Curated OER
Teachers See the Truth but Wait: Teaching Short Stories with Literature Circles
Students use literature circles to analyze four short stories from the Realms of Gold, Volume 3. In this literature circle lesson, students are assigned a role in the literature circle to improve their critical thinking skills for...
Curated OER
Anna Karenina Questions
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions based on Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
Curated OER
Protest Art in Pre-Revolutionary Russia
Students study the social class conflicts that existed during the Russian Revolution by reading the short stories of Anton Chekov and Leo Tolstoy. They analyze the stories to find criticisms of pre-Revolutionary Russia before designing...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Leo Tolstoy
This site focuses on Leo Tolstoy featuring links to his biography, and the full text of eight novels and one short story. These works include Anna Karenina, War and Peace, and The Death of Ivan Ilych.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: God Sees the Truth, but Waits by Leo Tolstoy
Read the short story, or a parable of forgiveness, called "God Sees the Truth, But Waits" by Leo Tolstoy about a man wrongfully convicted of murder.
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Three Questions
A learning module that begins with the short story "The Three Questions" by Leo Tolstoy, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Death of Ivan Ilych
This novella or short story was first published in 1886 and is considered one of Tolstoy's best works. Read about the important themes and characters in this informative site.