Mrs. Donn's Literature Authors, Study Guides, Data Bases Author Studies Authors & Illustrators (huge list from scholastic) Authors (for younger children) Authors (Thinkquest) Author Studies (Middle School) Great American Authors Web English Teacher Children's Literature Authors On The Web Literature Units Books & Literature (Thinkquest) Author Study Ideas Charles Dickens: An Author Unit Nathaniel Hawthorne: An Author Unit Madeleine L'Engle: An Author Unit & Madeleine L'Engle Dr Seuss Edgar Allan Poe: An Author Unit Mark Twain American Humor Mark Twain (et) Mark Twain's Cave (lesson) John Steinbeck John Steinbeck (et) Of Mice and Men (lesson) Great Depression and the Arts The Pearl Study Guides Classics Authors & A Collection of Classics: Thinkquest index of entries Activity Search by Subject Study Guides (Sci-Fi, 18th and 19th century literature, more) Teach with Movies - Teacher Guides   Online FREE Plot summaries and study questions for over 350 novels (Jr & HS) Vocabulary Lists (for HS/JR) matching literature and SAT requirements - excellent! Long List of Classics (notes by chapter, self quiz) for High School level   TeacherVision (thousands of lesson plans, organized by grade and/or theme) Outta Ray's Head (8th-12th grades) Literature UNITS (Yale New Haven) A Whodunit (Mystery) UNIT (Seagraves) Literature Lesson Ideas (Teachers.net) Scholastic: Resource Finder BookTalks by Nancy Keane Language Arts & Drama (Donn)  Data Bases Data Base of Award Winning Children's Literature Children's Picture Book Database The Doucette Index Study Guides Always a great source: Awesome Library   The Education Index (literature) Index to Literature Sites International Children's Digital Library (Univ of MD)  Lesson Plans By Book Title A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N    O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z Shakespeare Click here for FREE lesson plans, activities, powerpoints for Elements of Literature, Genres, Book Reports, Drama, Journals, more! Teaching Economics  Using Literature Busiest People Ever (Richard Scarey, economics lesson) Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children's Books (Montgomery Cty Schools) Economics Lessons Grades 3-6 using Children's Literature The Goat in the Rug (lesson) If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (lesson) Kermit the Hermit (money management) lesson A Gift for Mama (lesson)   Mr Poppers Penguins (lesson) The Leaves in October (lesson) Homer Price (The Donuts) lesson plan The Great Brain (lesson) The Real McCoy (lesson) The Berenstain Bears, Trouble with Money (lesson) Bingo Brown and the Language of Love (lesson, credit cards) The Hundred Penny Box (lesson, saving money, compound interest) Meet Molly, An American Girl (lesson) Not for a Billion Gazillion Dollars (lesson) Tarantula Shoes (lesson, trade-offs) Yard Sale (lesson, making money) All Rights Reserved Counter start date January 2006     Clip Art Credit:  Phillip Martin Have a great year!