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Know Your (copy)Rights

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students define public domain and provide examples of work in the public domain. They define copyright, provide examples of copyrighted materials, and state the procedure for securing copyright for their own work
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ABC's Of Figuring Interest

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in a lesson of figuring interest. This is done in order to strengthen number calculation skills while computing the interest when buying different things. This done in conjunction with using credit to make...
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Surface Tension

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners view demonstrations that illustrate the surface tension of water. In this properties of water instructional activity, students observe demonstrations that show how water exhibits surface tension. They explain how the...
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The Renaissance was a Rebirth

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this Renaissance study guide worksheet, students read a brief overview pertaining to the time period in world history and then respond to 4 reflection questions.
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Homonyms - Quiz 2

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this homonyms worksheet, young scholars read the sentences and select the correct spelling of the homonyms to complete the online quiz. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Good Words are Better than Bad Strokes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research negative campaigns and propaganda and then interpret characters from Julius Caesar in that light. For this negative campaign lesson plan, students take the character and create visual images to depict the characters in...
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Let's get physical!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create gestures based on words they circle from reading Richard III. For this gestures lesson plan, students create images for the words they are supposed to underline and recite parts of the passage together.
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Following the Blood

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students rehearse a scene from Julius Caesar and analyze how the physical aspects of stage direction impact the audience. In this Julius Caesar lesson plan, students use blood in the scene and analyze the direction and where the blood is...
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The Sonnet: Renaissance Representative

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compose couplets, quatrains, and sonnets after learning about Italian and English sonnets. In this sonnets lesson plan, students read sonnets, analyze them, connect them to the Renaissance and present times, and then write their...
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The Concept of the Hero

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the symbolic implications for the concept of the hero with a focus on the Beowulf theme. In this hero concept lesson, students find specific examples of monsters from Beowulf to complete the chart. Students list the...
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"Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students complete reading and vocabulary activities for Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias." In this literary analysis lesson, students review vocabulary and related definitions for the text. Students read the poem and discuss the meaning.
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Sonnet Form

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the sonnet form. In this instructional activity on sonnet form, students explore various sonnets and how a sonnet can range from conventional to experimental.
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Close Reading of a Sonnet

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students practice reading sonnets line by line to find the message of the sonnet.  In this sonnet activity, students read a sonnet one line at a time as the teacher projects it for the entire class.  As each line is shown, students focus...
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Twain: An American Humorist

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine American humor and character through analysis of works by Mark Twain. For this cross curricular lesson, students develop a definition of American humor and determine how and why some consider Twain the 'first truly...
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Scatterbrained Soliloquies

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students reconstruct a famous soliloquy from Romeo and Juliet which the teacher has cut apart and scattered. They piece the soliloquy back together making sense of the passage.
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Macbeth Presentations

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars make Powerpoint presentations or Web pages about Macbeth. Their presentations must include at least three elements from a provided list. They write reflective papers about their learning experience.
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Help!

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read a scene from a given play. They act out the important details of the scene calling out for help from classmates as needed.
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Lesson 1: Theatre Arts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create and perform based on cuttings from various plays and literature to demonstrate the learning of the process of improvisation. Students connect improvisation with theatre and real life. High schoolers participate in a...
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Fools Following the Fools

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read "The Winter's Tale" in Foole Upon Foole to determine the qualities the author used for a fool. Students role play the character to determine how volume affects the way a character is perceived. Students determine the...
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Tickling the Brain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students improvise scenes which relate to the plot of Much Ado About Nothing.
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Class Distinctions in Art And Literature

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students evaluate the validity of a society where the individual's place is based on such arbitrary norms as gender, family connections, economic status, or military prowess in this look at Asian culture.
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Let's Have a Lesson Within a Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students role-play the role of a student who does not comprehend the language the lesson is being instructed in. Using the internet, they research the characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations over time. In groups,...
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English Literature Authors and Their Works

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils participate in completing a worksheet where they have to match the authors to the short story or book that they wrote. They have studied English Literature Authors, so this is an assessment piece type of lesson.
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Enter the Evil Stepmother

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners realize that what the characters say may be very different from what they are thinking. They analyze a script that deals with intrigue, lies and manipulation. Students comprehend the different performance choices inherent in the...

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