Herman Melville
Lesson plans for Moby-Dick and other works

Biography and Background

From the New York Times: archived articles, reviews, and related links.

Biography from Wikipedia.

Text of the short story in PDF and Google docs format.

"Bartleby the Scrivener"

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Billy Budd

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"I and My Chimney"

This page includes discussion questions, writing topics, and a bibliography of criticism related to the story "I and My Chimney."

Moby-Dick

Commentary and related links.

by Herman Melville
Vocabulary, focus questions, additional links, classroom activities.

This page is designed for 11th graders who are watching the 1998 video starring Patrick Stewart.

The text of the novel with vocabulary support and notes to the side.

Words are presented by section (follow links at the top), in context and with definitions. Click on a word for pronunciation, synonyms, examples of other use, more.