LCS Online Literature Yellow Page

Authors Classroom Novels Intellectual Freedom/Banned-Books Writing Road Map
Creative Communication Essay & Poetry Contest
Canterbury Tales
Literature Poetry Quotations/Citations William Shakespeare
Forbidden Book List Poems by Me
100 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Students

Mrs. Scarber's Independent Reading Guides Mrs Schalk's Indepenedent Reading Guide
Book Report Tic Tac Toe Reading Study Guide
Independent Reading Assignment Gr 10 & 12 Indepedent Reading Rubric Quarter 1 outline
Business Letter Template

Authors

American Masters
Information on life and works of American writers from PBS
Authors & Illustrators Who Visit Schools
Links & information on children authors & illustrators
Avi's Homepage
Get to know Avi, the popular children's author, at this site with information about his books and his life.
Children's Literature Conference
Official site of the Mid-winter Children's Literature Conference @ Butler
Dr. Seuss
LCS's yellowpage on Theodore Seuss Geisel, as known as Dr. Seuss

Intellectual Freedom/Banned-Books

Banned Books On-Line
Special exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts.
Banned Books Week
Information on ALA's week in September which promotes the freedom to read books. Includes links to why books are banned in some libraries or schools and list of quotes & books titles relating to books banned
Banned Books, Young Adults
links to online lists & reasons why books are banned in schools & libraries
Banned Books, Grades 7-12
Links to lists of banned books and information on censorship
National Coalition Against Censorship
Includes articles about freedom of expression & school censorship

Classroom Novels

Alls Quiet Cold Sassy Tree Crucible Glass Menagerie
Holes Ransom Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Romeo & Juliet
To Kill A Mockingbird Where the Red Fern Grows

Alls Quiet on the Western Front

Alls Quiet on the Western Front Webquest
World War I Yellowpage Guide
Links to information of World War I from LCS Yellowpages

Cold Sassy Tree

Afterlife: Exploring Different Cultural Attitudes Toward Death
A lesson from PBS to develop students' understanding of their personal concepts of the afterlife, as well as those of different cultures.
American Memory Collection, 1900-1929
Library of Congress collection on recording, historical happenings & fasion. Click on topic or type in keyword
Cadillac, History
Includes images & facts of Cadillac cars by model year
Cadillac History
Information from the Cadillac.com on history of the company & car
Family Undertaking
A Point of View program dealing with home deaths & funerals of cancer patients.
History Channel.com
type in your topic for select a date
Historic American Sheet Music
select by topic, keyword or subject
Museum of Funeral Customs
links to historical resources plus an online museum
Timeline of 20th Century, 1900-1909
Timeline of events from 1900-1901 from about.com
1900's Fashion
Paterns & fashion from the 1900's
20th Century by decades
links to topics & information on US History by decades

Crucible

Arthur Miller, American Master
Information on Arthur Miller's life and works from PBS
Crucible Webquest
Webquest on Timeless Persecutions
McCarthyism & Red Scare
Links on McCarthy hearings from K12TLC (LCS user id needed)
Hollywood Blacklist
Information on the 1947 hearings.
McCarthyism
Informational links to McCarthyism and the Red Scare
Arthur Miller's The Crucible: Fact or Fiction
Links to 17th century New England, and resources on the author and play.

Glass Menagerie

Glass Menagerie Webquest

Holes

Holes Webquest

Ransom

Ransom Webquest
Webquest on famous kidnappings
Ransom by Lois Duncan
Information on author and book from Random House publishers
Ransom by Lois Duncan
Lesson ideas and vocabulary from Random House publishers

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Webquest
An interactive experience

Romeo & Juliet

Let's Throw a Wedding for Romeo and Juliet
change history and plan the wedding of the century.

To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird Webquest
Webquest in which you publish your own small town newspaper

Where the Red Fern Grows

Animal Rights, K-12TLC(user id needed)
links to PETA and Animal Legal Defense
Animal Trapping, wikipedia
history and types of traps
Blue Tick Coonhound
articles from Canine Today
Grist Mills
history of grist mills
Gristmill
history of grist mills from middle ages & modern mills
Hunting, K-12TLC
links to a variety of hunting & fishing sites
Indiana Hunting Guides
Information on hunting seasons, licenses and regulations
Outdoor Channel
links to hunting sites and news articles
Wilson Rawls
Biography on Trelease-on-Reading
Biography on Eduplace
Biography on Wikipedia

Literature

Ayn Rand Institute
The center for the advancement of objectivism
Anthem Essay Contest for 9th & 10th Graders ($2,000 grand prize)
Fountainhead Essay Contest for 11th & 12th Graders ($10,000 grand prize)
Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest for College Students ($10,000 grand prize)
Bartleby Library
On-line version of Great Books. Includes classical literature, poetry and quotations listed by author.
Electronic Beowulf
Digitalized photographs of early manuscripts of Beowulf and searchable text
Bulfinch's Mythology
completely searchable version of the book
Electronic Text Center
1000's of texts in modern, early modern, middle ages & middle English languages. Plus French, German, Japanese and Latin. Select language then online holdings or web resources.
Exploring Greek Myths
Listing of Greek Mythology resource sites & on-line games
Folklore & Mythology
selection of manuscripts on WWW concerning mythology & folklore with emphasis on Germanic & English tales
Freelity: English Language Tools
Multiple search engines for English: includes pronouncation guides, literature guides and more
History Of English Language
Homepage for the "History of English Language". Includes resources for the history of the English language by time periods
Mystery Channel
Includes Mystery of the Day and Mystery Encyclopedia,which includes over 10,000 entries on mystery writers, books, characters and directors
O'Bannon Book Buddy
links to reading lists for kids, books of the month and opportunities for kids to review their favorite books online. Provided by the Indiana Literacy Foundation
Old English Pages
Nearly everything you could want to know about Old English language
On-Line Books
over 11,000 books presented in on-line versions
Project Gutenberg
The Project Gutenberg Philosophy is to make information, books and other materials available to the general public in forms a vast majority of the computers, programs and people can easily read, use, quote, and search. Search by title or author of work
Stories to Grow By
collections of folk & fairy tales. May select by topic, age or type.

Poetry

About.com Poetry Guide
Links to all types of poetry, see index on left
Academy of American Poets
Searchable database of poets & poems by name, title & subject
Bartleby Library
On-line version of Great Books. Includes classical literature, poetry and quotations listed by author.
K-12 TLC Guide on Poetry
Links to poetry sites from K-12TLC (need LCS user id)
Kid Lit
A collection of poetry written by students from K-12 grades. Students may also submit poetry to the site
Miss Roger's Poetry Webquest
Explore the variety of poetry forms on the web
Old Poetry Archive
Search by author, nationality, topic or keyword
Poetry.com
searchable database of poetry. Also poetry contests
Poetry forms
Collection of poetry templates in a variety of forms
Representative Poetry Online
Search for English poets by timelines, name, title, or first lines
Shadow Poetry
Examples of poetry in a variety of forms

Quotations

Bartleby Library
On-line version of Great Books. Includes classical literature, poetry and quotations listed by author.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Searchable version of Bartlett's from Bartleby Library
Easy Bib
Online site for fast & acurate citations in mulitiple stles

Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer: The Electronic Canterbury Tales
Links to information and resources on specific Tales
Canterbury Tales form Wikipedia
links to individual tales and resources
Jane Zatta's Chaucer Web Site
context, resources and tales of Canterbury
Chaucer Guide from K12 TLC (Log in Needed)

Shakespeare

K12 TLC Guide to William Shakespeare
Links to Shakespeare's works, poems and life.
Castles Guide, AITLC
links to castles around the world
Globe Theatre History
Includes history of theatre, Shakespeare & his wife Anne and even a copy of a playbill.
Architecture & Furniture
Christopher Wren, Britianexpress
Christopher Wren, St Paul's
Christopher Wren, BBC
Elizabethan Art & Architecture
Elizabethan Era.org
Elizabethan Furniture
Elizabethan Houses
Elizabethan Houses
Inigo Jones, Britianexpress
Inigo Jones, BBC
Tudor Style
Tower of London
Tower of London, Wikipedi
Tower of London, Camelot
Drama
Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare's Othello
Folger's Library, Much Ado
Folger's Library, Othello
Elizabethan
Elizabethan England
Elizabethan England: Times, Clothing & Theatre
Elizabethan Era
Reference.com
Tudor England
Tudor History.org
Macbeth.com
Information on Shakespeare, Scottish history, & Elizabethan Age.
Macbeth Guide from TLC
Links to literature & criticism on Macbeth
Shakespeare-English Lit Links
About.com links to Shakespeare: his plays
Shakespeare Landmarks
Information to major sites where Shakespeare lived & worked
Shakespeare on the Internet
Includes links to life & times, works, Renaissance and criticisms
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Information on both the new Globe Theatre, includes virtual photos.
Shakespeare's Stories
Information on the legend of Macbeth and it's historical facts.


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