• Literature

    Martin, Jacqueline Briggs

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    Author Author Jacqueline Briggs Martin Literature Based Theme has free and low-cost activities, lesson plans, study guides, suggested additional materials, and more. Author Jacqueline Briggs Martin’s website Read about the author and view her books. Snowflake Bentley Buy on Amazon … [continue reading]

  • History,  Homeschooling,  Literature

    Medieval Times

    Medieval Times Castle Coloring Book http://www.doverpublications.com/teachersampler/0215/teacher13.htm King Arthur: Tales from the Round Table http://www.doverpublications.com/teachersampler/0322/teacher11.htm Knights Activity Book Dover Books Sample http://www.doverpublications.com/teachersampler/0308/teacher15.htm Life in a Medieval Castle and Village Coloring Book http://www.doverpublications.com/teachersampler/0503/teacher15.htm Men of Iron Dover Books Sample Chapter 1 http://www.doverpublications.com/teachersampler/0118/teacher1.htm… [continue reading]

  • Literature

    Lenski, Lois

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    Author Lois Lenski Literature Based Theme leads you to free and low cost activities, lesson plans, study guides, suggested additional materials, and more. Author Biography The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation More Biological Information from Milner Library Illinois State University Women … [continue reading]

  • Literature

    Carroll, Lewis

    Author Lewis Carroll Alice In Wonderland from AudioBooksForFree http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/download/default.asp?refnum=1000084&txt=1 Alice in Wonderland – An Interactive Adventure An interactive website of Java games, word puzzles, and more, featuring the characters from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/wonderland/ Alice in Wonderland Extension … [continue reading]

  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    McCourt, Frank

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    Author Frank McCourt Frank McCourt: Teacher Man – Frank McCourt, the author of Angela’s Ashes and ‘Tis, passed away July 2009 at the age of 78. In this talk he treats us to stories of life as a public school … [continue reading]

  • Homeschooling

    Eliot, George

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    Author George Eliot Literature Based Theme has free and low-cost activities, lesson plans, study guides, suggested additional materials, and more. Middlemarch https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/middlemarch/ Silar Marner Silas Marner https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/silas/ Silas Marner Teacher Guide https://images.penguinrandomhouse.com/promo_image/9780451530622_5157.pdf The Mill on the Floss https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/millonthefloss/

  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    Crane, Stephen

    Author Stephen Crane Maggie: A Girl of the Streets http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/maggie/ The Red Badge of Courage http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/redbadge.html The Red Badge of Courage http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/redbadge/

  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    Cooper, James Fenimore

    Author James Fenimore Cooper Crazy Libs: The Last of the Mohicans crazy libs is an online madlib generator http://www.rinkworks.com/crazylibs/c/c12.shtml James Fenimore Cooper at Web English Teacher http://www.webenglishteacher.com/cooper.html The Last of the Mohicans http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mohicans/

  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    Christie, Agatha

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    Author Agatha Christie https://www.agathachristie.com/ The ABC Murders http://files.harpercollins.com/HarperAcademic/ABCMurders.pdf And Then There Were None https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/andthenthere/ http://files.harpercollins.com/HarperAcademic/AndThenThereWereNone_TeachingGuide_final.pdf Death on the Nile http://files.harpercollins.com/HarperAcademic/deathonthenileTG.pdf The Moving Finger http://files.harpercollins.com/HarperAcademic/MovingFingerTG.pdf Murder on the Orient Express http://files.harpercollins.com/HarperAcademic/MurderExpressCommonCoreTGfinal.pdf https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/orientexpress/ The Mousetrap and Other Plays Teacher Guide https://web.archive.org/web/20120629020550/http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pdf/teachersguides/mousetrap.pdf The … [continue reading]

  • Homeschooling,  Literature

    Henkes, Kevin

    Author Kevin Henkes Meet the Author http://www.kevinhenkes.com/meet/kevin.asp Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse This unit supports the book (and Kennedy Center production of) Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2430/ Activities http://www.teachingheart.net/kevinideasl.html Literature Guide http://www.nancypolette.com/LitGuidesText/LillysPurplePlasticPurse.htm http://www.kevinhenkes.com/mouse/04.asp