Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Juvenal: Satire I (English)
The text of Juvenal's Satire in English.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Juvenal: Satire Vi
The text of Juvenal's Satire VI.
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The Fitzwilliam Museum: Vive La Difference!: Introduction
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.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: From Dr. Seuss to Jonathan Swift
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...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: Jonathan Swift
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...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: English 4; Wealth and Poverty
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.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: An Essay on Man: Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope
The full text of An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope available in multiple formats.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Satire of the Sea" by Melville Davisson Post
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.)
Vroma Project
Juvenal's Satire 3: Rome, the Savage City
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...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Wealthy Teen Nearly Experiences Consequences" by the Onion Staff
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...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Neoclassism: Epic, Mock Epic and Satire
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...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Juvenal
Wikipedia offers brief biographical information on Juvenal, Roman satiric poet of the 1st century A.D.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Natural Selection Kills 38 Quadrillion Organisms in Bloodiest Day
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...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: The Masses
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,...
Library of Congress
Loc: Lesson Plans: Political Cartoons: Finding Point of View
Lesson plan on analyzing a political cartoon that satirizes the Stamp Act.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: "The Clouds" by Aristophanes
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.
Luminarium
Luminarium: The Works of John Donne
A clickable list to selected full-text works by John Donne, including songs, sonnets, elegies, epigrams, and satires.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: Introduction
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...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: A Modest Proposal
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...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Dramatic Irony (English I Reading)
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
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Irony, Sarcasm, and Paradox (English Ii Reading)
[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...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Irony, Sarcasm, Paradox (English I Reading)
[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...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Irony (English Iii Reading)
[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...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: An Introduction to Animal Farm
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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