Curated OER
Samuel Clemens: His Autobiography and Famous Quotes
A discussion of Samuel Clemens autobiography and quotes is a must for any high school English class.
Curated OER
Mississippi River
Students study scanning and skimming techniques. In this research skills lesson, students use the research techniques on print literature about the Mississippi River. Students prepare book talks on the literature they read.
Curated OER
Homeschooling
In this homeschooling website, parents are provided with a variety of tools and articles for varying ages and lessons. Parents can browse topics, activities, and support groups.
Curated OER
Second Quiz on Combining Sentences
In this combining sentences worksheet, students combine four or five sentences into less sentences. Students combine 6 sets of sentences.
Curated OER
General Knowledge of Books #66
In this general knowledge of books #66 activity, students interactively answer 10 questions about British and American books and authors with immediate online feedback.
Curated OER
Prepositions Anyone? -- Learning to Use Prepositions
In this prepositions worksheet, students read 9 sentences and underline the preposition in each one. Students write 4 original sentences using prepositions to show location, direction, time and a relationship. Students fill in 6 blanks...
Curated OER
I Refuse!
Fifth graders demonstrate effective use of assertive refusal skills when declining alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. In this assertive refusal lesson plan, 5th graders role play peer pressure situation and write a brief essay on what...
Curated OER
Lesson #67 Relative Extrema
Students test for relative extrema. In this Calculus lesson plan, 12th graders investigate the relative extrema of a function and sketch the curve from the given information without the use of a calculator.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:american Lit: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Mark Twain
This lesson focuses on Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Longhorn Clemens and author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It includes links to a Discovery Education video about Mark Twain (Registration...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
This collection uses primary sources to explore The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
The Newberry Library
Newberry: Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, and Race in Postbellum America
Learning module in which students learn how Twain's Huckleberry Finn engaged and challenged popular ideas about slavery and race in nineteenth-century America and examine whether a text can be offensive yet worthwhile.
PBS
Pbs Ken Burns: American Lives: Mark Twain
In his time, Mark Twain was considered the funniest man on earth. Yet he was also an unflinching critic of human nature, using his humor to attack hypocrisy, greed and racism. In this series, Ken Burns has created an illuminating...
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn index page from Stephen Railton's Mark Twain in His Times site. Includes an introduction and photos with links to full texts, more illustrations, reviews, advertising and publicity, and other related matter.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Mark Twain in His Times
This etext from the University of Virginia provides a detailed look at Twain's novel "Huckleberry Finn". Included is a complete text with annotations, original illustrations and background on the illustrator, early reviews of the work,...
University of Virginia
Univ. Of Virginia: Folk Beliefs in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
This University of Virginia collection 'Mark Twain and His Times' provides an interesting student project by Maureen E. Riedy about the folk beliefs in "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Review
This lesson is a review to prepare for the final assessment over The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It includes links to Mark Twain's biography, a Huck Finn Test Review, and self-assessment review questions.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Pre Reading Huck Finn
This lesson is a preparation for reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It discusses the popularity of the book and the fact that it is one of the most controversial novels ever published. It includes links to a...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
This lesson is an introduction to a unit on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It includes background infromation on the author and the text, a list of key terms, essential questions, and discusses the themes of the text...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Mark Twain
This site focuses on Mark Twain including a link to his biography and links to the full text of six of his novels, three works of nonfiction, and 26 short stories. These include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit:the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Vocabulary
This lesson focuses on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn vocabulary by providing a list of vocabulary terms and definitions and a crossword puzzle to test your understanding of the terms.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Regional Realism: Mark Twain
This biography features Mark Twain as a regional realist author, world renown for his ability to portray real Americans in the late nineteenth century. Click "Mark Twain Activities" for artifacts and activities.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Chapter Viii. Mark Twain
Site is from "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907-21." Covers Mark Twain himself and critiques on his work.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Excerpt From the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
University of Virginia
University of Virginia Library: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
This often-banned book, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is discussed on this comprehensive essay which is part of a larger collection, Mark Twain in his Times. Read contemporary reviews, find out about how the book was advertised when...