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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Great Expectations

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students examine how Pip's inner thoughts are portrayed through the medium of film in "Great Expectations." After viewing the film, they answer discussion questions, and compare and contrast the differences between the portrayal of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Familial Relationships in Great Expectations: The Search for Identity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read the novel "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. In groups, they use the text to identify and describe family relationships in the book. Using this information, they compare and contrast how these relationships are...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Discovering Dickens

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students restate facts and details in text to inform and organize ideas and have a choice of four activities to enhance learning,
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Tale of Two Cities Characters: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 8th - 10th
How well do your readers know the characters in Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities? They can test their expertise with this detailed interactive online quiz. Pre-screen for accuracy and content value as anyone can create quizzes on Fun Trivia.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Jacob Marley's Ghost: Fun Trivia Quiz on Dickens' A Christmas Carol

For Students 8th - 10th
Questions about esoteric facts epitomize Fun Trivia quizzes. Still, this one provides opportunities to review content and focus on details about Jacob Marley's ghost and his early interactions with Scrooge in Dickens' A Christmas Carol....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teaching A Tale of Two Cities

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders read "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. In groups, they analyze the opinions of various philosophers on the French Revoluion. To end the lesson, they take all the information gathered during their readings and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Great Expectations 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students comprehend how Dicken's set piece on snobbery. They discuss how Lean uses costume, actors' non-verbal communcication and props to convey Victorian class customs, distinctions, and snobbery. Students are shown "The Jolly Bargee"...
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Great Expectations (Full Text)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents the full text of the Dickens' novel "Great Expectations". A brief summary supplements the content.
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Website
Stanford University

Stanford University: Discovering Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
A well-researched resource from Stanford University, detailing the life and works of author Charles Dickens. Includes full texts of several archived novels, as well as a new section on Dickens' 1854 novel Hard Times.
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Website
Stanford University

Stanford University: Great Expectations

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful resource for any student studying Dickens' Great Expectations. Includes information on the biographical and historical context of the novel, as well as PDF file links to the text itself as it was released in 1860.
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Unit Plan
Stanford University

Stanford University: Hard Times

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive guide to Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times. Includes information about the historical and biographical context, as well as PDF file links taking the reader directly to the way the text would look as released in 1854.
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Website
Stanford University

Stanford University: Hard Times Historical Context

For Students 9th - 10th
A fairly comprehensive look at the history surrounding Charles Dickens' writing the novel Hard Times. Includes information about the setting of the novel itself and the setting during its release to the public.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of All the Year Round

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete e-text for the Charles Dickens story, All The Year Round.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of George Silverman's Expl.

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for the Charles Dickens story, George Silverman's Explanation.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of the Haunted Man

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete e-text for the Charles Dickens story, The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of the Holly Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for the Charles Dickens story, The Holly Tree.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of Hunted Down

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for the Charles Dickens story, Hunted Down.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of the Lazy Tour of Two Idle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for the Charles Dickens story, The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of Master Humphrey's Clock

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for the Charles Dickens story, Master Humphrey's Clock.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of Miscellaneous Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for the Charles Dickens work, Miscellaneous Papers.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext for Speeches of Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete etext to a collection of speeches made by Charles Dickens covering social and literary subject matter.
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Website
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Victorian Web has content that provides a detailed biography and list of works; cultural, economic, social and political contexts; and essays addressing literary themes, imagery, characterization and more in the work...
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Website
British Library

British Library: Language & Literature: Dickens in Context

For Students 9th - 10th
Literary analysis of themes typically found in the work of Charles Dickens considers questions of poverty and wealth, crime and punishment, industrialization, childhood, caricature, and similar concepts of interest to readers of...
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eBook
Other

Gaslight: The Mystery of Edwin Drood

For Students 9th - 10th
This uncompleted novel by Charles Dickens is reproduced here in its 1912 edition. The thorough transcription indicates the revisions that both Dickens and his executor made. Be sure to read the message about copyright and permissions.