Curated OER
Exposes in Different Eras: The Work of Dorothea Dix and Burton Blatt
Young scholars discover that Dorothea Dix was the first to make the pubic aware of the terrible living conditions of people with mental illness in the 1800's. They evaluate the influence of citizen action on public policy.
Curated OER
Home Sweet Home
Students complete activities with the books Color Me Dark, The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, and The Great Migration North. In this literature/History lesson, student read the story and discuss the plot. They analyze photographs taken...
Curated OER
Maniac Magee
Seventh graders read Mania Magee as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan presents some ideas to use after certain chapters in the book as a way of supplementing student learning and involvement in the story.
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Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Christmas Compare and Contrast
Using two different versions of "The Night Before Christmas," learners use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast them.