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Shakespeare's Words: Julius Caesar: Character Circles

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of five Venn diagram circles showing the relationships between characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and their roles in the play.
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Cliffs Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

For Students 9th - 10th
CliffsNotes offers a comprehensive overview of the novel by Harper Lee entitled "To Kill a Mockingbird." Here you can find chapter summaries, character analyses, study help, a biography of the author, and more.
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Handout
SparkNotes

Spark Notes: Julius Caesar: Character List

For Students 9th - 10th
Descriptions of major and minor characters in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, with links to more in-depth analyses of Brutus, Caesar, and Antony, as well as a short quiz.
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Handout
Sonoma State University

Sonoma State University: Soren Kierkegaard: Summary of Important Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent place to start learning the terminology and ideas of Kierkegaard. The explanations are clear and easy to understand.
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Unit Plan
SparkNotes

Spark Notes: Mythology by Edith Hamilton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers all you need to read and study Mythology by Edith Hamilton. It includes an overview, a character list, an introduction to classical mythology, the themes, motifs, and symbols, a summary and analysis, the full text, a...
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Primary
Other

Archive It: Macbeth Plugged

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides an annotated, on-line version of the Shakespearean tragedy Macbeth. It provides an introduction, character bios with images, themes, a glossary, summaries of each scene of each Act, and the complete text with...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Macbeth, Act Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a guide to the reading of Act II of Macbeth. It offers background information, links to vocabulary, a summary of the act, hyperlinked notes, the text of the act, questions, and an alternative text. It also provides three tasks:...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Drama: A Raisin in the Sun: Act Iii

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to Act III of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry which focuses on major conflicts. It features links to a study guide, a character analysis assignment, and Spark Notes and Shmoop summaries of the play.
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Lesson Plan
TES Global

Tes: Henry Iv: Part I: 2014 Teacher Pack

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a Royal Shakespeare Company guide to teaching Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I, a sequel to Richard II. It includes an introduction to King Henry IV's court, the social and historical background...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Technology and the World: Technology and Literature: Part 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Flannery O'Connor, her short story "The Life You Save May be Your Own," and the characteristics of Southern Gothic Literature. It features links to Flannery O'Connor's Biography, a Wikipedia article on "The Life...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning:ap Literature & Composition: Life, Death, and in Between

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This unit focues on life and death, text-to-text connections, archetypes, symbols, and allusions, and writing in a non-native language. It features "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and...
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Graphic
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Customizable Graphic Organizers

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a series of graphic organizers for reading students. Forms are provided for plot, character analysis, reading logs, and reading responses.
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eBook
Other

Brentville District High School: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act Iv [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The teacher edition of a textbook chapter on Act 4 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Students will analyze the plot, make and verify predictions, and analyze characters. Includes explanations of vocabulary with accompanying text from the...
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Unit Plan
Other

Novel Guide: Measure for Measure

For Students 9th - 10th
This study guide for Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure," in addition to providing a summary of the text, gives character profiles and theme analyses. Also included is a brief biography of William Shakespeare.
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Website
Other

Novelguide.com: All's Well That Ends Well

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, where you can get plot summary, character profiles, and theme analysis on the Shakespearean comedy, "All's Well that Ends Well," is a good resource to accompany a reading of the play. Included is a brief biography of...
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Primary
Other

Novel guide.com: "The Prince"

For Students 9th - 10th
NovelGuide.com provides a thorough study guide including summaries, character profiles, metaphor and theme analysis, quotes, and an author biography.
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Study Guide
Universal Teacher

Moore's Teacher Resources: Studying Romeo and Juliet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Wealth of information about the play "Romeo and Juliet" intended for standardized test preparation in the United Kingdom. Contains detailed information about some key scenes, some character analysis, as well as advice for writing about...
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Other

Homework Online: Lord of the Flies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a short interpretation of William Golding's novel, "Lord of the Flies." Content includes concise chapter summaries, character analysis, explanation of themes and symbolism, and more.
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: A Guide to "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Background, character analysis, chapter-by-chapter summary and follow-up activities are all here in this 4 page .pdf.
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Summarizing by Text Messaging Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This is a lesson in how to summarize a play by William Shakespeare, in this case Romeo and Juliet, by writing a 140-character text message for each selection that students are assigned to read. The text messages are sent to a website,...
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Website
University of Victoria (Canada)

Internet Shakespeare Editions: "The Winter's Tale "

For Students 9th - 10th
Some summary and analysis of William Shakespeare's comedy "The Winter's Tale." It discusses a variety of aspects of the play including courtly love, view of bears in Shakespeare's time, pastorals, the character Autolycus, and other...
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Website
Universal Teacher

Moore's Teacher Resources: Studying Macbeth

For Students 9th - 10th
A site from the UK on William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Complete with information on the historical context, character analysis, thematic elements, and review questions.
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Website
BBC

Bbc: Alexander the Great: Hunting for a New Past

For Students 9th - 10th
What kind of man was Alexander the Great? We are familiar with many of his achievements, but has he been over-romanticized? This summary focuses on his personality traits and includes a timeline and biography for further research.
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Other

Homework Online: Miller's "Death of a Salesman"

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides an in-depth look at Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman." Includes a detailed plot summary, plus character analyses, a theme discussion, a Miller biography, and more.