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Lesson Plan
The English Teacher

The English Teacher: Beowulf Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These teaching notes for Beowulf provide a model for your own lesson plan and as a basic resource to study Beowulf. These notes can help you remember the pertinent points of Anglo-Saxon epic poem and help to deepen your understanding.
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Handout
Stanford University

Stanford University: Anglo Saxon & Old English

For Students 9th - 10th
A selected bibliography for primary and secondary materials, including facsimile texts in Old English, translations into modern English, and scholarship.
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Western Michigan University: Richard Rawlinson Center: Anglo Saxon Studies

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about Anglo Saxon studies and research from the Richard Rawlinson Center. The page provides a wide range of links to different medieval resources.
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Article
Global Catholic Network

Global Catholic Network: Saint Bede Confessor, Doctor of the Church

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of St. Bede, followed by the preface to the "Ecclesiastical History of England" and another excerpt in modern English.
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eBook
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Beowulf From the Harvard Classics

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this early 20th century translation of Beowulf with hypertext footnotes.
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eBook
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Beowulf: An Adaptation From the Old English Version

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy this contemporary English translation of the epic Old English poem Beowulf, which can be read in conjunction with the original for better comprehension.