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Lesson on 'The Chimney Boy's Story' by Wes Magee

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Wes Magee's poem "The Chimney Boy's Story" about chimney sweeps/climbing boys is used as an introduction to a lesson that asks groups to research child labor in Victorian Britain. 
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Say Hi to Haibun Fun

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
What is a haibun? With this interesting lesson, writers will experience the Japanese writing form haibun, identify elements important to Japanese writing styles, analyze a haibun, and compose their own. Different from the typical journal...
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EFL Lesson Plan for Learning Adjectives

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
In this adjectives lesson plan, students use suggested adjectives to describe their home or a friend. They then play a game where they try out describe an item to their team. This is a lesson intended for adults but could easily be...
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Ballou High School Marching Band Documentary Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine the journey of the Ballou Marching Band. In this America's Promise lesson, students read about Colin Powell and examine the history of America's Promise. Students explore the Five Points of the program and then watch a...
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Organizer
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Using Modal Verbs 3-- Planning a Surprise Party

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
In this language arts worksheet, learners practice the use of modal verbs "might, could, should, must, can, will" by planning a surprise birthday party. Students make notes in the boxes of all the things that must be done.
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George Orwell's Essay on his Life in Burma: "Shooting an Elephant"

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students read George Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant" as an analysis for the historical context. In this historical analysis lesson plan, students analyze the main points in the essay to identify its cultural and historical context....
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Exploring Religious Violence and Persecution in 16th Century Europe

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students watch a movie on religious violence in 16th century Europe and then write a background about a picture they are given on violence. In this religious violence lesson plan, students create the background by making inferences about...
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The 1828 Campaign of Andrew Jackson: Issues in the Election of 1828 and Beyond

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students research the campaign and election issues of Andrew Jackson. In this presidential election instructional activity, students research the campaign of 1828. Students then list the important issues. Students discuss the political...
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All Quiet on the Western Front Theme of Dreams, Hopes, and Plans

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 3 short answer and essay questions based on themes in All Quiet on the Western Front. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.
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Harlem (Dream Deferred) Theme of Dreams, Hopes, and Plans

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this reading comprehension activity, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on themes in "Harlem." Students may also complete their choice of 2 reading activities suggested.
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The Hollow Men Theme of Dreams, Hopes, and Plans

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on themes in "The Hollow." Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.
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Death in Poetry: A.E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young" and Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze poems about death. In this poetry analysis lesson, students read poems from both Dylan Thomas and A.E. Housman and analyze them in groups for common poetic devices. Students present their analysis and complete a Venn...
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Symmetry in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students examine knightly virtues and will measure Gawain's strength in the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In this poetry analysis lesson, students identify the bob-and-wheel poetic form and analyze symmetry in the poem. Students...
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Being in the Noh: An Introduction to Japanese Noh Plays

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze the conventions used in Noh plays and write an introduction to a Noh play of their own. In this Noh play lesson, students identify the conventions of the Noh form and analyze the realizations the main character achieves....
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What is the Role of the Corporation in Society?

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore ethics. In this business ethics lesson plan, students discuss corporate responsibilities to society as they read selected articles on the topic.  Students consider various scenarios that encourage authentic student...
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Characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Stories

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars read literature by Nathaniel Hawthorne and write an essay comparing the main characters in the two stories. In this character analysis lesson plan, students read the stories Young Goodman Brown and The Minister's Black...
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Using Ionising Radiation in Medicine

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
This is an information-intense presentation for any science class you might be teaching that will study ionising radiation. The material is specific to cancer diagnosis and treatment, and one of the forty-two slides also touches on using...
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Well-Being: Dimensions of Wellness

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
A unit on well-being begins with participants completing a self-assessment worksheet. After reflecting on the results, individuals set well-being goals for themselves that are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and...
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The Role of the Judiciary in a System of Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students determine the difference between the different branches of government and assess the role of each within the American governmental system.
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Online Job Applications Workshop

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Availability. Employment history. Reference. With the lesson plan, scholars complete a vocabulary matching exercise to define words that are commonly associated with job applications. They also complete a job application crossword puzzle...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: The Impact of Language

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Author, filmmaker, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston was also a dialectologist. The dialogue of the characters in her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God reveals her fascination with accents and dialects. A short video from the Great...
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Catch-22: What It Means to Be a(n Anti)Hero

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Catch-22, Joseph Heller's send-up of military organizational bureaucracy, provides readers with an opportunity to consider the importance of the anti-hero. Class members fill out a worksheet comparing and contrasting the qualities of...
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News Literacy Project

Fact-Check It!

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Here's a lesson designed to help learners develop their digital verification skills. First, expert groups study specific digital verification skills, and in a jigsaw activity, share what they have learned with classmates. The jigsaw...
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Virtual Lab: Creating a Buffer Solution

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Buffers don't just magically appear in the stockroom when you need them! Give learners a crash course in buffer basics using an interactive lab assignment. Individuals are tasked with creating a buffer with a certain pH that will react...

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