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Dante
Lesson plans for The Divine Comedy

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The Inferno Lesson Plan

A teaching unit and individual learning packet from Prestwick House. Includes chapter-by-chapter study guides, discussion questions, vocabulary, assessments and keys, and introductory material.


Dante
Online criticism at the Internet Public Library.

Dante's Inferno and Infernal Grammar
In addition to study of Dante and his writing, students also review sentence structure and mechanics.

Dante's Inferno Test
Where would YOU spend eternity, according to Dante? Find out here!

The Divine Comedy
The complete text of the Divine Comedy, translated into English by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

The Divine Comedy
This downloadable music video (4:20, captioned) offers an overview of The Divine Comedy. Watching this video could be a great introduction to the unit.

Renaissance Dante in Print (1472-1629)
A collaboration among the University of Notre Dame, the Newberry Library, and the University of Chicago ARTFL Project, this site presents information about the publication of the the Divine Comedy during the Medieval Era. A good site for interdisciplinary or enrichment, especially noteworthy for its collection of woodcuts.

A Storybook Romance: Dante's Paolo and Francesca
A careful examination of the story of Lancelot and Guinevere and its impact on Paolo and Francesca, on Dante, and on readers today.

The World of Dante
These resources support the study of The Inferno, including an illustrated map of hell.



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