Robert Burns

Burns Country: The official Robert Burns site
The complete e-texts, how to have a Burns supper, and a wealth of biographical information.

Burns National Heritage Park
Biographical and historical information. Click on the "Teachers" link for printable handouts: timeline, clothing, cottage, education & religion, farming, health, and the language.

Burns Night
Everything you need to celebrate January 25, the birthday of Robert Burns. Includes audio and video clips.

Discover Burns
This teacher resource kit includes virtual tours of historic sites associated with Robert Burns.

Lonely as a Cloud
This lesson on similes is designed for grades 6-8. It uses Burns's "A Red, Red Rose."

Poems
Links to texts of some poems and audio files of some read in Scottish dialect.

Robert Burns
Text of poems.

Robert Burns
A very extensive collection of poems.

"To a Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With The Plough
Roll your mouse over the Scottish words to see a translation in 4 languages.

Unraveling Burns
Using "To a Louse" and "To a Mouse," students examine the role of dialect in poetry.