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Other

Death on a Painted Lake: The Tom Thomson Tragedy Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating look at some of the people who played important roles in Tom Thomson's life. Includes biographies a number of people connected with Thomson.
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Primary
Other

Death on a Painted Lake: The Tom Thomson Tragedy Landscapes

For Students 9th - 10th
An fascinating collection of documents, maps, paintings, and more, exploring the region where Tom Thomson painted shortly before his death.
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Handout
Other

Death on a Painted Lake: The Tom Thomson Tragedy Artists' World

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating look into the world of artists at the start of the 20th century. Particular focus is paid to Tom Thomson.
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Handout
Other

Death on a Painted Lake: The Tom Thomson Tragedy Investigations

For Students 9th - 10th
An intriguing collection of documents and other data relating to the investigations into Tom Thomson's death. Covers investigations from 1918-1978.
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Primary
Other

Death on a Painted Lake: The Tom Thomson Tragedy Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive collection of primary source documents, maps, photos, and more relating to Tom Thomson's death.
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eBook
Eserver

E Server: Drama Collection: Electra by Sophocles

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the entire tragic episode in the story of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra's family play at this Iowa State University EServer site.
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Primary
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Love's Labour's Lost

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has 41 famous quotations from Shakespeare's comedy "Love's Labour's Lost".
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eBook
University of Adelaide

University of Adelaide: The Phoenissae by Euripides

For Students 9th - 10th
The ancient Greek tragedy, The Phonessae, or The Phoenician Women, is offered here in a clearly formatted, full text version at this site.
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eBook
University of Adelaide

University of Adelaide: The Suppliants by Euripides

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the whole text of this ancient Greek tragedy at this well-laid-out site from the University of Adelaide.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Macbeth: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the introduction to a unit on the study of Shakespeare's Macbeth. It discusses Shakespeare's modern English and the difficult reading and Elizabethean drama and the Globe Theater; it offers a short biography of Shakespeare and an...
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Handout
Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Friedrich Nietzsche

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough, insightful overview of Nietzsche's life and works. A superb introduction.
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Handout
Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Nietzsche

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent and extensive biography. Covers main ideas, as well as career accomplishments and publications. Proceeds work by work, dividing Nietzsche's works into Early, Middle, Late, and Final. Contains bibliography, biography, and...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: September 11th Documentary Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that captures the heartfelt reactions, eyewitness accounts, and diverse opinions of Americans and others in the months that followed the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93.
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Primary
CommonLit

Common Lit: "On Tragedy" by Aristotle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this chapter from "Poetics", Aristotle seeks to define "tragedy" as it relates to literature and human emotion. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site offers links to paired texts, questions and...
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Website
British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Paradise Lost

For Students 9th - 10th
Paradise Lost is an epic poem (12 books, totaling more than 10,500 lines) written in blank verse, telling the biblical tale of the Fall of Mankind. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and...
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Article
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Boy Meets Girl, Girl Meets Tragic End (Opera)

For Students 9th - 10th
Nothing comes close to opera when it comes to affairs of the heart. Opera has always been addicted to love, and its romances can range from the hilarious to the dramatic. But don't expect a standard "Boy Meets Girl" story when you take...
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eBook
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: "Coriolanus"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The complete text of William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Coriolanus" divided by acts and scenes, or view the entire play in one page.
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Activity
City University of New York

Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabbler"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A thorough site which covers contemporary response to the play, characters, themes and resources, this is worth look for both teachers and students.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Critical analysis of both the historical documents and the literary texts connected with the Salem trials is key to this lesson, which includes a number of activities and some wonderful resources.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Hamlet Meets Chushingura: Traditions of the Revenge Tragedy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Hamlet Meets Chushingura: Traditions of the Revenge Tragedy. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Tragedy

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a glossary entry for the term "Tragedy" including Aristotelian definition of tragedy and the definition of a tragic hero.
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Working With Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site introduces Shakespeare as a poet and dramatist. Come and learn more about his life and work through this informative resource, which includes a sonnet worksheet, bibliography, activities, and more.
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Website
TheatreHistory.com

Theatre history.com: Greek and Roman Comedy

For Students 9th - 10th
This TheatreHistory.com page talks about Greek and Roman tragedies. Includes links from within the text.
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Primary
Other

Poetics by Aristotle

For Students 9th - 10th
Well here it is, the basis for Art Imitating Nature! This site is all text translated by S. H. Butcher. 26 chapters on the subject. If you wondered about the origins of the concept, here it is.