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Charles Dickens

English novelist
(1812 - 1870)


(Liens vérifiés le 12/07/07)


Sites-ressources -
'A Christmas Carol' - 'Oliver Twist' - 'The Signalman' -

Activities - Webquests

 
Sites-ressources :

  • Dickens World
    "A $120m theme park that celebrates the life and writings of Charles Dickens has opened in Britain..."
    (BBC)

  • A Charles Dickens theme park
    "opens in Kent soon, promising an authentic taste
    of the novelist's Victorian world..."
    (BBC)

  • Dickens World
    "is a brand new, innovative and exciting indoor visitor complex themed around the life, books and times of one of Britain s best loved authors, Charles Dickens. It will take visitors on a fascinating journey through Dickens  lifetime as they step back into Dickensian England and are immersed in the urban streets, sounds and smells of the 19th century..."
    (dickensworld.co.uk:80)

 

 

 

 

  • Charles Dickens (Wikipedia)
    1 Childhood
    2 Career and marriage
    3 Later life
    4 Children
    5 Novels
    6 Legacy
    7 Quotations
    8 Works
    8.1 Major novels
    8.2 Selected other books
    8.3 Short stories
    9 External links

  • David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page
    - with an interactive map of Dickens' London

 

  • Dickens Made Simple.com (dickensfordummies.homestead.com)
    - plot reviews and character lists, links...

  • CHARLES DICKENS - written by EASY-TO-READ, a magazine for English learners
    - His Childhood
    - Dickens the writer
    - Dickens the man
    - His books
    (easytoread.com.ar)

  • Charles Dickens - "Découvrez Dickens et Londres à son époque."
    - avec des activités (editions-hatier.fr)
    "Nous vous proposons de voir qui était Charles Dickens,
    d en apprendre plus sur son époque et les lieux où il a vécu et d effectuer la visite du musée qui lui a été consacré.
    Les quatre premières activités proposent une recherche d informations."

  • Talking to - Your chance to talk to the great names of the past (talkingto.co.uk) :
    Jane AUSTEN - Charles DICKENS - William SHAKESPEARE - George ORWELL - Virginia WOOLF - Thomas HARDY
    - Abraham LINCOLN

 

 

'A Christmas Carol' :

  • A Christmas Carol
    "The excellent 1972 animated version of the Charles Dickens classic.
    Animated in the style of 1800s engravings by the great Richard Williams Studio."
    (video.google.com)

 

  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Simplified version for easy reading
    (ego4u.com)

 

 

 

  • A Christmas Carol - Activities (macmillanenglish.com)
    "A retelling of Dickens' famous story of the transformation of the cold-hearted miser, Ebenezer Scrooge."
    - A Christmas Carol Test Sheet
    - A Christmas Carol Test Sheet Answer Key
    - A Christmas Carol Worksheet
    - A Christmas Carol Worksheet Answer Key
    - Charles Dickens Author Data Sheet
  • A Christmas Carol - Worsheets (teachit.co.uk)


  • Beyond the Story: A Dickens of a Party - a lesson plan (readwritethink.org)
    "Students are invited to attend a 19th Century party as a character from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
    To play this role, students must understand the values and customs Dickens' characters represented in Victorian society.
    This lesson is divided into three stages: Group Investigative Roles, Individual Characterizations, and Individual Presentations. Students collaboratively research the life and times of Charles Dickens as it relates to a character,
    and write and present a first-person character analysis."

 

  • A Christmas Carol WebQuest (bgsu.edu)
    "You are going to embark on a journey to ensure that Scrooge does not revert to his miserly ways. In order to ensure this,
    you will work both indivually and together as a team. Follow these steps and you will help keep Scrooge from ever becoming a misanthrope again..."

 

  • Scrooge for Mayor - a webquest
    "Your students are about to embark on a WebQuest exploring connections between life in 19th century England
    and the Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol"."
    (coollessons.org)

 

  • A Christmas Carol Newspaper Activity - a webquest
    "As good journalists would, you have decided to take advantage of your unique situation.
    You will choose three of the following tasks/feature stories for your group to complete.
    Your final product will be a newspaper/letter that you will present to the class."
    (u46.k12.il.us)


 

'Oliver Twist' :

 

 

 

 

 

 

'The Signalman' :

  • The Signalman : Outline (gradedreading.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk)
    - with an interactive quiz : Before you read.

 

 

Activities :

 

 

Webquests :

  • Scrooge for Mayor - a webquest
    "Your students are about to embark on a WebQuest exploring connections between life in 19th century England
    and the Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol"."
    (coollessons.org)

 

  • A Christmas Carol Newspaper Activity - a webquest
    "As good journalists would, you have decided to take advantage of your unique situation.
    You will choose three of the following tasks/feature stories for your group to complete.
    Your final product will be a newspaper/letter that you will present to the class."
    (u46.k12.il.us)

 

  • Charles Dickens - "Découvrez Dickens et Londres à son époque."
    - avec des activités
    "Nous vous proposons de voir qui était Charles Dickens,
    d en apprendre plus sur son époque et les lieux où il a vécu et d effectuer la visite du musée qui lui a été consacré.
    Les quatre premières activités proposent une recherche d informations."
    (editions-hatier.fr)
  • London with Dickens, a listening exercise featuring the voice of Virginia Woolf and some lighter material with ghosts and dungeons.
    (onestopenglish.com)