http://www.agweb.dk/ah/gys/The%20Tell-Tale%20Heart.htm . A great site for Edgar Allen Poe’s
Tell-Tale Heart.
Questions to be used with story.
http://www.alohatuscany.com/buonfresco.html This site provides an understanding of the process of plaster painting called fresco buono.
htttp://www.artchive.com/artchive/M/Michelangelo.html . .This site provides a brief biography of Michelangelo to be used in the introductory lesson.
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/Virtualit/poetry/critical_define/crit_decons.html . This site provides an extended discussion of the major critical approaches that can be used with higher level students.
http://brainstorm-services.com/wcu/critical-approaches.html .A bulleted overview of the critical approaches to literature which can be useful for struggling students.
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/blackmon/engl360k/critical.html .A brief overview of many critical approaches to literature with several links that provide further information.
http://www.de-breul.nl/Vakken/Engels/WQ2/stop_the_sun.htm A copy of the story
Stop the Sun
by Gary Paulsen to be used in a discussion of the historical approach to literature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell. Bibliographic and historical context of George Orwell. Easy to understand information for students.
http://home.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/200/litcrit.html . A succinct introduction to the critical approaches in paragraph form that can be presented immediately following the Michelangelo introduction.
http://www.george-orwell.org/l_biography.html A manageable biography of George Orwell to be presented to students
http://gullibletravel.tripod.com/CriticalApproachesLiterature.html Another site to gather information about critical approaches. It can be used to create your own definitions and discussion points on the critical approaches.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm113.html Information on Whitman’s “O Captain, My Captain” as well as primary source newspaper articles on Lincoln’s death
http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/hd/pope/hd_pope.htm Historic background on Pope JuliusII
http://www.michelangelomodels.com/m-models/sistine_chapel.shtml Great pictures of the individual sections of the Sistine Chapel. Shows restoration of major areas.
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrisk/at6lk38.htm Defines the concept of reciprocal teaching
http://nonesuch.flyingredslippers.org/lindwer.html This website gives a sample of the book
The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank
which can be used in the introductory discussion of the historic approach to literature.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177836 A copy of the poem
Legacies
by Nikki Giovanni to be used in the discussion of the feminist approach to literature.
http://www.reidsguides.com/destinations/europe/italy/lazio/rome/
sights/vatican_sistine.html This site provides general background information of the Sistine Chapel
http://students.ou.edu/C/Kara.C.Chiodo-1/orwell.html Help with the comparison of Orwell and Marxism
http://www.thisnation.com/library/songs/ocaptain.html Copy of Whitman’s “Oh, Captain, My Captain” with notes from Whitman.
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/matoson.html A copy of the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes to be used in the discussion of the feminist approach to literature
http://users.wfu.edu/boguka5/FYS100/sistineceiling.htm Understanding the restoration process of the Sistine Chapel
http://www.wga.hu/tours/sistina/index_a.html Background on Michelangelo, Pope Julius II and the Medici Family
http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/CSN/CSN_Volta.html This website provides valuable information and a virtual visual tour of the Sistine Chapel.