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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTwain: Tom Sawyer--Mythic Adventurer
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, United States History and 4 additional..This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, focuses on the content and style of development in Twain's "The Adventures ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper" -- Writing Women
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryIn 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 / HyperLinkUnlocking the Underlying Symbolism and Themes of a Dramatic Work
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Theatre, Reading Comprehension, Visual ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, invites students to explore the things relevant to a character from Lorraine Hansberry's play ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTwain: Icon and Iconoclast
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, United States History and 3 additional..This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, asks students to examine samples of Twain's work in the context of pre- and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAllen Ginsberg: Poetry and Politics
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literary AnalysisThis lesson plan, from the PBS American Masters Web site, consists of three thematic components: the link between art and poli...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Pros and Cons of Discussion
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students use a Discussion Web, in groups, to answer the question "Are people equal?," analy...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIntroduction to Modernist Poetry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryIn this unit of three lessons, from EDSITEment, students examine literary modernism. Specifically, students read and analyze mod...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Poetics of Hip Hop
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, Music, English-Language Arts, Visual 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 / HyperLinkFinding Poetry in Prose: Reading and Writing Love Poems
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read several poems that expand the definition of love poetry. They then compose found po...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Literary Humor: Mark Twain, George Harris and Nathaniel Hawthorne
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this unit of three lessons, from EDSITEment, students examine structure and characterization in several short stories and con...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDal’ & Desnos: Surrealism in Poetry and Art
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, Music, English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about the history of the Surrealism movement, including major players like AndrŽ Breton,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Smarts: A Lesson in Representing Literature Through the Visual Arts
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Visual Arts, Literary AnalysisIn 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 / HyperLinkExamining Tone in Parody and Tragedy
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, Theatre, English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students entertain the idea that the scene in "Romeo and Juliet" in which Juliet is discovered by the N...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCorridos About The Mexican Revolution
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, World History, Music 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 / HyperLinkBoosting Rap's Rep: Examining the Positive Side of Rap and Hip-Hop Music Through Original CD Compilations
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Music, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider the negative image that some have of rap and hip-hop...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Audience and Purpose with a Single Issue
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore the rhetorical concept of audience and purpose by focusing on an issue that divi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLiterary Parodies: Exploring a Writer’s Style through Imitation
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literary AnalysisThis lesson asks students to analyze the features of a poet’s work then create their own poems based on the original model.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDrawing on Terror: Exploring How Editorial Cartoons Express Opinions About the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the United States
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Career & Technical Ed, History-Social Science and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students assess the ways in which editorial cartoons offer insight int...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0