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Grade Range: 8 - 11
If you teach Chaucer or Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Everyman or Thomas Malory, this site is a great resource. The sources that high school students need to research and build background on Middle English are here in full text -- with pictures and some music, just for fun. While each link does have sidebars for everything from lessons plans to ringtones to vacations, these are easily ignored for the treasure trove included in each section about the author or the topic.
In the Classroom
This is a great source for students research or teachers idea-gathering. The material is quite scholarly, and the links will take you to interesting places. This site is constantly being updated, so be sure to check before you go. It’s great that actual artwork and lettering appears for most of the sites, so students get an idea of what the literature actually looked like. Share the site in class for research or on your teacher web page.
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chaucer, literature, medieval, literature, medieval,