I'd always avoided the classics thinking they were outdated. As a home educating parent I'm learning a deeper appreciation for these beautiful works that inspire me to live well and feed my mind with good food for thought.
As a family our first shared experience was the reading of Oliver Twist. We loved the book so much we watched many versions of the movie including the musical.
From this experience I have been inspired to find out more about this giant of English literature and have gathered together a few resources of interest to share with you.
I am still researching Miss Mason's approach to using Dickens in the home school and will update this post as I learn more on the subject.
Books on the Life of Dickens
- Charles Dickens: Scenes from an Extraordinary Life
- A Day With Charles Dickens {Free Download}
- Dickens: His Work and His World One of my favourite books.
- Charles Dickens: A Life
- Dickens: The Life and Times of This Great Novelist and His Masterpieces
- What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew
Books written by Charles Dickens
- Oliver Twist
- A Christmas Carol
- David Copperfield
- Great Expectations
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Free Kindle Books: Classics by Charles Dickens {37 titles}
Children's Versions
- Illustrated Stories from Dickens
- Oliver Twist: Retold from the Charles Dickens Original
- Usborne Young Reading: Oliver Twist
- Usborne Young Reading: David Copperfield
- Usborne Young Reading: A Tale of Two Cities
- Usborne Young Reading: Great Expectations
- Charles Dickens and Friends five of Dickens' most popular stories: "Oliver Twist", "Great Expectations", "A Tale of Two Cities", "David Copperfield" and "A Christmas Carol"
Teaching Dickens
- Primary History - Famous People Charles Dickens
- Dickens in Context
- Dickens Chronology
- How to teach … Charles Dickens
- David Perdue's Charles Dickens
- Masterpiece Classic a Masterpiece Guide
- BC: Charles Dickens
- What the Dickens?
- Dickens World
- Charles Dickens Victorian Web
- A Visit to Dickens World
- Charles Dickens Museum
- Teaching Dickens With The New York Times
- Activity Village: Charles Dickens
- Introduction to Charles Dickens: Works, Style, and Influence
- Charles Dickens teaching resources
- Biography of Charles Dickens & Study Guides
- Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol ~ Lesson Ideas
- Charles Dickens His Life & Works Unit Studies, Biogrqaphy & Comprehension
About Charles Dickens on YouTube
- Charles Dickens's London with Simon Callow - the Guardian
- Simon Callow - On Dickens and Theater
- Charles Dickens Documentary
- Biography of Charles Dickens documentary - Life of Charle FULL EPÄ°SODES with Jack Perkins
- The Life of Charles Dickens (BBC) for children
- Dickens at 200 with The Teacher from BBC Learning English
- Charles Dickens biography
- The Charles Dickens TV Drama Series 02/01
- The Charles Dickens TV Drama Series 02/2
- he Charles Dickens TV Drama Series 03
- The Charles Dickens TV Drama Series 04/01
- The Charles Dickens TV Drama Series 04/02
- The Charles Dickens TV Drama Series 07
- The Charles Dickens TV Drama Series 08/02
- The Charles Dickens TV Drama Series Dickens The Final Chapter BBC
Works of Dickens on YouTube
- A Christmas Carol
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (For Kids)
- David Copperfield
- Great Expectations 1 of 2 (BBC 1999)
- Great Expectations 2 of 2) (BBC 1999)
- Oliver Twist BBC 2007
- A Tale Of Two Cities 1980
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I'd love to hear about your favourite Charles Dickens resources so that I may add them to this list.Blessings
Chareen
Other posts in the 5 Days of Charlotte Mason Resources Series
- Charlotte Mason Education Resource List
- Shakespeare for a Charlotte Mason Education
- Charlotte Mason inspired homeschool Bloggers
- Charles Dickens for a Charlotte Mason Education
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