Red Badge of Courage

By Stephen Crane

Lexile = 910

• Read all about the author and his works here

• Online study guides here and here

• Read the book online at this website

• Nonfiction Connection: All about the battle of Chancellorsville upon which the book is based here. Compare the story to actual accounts at this site.

• Nonfiction Connection: Think about what the word courage means to you. Now read these prize winning essays on courage by sixth graders. How do they compare to your definition? To how courage is defined in this story?

• Poetry Connection: Read the tribute poems on this webpage. How do you believe each poet's definition of courage varies?

• Poetry Connection: Read Ann Sexton's poem "Courage" and its interpretation on this webpage. How do her ideas compare with the main characters'? With yours?

• Poetry Connection: Read the "poems from the battlefield" at this website, paying particular attention to "for the red badge". With how many of these poems would the main character relate?