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Curated OER

Wife of Bath's Tale Assignment

For Students 4th - 5th
In this poetry analysis instructional activity, students read the poem "Wife of Bath's Tale" and analyze the literary elements within the poem.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Geoffrey Chaucer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Luminarium offers Chaucer quotes, a biography, a collection of Chaucer's works, both in Middle and Modern English, a selection of essays about his times and his works and links to much of the other scholarly information about Chaucer on...
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Website
Universal Teacher

Moore's Teacher Resources: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent site from the UK. Includes biographical information on Chaucer, historical context, and in-depth information on the Wife of Bath, complete with the relationship between the prologue and tale, character analysis, and essay...
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eBook
University of Michigan

Middle English Compendium: The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and search Chaucer's famous work, "The Canterbury Tales." Text is provided in untranslated Middle English.
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Handout
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Chaucer's Wife of Bath

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These lesson plans, focusing on Chaucer's Wife of Bath, encourage students to explore the roles of women and the views of marriage during the Middle Ages. Website includes several links to further related information.