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Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Letter to Pope About Thomas Becket's Death [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a one-page PDF of a letter from William, archbishop of Sens, to the Pope, in relation to the death of Thomas Becket.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cavalier Lyrists: Thomas Carew

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth biography of cavalier poet Thomas Carew. It mentions his heritage, up-bringing, education, career at court, and his death. As well as providing a wealth of information on Carew, this site also includes several of his most...
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Website
American Library Association

American Library Association: Newbery Medal Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is dedicated to winners of the Newbery Medal, an award named for an eighteenth-century British bookseller. Link is available for list of current winners and past winners.
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eBook
Rutgers University

Rutgers University: An Essay of Dramatick Poesie by John Dryden

For Students 9th - 10th
Abridged version of the famous essay by John Dryden.
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Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Trans Jessie L. Weston[pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 22-page PDF of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated by Jessie L. Weston.
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Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Gawayne and the Green Knight by Charlton Miner Lewis [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 27-page PDF of GAWAYNE AND THE GREEN KNIGHT: A Fairy Tale by Charlton Miner Lewis; a modern-language retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Night.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Everyman, 15th Century [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a PDF of the morality play Everyman, written in the 15th century. It is about Death coming to get Everyman and hold him accountable for his life.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Monday or Tuesday, by Virginia Woolf

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of Virginia Woolf's short story collection Monday or Tuesday. Includes "A Haunted House," "A Society," "Monday or Tuesday," "An Unwritten Novel," "The String Quartet," "Blue & Green," "Kew Gardens," and "The Mark on the Wall."
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Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales: The Nun's Priest's Tale[pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 12-page PDF of "The Nun's Priest's Tale" from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "An International Row" by Robert Barr

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "An International Row" by British author Robert Barr. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Miss Mc Millan" by Robert Barr

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "Miss McMillan" by Robert Barr, a British author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour: Interview With Tom Stoppard

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a transcript of an interview with Stoppard that was done on "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." Stoppard talks about his writing process and creativity.
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Article
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: The b.e.f. Times

For Students 9th - 10th
While in the trenches during WWI, soldiers began to produce their own magazines. The best known of these was the Wipers Times, later renamed the B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) Times. It was printed on a printing press salvaged from...
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Website
BBC

Bb Ci Audio Interviews: Stevie Smith

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides several audio clips from a 1965 interview with Stevie Smith (1902-1971 CE), the noted British poet and novelist. Additional content includes a brief biography, a list of key works, and links to further material on the...
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Pope?s Literary Consciousness . . .

For Students 9th - 10th
Good discussion of Pope's life and work. Part of a larger article on Pope from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature.
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Website
University of Oxford (UK)

First World War Poetry Digital Archive: Edward Thomas Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
A wistful biography of Edward Thomas, a poet before World War I, who wrote poetry and many letters during his time in the British Army before his death in France. Find hyperlinks to his works and copies of his manuscripts.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: John Skelton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is the Wikipedia encyclopedia entry for the British poet John Skelton (1460-1529 CE). The page has numerous in-text links to other pertinent information.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Arthur Conan Doyle

For Students 9th - 10th
Pegasos, a literature-related resource site, offers the biography of Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930 CE), British writer and creator of Sherlock Holmes.
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Handout
Other

University of Western Ontario: Early Writing in Canada: Jameson: Winter Studies

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpts from Irish-born British writer Anna Brownell Jameson's Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada, a travelogue of her 1836 voyage to Canada.
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Lesson Plan
Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Murphy and Mousetrap Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Murphy and Mousetrap, a novel by Sylvia Olsen, is about a First Nations boy's adjustment to living on a reserve in British Columbia. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's reflections on writing the...
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Lesson Plan
Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Lucky's Mountain Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Lucky's Mountain, a novel by Diane Maycock, is about a girl's love of a three-legged dog that she tries to save. The novel is set in a mining community in British Columbia. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and...
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Lesson Plan
Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Jo's Triumph Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Jo's Triumph, a novel by British Columbia author Nikki Tate, follows the adventures of an orphan girl named Jo as she disguises herself as a boy and works for the Pony Express. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas...
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Phillip Larkin

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of The Movement, Phillip Arthur Larkin was one of the poets who "addressed everyday British life in a plain, straightforward language." This is a short biography with a few quotes from his work and a selected bibliography.
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Lesson Plan
Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Klutzhood Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Klutzhood, a novel by British Columbia writer Chris McMahen, is about a boy who struggles to fit into a new school when he transfers mid-year. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, discussion points, and learning activities.

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