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Musical Instruments [1876]

Engel, Carl, 1818-1882

Explore Musical Instruments [1876] through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Musical in...

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Cross-stage / teacher selected

Natural History Museum Learning

Natural History Museum

Natural history resources offer routes into fossils, living things and scientific investigation. Begin with careful observation and a selected question, th...

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Sixth form / teacher-selected

New Atlantis

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626

Explore New Atlantis through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Utopias -- Early works t...

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Sixth form / teacher-selected

Ninety-Three

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885; Delano, Aline, 1845-1928 [Translator]

Explore Ninety-Three through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “France -- History -- Rev...

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Secondary / sixth form

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

Catherine Morland brings the expectations of Gothic fiction into unfamiliar social situations. Compare the pleasure of imagining dramatic explanations with...

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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910

Explore Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edi...

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NRICH Mathematical Thinking

University of Cambridge

Problem-solving tasks invite learners to investigate rather than simply copy a method. Select primary or secondary material as appropriate, record unsucces...

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Oak National Academy Learning

Oak National Academy

Curriculum resources offer structured routes through topics alongside teacher guidance. Choose a suitable phase and unit, connect the material with what yo...

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Sixth form / teacher-selected

On Some Fossil Remains of Man

Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895

Explore On Some Fossil Remains of Man through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Human b...

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Sixth form / stretch

On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin

Darwin builds an explanation by connecting observations from breeding, variation and the distribution of living things. Read a selected argument as part of...

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Overtones, a book of temperaments

Huneker, James, 1857-1921

Explore Overtones, a book of temperaments through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Mus...

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