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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Cause & Effect Model

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the plot of the story, "The Little Engine That Could" to provide a model for writing creatively, developing critical essays, producing themes, and making predictions.
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Absolute Shakespeare

Absolute Shakespeare: "Julius Caesar" Character Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
William Hazlitt's critical essay on the characters in "Julius Caesar" is presented here, including lengthy quotations from the text of the play.
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Other

The Power of Passion: Tales of Thwarted Desire

For Students 9th - 10th
This critical essay looks at a number of Hawthorne's characters and works. Includes a bibliography.
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Other

Hawthorne, the Hippie and the Square

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay looks at Hawthorne's work through a frequently made dichotomy between the hippie and the square as types in American life.
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Virginia Tech

Some Observations About Hawthorne's Women

For Students 9th - 10th
A somewhat Freudian look at Hawthorne's characters, this critical essay includes source references.
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Article
First World War

First World war.com: Prose & Poetry Robert Graves: A Twentieth Century Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed article covers all of Graves' work, not just his war writing. Although it lacks a bibliography, it is written by a Graves scholar from the University of Maryland, and mentions specifically the work of others studying Graves.