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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

For Students 4th - 6th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic books from famous authors. One book from the late 1800s is Lewis Carroll's sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: The Walrus and the Carpenter

For Students 5th - 9th
This GeoStory walks learners through the poem, "The Walrus and the Carpenter" with an image and map accompanying each stanza, and in many cases individual lines. The images are either literal representations or metaphors of a line in the...
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Primary
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: "Jabberwocky," by Lewis Carroll

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the text for Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky." Also available here is a good biography of the author. Click on 'Lewis Carroll' to find the biography.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Lewis Carroll

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a very nice biography of the author of the "Alice" stories, Lewis Carroll. Also contains a selected bibliography of many of his works.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian: Science: The Design of 'Through the Looking Glass'

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the inspiration of the chess board in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. It describes the chess moves that get Alice through her adventure and how they would work, or not, in a real chess game.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures In Wonderland has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Other

The Children's Nursery and Its Traditions

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An extensive list of links to Children's Nursery classics organized by page/chapter. Includes Beatrix Potter, Mother Goose, Aesop's Fables, Brothers Grimm tales and more!
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Other

Incompetech: Charles "Lewis Carroll" Dodgson (1832 1898)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains biographical information on the life of Lewis Carroll as well as the history of his writings. Links to pictures and his writing are provided at the bottom of the site.
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English Club

English Club: Reading: "The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll

For Students 3rd - 8th
The complete text of the narrative poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" by Lewis Carroll followed by vocabulary words for the poem.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Crocodile

For Students 3rd - 4th
A learning module that begins with the poem "The Crocodile" by Lewis Carroll, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Novel

For Students 9th - 10th
These articles answer the following questions about novels between 1832-1880: From Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell to George Eliot, how did the writers of this period use fantasy, realism, sensationalism, and...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Childhood

For Students 9th - 10th
These articles research how childhood was depicted in the literature of the 18th and 19th century, and how perceptions of childhood were different from those of today.
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Handout
British Library

British Library: People: Lewis Carroll

For Students 9th - 10th
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Lewis Carroll. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Alice Liddell

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a photograph of the real-life Alice in "Alice in Wonderland."
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Through the Looking Glass

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Lewis Carroll's Through The Looking-Glass has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Reading Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the background of both the book and the author, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; then click on the Readers Guide link to use the detailed study questions to spark discussion.
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Other

Alice in Wonderland an Interactive Adventure

For Students 3rd - 8th
Multi-media site for students to interact with characters from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland." Create your own long and sad tale.
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Other

Insite.com: Lewis Carroll Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a brief biography of Lewis Carroll (1832-1898 CE), the pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the author of children's classics "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," and "Through the Looking Glass."
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Other

Britannica Online: Background of Lewis Carroll

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource describes the life of Lewis Carroll providing pictures growing up.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll

For Students 2nd - 4th
The full text of the book The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Authors

For Students 9th - 10th
From William Blake and John Keats to Charles Dickens and the Bronte sisters, explore 23 iconic authors from the Romantic and Victorian periods.
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University of Virginia

Uva: Photograph of Charles Dodgson by Oscar Rejlander

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Virginia site provides a photograph of Carroll Lewis (Charles Dodgson).
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Curated OER

Lewis Carroll

For Students 9th - 10th
The Victorian Web provides extensive information on author Lewis Carroll. A biography, bibliography with online text to some of his works, analysis of his writings, and much more. Links are also provided for additional information.
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Curated OER

Lewis Carroll

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98), better known as Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, was also a poet who specialized in light verse. His life is profiled here and links are provided to examples of his poetry.