What We Should Know Ch. 2- part 2
Table 1. Lesson Plans Websites
Website and URL
Brief Description
http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/weird-science-the-mutter-museum/
A website with sample lesson
plans, activities and tons of
resources for science and
math teachers, including info
about the Mutter Museum.
A very in-depth lesson plan,
http://www.teacherweb.com/ME/Willard/ALBellefeuille/FeverLessonPlan.pdf
which includes summaries
and chapter discussions for
the novel Fever 1793.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/tales-supernatural#section-20889
A lesson plan on Gothic
Literature, with a great
section on Mary Shelly’s
Frankenstein, and inspiration
for the horror genre.
Table 2. Student-to-Expert Communication Websites
Website and URL
Brief Description
http://www.allexperts.com/cl2/229/science/Biology/ A great resource where students can have
questions answered by a large variety of
experts.
This site is for both students and teachers to get
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech098.shtml
interactive answers and telementoring.
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Horror-Books-2862/
Students can find experts on particular genres of
literature. In this case, the horror/gothic genre.
Table 3. Real-time and Recorded Data Websites
Website and URL
Brief Description
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr057.shtml A website about creating virtual field trips
http://vimeo.com/3216590
http://www.gothlit.com/
Students give their classmates a virtual tour,
using their high school, of the epidemic of
Yellow Fever.
An online gothic writers’ community.
Students can see what is written now,
especially by unpublished writers, and can
comment accordingly.
Table 4. Archival and Primary Source Websites
Website and URL
http://museumca.org/usa/
Brief Description
This website is a database of a virtual
library of museums in the US.
This site is an overview of the Yellow
http://www.tip.sas.upenn.edu/curriculum/units/2009/02/09.02.09.pdf
Fever epidemic and includes several
first hand accounts.
http://irishgothichorrorjournal.homestead.com/
Online journal with essays on Gothic
Literature.
Table 5. Skills/Practice websites
Website and URL
http://medmyst.rice.edu/
http://www.kenthouse.org/yf_lesson_plan1.pdf
http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~dougt/goth.html
Brief Description
A website with an interactive activity to solve a
medical mystery
Though this site is geared towards elementary-aged
kids, it can be a fun and engaging way to encourage
older students to get excited about the upcoming
lesson.
A glossary that offers definitions of a wide array of
words and phrases used in the Gothic context.
Great way for students to review and even use these
terms in their own “gothic” writing.
Table 6. Exploration and Discovery Websites
Website and URL
Brief Description
http://www.exploratorium.edu/imaging_station
/research/zebrafish/story_zebrafish.pdf
An exploratory website with a link to using zebrafish
to help solve medical mysteries.
http://www.goldbamboo.com/pictures-t1860.html
This website gives students images to explore and
better understand Yellow Fever and its effects.
http://cai.ucdavis.edu/waterssites/gothicnovel/155breport.html
Great information on the “Gothic novel” and
pictures/essays that demonstrate inspiration.