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Additional Resources and Websites for Teachers and Students

Many of the reference texts draw attention to environmental awareness and the protections of our oceans and marine life. You can continue to add to the bibliography through their own self-directed and collaborative inquiry & research endeavors. A number of these texts can be accessed on- line through Project Gutenberg  and the Internet Archive.

Canadian Geographic (September 30, 2023). https://canadiangeographic.ca/

Natural History Museum, London, England. (Sept. 30, 2023) Teaching Resources: Discover Oceans. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/oceans.html.

Public Broadcasting (PBS) Learning Media (Sept. 30, 2023): Ocean Trek https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/121ed168-baea-45a8-9ce7-ea482d1e8730/oceans/.

PBS Learning Media (Sept. 30, 2023). Preventing Plastic Pollution: PBS Learning Media: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/preventing-plastic-pollution/flipside-science-healthy-oceans-video/.

PBS Learning Media (Sept. 30, 2023).  The Oceans: A Driving Force for Climate and Weather: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/buac17-912-sci-ess-oceanforce/ e-ocean-a-driving-force-for-weather-and-climate/. 

Poetry and Related Texts Websites

Art Prep Weebly.com. (2023). Winslow Homer’s Seascapes. https://artprep.weebly.com/winslow-homer-seascapes.html

All Poetry Website (2023): https://allpoetry.com

Bardology (2023). The sea in Shakespeare. The Sea in Shakespeare | Bardology

Book Riot (2023). Ocean poems.  https://bookriot.com/ocean-poems/

Discovery Poems.com.  (2023)Ocean poems. https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/ocean-poems/

Internet Archive (2023): https://archive.org/

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) (Sept. 30, 2023), Urbana Illinois, Shining Globally: Encouraging Environmental Awareness and Global Citizenship Education through Poetry and Related texts: https://ncte.org/blog/2019/12/shining-globally/,

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)  (2023)., Urbana, Illinois. Books about the climate crisis. https://ncte.org/blog/2021/05/build-stack-climate-crisis-english-language-arts/.

Project Gutenberg (2023). https://www.gutenberg.org/

Poet Seers Website (2023).  Poems Inspired by Nature (Emily Dickinson) https://www.poetseers.org/early-american-poets/emily-dickinson/emily-dickinsons-poetry/emily-dickinson-poems-nature/

Royal Museums, Greenwich, England (2023) .  Shakespeare ‘s Language of the Sea,  https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/shakespeare-quotes-water-sea-maritime-imagery.

Tearle, O. (2023). Interesting literature website. 10 of the best nature poems everyone should read.  https://interestingliterature.com/2018/04/10-of-the-best-nature-poems-everyone-should-read/

Tearle, O. (2023). Interesting literature website. 10 of the best poems about the sea. https://interestingliterature.com/2017/08/10-of-the-best-poems-about-the-sea/

The Poetry Foundation (2023). Poetry and the Environment: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/146462/poetry-and-the-environment, 

The Poetry Foundation Website (2023): https://www.poetryfoundation.org https://theculturetrip.com/europe/norway/articles/12-artworks-that-capture-the-essence-of-norway//poems/54932/sea-fever-56d235e0d871e