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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Point of View in Literary Texts/fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Identify and understand an author's choice of point of view, including limited versus omniscient and subjective versus objective.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Point of View Practice for 3rd Grade Test

For Students 3rd Standards
Point of view example sentences and associated pronouns in this review exercise. The following words are included: first person, second person, third person, I, me, mine, myself, we, us, ours, you, he, she, it, her, his, him, hers,...
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Identify Author's Point of View

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Learn the techniques an author uses to share his or her point of view on a subject then practice identifying an author's purpose on your own.
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Article
Other

Point of View

For Students 9th - 10th
A personal site by Nita Leland that discusses point of view representation in creating artwork. It is a quick read - only one page, but the information provided will get you on your way!
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Website
The National Gallery (UK)

National Gallery, London: Ite: Learning Ideas and Outcomes: Subject Focus

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This extensive lesson plan uses the painting 'A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning' as a starting point to learning in science. Students will use the work by Reubens to learn about a variety of animals and their habitats.
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this lesson, students use photos that relate to a social studies concept (i.e., country of study, historical person, natural disaster, geographical landmark, religion, or governmental strife) as a springboard to write a first-person...
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Website
Other

The Hastings Center: Ethics of Medical Research With Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles from a variety of experts with differing points of view on the subject of using animals for scientific research. Beyond these nine articles, the site provides links to many additional studies on the subject,...
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Article
Other

Ideas About Judging Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a personal reflection on judging art from both a layperson and professional point of view.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Click to View Full Sized Image

For Students 9th - 10th
High-quality zoomable image of a typical Hopper subject--a storefront illuminated at night--from a typical Hopper point of view--that of the outsider looking in.
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Miracle Plays and Mysteries

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The New Advent provides an excellent explanation of both mystery plays and miracle plays; five paragraphs are devoted solely to mystery plays, including definition, differences between 15th Century standards and modern...
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: Hollywood During the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
One can trace the cynicism and despair at the beginning of the Great Depression to a more optimistic point of view by the end of the New Deal by looking at the movies produced by Hollywood. Read about the subject matter of the movies...
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Graphic
Other

The Guyana Photo Gallery on the World Wide Web

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a good assortment of photographs of Guyana. Choose a picture to view from the extensive list on the left that covers a variety of subject matter.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Sources Research

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Fact sheets are provided for several different energy resources as a starting point for students to conduct literature research on the way these systems work and their various pros and cons. Students complete a worksheet for homework or...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Head of a Roman Patrician

For Students 9th - 10th
Verism can be defined as a sort of hyperrealism in sculpture where the naturally occurring features of the subject are exaggerated, often to the point of absurdity. Roman portraiture used this artistic preference to show leaders as...