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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Day in the Country" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short stories "A Day in the Country" by Anton Chekhov.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Dead Body" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of "A Dead Body" by Anton Chekhov.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Easter Eve" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "Easter Eve" by Anton Chekhov.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Darkness" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "Darkness" by Anton Chekhov.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Darling" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "The Darling" by Anton Chekhov.
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Other

The Anton Chekhov Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal page has everything you want to know about the Russian author Anton Chekhov and more! It includes links to everything imaginable about Chekhov such as online text to some of his stories, articles and essays about Chekhov,...
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Marxists Internet Archive

Marxists.org: Maxim Gorky (1868 1936)

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll down to near the bottom of the page and you will find a short biography on Russian playwright, Maxim Gorky. Primarily discusses his association with Russian leader, Lenin.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Fathers and Sons

For Students 9th - 10th
Fathers and Sons was a breakout noverl for Ivan Turgenev. Read about the characters and important themes in this excellent site.
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net.: Animal Farm

For Teachers 11th - 12th
This site features a complete project guide for George Orwell's book "Animal Farm."
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net: Bring Your Character in a Bag Animal Farm

For Teachers 7th - 9th
The main objective is for students to be able to interpret a chosen character from the novel Animal Farm. Students will then have an opportunity to represent that character in original symbolic form and present it orally to the class.
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Other

Music From China

For Students 9th - 10th
Site has the history of Chinese music. You can find examples of Chinese instruments, dates, developments, and descriptions.
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Website
Middlebury College

Middlebury College: Dostoyevsky and the Problem of God

For Students 9th - 10th
A student-written essay entitled "Dostoyevsky and the Problem of God." Includes bibliography and references.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Virgin Soil by Ivan S. Turgenev

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "Virgin Soil" by Ivan S. Turgenev which centers on a group of wealthy people who reject cultural norms and go to live among the workers and peasants.
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Lesson Plan
Utah State University

Teacher Link: Letters From Rifka

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site features an interdisciplinary lesson plan for the book "Letters from Rifka" by Karen Hesse. Discover how this twelve year old girl's struggle to get to America from Russia.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

For Students 9th - 10th
Published in 1962 in the Soviet Union/Russia, this book although a work of fiction, discusses in detail the gulag system, a type of prison that existed in Russia. In this carefully researched site find out more about the prison and the...
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Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Anna Karenina

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives a fascinating glimpse into the writer and the development of his characters in Anna Karenina. Read about the important themes and significant quotations to be found in this novel.
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Other

Joseph Brodsky and "Tornfallet"

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of poet Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996 CE), and the text of his poem "Tornfallet."
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Huntsman by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic short stories from famous authors. One work is "The Huntsman ," a story written by the author, Anton Chekhov.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Josip Alexandrovich Brodsky

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a detailed biography of Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996 CE), with a bibliography.
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Website
Aaron Shepherd

Aaron's Storybook: Folktales

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Many folktale resources are offered here. Texts of stories, "extras" including music and audio files, posters and background information can be found for some stories.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Boris Pasternak

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers biographical information on Boris Pasternak, Russian poet and writer, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958.