Curated OER
Gulliver's Travels Discussion Questions
Good discussion questions are hard to find and even harder to craft. If you're looking for questions that will stimulate in-depth discussions for all four books in of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, check out this resource.
Louisiana Department of Education
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver's Travels tells the story of a man who goes on voyages and encounters strange people. A unit plan introduces readers to the classic text, as well as excerpts from other examples of sarcasm and satire, such as "A Modest Proposal"...
Jackson School District
An Introduction to Satire
What is satire, and what are its characteristics? A handy handout provides young satirists with all the information they need to analyze a satire or to craft their own.
Curated OER
DR-TA Reading Strategy
Foster critical thinking skills by using the DR-TA Strategy with Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal.” Class members read portions of the essay, stop and discuss what is happening, make predictions based on evidence from the text, and...
Penguin Books
Gulliver's Travels Teacher's Notes
Who are "the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth”? Readers of Gulliver’s Travels will learn the answer, as the journey with Lemuel Gulliver to Lilliput,...
Curated OER
Literature Study Guide: Gulliver's Travels
Although the title suggests this resource is devoted to Gulliver’s Travels, the materials and templates can be used with any work of literature. Readers fill out a reading schedule chart, write a summary, keep a vocabulary word list, and...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Gulliver's Travels Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions about Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Gulliver's Travels Study Help Essay Questions
In this literature activity, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions about Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
Core Knowledge Foundation
Gulliver's Travels
Students read and analyze the book, Gulliver's Travels. They develop a reading folder, identify the main story elements, compare/contrast Gulliver's adventures in Lilliput and Brobdingnag, and write a paragraph about the main characters.
Smithsonian Institution
Reflections of the Sea
Students, after listening to a selection of Gulliver's Travels, complete a worksheet about basic terms associated with boats, ships, and sailing. They create flag after researching semaphore flagging systems.
English Exercises
Gulliver´s Travels - Part 4
In this Gulliver's Travels exercise, students choose the correct words to complete the sentences about Gulliver's Travels. Students complete 25 sentences.
English Exercises
Gulliver´s Travels - Part 1
In this Gulliver's Travels exercise, learners choose the correct word to complete the sentences in the story. Students complete 29 lines.
Curated OER
Exploring Satire - Jonathan Swift
Pupils study about satire and find examples Part One of GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. They then write an essay about the examples they found and how the writer used satire in his literary work.
Curated OER
Exploring Satire - Jonathan Swift
Students explore satire. In this literature lesson plan, students read Part One of Gulliver's Travels. Students then write an essay explaining how Jonathan Swift used satire in his writing.
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Battle of the Books"
This site provides the complete etext for Jonathan Swift's "The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces."
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Jonathan Swift
This site offers links to a biography of Jonathan Swift and to the full text of his novel Gulliver's Travels.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Gulliver's Travels in the Kingdom of Lilliput by Jonathan Swift
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Gulliver's Travels in the Kingdom of Lilliput by Jonathan Swift, a children's novel about a voyage to Lilliput where the people were tiny.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: From Dr. Seuss to Jonathan Swift
Contains plans for three lessons that use Dr. Seuss?s "The Butter Battle Book" to introduce satire in Jonathan Swift?s "Gulliver?s Travels." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts...
Planet eBooks
Planet E Book: Gulliver's Travels [Pdf]
The complete text of "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift is available here in PDF format. Gulliver's Travels, which was first released in 1728, is 383 pages pages long.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: Jonathan Swift
This lesson focuses on Jonathan Swift and his use of satire and irony. It features links to Swift's biography, "A Voyage to Lilliput" and "A Voyage to Brobdingnag" texts from Gulliver's Travels, and a handout with questions about the...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
This is the full text of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, a prose satire by this Irish writer and clergyman that is both a satire on human nature and the "travelers' tales" literary subgenre.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Gulliver's Travels
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, a book fiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Gulliver's Travels
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, a picture book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Gulliver's Travels in the Kingdom of Lilliput
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Gulliver's Travels in the Kingdom of Lilliput by Jonathan Swift, a fiction book for children.