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Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: Crime and Punishment in Elizabethan England

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides a contemporary description of crime and punishment in Shakespeare's time.
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Other

It Gets Better Project: A Community for All Sexual Identities

For Students 9th - 10th
Surviving the teenage years is extremely difficult, but dealing with sexual identity makes it excruciatingly harder. Welcome to the "It Gets Better Project," a safe place created specifically for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender...
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Article
The National Alliance on Mental Illness

About Mental Illness: Bipolar Disorder

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The National Alliance on Mental Illness provides an introduction to Bipolar Disorder, also known as Manic Depression. On this site are symptoms of Bipolar Disorder, causes, and treatment options, as well as links at the bottom of the...
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Healthline Media

Medical News Today: What Are Cluster Headaches?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what cluster headaches are and what causes them in this informative article from Medical News Today. Learn about the signs and symptoms, the duration, the risk factors, treatment options, and how you can prevent them.
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eBook
The Washington Post

Washington Post.: A Poem by Sylvia Plath

For Students 9th - 10th
This Washington Post article by poet laureate Robert Hass analyzes Plath's (1932-1963 CE) poem "By Candlelight," and includes the text of the poem.
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Lesson Plan
TES Global

Tes: 13 Reasons Why

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A activity unit on Jay Asher's 13 Reasons Why.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Th1rteen R3asons Why

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A set of resources to support a unit on Jay Asher's 13 Reasons Why. Includes quiz and images showing sadness, settings, etc.
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Article
Other

Tragic & Comic Visions in the Brothers Karamazov

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features an article entitled "Tragic and Comic Visions in The Brothers Karamazov" written by contemporary author Joyce Carol Oates. The article originally appeared in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Winter 1968-1969.
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Website
Other

University of Otago: Gothicism in Conrad and Dostoevsky

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Otago contains the text of a scholarly essay written by English professor Robert Berry. The article originally appeared in Deep South, a publication of the English department at the University of Otago.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Fyodor Dostoevsky

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents an accurate account of the events in the life of Fyodor Dostoevsky. Also includes a bibliography of works by and about the author.
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Middlebury College

Middlebury College: Biography of Dostoevsky

For Students 9th - 10th
This Midlebury College site offers an interesting account of the life of Russian author, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Stresses the tragedies and difficulties of his life, particularly the mock execution he was forced to endure before being exiled...
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Website
Middlebury College

Middlebury College: Papers on Dostoevsky

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to nine essays written by students at Middlebury College for a Spring 1996 course on Dostoevsky. The topics range from "Dostoevsky and Social Issues" to "Dostoevsky and the Theme of Children."
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Website
Other

First Descents Into the Inferno: Scholarly Essay

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains the text of a scholarly article written by English professor Dr. Robert Berry. The article originally appeared in Deep South, a publication of the English department at the University of Otago.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: An Overview of Athenian Painted Ceramic Vases

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an introduction to the different types of vases used by Ancient Greeks, including their different purposes, different descriptions, and the historical backgrounds for each.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: 10 Things You May Not Know About the Nuremberg Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
The post-World War II trials marked the first-ever prosecutions for genocide and crimes against humanity. Held directly after World War II, the Nuremberg Trials were a series of 13 military tribunals in which nearly 200 German...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Suicide by Cutting the Throat, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
In the 19th century, forensic pathologists began to use words and pictures to describe cadavers and to teach using cadavers in the classroom. See a number of interesting photos of various crime scenes on this interesting site.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Suicide Through Stabbing, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
In the 19th century, forensic pathologists began to use words and pictures to describe cadavers and to teach using cadavers in the classroom. See a number of interesting photos of various crime scenes on this interesting site.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Life & Debt

For Students 9th - 10th
The daily struggle of an Indian woman left widowed by her husband's suicide is the focus of this Wide Angle video.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Trespasser by d.h. Lawrence

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "The Trespasser" by D.H. Lawrence about an adulterous relationship that ends in suicide.
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Primary
Other

Bonnie & Clyde's Hideout: The Poems of Bonnie Parker

For Students 9th - 10th
Written one week before their capture, Bonnie Parker penned "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde," a poem she gave to her mother for safe keeping. Read many of her poems here, including the first draft of "Suicidal Sal."
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Unit Plan
Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Anne Sexton (1928 1974)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Offers classroom issues and strategies for teaching Anne Sexton's writings.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Farmers in Peril

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Wide Angle, the sparse life of the rural farmer in India is compared to the wealth of consumer goods available to wealthier city dwellers.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Private Money Lenders

For Students 9th - 10th
The practices of illegal private money lenders in the rural region of Vidarbha, India are highlighted in this video from Wide Angle. [2:50]
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Website
Other

Streetlaw: Criminal Law and Juvenile Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
The chapters of this unit on criminal law and juvenile justice are as follows: "Crime in America," "Introduction to Criminal Law," "Crimes Against the Person," "Crimes Against Property," "Defenses," and "The Criminal Justice Process: The...

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