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TES Global

Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Design a Fairy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students pretend they are the director and design a costume for Puck; they brief the designer as to how to create it and then brief the actor as to how to play the part. An example and...
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Activity
TES Global

Tes: Midsummer Night's Dream: Magic Flower Task

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students design an advertisement for a magic flower like Oberon does in A Midsummer Night's Dream. They begin by answering questions as to product name, what it does, how it works, the...
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TES Global

Tes: The Tempest: Prospero Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of photos of Prospero from different Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of Shakespeare's The Tempest. They could be useful to compare interpretations and to spark discussion.
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TES Global

Tes: The Tempest: Magic Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of magic photos from the Royal Shakespeare Company's various productions of Shakespeare's The Tempest, which could be useful in comparing different interpretations and sparking...
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Website
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Santana

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers extensive biographical details on superstar rock group, Santana, 1998 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, recommended reading list, and essential songs.
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Handout
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: English Deism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy describes the influence of several different English Deists with long paragraphs explaining their works, politics, and major ideas. Entries on Hobbes, Locke, and Hume, as well as on...
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W. W. Norton

Norton Anthology: Overview of Literary Gothicism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Do you know what type of literature "literary Gothicism" represents? Find out what types of literature throughout the ages have been touched by the Gothic influence when you visit this site.
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British Library

British Library: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Discovering Literature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Uncover 19th-century connections from Darwin to Jack the Ripper, play a Gothic genre word game, and examine how the novel has been depicted in illustrations, book covers and photographs. [PDF]
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Gothic

For Students 9th - 10th
Gothic fiction has intrigued and unsettled readers for more than two centuries. These articles research how these works reflect the political, social, and cultural contexts in which they were written.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Deus Ex Machina

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a glossary entry for the term Deus ex Machina which literally means "god out of a machine." It is a negative reference to an author who uses a supernatural being like an angel to resolve a plot.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Wireless Message" by Ambrose Bierce

For Students 7th - 9th
"A Wireless Message" is a supernatural story about a man who takes a walk one evening and everything around him has a soft red glow. Find out why by reading the full text on this site.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Through the Ivory Gate

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this supernatural short story "Through the Ivory Gate" by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Vision of Tom Chuff

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the short story "The Vision of Tom Chuff" by supernatural fiction writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Three More John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the first three John Silence stories in "Three More John Silence Stories" written by the British writer of supernatural tales Algernon Blackwood.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Brood of the Witch Queen by Sax Rohmer

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the novel "The Brood of the Witch-Queen" by Sax Rohmer. Murder, abduction, and black magic all take place in this supernatural novel.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Three John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of all three supernatural stories featuring a psychic doctor in "Three John Silence Stories" by Algernon Blackwood.
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Activity
University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Wuthering Heights Ch 33" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an excerpt from chapter 33 of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Details that show a supernatural or gothic element are blue while details that show strong...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: A Child of the Rain by Elia W. Peattie

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the eerie short story "A Child of the Rain" by Ella W. Peattie a supernatural tale about a strange, destitute child who appears spectrally on a late-night streetcar.
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Handout
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Native American Religious Beliefs and Practices

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief descriptions of the religious practices of six Native American groups, including the Iroquois and the Muskogee. A great resource from the National Humanities Center.
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Baptism

For Students 9th - 10th
Extremely thorough site exploring the history and rituals of baptism in the Christian Church. Content includes a focus on what the Church says about baptism, what it means to be baptized, the various forms of baptism, where and when...
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British Library

British Library: Dickens's Great Expectations: The Gothic, the Uncanny

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will introduce the idea of the uncanny and explore its expression within the narrative form of Charles Dickens's novel "Great Expectations".

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