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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Early North Carolina Exploration (warm-up activity)

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders focus on the European perspective of exploration and findings along the North Carolina coast.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Getting to Know the Presidents

For Students 4th - 6th
In this presidents worksheet, students use given web site sources to complete a graphic organizer comparing pairs of presidents, 5 pairs total.
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Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Life of Sir Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of the Fordham University provides an intimate account of the life of Sir Thomas More by his son-in-law, William Roper.
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Primary
Oregon State University

Oregon State University: "Utopia" by Sir Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents the full text of Sir Thomas More's book "Utopia." Content is organized by chapter and a search feature is included.
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Primary
Other

Thomas More: Description by Erasmus

For Students 9th - 10th
In this letter written in 1519, Desiderius Erasmus describes his friend Sir Thomas More.
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Handout
Luminarium

Luminarium: Sir Thomas More Additional Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive listing of secondary sources of information concerning Thomas More. Includes biographies, images, Utopia resources, online books, and related listings.
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Website
Luminarium

Luminarium: Sir Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site offers biographical information concerning Sir Thomas More, texts of his works, articles and essays about his works, and a list of other available sources.
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Article
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Thomas More Trial (1535)

For Students 9th - 10th
"I die the king's good servant, and God's first."--Thomas More. There is much to learn from the story of how the head of one of the most revered men in England, Sir Thomas More, ended up on the chopping block on London's Tower Hill in...
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Website
Oregon State University

Oregon State University: Sir Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource, containing career biography, timeline, and bibliography.
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Website
Luminarium

Luminarium: Renaissance Literature: The Life of Sir Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
A great biography, focused mainly on his life and career in the courts. Also contains a great bibliography.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Blogtopia Blogging About Your Own Utopia

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for six 50-minute lessons that ask students to blog about their own Utopian societies after reviewing some Utopian literature. Can be used in conjunction with Sir Thomas More's "Utopia," the writings of the New England...
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Website
Other

Goucher College: Sir Thomas More and "Utopia"

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of More's famous "Utopia," explaining the principal characters, plot, and genre.
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eBook
Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: Utopia [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "Utopia" by Sir Thomas More is available here in PDF format. Utopia, which was first released in 1516, is 148 pages pages long.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 - 6 July 1535), from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, author, and statesman who in his lifetime gained a reputation as a leading humanist scholar, and occupied many public offices, including...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 - 6 July 1535) was an English lawyer, author, and statesman who in his lifetime gained a reputation as a leading humanist scholar, and occupied many public offices, including Lord Chancellor (1529-1532),...
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Handout
Luminarium

Luminarium: Essays and Research on the Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this comprehensive site to learn more about English Renaissance Literature. This site is a gold mine of information. It has several essays that illuminate this genre. Find out more about this period in literature through this...
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Handout
Luminarium

Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485 1603)

For Students 9th - 10th
Luminarium offers a student resource for learning about the authors of the English Renaissance period. Contains links to over 25 different authors from the period which contain their biographies, bibliographies, and text to some of their...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site offers biographical information concerning Sir Thomas More, texts of his works, articles and essays about his works, and a list of other available sources.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Sir Thomas More

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Sir Thomas More", created by Hans the Younger Holbein in 1527 (Tempera on wood, 74,2 x 59 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
An important counsellor to Henry VIII of England.
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Website
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Renaissance Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at four representative figures of the Renaissance period. Includes biographies about Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, Sir Thomas More, and Desiderius Erasmus. Their biographies discuss their contributions to the Renaissance...
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Website
Other

University of Southampton: The Soldier in Later Medieval England

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online searchable database of soldiers in Medieval England. Right now there are fifteen individual soldiers listed, but more will be coming online shortly. Click on Soldier Profiles on the left hand side of the page. Then...
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Power, Politics, and Religion

For Students 9th - 10th
A murdered king, a homeless ruler, a man who sells his soul to the Devil: discover how Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers represented power and powerlessness.

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