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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCritical Ways of Seeing "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in Context
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language Arts, LiteratureThis lesson, from EDSITEment, asks students to combine Internet historical research with critical reading. They then produce sev...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTwain: Icon and Iconoclast
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, United States History, Visual Arts 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 / HyperLinkTwain: Steamboat's a-Comin'
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, United States History, Visual Arts and 5 additional..In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students examine the mystique of rivers as inspiration for creative expr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTwain: Tom Sawyer--Mythic Adventurer
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, United States History, Visual Arts 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 / HyperLinkUtopian Visions
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, Visual Arts, English-Language Arts and 3 additional..In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students are introduced to the idea of a "utopia"--an idealized society. Students read Sir Thomas More'...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUncivil Civilization in "The Hairy Ape"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, Visual Arts, English-Language Arts and 3 additional..This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, explores the ways Eugene O'Neill's play "The Hairy Ape" portrays a world in...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrom Courage to Freedom: Frederick Douglass's 1845 Autobiography
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this EDSITEment unit of three lessons, students read Frederick Douglass's 1845 slave narrative, "Narrative of the Life of Fre...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Satire with "The Simpsons"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, Literature, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, has students explore satire through the television show "The Simpsons." They identify the tech...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCarl Sandburg's "Chicago": Bringing a Great City Alive
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn 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 / HyperLink12 Angry Men: Trial by Jury as a Right and as a Political Institution
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, United States History, Foreign Languages 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