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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Blake

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site features information on the life and work of William Blake.
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British Library

British Library: People: William Blake

For Students 9th - 10th
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of William Blake. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: William Blake

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author William Blake including a biography and the full text of Songs of Innocence and Experience, a poetry collection divided into two sections: poems about innocence and poems about experience.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: t.s. Eliot on William Blake

For Students 9th - 10th
An analytic essay written on Blake by T.S. Eliot (1888?1965) where Eliot looks at Blake's motivations.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "A Poison Tree" by William Blake

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "A Poison Tree" byWilliam Blake, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Poems of William Blake by William Blake

For Students 9th - 10th
Many poems by William Blake (1757-1827 CE), including Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience and The Book of Thel, all of which are reproduced in multiple digital formats.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: William Blake

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site from The Academy of American Poets about the poet William Blake (1757-1827 CE). While the primary purpose of the site is to provide a biography of the author, there are very good links on the page. By clicking on the links...
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Other

The William Blake Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
A wealth of information about the life and work of artist William Blake. Because this archive is so vast you can conduct a search for specific works by Blake.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: William Blake

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about William Blake's life and examples of his engravings.
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Other

Dickenson College: Blake on Nature

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Dickenson College provides a look at William Blake's philosohy on nature as evident in his writings. Provides links to other criticisms as well.
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Library of Congress

Loc: William Blake Digital Materials From the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Handwritten letters, published art and poetry, and other artifacts are part of this digital exhibit.
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Other

William Steig Official Homepage

For Students 3rd - 5th
Discover William Steig (1907-2003), the New Yorker cartoonist who launched another career as the creator of Shrek and other children's stories. Features include a matching game and word search based on the author's books.
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Primary
English Verse

English Verse: William Blake (1757 1827)

For Students 9th - 10th
Several of Blake's famous poems are available in full text here, along with a brief biography and a book recommendation.
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World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of "Book of Thel"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for William Blake's "Book of Thel."
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Romantic Poetry: Introduction: The Romantic Period

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to the British Romantic Period with poets such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Lord Byron, Shelly, and Keats. It focuses on essential questions such as "How did the shift in perspective and beliefs change the...
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Curated OER

William Blake

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this resource featuring William Blake's (1757-1827 CE) poetry. Find out a little bit about the author through the brief biographical information.
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Other

Up Word: The First Book of Urizen

For Students 9th - 10th
A verse-by-verse version of William Blake's (1757-1827 CE) First Book of Urizen is offered here at up Word. A lot of clicking, as each verse is a separate page. Not illustrated.
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Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: William Blake (1757 1827)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a sonnet called "To an Evening Star" by William Blake.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: William Blake

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about William Blake.
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Curated OER

William Blake

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of William Blake.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Authors

For Students 9th - 10th
From William Blake and John Keats to Charles Dickens and the Bronte sisters, explore 23 iconic authors from the Romantic and Victorian periods.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts: Approaching Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on the how to approach the analysis of poetry. It provides a series of student activities such as having students read and compare a draft and the final version of William Blake's "Tyger" which is...
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site features a lesson plan for William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble." Come and check out this creative activity.
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Curated OER

Title Page: Illustration From William Blake's the Book of Urizen.

For Students 9th - 10th
Handwritten letters, published art and poetry, and other artifacts are part of this digital exhibit.

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