PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Masterpiece: The Brontes Collection
Understand the impact of the Bronte sisters' personal and professional struggles on their writing in MASTERPIECE: Breaking Barriers: To Walk Invisible. Gain a deeper understanding of the use of plot, setting, and characterization with...
British Library
British Library: Bronte's Jane Eyre: Depictions of Childhood
In this activity, students will examine the early experiences of Charlotte Bronte and explore the context of childhood at the beginning of the 19th century.[PDF]
British Library
British Library: Bronte's Jane Eyre: The Figure of Bertha Mason
This activity will encourage students to explore the character of Bertha Mason, Mr. Rochester's first wife, through the lens of medical history. They will compare Charlotte Bronte's presentation of the character with the perspectives...
British Library
British Library: Bronte's Jane Eyre: Women in 19th Century England
Through an exploration of a range of historical sources, this activity will develop students' understanding of some of the pressures facing women in the 19th century and to consider the problems that Charlotte Bronte encountered as a...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Gender and Sex
A series of articles that research how gender roles were defined in the 19th century, and how they were represented in the literature of the period.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Introducing Jane Eyre: An Unlikely Victorian Heroine
Contemporary criticism of the novel, the conditions of Victorian women, and Bronte's decision to publish the novel under a male pseudonym form the focus of this lesson plan.
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre
A portal to biographical information and essays related to Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) and her novel "Jane Eyre," including information about social and political history, characterization, themes, genre, setting, imagery, and more.
Universal Teacher
Moore's Teacher Resources: Studying Relationships in Jane Eyre
A very good site from the UK. Gives in-depth analysis on the various relationships in the novel, all centering around the novel's main character.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Excerpts From Jane Eyre
A learning module that begins with "Excerpts from Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Grade Saver
Grade Saver: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
This Gothic-Romantic novel, set in Victorian England, chronicles the life of Jane Eyre: a plain governess who falls in love with her employer and discovers a terrible secret within Thornfield. Selected (11) reading passages (grades 8-12)...
British Library
British Library: Jane Eyre: Discovering Literature Resources
Students will explore contextual background on governesses, orphans, and the 19th-century woman, alongside contemporary reviews of the novel and Charlotte Bronte's fair copy manuscript. [PDF]
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Novel
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...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Childhood
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.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Gothic
Gothic fiction has intrigued and unsettled readers for more than two centuries. These articles research how these works reflect the political, social, and cultural contexts in which they were written.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Jane Eyre
This ebook version of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre 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.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Jane Eyre: Reading Guide [Pdf]
This resource offers a critical introduction to the work, biographical information about Charlotte Bronte and discussion questions about the work. [PDF]
TES Global
Blendspace: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
A fourteen-part learning module with links to images, websites, and videos to use while reading Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre is a classic novel of development. This site explores Jane's journey through an insightful look at the characters, plot and themes in the novel.