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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGo West: Imagining the Oregon Trail
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, United States History, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students compare imagined travel experiences of their own with the actual experiences of 19th-ce...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIt Came from Greek Mythology
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts, Literature, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this unit of six lessons, from EDSITEment, students study basic plots of three Greek myths and discuss three common themes in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this series of lessons, from EDSITEment, students learn about the 19th-century author Hans Christian Andersen, who created vi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Character
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, Literature, Geography, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students compare and contrast several versions of Cinderella stories told around the world to f...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentCompare and Contrast
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis student reproducible, from a ReadWriteThink lesson, provides space for students to describe the characters, setting, plot a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlaska Native Stories: Using Narrative to Introduce Expository Text
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, uses traditional stories (i.e., narrative text) of native peoples of the northwest to introduc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkElements of Myths
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Theatre, Visual Arts, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students read and explore several myths, identifying the elements of thi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFiction, Plotting the Story
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Theatre, Visual Arts, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students explore plot as an element of fiction. They investigate how det...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnimal Spirit and Powers (Nahuales)
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts, Foreign Languages, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis lesson, from ARTSEDGE, teaches basic elements of poetic verse in Spanish and English (sensory use, imagery, stanza, poetic ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharacter Traits Chart
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this student interactive, from ReadWriteThink, students record information about a fictional character's actions and then lis...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLangston Hughes
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the life and poetry of Langston Hughes. A classroom activity is featured in which studen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLook in the Mythic Mirror
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Music, Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Reading ComprehensionThis unit of eight lessons, from ARTSEDGE, focuses on Greek mythology, archetypal heroes, Classical literature, storytelling, We...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorld Hello Day
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Humanities, World History, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on "World Hello Day," started in 1973 to promote peace between Egypt and Israel. A classroo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnwinding a Circular Plot: Prediction Strategies in Reading and Writing
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, builds on students' existing knowledge of plot structure and of cycles in other content areas,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Report Alternative: Writing Resumes for Characters in Historical Fiction
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students select a character from a work of historical fiction and then help the character c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPress Conference for "Bud, Not Buddy"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, can be used after the reading of "Bud, Not Buddy," by Christopher Paul Curtis to encourage stu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDancing through Poetry
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Dance, Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students look at poetry as a way to express the art of dance metaphorically. Students read two differen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPoet Yusef Komunyakaa
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the Vietnam War-inspired poetry of Yusef Komunyakaa. A classroom activity is featured in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKing Arthur: Man or Legend?
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts, Theatre, World History, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about the legend of King Arthur as depicted in stories, poems, and artwork. Students exp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHistorical Fiction: Using Literature to Learn About the Civil War
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, United States History, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use a book from "The American Girls" series to learn about the characteristics of histor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0