| Herman
Melville
Site includes dozens of questions on Moby Dick and contemporary (1850s)
views of Melville. There is a bibliography and even a Moby Dick crossword
puzzle.
Moby Dick: Suggested Essay
Topics
Offers dozens of essay topics as well as links to related resources
Moby
Dick Lesson Plan
A Discovery School lesson plan for grades 9-12. Grounded in 19th century
New England whaling history, students do research and compose at least
five journal entries by the sailor or captain. There are also six discussion
questions and links to whale sites. You can also create worksheets,
puzzles and quizzes on Moby Dick at this site.
see also 'From Fact to Fiction: Moby Dick' lesson plan: http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/mobydick_factfiction/
conduct a debate on whether Captain Ahab was a tragic hero
Moby Dick Chapter
questions
Scroll down for links to chapter questions
Student Guides
Grade
Saver: Moby Dick
SparkNotes
enotes
-has plenty of background information and chapter quizzes
Misc.
PDF document with 300
vocabulary words from Moby Dick as well as multiple vocabulary quizzes.
Voyage of
the Odyssey: Moby Dick
"The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged Sperm whale was
the event that inspired the climactic scene of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.
But the point at which Melville's novel ends with the sinking of the
ship, marks the beginning of the terrible real life story of the Essex
disaster." Listen to Listen to the related 'Voice from the Sea'
pieces by Dr. Roger Payne in REAL AUDIO. View video clips from the movie
'Moby Dick' starring Patrick Stewart. The scenes are based on the real
life tragedy of the whaleship Essex.
Search Moby Dick: http://www.online-literature.com/booksearch.php
The entire
work in electronic format:
Enjoying Moby Dick
An M.D. and former literature student at Brown offers a "non-expert"
take on Moby Dick. Features six different on-line texts, synopses, class
notes, lesson plans, vocabulary and interesting connections to biography
and history.
30
quotations from Moby Dick:
Melville: Poet
Brief essay explains how Melville was inspired to write poetry by the
Civil War.
Sperm Whales:
The Real Moby Dick
A PBS site to learn the facts behind the mystique of the sperm whale,
the beast immortalized by Herman Melville in MOBY DICK.
Information on the 1956
film version
Melville's Letters to
Hawthorne
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