John Knowles
Lesson plans for A Separate Peace

Character Notebook
This character analysis activity includes a student exemplar.

Glencoe Literature Library, A Separate Peace
The study guide is available in PDF format; Adobe Reader or compatible application is required to read it.

A Separate Peace
Designed for grades 10 and 11, this site offers a summary, theme openers, crosscurricular activities, research assignments, and suggestions for related readings.

A Separate Peace
A variety of post-reading activities organized by level of difficulty.

A Separate Peace and Film
As they work with the novel, students also work with Legends of the Fall and produce a short digital movie. Adobe Reader or compatible application needed for access to this 16-page document.

A Separate Peace Home Page
This site was developed and is maintained by Phillips Exeter, the inspiration for John Knowles's Devon School. Photos and an essay by Knowles. Nice source of background information.

A Separate Peace Introductory Research Projects
Students investigate boarding school life, WWII battles, and domestic and political issues of the 1940s in America. This project is designed as a pre-reading activity.

A Separate Peace Study Guide
Plot, setting, characters, theme. Includes discussion of key issues.

A Separate Peace: A Teenager Experiences World War II
In this WebQuest, students use research to travel "back to the Home Front of the 1940's to learn what it was like to grow up during this turbulent time."

A Separate Peace WebQuest
Students created projects exploring different personality types and a theme.

Some Strategies for Teaching about Adolescent Friendships in Literature
A lesson plan using both A Separate Peace and My Antonia.

Vocabulary from A Separate Peace by John Knowles for VOCAB U.
73 vocabulary words for A Separate Peace from Vocabulary.com.