How to Teach Melville A rather scholarly explanation of how to teach Melville in general and several works specifically, such as Bartleby and Billy Budd.  Included are discussion questions, a brief bibliography and links.

Moby Dick (Illustrated) - YouTube Video

The Life and Works of Herman Melville Go to 'Biographical' for information on Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne, Observations on Melville by friends, family members, and celebrities, Melville's reflections on his works, life, and other topics, and Melville's obituary notices. Go to 'Works' and Moby Dick for Publishing History, Excerpts, and Contemporary Reviews. The Postscript sections has links to Whales, Sailing, Literature, and more.

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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

Melville: Literary Work - YouTube Video

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

Sea Shanties in Moby Dick (1956) - YouTube Video

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.

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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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