Great Books Foundation
Discussion Guide for Little Women
Start with the question in mind with a discussion activity on Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. With four focus questions, note-taking prompts, and discussion points, readers practice answering thematic questions based on textual evidence.
Digital Public Library of America
Teaching Guide: Exploring Little Women
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is a literary masterpiece as well as a timestamp of the formative mid-nineteenth century in America. Using a primary source set of photographs, letters, and portraits, readers discuss the ways...
PBS
Primary Source Set: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
What did Jo write her stories with? How did the March sisters dress? A primary source set designed for Louisa May Alcott's Little Women prompts learners to look over images of household items and clothes from the 1860s before...
Feedbooks
Little Women
The March sisters (Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy) have delighted readers for more 100 years—and they continue gaining young fans every day. An eBook of the classic novel, Little Women, provides a more modern look, but it does so without...
John F. Kennedy Center
Acting Up, A Melodrama: Performing Like Jo March and Her Sisters in Little Women
Lights, Camera, Action! Pupils read Little Women and create, act, and direct a melodrama that Jo March and her sisters would enjoy. The lesson plan comes complete with resources for the educator on melodrama as well as examples...
Curated OER
Cheerful Hearts and Willing Feet
High schoolers explore characterization in Little Women. In this literature lesson, students participate in written analysis and research in order to explore Alcott's characterization in the novel.
K12 Reader
Little Men: Starting School
Jo March is all grown up in Louisa May Alcott's Little Men, and a new generation of children is benefitting from her tutelage. Young learners read a passage from the novel before answering four comprehension questions about plot details...
Curated OER
Louisa May Alcott: her life, her times and her literature
Students explore one of America's favorite classic novels, 'Little Women'. They develop an interest in classics, study the author's life and discover which elements of her family history she incorporates into her work. They show how...
K12 Reader
Jo’s Boys
Louisa May Alcott's third novel about Josephine March, spunky-sister-turned-successful-writer, is the focus of a reading comprehension activity. As class members read an excerpt from the third chapter of Jo's Boys, they answer four...
K12 Reader
Point of View: Who Is Telling the Story?
See how famous books of literature have different perspectives with a short activity. After reviewing the difference between first and third person points of view, learners look over six passages from various novels and decide which...
Curated OER
Fact and Fiction in Little Women
Students read excerpts from the novel "Little Women." Students work in groups to research, analyze, and answer the questions included in the lesson plan. After research, students write a paper and include a bibliography. The students...
Great Books Foundation
Discussion Guide for Jane Eyre
The ambiguity in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre makes the novel a perfect choice for a shared inquiry discussion. Readers respond to open-ended questions with evidence drawn directly from the text.
Curated OER
How Many can You Name?
In this algebra worksheet, learners are given clues and asked to find phrase, name or title with the word MARCH in them. There are 12 clues with an answer key.
Curated OER
Slavery's Opponents and Defenders
Learners explore the wide-ranging debate over American slavery and the lives of its leading opponents and defenders and the views they held about America's "peculiar institution."
Curated OER
My Brother Sam is Dead: A study of the Revolutionary War
Fifth graders complete an analysis of the Revolutionary War through literature. After "My Brother Sam Is Dead," students create a time capsule containing items that would be relevant during the Revolutionary War. They identify key...
Curated OER
Adjectives: Forms And Usage
In this adjective forms and usage learning exercise, 7th graders review and discuss all the different types of adjective forms and usage and complete one sentences with an article, a noun and an adjective.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
This collection uses primary sources to explore Louisa May Alcott's novel, Little Women.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
This resource is the full text of the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Available in multiple formats.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Little Women: Becoming a Writer
Explore the conflict between Jo March and her father over writing for money, in this video excerpt [1:36] from Little Women, Masterpiece. Like Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women, Jo is an aspiring writer. When she receives a...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
This is the complete text of the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Louisa May Alcott
Discover biographical details about famed author Louisa May Alcott who created colorful relatable characters in 19th-century novels.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Little Women
This ebook version of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: A Garland for Girls by Louisa May Alcott
This is the full text of the collection of short stories A Garland for Girls by Louisa May Alcott; her final publication includes seven short stories. She is most famous for her novel Little Women.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Little Women
This classic novel written just after the Civil War, is looked at in detail in this fascinating site. Read about the characters, the themes and quotations in this excellent site.