Curated OER
Robbing the 'Hood?
Young scholars investigate historical figures and how they play a role in tourism by reading and discussing the article "When Robin Hood Supped, Was it Yorkshire Pudding?" In groups, students investigate issues related in the article in...
Curated OER
Elements of the Oral Tradition
Various genres of oral tradition are outlined and defined in these slides. Give your class examples of folk tales, fairy tales, parables, fables, legends, and myths before reading an example of one of these stories. This overview acts as...
Curated OER
Forest Joe Lesson Plan: Outlaw or Hero?
Students become familiar with an American legend that is unfamiliar to many. Presented with the legend of Forest Joe, a runaway slave who, much like Robin Hood, stole from the rich to give to the poor, students draw comparisons and...
Curated OER
Identifying Genre
In this identifying genre activity, 9th graders read the titles and descriptions of 15 stories, identify and write the genre and subgenre from the list provided.
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Robin Hood and Allin a Dale
The text of a ballad about Robin Hood, collected by Francis James Child in a work called, "The English and Scottish Popular Ballads." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, the...
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World Wide Robin Hood Society: Robin Hood Legend
This site deals with the Robin Hood Legend (legend background and very brief synopses of "Tales of Robin Hood," including a link to the tale "Robin Hood and the Monk"), historical research (where and when he lived, where he is buried),...
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Ben Turner's Robin Hood Page: Robin Hood Legend
Site-creator Ben Turner shares his passion for the Robin Hood Legend, including Robin Hood's biography, Robin Hood's England, and the Merry Men. Perhaps the most entertaining section, Multimedia, contains audio clips and links...
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Bold Outlaw: Search for a Real Robin Hood
A website devoted to the quest to find the facts behind the folklore of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
Britain Express
Britain Express: Myths and Legends: Robin Hood
Brief, general background of the Robin Hood Legend, with links to two Robin Hood sites.
Other
University of Rochester: Robin Hood Project
Similar to the Camelot Project, this site from the University of Rochester provides access to numerous original texts that are part of the Robin Hood legend, as well as links to other sites that deal with the legend.
Other
Robin Hood, Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood
Attractive, well-researched personal site. This site gives viewers options to find out about possible backgrounds for the Robin Hood legends, transcriptions of early ballads, information about the significant characters in many Robin...
Other
Folklore and Myth: Robin Hood
Links to a comic book and ten ballad poems about Robin Hood. Each poem is followed by discussion questions.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Robin Hood: A Collection of Poems, Songs, and Ballads by Ritson
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Robin Hood: A Collection of Poems, Songs, and Ballads by Joseph Ritson (1884), a collection of poems, songs, and ballads about Robin Hood.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
This ebook version of Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures Of Robin Hood: Of Great Renown In Nottinghamshire has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: British and Celtic Mythology
This is a comprehensive unit on British and Celtic mythology that includes background information linking the two and vocabulary terms. British mythology focuses on legends of knights and kings; audio clips of several excerpts from Age...