This is a complete online study guide/notes for the Russian novel Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

A good resource for teachers, this website describes an interdisciplinary unit through which Linda Crew's novel, "Children of the River," is used as part of project on the study of rivers.

Students will write and produce character interviews based on the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The interviews will be produced as a podcast based on characters from the novel and students' interpretation of the events in the novel, as...

As a conclusion to a class study of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, students create models and pictures based on the novel's descriptions to illustrate the effect of setting on plot and character.

This story focuses on a woman living in India during the period after India gained colonial independence from Britain. Read about this woman and others in novel, their struggles and aspirations. This site contains a thorough analysis of...

A description and guide to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio...

Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, with historical information about the novel's Jazz Age setting, an author biography, and access to a radio program (audio plus transcript) of excerpts from the novel and analysis of its...

Guide to Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics....

These activities will provide young scholars with an introduction to Plath that will inform their study of "The Bell Jar". They will examine the perspectives offered by two of Plath's short autobiographical prose pieces, and will also...

This site provides interesting background information into the 1920s when F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the novel. Comparisons between Fitzgerald's life and the main character are also discussed.

This interactive lesson plan allows learners to study and analyze the text concepts of character, conflict, resolution, and setting in a "Broadcast news," format.

A reading guide to the novel David Copperfield along with biographical tidbits about Dickens and discussion questions for reading groups.

Excellent online lesson based on N. Scott Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain. Learners create a three-voice narrative based on the novel in studying and learning about myths and folktales. W.9-10.3a,3b,3d,3e Narratives, W.9-10.5 Writing...

This Australian novel was pulished in the U.S. in 2006. This young adult fiction novel looks at the life of a young German girl growing up in Nazi Germany. Read about the characters, themes and quotations from the novel in this...

Written in 1891, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, depicts the life of a young country girl. The characters in this novel are analysed in detail. The site also includes an analysis of the various themes in the novel that was deemed controverial...

Brief biography on American novelist Kathryn Stockett and background about her first novel The Help. Includes summary and a look at how its message can apply to readers today.

This site gives a fascinating glimpse into the writer and the development of his characters in Anna Karenina. Read about the important themes and significant quotations to be found in this novel.