{"id":152,"date":"2007-12-17T07:21:47","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T14:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/beowulf-teaching-resources"},"modified":"2016-10-01T09:35:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T16:35:53","slug":"beowulf-teaching-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/beowulf-teaching-resources","title":{"rendered":"Beowulf Teaching Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new <em>Beowulf<\/em> movie may not have been the cinematic classic you&#8217;d been hoping for, but it may get your students interested in the original Old English poem, so here are some teaching resources available on the web:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-496 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/371px-Stories_of_beowulf_head_of_grendel-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stories of Beowulf\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/371px-Stories_of_beowulf_head_of_grendel-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/371px-Stories_of_beowulf_head_of_grendel.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>Lit2Go has the <a href=\"http:\/\/etc.usf.edu\/lit2go\/title\/b\/bw.html\">entire poem available as an mp3 download<\/a>, and the site also includes the full text of the poem in pdf format.<\/li>\n<li>Librivox also has <a href=\"http:\/\/librivox.org\/beowulf\/\">a free unabridged recording of the entire poem<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Be sure to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrocketbook.com\/?q=videos\/beowulf\">Rocketbook&#8217;s video study guide for <em>Beowulf<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Fellow blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffenglish.com\/\">Dana Huff<\/a> has written a <em><a href=\"http:\/\/us.penguinclassics.com\/static\/cs\/us\/10\/teachersguides\/beowulf.html\">Beowulf Study Guide<\/a><\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/us.penguingroup.com\/static\/pdf\/teachersguides\/beowulf.pdf\">(pdf)<\/a> for Penguin Classics.<\/li>\n<li>The University of Nevada, Reno has a nice page of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.unr.edu\/subjects\/guides\/beowulf.html\">Resources for the Study of <em>Beowulf<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;d like to show your students how <em>Beowulf<\/em> might have been originally performed, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bagbybeowulf.com\/\">Benjamin Bagby&#8217;s performance<\/a> of the poem in its original language.<\/li>\n<li>You might also find the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/lit\/beowulf\/\">Sparknotes for <em>Beowulf<\/em><\/a> helpful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, be sure to check out <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%3FASIN=0393320979%26tag=nickslists-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=\/o\/ASIN\/0393320979%253FSubscriptionId=1N9AHEAQ2F6SVD97BE02\" target=\"_blank\">Beowulf: A New Verse Translation<\/a><\/em> translated by Nobel-prize winner Seamus Heaney .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Beowulf movie may not have been the cinematic classic you&#8217;d been hoping for, but it may get your students interested in the original Old English poem, so here are some teaching 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