ENG 3U1 Mini-Lecture Presentations
Objective
To research one of the topics below to support the reading of the novel Frankenstein.
Topics:
Life of Mary Shelley
Advent of Science Fiction
Frame narrative in Frankenstein
The Romantic Period
Gothic Horror
Victorian England
Women in Victorian Society
Prometheus and other allusions in Frankenstein
The meaning of Gothic –past and present
Sublime nature
Dangerous Knowledge in Frankenstein
Monstrosity in Frankenstein
Passive Women in Frankenstein
Edgar Allan Poe
Skills:
Find these sheets on the Library Website http://schools.hwdsb.on.ca/ancasterhigh/library-2/
…under Library Lessons (On the left menu)….English…English 3U (in the box)
 Note-taking
 Citing sources. Go to our library website for help with MLA citations.
 You must use different sources (a book, Internet websites, journal or magazine articles
and an encyclopaedia (on-line or book).
 Evaluating sources
 Presenting in an interesting manner after organizing and rehearsing your presentation.
FIND A BOOK: Book Collection (IPAC):
Log on to any computer
Go to Desk Tools
Find Ancaster On-Line Catalogue on the desktop and double click
Or
Use the dedicated On-line catalogue computer
Or
Go to the Library Website and Click on the IPAC
http://schools.hwdsb.on.ca/ancasterhigh/library-2/
On-line Databases:
Virtual Library ACCESS
1. Ancaster Library Website (Look for the Virtual Library
button)
2. Virtual Library Board Website
ID: secondary
Password: library
Questia
http://www.questia.com/
See the Introduction to Questia document for help.
What’s in the Virtual Library that could be helpful for this project?
Databases
Literary Reference Centre
Directory of Victorian Resources
http://www.academicinfo.net/histukvicto
rian.html
Virtual Victorians (includes a day in the
life feature)
http://www.victorians.org.uk/
The Victorians
http://victorian.lang.nagoyau.ac.jp/sites/links.html
http://www.victorianlinks.com/
www.geocities.com/victorianlace10/chrono.
html
http://www.deltacomdesign.co.uk/victoriana_historical.htm
http://killeenroos.com/link/victoria.htm
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/
Victorian_index.htm
http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Victo
rians/
Victorian Web (has many
links)
http://www.victorianweb.org/
Victorian resources
http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/bpn2f/vict
orian/bibliog.html
Mary Wollstonecraft
http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/woll
.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/W
wollstonecraft.htm
Charlotte Bronte
http://www.onlineliterature.com/brontec/
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/bro
nte/cbronte/bronteov.html
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/primaryli
nks/victorian.html
Emily Bronte
http://www.online-literature.com/bronte/
Victorian Timeline
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/sc
otland/victorians.shtml
http://www.victorianstation.com/timeline
.htm
http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/niels
en/victime.html
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsi
tes/H/history/guide19/part08x.html
George Eliot
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/gelliot.htm
http://www.onlineliterature.com/george_eliot/
The Literature Network
http://www.onlineliterature.com/author_index.php
English literature 1801-1870 (Dickens,
Shelley etc)
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/e/englishliterature1
801-1870.htm
Victorian Dictionary
http://www.victorianlondon.org/
Victorian Research Web
http://victorianresearch.org/
Victorian Literary Project
http://www.lang.nagoyau.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Victorian.html
Josephine Butler
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/W
butler.htm
Emily Bronte
http://www.online-literature.com/bronte/
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ebronte.htm
Anne Jemima Clough
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/W
clough.htm
Jane Austen
http://www.austen.com/
The Gothic Novel
http://cai.ucdavis.edu/waterssites/gothicnovel/155breport.html
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/englis
h/melani/gothic/history.html
http://www.litgothic.com/LitGothic/gene
ral.html
Mary Shelley
http://www.onlineliterature.com/shelley_mary/
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mshelley.htm
Gothic horror
http://www.litgothic.com/LitGothic/general
.html
http://www.virtualsalt.com/gothic.htm
http://graduate.engl.virginia.edu/enec981/G
roup/chris.terror.html
Romantic Era
http://www.litgothic.com/LitGothic/general
.html
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lectur
e16a.html
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/
melani/cs6/rom.html
Prometheus and other allusions in
Frankenstein
http://www.stjohnschs.org/english/gothic/works/frank.html
http://education.llnl.gov/bep/english/11/sM
yth.html
http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/mshell
ey.html
The Romantic Period
The Romantic Era (1850 - 1920 C.E.)
The Romantic Period
Gothic Horror
What is Gothic Horror?
Elements of the Gothic Novel
Victorian England
Victorian England: An Introduction
Women in Victorian Society
A Woman's Place in 19th Century
Victorian History
Women in the Victorian Era
The Life of Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-
Prometheus and other allusions in
1851) - original surname Godwin
Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley--
Women in the Victorian Era (not sure
Chronology & Resource Site
this is the correct link)
FRANKENSTEIN BY MARY SHELLEY
The Advent of Science Fiction
Science Fiction: The Early History
The meaning of "gothic" past and
present
Frame Narrative in Frankenstein
The Meaning of Goth-Past and Present
FRAME NARRATIVE
Past and Present in Gothic Writing
FRAME NARRATIVE IN
FRANKENSTEIN.doc-- click on
Sublime Nature
download to see document
The Sublime
SUBLIME ROMANCE
Dangerous Knowledge in Frankenstein
Passive Women in Frankenstein
Frankenstein: The Historical Context
Women as the Submissive Sex in Mary
Dangerous Knowledge (original)
Shelley's 'Frankenstein'
Monstrosity in Frankenstein
Edgar Allan Poe
Frankenstein and the Language of
Poe Museum
Monstrosity
AVOID PLAGIARISM…Citing:
 Remember…all good researchers cite any ideas they borrow from other sources.
 Use MLA Style for citing in this project.
 Make sure you keep track of all resources you may want to cite or reference. We have
blank Bibliography sheets you can use to keep track of the important information as you
research. Just ask at the counter.
 Use a note sheet for every major resource you use.
 Use KnightCite
Go to KnightCite http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php
or Citation machine http://citationmachine.net/
for on-line tools that help you to cite properly using MLA Style.

All the detail you need to complete a correct Works Cited is on the Library website.