Literature Resources for High School

Explore 17 curated literature learning resources designed for High School students. Browse curricula, apps, videos, worksheets, and more to find the perfect fit for your learner.

Across Five Aprils

Newbery Honor novel following an southern Illinois farm family through the five Aprils of the American Civil War.

Johnny Tremain

Newbery Medal historical novel following a Boston silversmith's apprentice into the events of the American Revolution.

Pearson Literature Homeschool Grade 10

Pearson Literature is a powerful literature program that grows with you and your children and provides a clear pathway to success. Parents and children will find the classic literature selections as well as new contemporary literature and information...

Pearson Literature Homeschool Grade 12

Pearson Literature is a powerful literature program that grows with you and your children and provides a clear pathway to success. Parents and children will find the classic literature selections as well as new contemporary literature and information...

Project Gutenberg

A free digital library of more than 75,000 public-domain ebooks, including most of the classic literature assigned in middle and high school.

CommonLit

Free digital library of 2,000+ leveled reading passages for grades 3-12, each with comprehension questions, vocabulary support, and paired texts - a ready-made reading and literacy curriculum from the CommonLit nonprofit.

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Wordsworth and the Romantics

In his second series, Professor Bate will present a series of lectures on Wordsworth and the Romantics....

A Time to Heal

A Time to Heal contains 60 selections of essays, narratives, and poems; 5 are Biblical selections, and 11 contain Anabaptist themes. The study exercises are more extensive than in Grade 8. The paragraphs in the text are numbered, and literary termino...

800 Free eBooks for iPad, Kindle & Other Devices

Download 800 free eBooks to your Kindle, iPad/iPhone, computer, smart phone or ereader. Collection includes great works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, including works by Asimov, Jane Austen, Philip K. Dick, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Neil Gaiman,...

Literature 2

Literature 2 expands on the reading of literary works begun in Literature 1. As in Literature 1, students analyze plays, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction prose from a broad range of times and cultures to determine how authors convey their meani...

Gothic Literature (online)

From vampires to ghosts, these frightening stories have influenced fiction writers since the 18th century. This course will focus on the major themes found in gothic literature and demonstrate how the core writing drivers produce, for the reader, a t...

900 Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free

Download hundreds of free audio books, mostly classics, to your MP3 player or computer. Below, you'll find great works of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, by such authors as Twain, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Orwell, Vonnegut, Nietzs...

The Boomerang

The Boomerang is your boots-on-the-ground master tour guide, intrepidly leading you through the challenging terrain of high school literature. Each month, your language arts field guide: Chooses a powerful novel to read Selects four insightful p...

World Literature

World Literature gives students an overview of important literary works of the last 500 years representing a variety of countries and cultures. Students study how writers from different backgrounds use literary elements and techniques to convey meani...

Classic Adventure Literature

Classic Adventure Literature is a half-unit course that allows students to explore several classic adventure novels: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, Jack London’s The Call of the Wild, and J. R...

Literature 1

Using a wide range of poems, short stories, plays and non-fiction prose by authors from different time periods and different cultural backgrounds, Literature 1 introduces students to some excellent writing and helps them to become familiar with basic...

Mythology and Folklore (online)

Mighty heroes. Angry gods and goddesses. Cunning animals. Since the first people gathered around fires, mythology and folklore has been used as a way to make sense of humankind and our world. Beginning with an overview of mythology and different kind...