Teachers 5th - 8th
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...
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Graphic
Children's Books Online

Children's Books Online: The Story of Robinson Crusoe, Adapted for Children

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of Dickory Cronke

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for Daniel Defoe's story, Dickory Cronke.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of Further Adventures of Crusoe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for Daniel Defoe's story, The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Daniel Defoe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a thorough biography of Defoe. It includes quotes from his writing and information about his most important works.
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eBook
Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: Robinson Crusoe [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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eBook
University of Adelaide

University of Adelaide: A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Website
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Shakespeare to Defoe: Malaria in England

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed analysis of the spread of malaria in England owing to changes in climate during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Daniel Defoe

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

For Students 6th - 8th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, a fiction book for children.
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Website
University of Oregon

University of Oregon: Renascence Editions: Regulation of the Press [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the University of Oregon you can read Defoe's arguments for a free press as they were published in 1704.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Robinson Crusoe (Defoe)

For Students 7th - 9th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, a fiction book for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

For Students 9th - 10th
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, fiction book for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Robinson Crusoe (Henry Altemus)

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, a fiction book for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Robinson Crusoe (Mc Loughlin)

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, a fiction book for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Strange and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

For Students 2nd - 4th
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of The Strange and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, a fiction book for children.