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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUsing Picture Books to Explore Identity, Stereotyping, and Discrimination
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Electives, History-Social Science, Psychology, Literary Analysis and 2 additional..Students analyze the concepts of identity, stereotyping, and discrimination by reading picture books; identify how these concept...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTo Kill a Mockingbird
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Harper Lee’s classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Each l...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTheir Eyes Were Watching God
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher’s Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Zora Neale Hurston’s classic novel, Their Eyes Were Watch...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Persuasive Art of Portraiture: The Message Behind the Picture
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, World History and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students first explore the power of the visual image to convey a messa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Big, Bad Wolf . . . Is This a Fact?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literature, Technology, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & SpellingThis ReadWriteThink lesson combines the nonfiction works of Seymour Simon with teacher modeling, discussion groups, and student-...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Battle of Good and Evil on the Big Screen: A Media Studies Lesson Plan
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Film & Video, American Democracy, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Electives and 5 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students evaluate how the movie industry depicts heroes, villains,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOld School
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher's Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Tobias Wolff's classic novel, Old School. Each lesson has...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMyth and Truth: "The First Thanksgiving"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceBy exploring myths surrounding the Wampanoag, the Pilgrims, and the "First Thanksgiving," this lesson from ReadWriteThink asks s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMaking Personal and Cultural Connections Using <em>A Girl Named Disaster</em>
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Geography, Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceStruggling to survive is one of the many themes explored in A Girl Named Disaster. As students read, they look for connections b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHousekeeping
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading ComprehensionThis Big Read Teacher's Guide contains ten lessons to lead you through Marilynne Robinson's classic novel, Housekeeping. Each le...Contributor: The Big Read Literature SeriesViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFittest of the Survivors: Exploring the Crossroads of Ethics, Survival Skills and Reality Television
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Electives, History-Social Science, Philosophy, Psychology and 2 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students consider the reality television show "Survivor" as a mean...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBeyond the Story: A Dickens of a Party
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students are invited to attend a 19th-century party as a character from Charles Dickens' "A...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0