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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCultural Creation Myths
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Theatre, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore different cultures' supernatural explanations for human existence in three societies. ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCritical Reading: Two Stories, Two Authors, Same Plot?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink lesson encourages students to read and respond critically to two different pieces of literature with the sam...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCrane, London, and Literary Naturalism
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this EDSITEment lesson, students learn the key characteristics that comprise American literary naturalism as they explore the...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCorridos About The Mexican Revolution
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Music, Writing Strategies, World History and 2 additional..In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students are introduced to causes of the Mexican Revolution and key revo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper" -- Writing Women
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students study the setting, narrative style, symbolism, and characteri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharacterization in Literature
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Visual Arts, Theatre, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore various methods authors use to create effective characters. Students consider what mak...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCarl Sandburg's "Chicago": Bringing a Great City Alive
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this EDSITEment lesson, students look at Carl Sandburg's poem, "Chicago," in a literary, historical and biographical context....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBringing Facts into Science Fiction: Creating Science Fiction Narratives Based on Current News Themes
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, American DemocracyIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students develop setting, plot, and characters for a science fiction s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Smarts: A Lesson in Representing Literature Through the Visual Arts
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students identify the ideas and themes that are most significant in a ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Characters for Hire! Studying Character in Drama
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students create a resume for a character in a play. This activity allows students to focus on one...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBecome a Character: Adjectives, Character Traits, and Perspective
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Grammar, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students "become" one of the major characters in a book and describe themselves and other charact...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnalyzing the Purpose and Meaning of Political Cartoons
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, high school students learn to evaluate political cartoons for their meaning, message, and p...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnalyzing Character in <em>Hamlet</em> through Epitaphs
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionStudents create epitaphs for characters from a tragedy, such as Hamlet.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlice Walker
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on author Alice Walker, best known for her novel "The Color Purple." A classroom activity i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Way With Words: Examining How Literary Devices Create Vivid Images
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the power of literary devices in journalistic and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Storybook Romance: Dante's Paolo and Francesca
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Literature, World History, History-Social Science and 2 additional..This lesson from EDSITEment highlights one episode in the "Divine Comedy" to provide students with an introduction to Dante's gr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Question of Style
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Visual Arts, Theatre, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore the nature of comedy by informally staging the opening scenes in Shakespeare's "As You...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 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 / HyperLink12 Angry Men: Trial by Jury as a Right and as a Political Institution
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, United States History, Foreign Languages, History & Culture and 4 additional..The classic American drama Twelve Angry Men serves as the starting point for a discussion of the constitutional right and civic ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0