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Evaluating Eyewitness Reports
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, HumanitiesThis lesson, from EDSITEment, offers students experience in drawing historical meaning from eyewitness accounts that present a r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Censorship in the Classroom: Understanding Controversial Issues
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students examine propaganda and media bias and explore a variety of banned and challenged books, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Exploring Literacy in Cyberspace
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis ReadWriteThink lesson invites students to transfer the analytical skills that they commonly use when reading traditional pr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0African American Soldiers in World War I: The 92nd and 93rd Divisions
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Literature, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from EDSITEment, explores the role played by African-American servicemen in World War I. Students consider the disc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0What Made George Washington a Good Military Leader?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, Humanities, United States History, English-Language ArtsThis unit of four lessons, from EDSITEment, introduces activities in which students read the Continental Congress's resolutions ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Peace Journey: Using Process Drama in the Classroom
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, Theatre, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students respond to an imaginary advertisement, role-play, and work in small groups to develop a ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Authentic Persuasive Writing to Promote Summer Reading
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, invites students to create brochures and flyers that suggest books and genres to explore durin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Behind the Masks: Exploring Culture and Self Through Art and Poetry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, Foreign Languages and 2 additional..This ReadWriteThink lesson engages high school students in an extended study of the relationship between masks and cultures. Stu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Freedom of Speech and Automatic Language: Examining the Pledge of Allegiance
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States History, Literature and 2 additional..This ReadWriteThink lesson is based on a study of the Pledge of Allegiance. This lesson plan asks students to explore rote learn...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0From Courage to Freedom: Frederick Douglass's 1845 Autobiography
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Literature, English-Language ArtsIn this EDSITEment unit of three lessons, students read Frederick Douglass's 1845 slave narrative, "Narrative of the Life of Fre...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Wright Way
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, Engineering & Design, English-Language ArtsIn this ARTSEDGE lesson, students use Internet research, language arts activities, and visual arts activities to learn about Fra...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Building Vietnam War Scavenger Hunts through Web-Based Inquiry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, United States History, English-Language Arts, TechnologyIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students read a book about Vietnam, as a whole class or in literature circles. Then, workin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Using Student-Centered Comprehension Strategies with Elie Wiesel's "Night"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, World HistoryIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students use reciprocal teaching strategies as they read and discuss Holocaust survivor Elie Wies...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Connecting Past and Present: A Local Research Project
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students make real-world connections between themselves and their community by gathering photos, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Gaining Background for the Graphic Novel "Persepolis": A WebQuest on Iran
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, World History, TechnologyIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students prepare to read the novel "Persepolis" by engaging in a WebQuest that builds their backg...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Beyond "What I Did on Vacation": Exploring the Genre of Travel Writing
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students are introduced to the genre of travel writing. After reading some short examples an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Ekphrasis: Using Art to Inspire Poetry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literature, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis lesson from ReadWriteThink explores the concept of ekphrasis-writing inspired by art. Students begin by reading and discuss...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 01900 America: Historical Voices, Poetic Visions
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts1900 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: 0Court Documents Related to Martin Luther King, Jr., and Memphis Sanitation Workers
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryThis lesson relates to two clauses in the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights, which ensure Americans the right to assemble pe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Changing the World: Social Entrepreneurs Part One
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: History-Social ScienceLesson addresses the role of social entrepreneurs in affecting positive social change around the world. Introduces students to t...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0