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Erin Bouma's Recommended

Interactive
Literature/History Sites

Lessons with interesting internet content for schools/students with access.

http://edsitement.neh.gov/Lessons_Flash/Sizing_Up_Alice.htm
“Sizing Up Alice” – a low-intermediate pictorial retelling of Alice in Wonderland with multiple choice questions.

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=286
“Childhood through the Looking Glass” – comprehensive Lesson Plan, focusing on Carroll’s vision of childhood and the Victorian influences, with many interactive links – Intermediate and above.

www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bleakhouse/animation.shtml
Animated biography of Charles Dickens narrated at intermediate level listening.

www.europeoftales.net/site/en/index.html
A Europe of Tales. Several tales taken from Iceland, Scotland, Finland, Brittany and Italy. Narrated to accompany the good visuals. Low Intermediate level.

www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/10/oldtales.html
12 Grimm’s Fairy Tales from 1914 translations, including Snow White, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel. Some archaic vocabulary but stories are short.

www.readwritethink.org/materials/trading_cards/CharacterTradingCards.pdf
Writing a description and analyzing a character from fiction in a card format – Intermediate level.

www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/ComicCreator.pdf
“Comic Creator” Tools for students to create their own comic strip stories, including “Cartooning vocabulary” and tools – low intermediate.

www.readwritethink.org/materials/shape/ShapePoems.pdf
Making Shape Poems online using themes – School, Sports, Holidays and Nature. Examples & print outs. Intermediate level.
www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=245
Choosing Careers for Fictional Characters – High Intermediate. Students read/interpret classified ads, and write original resumes for a character they are exploring.

www.readwritethink.org/materials/mystery_cube/MysteryCube.pdf
Teaches the elements of a mystery story and lays the groundwork to write one: Setting, Crime/Mystery, Victim, Detective, Clues, and Solution. Prints out cube that can be assembled and rolled. Intermediate level.

www.readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/LetterGenerator.pdf
Teaches parts of a letter and guides the student to write either a friendly letter or a business letter. Intermediate level.

http://edsitement.neh.gov/maproom/dummymap.html
“Dummy Map Room” interactive reference works to history: the Black Death and WWII in Europe, the American Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Click on 7 different historical maps. High Intermediate Content.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove
How transport influenced American history, including exhibition from the Smithsonian Museum and three sophisticated games based on history. High Intermediate level.

http://edsitement.neh.gov/M_Polo_flash_page.asp
Trace Marco Polo’s Travels on this interactive Map site. Intermediate level.
Also http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=488
Curriculum Unit Overview with background and text materials.

www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_ani_population.shtml
Explore British population changes through time. Intermediate level.

www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_gms_whose_house.shtml
Try to identify 8 famous Britain’s homes by the use of history clues. Intermediate level.

Compiled by Erin Bouma