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The Legend of Camelot

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can learn more about the story of Camelot as it has been told for hundreds of years--including the myth of Camelot, the Round Table, and the sword Excalibur.
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Today in Literature: Today's Story

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Each day, this site provides a different biography or interesting story about a great book or day in literary history. Many of the archived articles are available in full; others are available only in summary for free access. Authors run...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Renaissance: Printing and Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Focus on the emergence of the printing press and bookmaking. Humanism and other new philosophies of the Renaissance mentioned as well. Also, check out other links to learn more.
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Literature and the Middle Time

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an essay from the University of Evansville discussing the evolution of the Middle Ages and the formation of various languages that would yield literature.
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Zittaw Press: Gothic Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Gothic literature by following links on the genre's canon, trade, authors, reading, poetry, and resources.
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University College at Dublin: Women's Writing in the Renaissance and Reformation

For Students 9th - 10th
Useful for research and for focusing on women's writing during this influential period, this article includes a lengthy bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
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University of Pennsylvania

Romanticism: Authors

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides links to many authors of the Romantic era. Biographies, works, and portraits are displayed for each author.
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Mary Shelley and Frankenstein

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides several essays about Mary Shelley and Frankenstein.
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Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: Sonnets in the Romantic Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the use of the sonnet as a poetry form during the Romantic Era, as well as many links to sonnets written during the time.
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Emory University

Emory University: History of Drama

For Students 9th - 10th
This Emory University resource provides information about the history of drama in the Neo-Classical time period.
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University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Language in the Middle Ages

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Article discusses the rise of vernacular language in the late Middle Ages. Covers reasons vernacular language grew and what the conditions were.
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Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica: Vedas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the Vedas, the earliest texts that exist in Hinduism. The collection is made up of the Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, and the Atharva Veda.
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Vedas

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed description of each of the four "sacred books of ancient India." Includes a bibliography of published editions of the Rig-Veda.
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Sanskrit Literature: The Vedas

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed description of the origin and division of the Vedas.