Teaching Resources
General Resources:
College Board; Numerous links to general Hardy resources and those specifically concerning Hardy's poetry and prose.
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/courses/teachers_corner/25482.html
Dr Patrick Roper, Ecologist; is happy to answer any queries on flora and fauna in Thomas Hardy’s work. He can be contacted directly via: [email protected]
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Biography of Hardy.http://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Hardy
Engaging Places.org: A general teaching aid examining the relationship between buildings, places and literary texts. Includes downloadable lesson plans and activities.
http://www.engagingplaces.org.uk/network/art71161
Hardy and Heritage Digitising Letters to Thomas Hardy: An online resource compiled by the University of Exeter and Dorset County Museum. The web site also includes lesson plans and resources for other nineteenth and twentieth century texts and non-fiction texts. Suitable for GSCE English Language and A Level English.
http://hardyandheritage.exeter.ac.uk/schools-resource/
Humanism.org.uk: Discussion of Hardy’s philosophical and theological views.
https://humanism.org.uk/humanism/the-humanist-tradition/19th-century-freethinkers/thomas-hardy/
Scholastic: Biography of Thomas Hardy. http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/thomas-hardy
Share My Lesson: Useful background information about Hardy, suitable for AS students.
http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/Thomas-Hardy-Background-6064031/
Spartacus Educational.com Thomas Hardy biography.
www.spartacus-educational.com/Jhardy.htm
The British Library: On-line map of Hardy’s ‘Wessex’.
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/map-of-thomas-hardys-wessex
The Victorian Web: Information and links about Hardy’s life, Victorian Britain and his works. http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/hardy/index.html
The Student Room: Multiple pages about Hardy available for students to search. www.thestudentsroom.co.uk
Times Educational Supplement: Power point presentation of biographical information about Hardy.https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/thomas-hardy-background-6064031
University of Iowa, Thomas Hardy and George Eliot general resource page of links and references regarding Hardy’s life and works.
http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/EliotHardy
Voices Education.com: Biographical information about Hardy.
http://voiceseducation.org/content/thomas-hardy
ZigZag Education: Biographical information about Hardy for KS3 and above.
https://zigzageducation.co.uk/biography/timeline/Hardy
Poetry Resources:
AQA: Resources for teaching ‘The Ruined Maid’. http://anthology.aqa.org.uk/index?CurrMenu=searchresults&tag=104
BBC: GCSE Bitesize- Resources for Hardy's poems. www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/
BBC Schools: Video clips for Hardy’s poetry suitable for KS3.
www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zfwqtfr/resources/1
BBC Schools: Revision guide for Hardy’s ‘Neutral Tones’, suitable for GCSE students.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zqrtsg8/revision
BBC Schools: Discussion of Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Ruined Maid’, Suitable for GCSE students. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/poetrycharactervoice/theruinedmaidrev1.shtml
Book Rags.com: Resources for teaching Hardy’s ‘The Darkling Thrush’.
http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-darklingthrush/furtherstudy.html#gsc.tab=0
College Board: Resources and links for teaching Hardy’s poetry.
www.apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/courses/teachers_corner/25482.html
Education Umbrella Ltd: Lesson plan for ‘Where the Picnic Was’.
https://www.educationumbrella.com/curriculum-vital/lesson-plan-where-the-picnic-was-by-thomas-hardy
Education Umbrella Ltd: Lesson plan for Hardy’s ‘Neutral Tones’, suitable for GCSE.
https://www.educationumbrella.com/curriculum-vital/lesson-plan-neutral-tones-by-thomas-hardy
Elite Skills: Analysis of Hardy's 'At an Inn'.
http://www.eliteskills.com/analysis_poetry/At_An_Inn_by_Thomas_Hardy_analysis.php
English Association: Discussion of Hardy’s ‘During Wind and Rain’.
http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/english-association/schools/teaching-poetry/tracing-patterns-1/hard
English Edusites.co.uk: ‘Aspects of Narrative’, an article concerning Hardy’s poetry.
http://english.edusites.co.uk/article/a-guide-to-thomas-hardys-poems-aspects-of-narrative
English Edusites: Information for teachers regarding the teaching of Hardy’s poetry.
https://english.edusites.co.uk/article/igcse-english-literature-0486-teachers-guide-to-poems-of-thomas-hardy/
For Better for Verse: Interactive learning tool to assist understanding of poetic metre using Hardy’s poem ‘I Look into my Glass’.
http://prosody.lib.virginia.edu/
Get Revising: Analysis of various Hardy poems.
http://getrevising.co.uk/resources/analysis_of_poems_by_thomas_hardy
Get Revising.co.uk: Revision notes in relation to the themes of heredity and evolution in Hardy’s poem, ‘Hap’ and Tess of D’Urbervilles.
https://getrevising.co.uk/revision-notes/thomas_hardy_heredity
Get Revising.co.uk: Power point presentation discussing Hardy’s poem, ‘The Voice’.
https://getrevising.co.uk/resources/the_voice_by_thomas_hardy_powerpoint
Get Revising: Resources for teaching ‘Neutral Tones’.
https://getrevising.co.uk/revision-cards/neutral_tones_thomas_hardy
Get Revising.co.uk: Analysis of Hardy’s poems suitable for A level and IB students.
https://getrevising.co.uk/resources/analysis_of_poems_by_thomas_hardy
Marked by Teachers: Discussion of Hardy’s ‘Neutral Tones’.http://www.markedbyteachers.com/university-degree/linguistics-classics-and-related-subjects/the-poem-neutral-tones-by-thomas-hardy-is-written-from-a-man-point-of-view-where-as-the-poem-absence-by-elizabeth-jennings-is-written-rom-a-woman-s-point-of-view.html
Marked by Teachers.com: Resources for Hardy’s poetry. http://www.markedbyteachers.com/gcse/english/thomas-hardy-1.html
Marked by Teachers.org: A discussion of Hardy’s poem ‘The Going’, suitable for AS / A Level students.
http://www.markedbyteachers.com/as-and-a-level/english/literary-analysis-of-the-going-by-thomas-hardy.html
Oxford University: Discussion of photographic card portraits in Hardy’s novels and poems.
https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/keywords/thomas-hardy
Poetry By Heart: Discussion and recordings of 'Channel Firing'. www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/channel-firing/
Poetry Out Loud:A website devoted to the recitation of verse, including Hardy poems and biographical information.
http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poet/thomas-hardy
Poetry Foundation: Discussion of Hardy’s poem ‘The Shadow on the Stone’.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/resources/learning/core-poems/detail/48729
Poets.org: Biographical information about Hardy and some links to poems.
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/thomas-hardy
Promethean Planet.com Teaching resource pack for twelve of Hardy’s poems.
http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/Resources/Item/29974/thomas-hardy-resource-pack#.Vf6_u_lViko
Promethean Planet: Resources for teaching Hardy’s poetry to 11-18 year olds.
http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/Resources/Item/29974/thomas-hardy-resource-pack#.VoPZfxWLTIU
Share my Lesson.com: Power point presentation of Hardy's poetry and printable hand out.
http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/Thomas-Hardy-poems-6178006
Share My Lesson: Power point resources for teaching ‘The Ruined Maid’.
http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/-and-39-The-Ruined-Maid-and-39-by-Thomas-Hardy-6058636/
Teacher of English: KS4 GCSE English teaching resource for Hardy’s ‘Neutral Tones’. Resources include a Power Point and five accompanying worksheets. http://www.teacher-of-english.com/_app/16775/en/resources/neutral-tones-by-thomas-hardy-teaching-resources-1191.html
Teacher of English: KS4 English GCSE teaching resource for Hardy’s ’Drummer Hodge’. Resources include a Power Point and nine accompanying worksheets. http://www.teacher-of-english.com/drummer-hodge-(hardy)-teaching-resources-302.html
Teacher of English: Power Point presentation of Hardy's 'The Man He Killed'.
http://www.teacher-of-english.com/the-man-he-killed-(hardy)-teaching-resources-288.html
Teachit: Guide to Hardy’s poetry. www.teachit.co.uk/armoore/poetry/hardy/htmwww.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/reframing-first-world-war-poetry
The Dim of Dawn.com: Articles about Hardy’s poems, biography and key themes for GCSE study. http://thedimofdawn.com
The English Association: List of links to resources of Hardy’s poetry and prose.
http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/english-association/schools/teaching-poetry/poetry-portal-1/a-z-lsiting-of-poets-themes-and-genres/thomas-hardy
The Guardian Teachers: Teaching resources for ’The Man He Killed’
http://teachers.theguardian.com/teacher-resources/591/Thomas-Hardy-The-Man-He-Killed
The Poetry Foundation: Background information regarding Hardy’s poetry.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/thomas-hardy
The Poetry Foundation: Discussion of Hardy’s poem, ‘The Shadow on the Stone’.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/guide/239330
The Poetry Foundation: Article about Hardy’s poem ‘A Broken Appointment’.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/180709
The Student Room: Hardy poetry resources available for A level and AS level students to access themselves.
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/content.php?r=3478-a-level-english-literature
Thomas Hardy Society: Printable commentaries of Hardy's poetry for students.
http://www.hardysociety.org/resources/commentaries-on-poems-for-students
Times Educational Supplement: Printable poem texts, definitions of poetic devices found in Hardy's poems, worksheets and a short biography of Hardy. https:// www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/hardy-thomas-various-poems-6031185
Times Educational Supplement: Poems of Thomas Hardy Pamphlet, suitable for A Level students.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-poems-of-thomas-hardy-pamphlet-6192771
Times Educational Supplement: 30 slide resource featuring three of Hardy’s poems, ‘The Darkling Thrush’, ‘I Looked into my Glass’ and ‘The Voice’ plus a biography and downloadable writing templates, worksheets and posters. Suitable for KS3 – IGCSE and GCSE Literature.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/poetry-of-thomas-hardy-11176873
Times Educational Supplement: GCSE teaching resource for Hardy’s ‘A Wife in London’.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-wife-in-london-thomas-hardy-11449201
Times Educational Supplement: GCSE power point teaching resource for Hardy’s ‘A Wife in London’.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-wife-in-london-thomas-hardy-11054153
Times Educational Supplement Australia: Numerous teaching resources regarding Hardy's poem, 'The Ruined Maid'. http://www.tesaustralia.com/ResourceDetail.aspx?storyCode=6058636
Times Educational Supplement India: Resources for Hardy’s poetry.
http://www.tesindia.com/teaching-resource/ccea-gcse-poetry-hardy-6260095/
Times Educational Supplement: This webpage offers a reading of Hardy’s poem ‘Afterwards’. www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-afterwards-by-thomas-hardy-poetry-reading-6269602
Times Educational Supplement: Teaching resources for Hardy’s poem ‘Drummer Hodge’.
www.tes.com/teaching-resource/drummer-hodge-exercise-thomas-hardy-6400834
Times Education Supplement: Teaching resource for Hardy’s poetry at A Level.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-thomas-hardy-poetry-for-a-level-11671708
Times Education Supplement: Slide show of Hardy’s poem ‘Nobody Comes’.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thomas-hardy-nobody-comes-11191991
Tweet Speak Poetry: Colouring pages with accompanying Hardy poems suitable for KS2-KS3 students. https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2016/03/23/coloring-page-poems-darkling-thrush-thomas-hardy/www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2016/03/23/coloring-page-poems-darkling-thrush-thomas-hardy/
Twinkl.co.uk: A pack of teaching resources suitable for KS3 students, based around Hardy’s poem ‘Snow in the Suburbs’.
http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t3-e-119-new-a-winter-poem-teaching-pack
Universal Teacher.org: GCSE resource for Hardy’s poetry.
www.universalteacher.org.uk/gcse/oxon.htm
Universal Teacher.org: Discussion of a selection of Hardy’s poems with brief biographical background.
http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/poetry/hardy.htm
Universal Teacher.org: Poetry resources for Hardy’s poetry suitable for GCSE and AS and A Level students.
http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/poetry/hardy.html
Varsity Tutors.com: Numerous links to resources for Hardy’s poetry.
http://www.varsitytutors.com/englishteacher/hardy
War Poets.org Online versions of Hardy’s war poems. http://warpoets.org.uk/worldwar1/poets-and-poetry/thomas-hardy/
Web English Teacher.com: Lesson plans for teaching a range of Hardy’s poetry.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/hardy.html
Wordpress.com: Teaching resources for Hardy’s ‘Neutral Tones’ and Blake’s ‘Songs of Innocence’. The webpage includes a Hardy power point presentation. https://jwpblog.wordpress.com/tag/neutral-tones/
Zigzag Education: 77 pages to purchase of commentaries, Hardy poems etc, suitable to photocopy, for CIE GCSE Literature Thomas Hardy Module. http://zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/4252-hardy-cie.asp
Zigzag Education: Resources for teaching Thomas Hardy’s poetry for CIE A Level.
http://zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/4252-hardy-cie.asp
Prose Resources:
BBC: GCSE Bitesize- Resources for Hardy's prose. www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/
British Library: Articles about Hardy and his novels. http://www.bl.uk/people/thomas-hardy
British Library: Article:‘Writing, Publishing and Revising Far From the Madding Crowd’
www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/writing-publishing-and-revising-far-from-the-madding-crowd
British Library: Article about sexuality and desire in Tess of the D’Urbervilles
http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/sexuality-and-desire-in-tess-of-the-durbervilles
British Library: Resources for a discussion of ‘Fatalism and Sexuality in Tess of the D’Urbervilles’. http://www.bl.uk/teaching-resources/hardys-tess-of-the-durbervilles-fatalism-and-sexuality
British Library: An introduction to Jude the Obscure (article).
http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/an-introduction-to-jude-the-obscure
British Library: Article concerning the writing, publishing and revision of Far from the Madding Crowd.
https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/writing-publishing-and-revising-far-from-the-madding-crowd
Collaborative Learning.org: PDF document with various learning activities for Thomas Hardy’s short stories.
http://www.collaborativelearning.org/thomashardy.pdf
Collaborative Learning: PDF file for teaching 'The Withered Arm'.
http://www.collaborativelearning.org/thomashardy.pdf
College Board: Resources and links for teaching Hardy’s prose.
www.apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/courses/teachers_corner/25482.html
Collaborative Learning: Chapter summaries and storyboard activity for a discussion of ‘The Withered Arm’.
http://www.collaborativelearning.org/thomashardy.pdf
Cross Ref It Info: A student friendly introduction to Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles.
http://crossref-it.info/textguide/tess-of-the-durbervilles/11/0
Digital Theatre Plus: Digital theatre productions of various literary texts for use in schools including Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd. http://jcsonlineresources.org/tempwebsitecopy/catalogue/digital-theatre-plus
Echalk.co.uk: Information about an English Literature app, covering many works, including Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles.
http://www.echalk.co.uk/English/EnglishLiterature.html
E Notes: Short quiz based on Hardy’s Jude the Obscure.
www.enotes.com/topics/jude-the-obscure/teacher-resources
Film Education.org Teaching notes for the study of Michael Winterbottom’s film adaptation of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Trishna.
http://www.filmeducation.org/trishna/
Get Revising.co.uk: Revision notes in relation to the themes of heredity and evolution in Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles and his poem, ‘Hap’.
https://getrevising.co.uk/revision-notes/thomas_hardy_heredity
Into Film: A guide to the 2015 film adaptation of Far from the Madding Crowd for 11-16 year olds.
https://www.intofilm.org/resources/79
Lesson Index: Teaching resources for 'Far From the Madding Crowd' to purchase. http://www.lessonindex.com/Far_from_the_Madding_Crowd_by_Thomas_Hardy.htm
Lesson Planet.com: Printable worksheets covering Far From the Madding Crowd,The Mayor of Casterbridge, Return of the Native,Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure. http://www.lessonplanet.com/lesson-plans/thomas-hardy
Mantex.co.uk: An on-line tutorial for Hardy’s short story, ‘The Son’s Veto’.
http://www.mantex.co.uk/2012/05/04/the-sons-veto/
Marked by Teachers: Essay discussing Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge, suitable for AS and A level students.
www.markedbyteachers.com/as-and-a-level/english/thomas-hardy-s-the-mayor-of-casterbridge.html
Lit Charts: Study guide for 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'. www.litcharts.com/lit/tess-of-the-d-urbervilles
More Learning net: Various worksheets for teaching 'The Withered Arm'. http://www.morelearning.net/ks4/ThomasHardyShortStories/ThomasHardyShort
Oxford University: Discussion of photographic card portraits in Hardy’s novels and poems.
https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/keywords/thomas-hardy
Royal Holloway, University of London: Teaching resources for Tess of the D’Urbervilles.
https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/english/teacherhub/teachingresources/tess-of-the-durbervilles.aspx
Share My Lesson: Power point resources for teaching ‘The Man He Killed’.
http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/-and-39-The-Man-He-Killed-and-39-by
Sparknotes.com : Brief outline study notes for The Return of the Native. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/returnofnative/
Study.com: On-line study resources for Hardy’s The mayor of Casterbridge, including a video and quiz.
http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-mayor-of-casterbridge-summary-characters-themes-analysis.html
Teachit.co: Worksheets regarding Hardy's 'The Withered Arm' plus background information regarding nineteenth-century rural life. http://www.teachit.co.uk/ks4prose?T=340
Teachit.co: Various teaching resources and worksheets regarding Tess of the d'Urbervilles. http://www.teachit.co.uk/ks4prose?T=371
Teacher Vision: Introduction to Tess of the D’Urbervilles and discussion questions.
https://www.teachervision.com/literature-guide/novels/62587.html
The Book Trust: Overview of Far from the Madding Crowd and links to other Hardy novels and short stories.
www.booktrust.org.uk/books/view/29740
The English Association: List of links to resources of Hardy’s poetry and prose.
http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/english-association/schools/teaching-poetry/poetry-portal-1/a-z-lsiting-of-poets-themes-and-genres/thomas-hardy
The Guardian Teachers: Teaching resources for 'The Man He Killed’.
http://teachers.theguardian.com/teacher-resources/591/Thomas-Hardy-The-Man-He-Killed
The Guardian Teacher’s Resources: Teaching resources for Far From the Madding Crowd.
http://teachers.theguardian.com/teacher-resources/604/Far-from-the-Madding-Crowd-----by-Thomas-Hardy
The Thomas Hardy Society: Information regarding Hardy’s short stories. http://www.hardysociety.org/resources/short-stories
Times Educational Supplement Australia: ebook of The Trumpet Major to download. http://www.tesaustralia.com/teaching-resource/The-Trumpet-Major-by-Thomas-Hardy-6216002/
Times Educational Supplement: Study resource for teaching Jude the Obscure on the AQA syllabus. www.tes.com/teaching-resource/jude-the-obscure-by-thomas-hardy-study-resource-6030415
Web English Teacher.com: Lesson plans for teaching a range of Hardy’s novels.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/hardy.html
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