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"What are these...?"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss the "witches" of Shakespeare.  In this literature analysis lesson plan, students research the influence of Macbeth's sisters on his behavior.  They examine various terms used to describe the sisters, and discuss...
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Rhetoric and War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the relationship between rhetoric and war. In this history of war lesson plan, students analyze paintings, photographs, movies, and articles that paint an opinionated picture of war. Students discuss their impressions of...
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Writing About Art: Objective vs. Subjective

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the sculpture "Head With Horns" by Paul Gauguin. In this perspectives lesson, students discuss what the terms "objective" and "subjective" means. Learners are shown the sculpture and write their subjective and objective...
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Literary Odyssey

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and compare excerpts from The Odyssey and The Adventures of Telemachus to create their own story based on a secondary character. In this literary analysis   lesson, students read and compare the excerpts from the texts....
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars complete QAR activities for Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this literary analysis lesson, students read chapters 2 and 3 and complete reading check questions. Young scholars discuss chapter highlights...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify the use of characterization in Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this characterization lesson, students define characterization and write descriptive paragraphs about Maya Angelou's grandmother....
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners view examples of Depression era images and relate them to chapters from Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this Maya Angelou lesson, students discuss chapters 8 and 9 from the text and define setting. Learners...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Chapters 14 and 15

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students complete vocabulary activities for Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this vocabulary lesson, students review chapters 14 and 15 and take turns sharing their 'author and you' questions. Students complete a...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students read and complete literary analysis activities for Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this literary analysis lesson, students complete reading check questions, vocabulary sentences, and chapter reviews for...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Chapters 20, 21, 22, 23

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners complete chapter analysis activities for the Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this novel analysis lesson, students read and discuss chapters 20, 21, and 22 from the novel. Learners then read and listen to the...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Chapters 27, 28

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students complete chapter analysis activities for Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this chapter analysis lesson plan, students discuss the chapter highlights from chapters 27 and 28 and complete a chapter quiz.
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students examine the use of hyperbole in Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. For this literary analysis lesson, students read and discuss chapter 31 from the story. Students write the definition for hyperbole and locate...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Chapters 34, 35

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in part of an analysis of imagery. In this Maya Angelou lesson, students read chapters 34 and 35 in the novel and define imager. Students work in pairs to locate two...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Human Rights

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners use Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as analysis on human rights. In this human rights lesson plan, students develop an awareness of human rights issues and explore the Universal Declaration of Human Rights using...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Human Rights

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students define the universal rights of human beings. In this human rights lesson, students visit the website about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and read all parts of the document. Students discuss why there is a need for...
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Discovering Why I Am Who I Am

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze their family history and traditions. In this family history lesson, students identify family members to research and interview their family about the people. Students write their family histories and traditions. Students...
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Math Instructional Technology Information

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the correlation between education and salary. In this business lesson, students analyze the salary rate for different jobs to determine if there is a correlation between the two. They graph their findings and...
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The Bullying of Malvolio

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Malvolio's behavior and treatment in Twelfth Night. For this literature lesson, students examine the characteristics of a bully.  They then work in groups and analyze scenes to determine whether Malvolio fits the...
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Illumination of a Text

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create a movie using pictures and words to illustrate the content of a sonnet. In this illumination of a text instructional activity, students choose six to twelve words in the sonnet that are vitally important. Students record...
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Character Found Poems: Investigating Language in Twelfth Night

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students create found poems to represent characters in Twelfth Night. In this Shakespeare lesson, students discuss how to compose found poems and select characters from the play to write their poems about. 
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Twelfth Night: Thrusting Greatness Upon the Television 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create skits based on pairs of words. In this Twelfth Night activity, students create a cluster map in which they brainstorm a dialogue/scene based on their word pair. Students perform and record their scenes and discuss their...
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Remembrance of Yours--Analyzing Characters Using Mementos

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students choose two characters in Hamlet and symbolize the characters with an object, or find an object that the characters might carry. For this Hamlet lesson, students find an object to represent each character they choose. The object...
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Discovering Shakespeare's Language through Sonnet 27

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the language of Shakespeare. In this poetry lesson, students watch a video of illuminated images that accompany Sonnet 27. Young scholars analyze the language of the poem and the image selections.
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Thrusting Greatness Upon Television 3

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a model video using Orsino's speech from Twelfth Night. In this literature and film making instructional activity, students watch a video clip of Osino's speech and overdub it using Audacity or iMovie.