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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Our Town by Thornton Wilder

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder including author information, literary elements, act-by-act summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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eBook
University of Michigan

American Verse Project: Poems Relating to the American Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Although he was not, strictly speaking, a combatant in the American Revolution, Philip Freneau (1752-1832 CE) nevertheless spent time on a prison ship in New York Harbor. Some of the poems in this volume speak to that experience.
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The Best Notes: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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eBook
University of Pennsylvania

Project Gutenberg: Etext of Balzac by Frederick Lawton

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of this biography of the 19th century author of The Human Comedy.
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Ethereal Library: Edwards, Jonathan (1703 1758)

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from Christian Classics features full text works by Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758 CE), as well as works about him, and audio files of some sermons, and a search feature for his work.
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The Best Notes: The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Primary
University of North Carolina

"Life and Times of Frederick Douglass": Text

For Students 9th - 10th
HTML full text of the "Life and Times of Frederick Douglass," the autobiography of the 19th century African American abolitionist (1818-1895).
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The Best Notes: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a study guide and a chapter-by-chapter summary for the memoir The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes: The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel The Time Machine by H. G. Wells including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde including author information, literary elements, act-by-act summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Native Son by Richard Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel Native Son by Richard Wright including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Grade Saver

Grade Saver: Antigone by Sophocles

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the classical play Antigone by Sophocles including author information, literary elements, scene summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Life Imitates Art: The Great Gatsby

For Students 9th - 10th
This media gallery from the American Masters film F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams explores how F. Scott Fitzgerald's work mirrored events in his life. Using video, discussion questions, organizers, and essays, students will take a...
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Cengage Learning

Textbook Site Heath Anthology: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

For Students 9th - 10th
This background essay combines biographical and literary information about the author Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930 CE). A bibliography is included as well as a few links.
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C-SPAN

C Span American Writers: Narrative of Frederick Douglass

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief summary of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Also includes an on-line text of the work as well as links to other informational websites.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.