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Curated OER

Elders As Resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in a lesson that uses discussion groups for communication. The focus of the lesson is upon the respect for authority that should be given to older adults. Students engage in class discussion about the information...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Outsiders

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore middle section of S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, and complete eight analytical questions to demonstrate understanding of messages in story. Students then watch portion of movie that coincides with chapters read.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Word Family Activities and American Symbols

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this word family and American symbols worksheet, students learn about word families and American symbols. They complete an activity in which they create real and nonsense words by combining sounds of the alphabet with 7 different word...
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Lesson Plan
British Library

British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: Auden & Identity

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This series of activities give students opportunities to explore the relationship between production and reception in poetic form. They will consider how W.H. Auden's mastery of language contributes to the impact and longevity of his work.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: 6th Grade Poetry Unit: Identity

For Teachers 6th Standards
Complete teaching unit for 6th Grade Poetry Unit: "Identity." Students will read 6 poems that speak to the theme of creating an identity. They will revisit the essential question: "How do we forge an identity?", read thematically-paired...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Identity" by Julio Noboa

For Students 6th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Identity" by Julio Noboa, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...
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Website
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Self Image, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
An editorial and four poems that explore African American strivings for self-esteem in the late-nineteenth century. All documents referenced within this resource attempt to shine a light on African American self-image and identity.
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Unit Plan
Other

The League of Canadian Poets: Identity and Autobiography

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explores Canadian poetry that reveals personal insights and reflections on the larger Canadian identity, and presents learning activities where students do research and write poems.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Poetry, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This study of black protest poems from the early part of the twentieth century through the late sixties can provide insight into the issues African Americans faced during that time and the ways they responded to them. Works from seven...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Two Views, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Two poems that explore the struggles of African Americans in the early-twentieth century. Links to both poems by Fenton Johnson are provided, and illustrate the struggles experienced as black man in white America in the 1910s
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Race Problem, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem, an address, and a painting that illustrate black political struggle in late-nineteenth-century America. This series of resources characterize "the Negro Problem" as "a concrete test of the underlying principles of the great...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: 1913: Fifty Years, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem, an address, and a blues song that express black life in the first fifty years after the Emancipation Proclamation. The texts examine whether the true meaning of the proclamation carried forward to the lives African Americans.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Popular Culture, Making of African American Identity: V. 2

For Students 9th - 10th
A sculpture, poster, poem, and a painting that challenge black stereotypes in the early-twentieth century. Links to these precursors to the Harlem Renaissance are provided at the top of the page.
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Primary
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Jabari Unmasked" by Nikki Grimes

For Students 7th - 9th
This poem by Nikki Grimes uses the first stanza of Paul Laurence Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask," as a speaker describes why they conceal their identity. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site offers...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How the Chicano Movement Championed Mexican American Identity and Fought for Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Chicano activists took on a name that had long been a racial slur -- and wore it with pride. In the 1960s, a radicalized Mexican-American movement began pushing for a new identification. The Chicano Movement, aka El Movimiento, advocated...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: The Search for Identity: Alice Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
Alice Walker is highlighted in this brief biography for her acclaimed contributions to literature, relating the struggles and triumphs of African Americans throughout history. Click on "Alice Walker Activities" for related materials.
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Ernest Hemingway Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Ernest Hemmingway (1899-1961 CE), the author of such works as "The Sun Also Rises" and "The Old Man and the Sea," who was awarded with the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. This website includes a biography, resources for...
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Unit Plan
W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: Norton Anthology: Victorian Age Topics in Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource discusses four controversies that concerned the Victorians: evolution, industrialism, what the Victorians called "The Woman Question," and Great Britain's identity as an imperial power. Includes multiple-choice quiz and...
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Lesson Plan
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Composing Songs and Verse About Fraud

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers write a song, rap, or poem that warns people about identity theft and types of fraud. Includes teaching guide and student worksheet that can be filled in on a computer.
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Website
Other

Making Face, Making Soul a Chicana Feminist Website

For Students 9th - 10th
A variety of resources for Chicanas, women of Mexican descent in the United States: biographies of Chicanas, poetry, cultural resources, and more.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages a Literary Survey

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A series of 16 Instructional Units on American Literature with texts, videos, instructor guides, and more. Topics include: Native Voices, Exploring Borderlands, Utopian Promise, Spirit of Nationalism, Masculine Heroes, Gothic...
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Unit Plan
University of Minnesota

U of Minnesota: Migration, Food, & Cultural Exchange: Mexico & the U. S.

For Students 9th - 10th
The following sources include a poem and newspaper article that deal with contemporary issues of migration and foods. Its goal is to examine food as an assertion of ethnic identity and as a site of cultural exchange and contest between...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mexican Muralism: Los Tres Grandes David Siqueiros, Diego Rivera

For Students 9th - 10th
Siqueiros, Diego Rivera, and Jose Clemente Orozco-known as Los tres grandes-cultivated an artistic style that defined Mexican identity following the Revolution. They crafted epic murals on the walls of highly visible, public buildings...
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Gender, Sexuality, Courtship and Marriage

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From courtship rituals to cross-dressing to love poetry, examine the ways in which Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explored identity, sexuality, and gender roles.

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