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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBeyond Black and White: Examining the Portrayal of Race in Video Games and the Entertainment Media
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students critically examine the portrayal of minorities in video games...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink1900 America: Historical Voices, Poetic Visions
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis1900 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 / HyperLinkGhosts and Fear in Language Arts: Exploring the Ways Writers Scare Readers
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionThis 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 / HyperLinkPressing Cases: Exploring the Relationship Between Law Enforcement and News Media
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Career & Technical Ed, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate famous criminal cases in which the media has play...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Importance of Titles: From Big Blank Space to Small Good Thing
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, LiteratureThis lesson, focusing on two sets of stories "renamed" by Raymond Carver, allows students to develop an appreciation of the impo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPopcorn Lab- Scientific Method (Variables)
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Agriculture & Natural ResourcesIn this lab, students will be using the scientific method to determine what makes popcorn pop.Student will be identifying contro...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGaining Background for the Graphic Novel "Persepolis": A WebQuest on Iran
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, Technology, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn 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 / HyperLinkGender Bender: Exploring How Title IX Has Changed High School Athletics
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the effects of Title IX, a stipulation in the guideli...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Burning Desire to Move? Exploring Incentives to Depart the Red Zone around Mount Vesuvius
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, History-Social Science, Science and 5 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students consider the dangers of living around active volcanoes. T...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Literacy in Cyberspace
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink lesson invites students to transfer the analytical skills that they commonly use when reading traditional pr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBuilding Vietnam War Scavenger Hunts through Web-Based Inquiry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Technology, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryIn 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 / HyperLinkEdgar Allen Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and the Unreliable Biographers
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this EDSITEment lesson, students become literary sleuths, attempting to separate biographical reality from myth. They also be...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEkphrasis: Using Art to Inspire Poetry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionThis 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 / HyperLinkEvaluating Eyewitness Reports
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Humanities, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from EDSITEment, offers students experience in drawing historical meaning from eyewitness accounts that present a r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Student-Centered Comprehension Strategies with Elie Wiesel's "Night"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use reciprocal teaching strategies as they read and discuss Holocaust survivor Elie Wies...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCensorship in the Classroom: Understanding Controversial Issues
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn 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 the Carbon Cycle
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Agriculture & Natural ResourcesWhat is one of today s most popular buzzwords? If you said carbon , then this lab is for you. Students are inundated with comme...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGet a Life!: Assessing Multiple Viewpoints on Genomes and Other Genetic Engineering Topics
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Growth, Development & Aging, Science, Life Sciences, English-Language Arts and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate the decoding of genomes, the creation of life in ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrom Whose Perspective?: Critically Analyzing News Coverage of Palestinian-Israeli Violence
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Career & Technical Ed, Writing Strategies and 4 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students critically analyze news coverage of Palestinian-Israeli v...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFighting Fire with Satire: Examining the Political Humor of "Fake News"
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Arts, Media, & Entertainment, History-Social Science, Career & Technical Ed, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider satire in the news by exploring various sources of "...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0