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Land, Liberty and the Struggle for the American Dream

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate equality by reading a historical fiction book in class.  In this civil rights lesson plan, students read the story Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry with their classmates and define the Jim Crow Laws that kept blacks...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Leaks and Gossip

For Students 8th - 12th
For this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about media leaks and gossip and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Between the Lines, 2010 Midterm Elections

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the 2010 Midterm Elections and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Berryman, Roosevelt and the Teddy Bear

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the origin of stuffed teddy bears and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: When Women Toon In

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events activity, students analyze political cartoons about women by women. Students then respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: The Political Dr. Seuss

For Students 8th - 12th
In this historical events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons by Theodor Geisel. Students respond to 2 talking point questions.
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Genie-US Pre-Reading

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these language arts worksheets, students respond to the story Genie-us. Kids analyze a sentence from the story and create a prediction. Additionally, students match vocabulary words to the correct meaning.
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Creative Writing

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students create a story with a beginning, middle and an ending. They also read and analyze another's story.
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Leaders in the Anza Expedition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils conduct Internet research on historical characters in the Anza expeditions. They compare/contrast the Anza leaders and analyze their relationships to each other in the Anza expedition.
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JACK - CRIMINAL OR VICTIM?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students to use all levels of Bloom's taxonomy to look at the case of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' through the eyes of our present legal system. They analyze the story to determine if Jack was a criminal or a victim.
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: Journals

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Like the characters in Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, class members write frequently with a series of journal topics that form the basis of the final writing assignment about their personal “heavy boots.” Alas, no list of topics is...
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Patterns to the Rescue

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students watch "Cyberchase: The Poddleville Case" and analyze patterns. They complete a patterns assignment worksheet and then they make up patterns using numbers, shapes or colors, for their classmates to solve. They use patterns to...
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April and the Dragon Lady by Lensey Namioka

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students read, analyze and discuss the book, "April and the Dragon Lady," by Lensey Namioka and then take an online quiz over it. They are then instructed to complete a worksheet over the book and are also graded on how well they worked...
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Literary Analysis - Young Goodman Brown

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Why is literary analysis so important? Readers explore writing a literary analysis by reviewing literary elements such as character, metaphor, plot, setting, simile, personification, and style. They read "Young Goodman Brown" by...
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Narrative Strategies

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore strategies authors use to make characters and setting seem real to readers. They develop characters and describe setting in original narratives. Students read myths and determine common themes found in myths from...
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Character Analysis

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners analyze the motivations behind characters. In this character analysis lesson plan, students reflect on conflicts from previous stories and watch a clip from 'East is East.' Learners answer questions for the movie and watch the...
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Fairy Tale Facts

For Teachers K
Students analyze fairy tale characters and story elements. In this fairy tale lesson, students label two charts for the characters and settings of a fairy tale. Students view props in story boxes and answer questions about the story...
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Philanthropy in Michigan???Civil War Lesson 2: Forming Opinions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students act out a section of the book Gentle Annie that is depicted in Chapter 4. They discuss the character position taken by each of the characters in the scene. They write a persuasive letter to one of the characters.
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Characterization

For Students 5th - 7th
In this characterization worksheet, learners complete the bubble chart for a character they have read about in a book. Students write the name of the character in the center, use one bubble for what the character says about him or...
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Character Sketch

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use what they read to analyze a character in the story.
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The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe: A Literature Evaluation Project

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read and analyze The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. They study the elements of literature found in the book. Students create an elements of literature flip book that shows the various elements of literature in the novel.
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The Art of Charity in Characterization

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars garner knowledge of characterization of the pilgrims in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and see that even the less savory characters must be flushed out in description of personality and physical traits.
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Shakespeare 2000

For Teachers 12th Standards
Young thespians can try their hand at writing a script and acting out a scene, while gaining a deeper understanding of the universal topics presented in Shakespeare's wide array of plays. Begin the lesson by conducting a compare and...
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Around the Room Short Story

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Collective story writing is a great way to reinforce the concept of story elements and collaborative learning. Young writers discuss story elements such as, setting, character, action, climax, conclusion, foreshadowing, dialogue, and...

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