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The A-Z of Samuel Johnson Grade Level:  9-12 To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Samuel Johnson's dictionary, BBC News pays tribute to Johnson. Starting with the letter A and continuing all the way to the letter Z, interesting details are provided about the dictionary, words, and Johnson himself. Included are facts about Johnson's health, his childhood, and his generosity. Learn about Johnson's work on The Dictionary of the English Language, and read some examples of unusual dictionary entries. The site has a photograph of Johnson. Topic: Johnson, Samuel,--1709-1784 URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4393709.stm Samuel Johnson Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 Samuel Johnson was a writer of many kinds of works. The Victorian Web offers extensive information about Johnson. Read a description of Johnson in the biography section of the web that shows the many sides of his personality. Find information about his early life, his education, his marriage, and his writing career. Learn how he came to be the writer of The Dictionary of the English Language. Essays about Johnson discuss the economical and historical context of his times, his influence in the literary field, and his prose style. Topic: Johnson, Samuel,--1709-1784 URL: http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/johnson/sjov.html Samuel Johnson Grade Level:  9-12 The Literary Heritage web site, which links the literature and writers of the West Midlands region of England, comprises information about the people and places featured in the West Midlands Creative Literature Collection held at Shrewsbury Library, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. A catalogue of related e-texts, discussions of unifying themes, and a timeline complement such entries as the one on Samuel Johnson, in which it is observed, "Samuel Johnson drew around him a circle of friends and was often consulted for advice on literary matters." Works, references, and related links supplement the biography. Topic: Johnson, Samuel,--1709-1784 URL: http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/johnson.htm Samuel Johnson Grade Level:  9-12 Samuel Johnson is thought to be one of the most important English writers of the eighteenth century. This web site provides insight into his life and writings for the novice to the more advanced. This site offers online etexts of many of his poems, essays, political writings, and novels. Critical critiques and essay are also included. A search engine and additional links are also provided for further research. Topic: Johnson, Samuel,--1709-1784 URL: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Johnson/ The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum and Bookshop Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum in Litchfield, England honors the memory of one of the city's most famous residents. The museum was home to Johnson for twenty-seven years. Learn about the life of the man who was given the task of compiling an English dictionary in the 1700s. A section on his works includes discussion about his essays, political journalism, and his books. You will find images of Johnson and the museum at this site. Topic: Museums URL: http://www.lichfield.gov.uk/sjmuseum/index.html Johnson, Samuel -- (1709-1784) Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 Samuel Johnson was a major figure in 18th century literature. This biography of Johnson summarizes his major accomplishments. Learn about his early education as a boy and his education at college. His struggles with his health and his marriage are discussed. Follow his career in literature as he started in London writing for a magazine. There are details about his work on the Dictionary of the English Language, which he is best known for. Johnson's later writings are also described. Topic: Johnson, Samuel,--1709-1784 URL: http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/J/johnsamuel/johnson.html Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Grade Level:  9-12 Samuel Johnson, immortalized in Boswell's Life (which "retains its extraordinary immediacy [and...] has recorded his soundbites for posterity and shaped history's opinion of the learned, apophthegmatic Doctor"), believed, "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money." This guide to the Doctor includes links to two Guardian features and a number of facts about the author arranged under such headings as "Critical verdict" ("Strikingly clever, startlingly ugly and indefatigably hard-working"), "Now read on," and "Recommended biography." Topic: Johnson, Samuel,--1709-1784 URL: http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,,102355,00.html The Johnson Society Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 The Johnson Society aims to further interest in author Samuel Johnson, who published the Dictionary of the English Language in 1755. A portion of the site is dedicated to the activities and news of the society. Another section has information about the life and works of Samuel Johnson, who was one of England's major literary figures in the eighteenth century. Find out about his early life, his marriage, and his work on the dictionary. The celebrity years discuss his fame and awards. Topic: Johnson, Samuel,--1709-1784 URL: http://www.lichfieldrambler.co.uk/ Johnson's Dictionary Grade Level:  9-12 The dictionary written by Samuel Johnson was completed in the 1700s and is still used today to define the English language. Johnson's early life and his failures before the dictionary are discussed at this web site that talks about the history of the novel. Learn about Johnson's other significant literary contributions. Details are available about Johnson's many years of work on the Dictionary of the English Language, and there is discussion about the dictionary itself. Topic: Johnson, Samuel,--1709-1784 URL: http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/N/novel/johnson.html Johnson's Life of Ascham Grade Level:  9-12 "Johnson's Life of Ascham" is from Samuel Johnson's 1825 Oxford Works and has been edited by Jack Lynch. Here you will find an in-depth biography of Roger Ascham. Come learn about unusual early life of Ascham who was adopted at an early age. He studied Greek at Cambridge and graduated at an early age. He received a Master's degree at age eighteen and by that time was well respected for his knowledge of the classics. He became a teacher before being called to court to become tutor to the princess. Come read more about the interesting life of Roger Ascham here. Topic: Ascham, Roger,--1515-1568 URL: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/ascham.html Blogs a Hit in the Cafes of the 1700s Grade Level:  9-12 If you blog, you are participating in a literary tradition that dates back two centuries to the blotchy, single-sheet periodicals read in English cafes, salons, and living rooms. Under pseudonyms, literary giants such as Samuel Johnson, Jonathan Swift, and Daniel Defoe adopted the casual and immediate style that defines today's blogs. The similarity does not end there, either: Both blogs and their ancestors enabled just about anyone to publish his or her thoughts. Learn more by reading this feature from the CanWest News Service. Topic: English periodicals URL: http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=86e8b029-9367-48fc-84fe-0e7cc8c4b198&k=67303