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following information is provided by the American
Library Association.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/exhibition/frankenstein.html
National Library of Medicine web site for the original "Frankenstein:
Penetrating the Secrets of Nature" exhibition in 1997-1998.
About Mary Shelley and Frankenstein
http://www.rc.umd.edu/reference/mschronology/mws.html
http://www.english.udel.edu/swilson/mws/mws.html
Two addresses for the same site which provides information on Mary Wollstonecraft
Shelley, especially material that might not be readily available or accessible
in every library; and offers a chronology of Mary Shelley's life and work
and 19th-century reviews of her novels and of the plays inspired by Frankenstein.
http://www.georgetown.edu/irvinemj/english016/franken/franken.htm
Features resources for studying Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and
Mary Shelley herself, including works by William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft,
Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others.
http://www.4iq.com/frnkbk.html
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/SheFran.html
Two sites which feature the complete text of Frankenstein; or, The
Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/contemps/peake/
Full script of the play, "Presumption; or, The Fate of Frankenstein,"
which in 1823 had already removed characters from the book and portrayed
the monster as a speechless murderer.
http://home-1.worldonline.nl/~hamberg/Frankenstein/literaryworks.html
Features the many literary works and authors referred to in Frankenstein,
where they appear in the text, and information about them.
http://www.thebakken.org/Frankenstein/intro.htm
This site illustrates "Frankenstein: Mary Shelley's Dream,"
a permanent exhibit of The Bakken Library and Museum in Minneapolis, Minn.
Interesting visuals of 18th century laboratory apparatus. Suitable for
middle grades and up.
About the history of medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/hmd.html
Site of the National Library of Medicine, History of Medicine Division,
detailing one of the world's great History of Medicine collections.
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/hmc
Explores the Duke University History of Medicine Collections, which include
photographs, illustrations, monographs and manuscripts, many of which
are illustrated on the site.
About literature of the Romantic period
http://www.rc.umd.edu/
Romantic Circles is a large-scale, collaborative site of high editorial
quality devoted to the study of Lord Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,
Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, their contemporaries and historical
contexts.
About biomedical
research
http://www.northwestern.edu/science-outreach/genome/
Features a web cast of a panel of University specialists discussing in
plain English for nonscientists the medical, ethical and legal implications
of the Human Genome Project.
http://www.nsls.info/genome/
Site for the Human Genome Project public education and discussion pilot
program in ten public libraries in the North Suburban Library System in
the greater Chicago area. Participating libraries develop an education
program on genetic research and the Human Genome Project.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/index.html
A science primer from the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
About ethics and philosophy
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/elsi/elsi.html
Explores the ethical, legal and social issues surrounding the Human Genome
Project.
Curriculum materials for schools
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/frankenstein/
Grades 9-12: In-depth study of the book and issues it raises. Activities
include a mock trial in which the monster sues his creator, discussion
questions, related reading, web links.
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln
Grades K-8: Site of the Miami Museum of Science Learning Network with
a section on "Frankenstein's Lightning Laboratory," where simple
experiments describe different forms of electricity-"fruity"
and "static"-as well as teach electrical safety.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/tales_supernatural.html
Grades 10-12: "Tales of the Supernatural" focuses on horror
and the Gothic form in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Students read
and discuss Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as part of the curriculum
unit, as well as works of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Lesson can be extended
to modern-day tales of the supernatural.
Miscellaneous related sites
http://www.lrsmarketing.com/adventures/Frankenstein/stillsfrank.htm
Picture stills from the Edison Films 1910 Frankenstein film
http://members.aon.at/frankenstein/comic/marvel_comics.htm
Illustrates and reviews the Marvel comics series, "The Frankenstein
Monster," which ran from January 1973 to September 1975.
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