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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

DR-TA Reading Strategy

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Foster critical thinking skills by using the DR-TA Strategy with Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal.” Class members read portions of the essay, stop and discuss what is happening, make predictions based on evidence from the text, and...
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Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: A Modest Proposal [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 6-page PDF of the text of "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: A Modest Proposal

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focues on "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift in which he uses strong satire and irony as a protest of the English treatment of the Irish. It features links to the text of "A Modest Proposal," an introduction to the work by...
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eBook
Other

A Modest Proposal

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete text of the essay by Jonathan Swift.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: A Modest Proposal

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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Primary
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: "A Modest Proposal": An Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to Jonathan Swift's essay "A Modest Proposal."