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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Juvenal: Satire I (English)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The text of Juvenal's Satire in English.
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Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Juvenal: Satire Vi

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The text of Juvenal's Satire VI.
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Other

The Fitzwilliam Museum: Vive La Difference!: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the presentation of French and English stereotypes through satirical works. View prints created by the French and prints created by the English.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: From Dr. Seuss to Jonathan Swift

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for three lessons that use Dr. Seuss?s "The Butter Battle Book" to introduce satire in Jonathan Swift?s "Gulliver?s Travels." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: Jonathan Swift

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Jonathan Swift and his use of satire and irony. It features links to Swift's biography, "A Voyage to Lilliput" and "A Voyage to Brobdingnag" texts from Gulliver's Travels, and a handout with questions about the...
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: English 4; Wealth and Poverty

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module asking students to analyze different types of texts, learn literary terms, write a satirical essay and a mock newspaper article, and work with vocabulary skills all within themes related to wealth and poverty.
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eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: An Essay on Man: Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope available in multiple formats.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Satire of the Sea" by Melville Davisson Post

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Text of the short story "Satire of the Sea" by Melville Davisson Post, an American author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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eBook
Vroma Project

Juvenal's Satire 3: Rome, the Savage City

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent source for this text, this site has a side-by-side translation into English accompanying the Latin. This site also includes hyperlinks to various subjects in the English to help understand the writing. An invaluable...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Wealthy Teen Nearly Experiences Consequences" by the Onion Staff

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the satirical article "Wealthy Teen Nearly Experiences Consequences" by The Onion Staff, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed...
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Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Neoclassism: Epic, Mock Epic and Satire

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Unfortunately, "literary" writing was not as simple and direct as political writing. When trying to write poetry, most educated authors stumbled into the pitfall of elegant neoclassicism. The epic, in particular, exercised a fatal...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Juvenal

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers brief biographical information on Juvenal, Roman satiric poet of the 1st century A.D.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Natural Selection Kills 38 Quadrillion Organisms in Bloodiest Day

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with the satirical article "Natural Selection Kills 38 Quadrillion Organisms in Bloodiest Day" by The Onion Staff, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The...
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: The Masses

For Students 9th - 10th
The Masses was a socialist magazine begun in 1911. Under the direction of Max Eastman, the magazine became an advocate of racial equality and women's rights and promoted many writers and artists. It was well known for its political art,...
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Lesson Plans: Political Cartoons: Finding Point of View

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan on analyzing a political cartoon that satirizes the Stamp Act.
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Primary
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: "The Clouds" by Aristophanes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a complete text from the Internet Classics Archive of the play "The Clouds," by Aristophanes. This great satire mocks Socrates and other great learners.
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eBook
Luminarium

Luminarium: The Works of John Donne

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A clickable list to selected full-text works by John Donne, including songs, sonnets, elegies, epigrams, and satires.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an introduction to a Restoration and Eighteenth Century, which ranges from the Restoration of King Charles II to the turn of the 19th century. The essential questions for the unit focuses on how the events of the period...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: A Modest Proposal

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focues on "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift in which he uses strong satire and irony as a protest of the English treatment of the Irish. It features links to the text of "A Modest Proposal," an introduction to the work by...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Dramatic Irony (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on dramatic irony including what it is, it's purpose, examples in various genre, and a practice exercise. RL.11-12.6 Irony/Satire/etc
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Irony, Sarcasm, and Paradox (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn to evaluate the role of irony, paradox, and sarcasm in literary nonfiction such as speeches and essays. It includes the definitions and...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Irony, Sarcasm, Paradox (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn to identify and explain the purposes of irony and paradox in poetry. Both of these poetic devices are ways of saying one thing and meaning...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Irony (English Iii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learning to read and appreciate irony is the ultimate test of your skill at reading between the lines and can take considerable practice. This lesson will help you acquire...
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Article
British Library

British Library: 20th Century: An Introduction to Animal Farm

For Students 9th - 10th
George Orwell's "Animal Farm" combines animal fable with political satire targeting Stalinist Russia. John Sutherland describes the novel's genesis, its struggle to find a publisher, and its eventual success.

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