Alfred Lord Tennyson: An Overview
Read all about Tennyson and the Victorian Age at this site. Connect to Biography for information on Tennyson’s life and works. Click on Political History and then Crimean War to learn more about the battle Tennyson describes in "The Charge of the Light Brigade." Use this information as a resource for the Internet Connection activity in your textbook.

The Tennyson Page
This site from San Francisco State University includes a recording of Tennyson reading the opening of "The Charge of the Light Brigade." After you’ve heard the author read, try reciting the poem aloud three times to a group of classmates, giving it a different reading each time. What have you learned? Discuss with your group.

The Crimean War Picture Gallery
View pictures of the Crimean War at this site from the Scottish Military Historical Society. Scroll down to The Valley of Death link and look closely at the remains of cannonballs on this ravaged road. Is that how you pictured the aftermath of the battle Tennyson describes? How does viewing this photograph affect your experience of the poem? Write your thoughts in the Web Links Activity Log.