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Curated OER

Kubla Khan Questions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "Kubla Khan."
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Screening Coleridge’s Fantasies: Using Popular Music as a Bridge to Literacy

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use music to aid them in interpreting poetry. In this poetry lesson, 12th graders analyze the lyrics, figurative language, and literary devices of selected music. Students compare the music to the poetry of Samuel...
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Website
University of Pennsylvania

U. Penn: Notes on "Lyrical Ballads"

For Students 9th - 10th
This etext is the original notes, preface, and advertisment for the book "Lyrical Ballads," by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth.
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Article
University of Pennsylvania

Knarf English: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a British poet whose works include The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, "Dejection: An Ode," Christabel and Kubla Khan, a Vision,
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eBook
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Lyrical Ballads (1798)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Toronto features the complete text of Wordsworth's and Coleridge's "Lyrical Ballads". It includes Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and Wordsworth's "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern...
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Activity
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Toronto site provides information on Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The text of some of his works is provided.
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eBook
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: William Wordsworth, "Lyrical Ballads"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Virginia provides the text to the book of poems "Lyrical Ballads," featuring the work of Coleridge and Wordsworth.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Romantic Poetry: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson on Romantic Poetry focuses on Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It features links to his biography, both text and audio versions of "Kubla Khan" and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and illustrations of the The Rime of the Ancient...
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eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit by Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The complete text of this literary work is available to download or read online in multiple digital formats.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the long narrative poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; it includes seven parts,
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Lesson Plan
British Library

British Library: Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads: A Close Reading

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
"Lyrical Ballads" grew out of the friendship and artistic collaboration between William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In this lesson, learners will explore a number of the poems in light of Wordsworth's key philosophies,...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Samuel Taylor Coleridge including a biography and the full text of the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
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Website
University of Houston

University of Houston: English Romanticism

For Students 9th - 10th
This webite on English Romanticism by Elizabeth Whitney focuses on the Romantic period including defining Romanticism, the history and politics, the Romantic poets, visual arts, and music. It also offers a link to the radio program "The...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Epigram

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides the definition of an epigram, including examples of epigrams by a number of poets.
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Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: Kubla Khan

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Kubla Khan", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Adam Frank and can access a printable version of this piece.
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eBook
Other

Selfknowledge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from SelfKnowlege.com provides the text of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge, with notes. It also has several links to information on Coleridge.
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eBook
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is provided. Includes facsimile of the original illustrated 1858 text.
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Website
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Samuel Taylor Coleridge including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Coleridge is also provided.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Frame Story

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Notes introducing various forms of frame stories, or stories that provide a framework for additional stories within. Examples of different frameworks are provided with classical texts including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel...
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Handout
Other

Incompetech: Samuel Taylor "Estese" Coleridge 1772 1834

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a biography of the Romantic age poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Answer to a Child's Question by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 7th - 8th
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, literary critic, and a founder of the Romantic Movement in England, as well as a major influence on American transcendentalism. The following poem is, as the title suggests, the...
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Handout
British Library

British Library: People: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 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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Lesson Plan
British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Othello: Critical Approaches

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity allows students to consider how different critical approaches can influence a reading of the play. Students will work in groups to explore different attitudes to Othello by looking at a range of texts from the past,...
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Activity
English Verse

English Verse: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 1834)

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography featuring links to information about some of his contemporaries, the full text of some famous poems, and a book recommendation make up the contents of this site.