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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Arthurian Legend
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, World History, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students examine the historical origins of the Arthurian legend. Students gain insight into the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfrican American Soldiers in World War I: The 92nd and 93rd Divisions
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from EDSITEment, explores the role played by African-American servicemen in World War I. Students consider the disc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Disability Using Multimedia and the B-D-A Reading Strategy
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Health Education, English-Language Arts, Physical EducationIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students apply the B-D-A (before-during-after) reading comprehension strategy as they explore var...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Theatre, Literature, English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students study setting, plot, and character development in Tennessee Wil...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Biography Study: Using Role-Play to Explore Authors' Lives
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, Literature, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students select American authors to research. They create timelines and biopoems about their auth...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBehind the Masks: Exploring Culture and Self Through Art and Poetry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts and 2 additional..This ReadWriteThink lesson engages high school students in an extended study of the relationship between masks and cultures. Stu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Year I Was Born: An Autobiographical Research Project
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students conduct interviews and research online and at the library to find details on what ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCulture and Society of the Gilded Age
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Theatre, Visual Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students learn about the culture of high society during the Gilded Age. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCopyright Infringement or Not? The Debate Over Downloading Music
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Technology, English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students investigate the controversial topic of downloading music from the Internet as part of a ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrom Friedan Forward-Considering a Feminist Perspective
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Humanities, Writing StrategiesIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students write letters expressing their views on an important and potentially controversial topic...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkConnecting Past and Present: A Local Research Project
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students make real-world connections between themselves and their community by gathering photos, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGaining Background for the Graphic Novel "Persepolis": A WebQuest on Iran
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, World History, Technology, 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: Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis 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 / HyperLinkAmerica Dreams
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis WebQuest, presented by the Library of Congress, challenges students to investigate the American Dream. In the course of thi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEuro Cent Trick: Anticipating the Euro and Researching Currencies of European Countries
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, World History, English-Language Arts, EconomicsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate the positive and negative aspects of the currency...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCan We Talk? Exploring the History of Telecommunications Technology
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students research the history and technology of telecommunications. Th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGive a Little, Get a Lot: Exploring Charitable Causes and Organizations on the Web
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, allows students to explore the notions of caring, giving, and providing s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExecuting Justice: Examining Key Legal Definitions Underlying the Postponement of the McVeigh Execution
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the reasons for postponing the execution of Timothy M...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Right to Remain Resilient: Exploring the Role of Legislation in the Fight for Civil Rights
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the "civil rights movements" of a variety of differen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Human Costs of War: Examining the Role of Civilians in Armed Conflict - A Lesson for the Social Studies Classroom
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, World History, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students first explore the notion of a civilian cost to armed warfare....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0