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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkConversations With the Past: Exploring Holocaust Experiences Through Writing and Art
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, American Democracy and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider what they already know about the Holocaust and refle...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Titanic Impact of Science: Promoting the Sciences Through Public Service Announcements
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Oral Presentations, English-Language Arts, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Science and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine their own opinions about science and explore how a fa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCovering the News: Analyzing Media Coverage of Crimes
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, English-Language Arts, Arts, Media, & Entertainment and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students compare the coverage of two crime stories, analyzing both for...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWatch and Learn: Creating Educational Programming for Young Reality Television Watchers
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore a particular problem with the development of new tele...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkClasses for the Masses: Exploring How Class is Represented in Contemporary Media
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Sociology, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Electives, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore how class is represented in the media by developing i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExchange Students: Making Cultural Connections with Kids in War-Torn Lands
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, World History, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the increasing popularity and importance of cellu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChanging the World: Social Entrepreneurs Part One
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: History-Social ScienceLesson addresses the role of social entrepreneurs in affecting positive social change around the world. Introduces students to t...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink1900 America: Historical Voices, Poetic Visions
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts1900 America: Historical Voices, Poetic Visions is a lesson plan in which students create their own multi-media epic poems abou...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEvaluating Eyewitness Reports
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Humanities, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from EDSITEment, offers students experience in drawing historical meaning from eyewitness accounts that present a r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEdgar Allen Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and the Unreliable Biographers
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this EDSITEment lesson, students become literary sleuths, attempting to separate biographical reality from myth. They also be...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCensorship in the Classroom: Understanding Controversial Issues
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students examine propaganda and media bias and explore a variety of banned and challenged books, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Literacy in Cyberspace
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink lesson invites students to transfer the analytical skills that they commonly use when reading traditional pr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGhosts and Fear in Language Arts: Exploring the Ways Writers Scare Readers
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, invites students to investigate what it is that is so fascinating about scary stories. They do...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBuilding Vietnam War Scavenger Hunts through Web-Based Inquiry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Technology, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students read a book about Vietnam, as a whole class or in literature circles. Then, workin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Poetics of Hip Hop
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Music, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students analyze form in Shakespearean sonnets, works of American poets, and hip hop music to determine...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Student-Centered Comprehension Strategies with Elie Wiesel's "Night"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, World History, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use reciprocal teaching strategies as they read and discuss Holocaust survivor Elie Wies...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGaining Background for the Graphic Novel "Persepolis": A WebQuest on Iran
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Technology, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, World History, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students prepare to read the novel "Persepolis" by engaging in a WebQuest that builds their backg...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEkphrasis: Using Art to Inspire Poetry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson from ReadWriteThink explores the concept of ekphrasis-writing inspired by art. Students begin by reading and discuss...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Importance of Titles: From Big Blank Space to Small Good Thing
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, focusing on two sets of stories "renamed" by Raymond Carver, allows students to develop an appreciation of the impo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0