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Curated OER

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

For Students 9th - 12th
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Students may check some of their answers online.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: Power and Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how war and conflict shaped literature throughout the 20th century.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: Capturing and Creating the Modern

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the ways in which writers captured the fast-changing world around them during the 20th Century.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: 20th Century Theatre

For Students 9th - 10th
Find close readings, critical interpretations, and personal responses to the works of key 20th-century playwrights and practitioners, including Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Shelagh Delaney, and Timberlake Wertenbaker.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: European Influence

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how European cities were crucibles for modernist experimentation.
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Other

Beckett on Film

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete site for the "Beckett on Film," project. There is a synopsis of each of Beckett's plays, a series of essays that seek to explain Beckett's work, as well as interviews with actors and directors. There is also a...
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Unit Plan
Grade Saver

Grade Saver: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the play Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett including author information, literary elements, act summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Should You Read Waiting for Godot?

For Students 9th - 10th
Iseult Gillespie shares everything you need to know to read the tragicomedy, Waiting for Godot.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1969

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Nobel Foundation features a comprehensive presentation of Beckett, including curriculum vitae, photo, prize presentation, Nobel diploma, and links.