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Charles Dickens

English novelist
(1812 - 1870)

Resources -
'A Christmas Carol' - 'Oliver Twist'

Activities - Webquests - Games - Videos

(Updated on 10/02/2013)

 

 

Resources :

 


  • DICKENS WORLD, in Chatham, Kent :

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



      in Chatham, Kent


    • 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)



 

 

  • 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 (fidnet.com)

 

  • 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)

  • 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' :

The text - Articles - Listening - Interactive activities - Worksheets - Lesson plans/ Study guides -
Videos - The film - Animated versions - Advert


    • A Christmas Carol
      "Pour cette séquence qui se déroule de fin décembre à début janvier, j’ai souhaité introduire l’idée d’une tâche finale à double détente : d’une part une tâche finale en production, d’autre part une activité de compréhension orale authentique : Voir "A Christmas Carol" en version originale au cinéma."
      "Une grande partie de la fiche est (volontairement) transférable à nombre de video. Plus particulierement le document : videowork."
      (Cécile Clavel - Ac. Toulouse)


    • 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..."




    • 'A Christmas Carol' - study guide (sparknotes.com)


  • Videos :

     

  • 'A Christmas Carol' - The film :

       

      • Jim Carrey's 'A Christmas Carol' - Trailer
        " An animated retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions."  
        (YouTube)




      • Disney's A CHRISTMAS CAROL
        "Listen and download the "behind-the-scenes" audio features. The clean cuts contain celebrity sound bites followed by audio clips from the film."
        Download MP3 files
        (radiolinkshollywood.com)




  • Animated versions :

    • A Christmas Carol (Part 1) - UPDATED
      This "animated version of Charles Dickens' timeless tale, "A Christmas Carol" features an all animal cast..." 
      (YouTube)

 

    • 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)




  • Advert :

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'Oliver Twist' :

  • Children Comic Books | CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED | Oliver Twist (kelvi.net)

 

 

 

 

Activities :

  • Charles Dickens - a lesson plan
    ACTIVITY : To mark the bicentenary of his birth, students piece together the story of Charles Dickens’ life.
    GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY : Past tenses - Biography
    LEVEL : A2 and above
    (its-teachers.com)

  • Literature - Worksheet : Hard Times (Dickens)
    (Ac. Lyon)
  • Fiche réalisée dans le cadre de la préparation d'élèves de 3ème à un voyage en Angleterre (23 au 28 mars 2008).
    Fiche créée par Peggy Claus     (Ac. Nancy-Metz) :

    Visite de la maison de Charles Dickens à Londres (avec la correction)

 

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Games :

 

Videos :