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Shmoop Overview
for Teachers & Librarians
http://www.shmoop.com/teachers/
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“Best of the
Internet”
What is Shmoop?
• Digital learning guides that make
learning fun and relevant for
students
– Deep analysis, questions, quotes, trivia,
multimedia, loads of links
– Start here: http://www.shmoop.com
• Written by educators and experts –
primarily Ph.D. students from
Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley
– >90% of Shmoop writers have taught at the
high school or college level
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Students & Teachers Say…
“This website is my
dream come true”
- Noel, 20
“Shmoop has enriched my
teaching and made literature
accessible to ALL my students!”
- Martha, HS teacher
“Shmoop makes me
actually want to
work.”
“Shmoop is
intentionally about the
joy of learning.”
- Stephanie, 19
- Paul, HS teacher
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Quotes from Shmoop focus groups of HS and College students, April 2008
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Things You’ll Learn on Shmoop
The Portrait of a Lady
(written in 1880) shares a
lot in common with TV’s
“Gossip Girl”
Emily Dickinson was a
packrat
Albert Einstein's 7th-grade
teacher told him he "would
never get anywhere in life."
True story.
Ernest Hemingway and
James Joyce picked bar
fights together in Paris
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Shmoop Literature
• Help make literature fun
and relevant for your
students
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“Why Should I Care?”
Themes
Quote analysis
Plot analysis
Character analysis
Literary devices
Study questions
Trivia
Best of the Web
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Shmoop US History
• Analysis from multiple
points of view
• Events, People, Quotes
• Trivia, Glossaries
• Links to multimedia,
primary sources, and more
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Shmoop Poetry
Demystify poetry
• Close Reading (line-by-line)
• Deep analysis of Symbolism,
Themes, Meter, Sound, Setting…
• Trivia
• Study Questions
• Best of the Web (primary sources,
photos, audio, video, etc.)
• Now the largest poetry analysis
site on the Web
“Smart and consistently
humorous”
- Academy of American Poets
(poets.org)
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Shmoop’s “Best of the Web”
• Links are carefully selected by
Shmoop’s writers
• Audio, video, photos, art,
primary sources, historical
documents
• TV and Movies
• Books
• Websites
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NEW Shmoop Civics
Because Civics Shouldn’t be Boring
• Government,
politics, law
• Heated issues
that students
care about
• A line-by-line
analysis of the
Constitution
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NEW Shmoop Bestsellers
Let Your Inner Fan Feast
• Use “Pop Lit” to teach
literary analysis
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Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Harry Potter…
Many more coming
soon
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NEW Shmoop Biography
Get to Know the Big Cheeses
• 31 bios and
counting
• Authors, poets,
political leaders,
inventors, …
• Back-stories, fun
anecdotes,
multimedia,
personal letters
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NEW Shmoop Music
Listen and Learn
• Analyze lyrics like poetry
– Lyrics are often a less
intimidating intro to poetry
• Historical context
• “Behind the music” stories
• Technical analysis of rhythm,
songwriting, instrumentation
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NUEVO Shmoop Literatura
• Spanish translations of
our most popular
literature summaries
• A “bridge” for ESL
students
• Or great practice for
students learning
Spanish
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NEW: Shmoop on iPhone, Kindle, Nook
Put a Ph.D. in Your Pocket
• Shmoop is a top educational
publisher on many devices
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400 guides on the Web
300+ eBooks on Kindle
250 iPhone/iPod Apps
200 eBooks on B&N Nook
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How to Cite Shmoop
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Shmoop automatically
generates citations for
students in MLA, APA,
or Chicago formats
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Our About Us section
includes our
background and
academic credentials
to help establish
authority
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Shmoop teaches
students about the
perils of plagiarism
and encourages
original thought
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Shmoop for Educators
• A tour of Shmoop
designed for educators
• Ideas and examples from
teachers who use
Shmoop in the classroom
• Much more coming in
2010… Stay Tuned!
www.shmoop.com/teachers/
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6 Easy Ways to Get Started
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Link to a page on Shmoop as required (or optional) reading to compliment a unit
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Use the Trivia and Best of the Web sections to add spice to your presentations
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Trivia is found under “Did You Know”: http://www.shmoop.com/romeo-and-juliet/trivia.html
Best of the Web includes links, multimedia, photos, and more: http://www.shmoop.com/civilwar/resources.html
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Start off a new unit by having your students read our “In a Nutshell” and “Why Should I Care?”
sections (see http://www.shmoop.com/hamlet/)
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Use a song from Shmoop Music (http://www.shmoop.com/music/) to ease your students into poetry, or
to give cultural context to a period in history
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Have your students write their own Shmoop modules for a topic that we don’t cover. It should be
interesting, funny, and help explain to other students “Why Should I Care?”
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Teaching Poetry? Try assigning our wonderful primer, “How to Read a Poem”
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• Stickers or Bookmarks for your
students
– We’ll mail them to you!
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