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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Vengeful Verbs in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
It's time for pupils to read, examine, and contemplate literature to explore the difference between vivid and generic verbs. Pupils distinguish between the two types of verbs as they read the ghost scene from Shakespeare's Hamlet. They...
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Worksheet
Road to Grammar

The Unexplained

For Students 6th - 12th
Are you afraid of what goes bump in the night? Talk about the supernatural with your English language learners to find out their beliefs while practicing speaking skills. Learners read three different viewpoints on the paranormal and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Only Thing We Have To Fear...

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils explore the appeal of fear in today's society and beliefs about the paranormal, specifically ghosts. They create a survey to be distributed throughout the school regarding beliefs in ghosts and other supernatural beings and forces.
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Cleveland Museum of Art

Japanese Folktales (Asian Odyssey)

For Teachers 4th - 10th Standards
The Cleveland Museum of Art presents this interdisciplinary model unit that asks class members to explore how the same themes are presented in the folktales and art of several cultures.
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Activity
Cloud Front

Socratic Seminar for: A Christmas Carol

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Socratic seminars are a great way to encourage the development of critical thinking, speaking, and listening skills. And Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is a perfect text for such a seminar. Use the questions in the packet to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Literacy Lesson: Guided Reading

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Here is a wonderful instructional activity designed for students with special needs. This well-thought-out instructional activity uses Big Books, familiar stories, and has a lot of review learning built into it. The book, The Keeping...
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Curated OER

Personal Narrative Paragraphs: Class Quilt

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Begin this activity by asking third graders to bring from home pieces of cloth that represent something important to them. (Have extras for students who need them.) They reflect on important events in their lives, compose narrative...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How to Write an Essay: Secondary ed.

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Whether introducing the structure of expository essays or reviewing the format with your high schoolers, take the time to check out this resource. Examples of seven common forms of introductory paragraphs and six types of conclusions, as...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Is Halloween Harmful?

For Students 7th - 9th
In this is Halloween worksheet, students, with a partner, examine, research, discuss and complete a variety of activities associated with Halloween.
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Assessment
Curated OER

Halloween

For Students 5th - 9th
In this online interactive ESL activity, students respond to 10 fill in the blank questions regarding Halloween. Students check their answers immediately.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Congressional Scenarios

For Teachers 7th - 11th
In this U.S. government worksheet, learners read 12 scenarios pertaining to government intervention and determine what to do as lawmakers in response to each of the scenarios.
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Interactive
Curated OER

ESL: Connectors

For Students 4th - 6th
For this ESL connectors worksheet, students fill in blanks using connectors of contrast, and purpose. A link to audio and HTML code is given. 
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Lesson Plan
TES Global

Tes: Shakespeare Extracts: Hamlet Ghost Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan for Shakespeare's Hamlet focuses on the Ghost in the opening act of the play. It includes reading the excerpt, listing the words/phrases characters use to describe the Ghost, listing...
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A&E Television

History.com: How Ghost Stories Became a Christmas Tradition in Victorian England

For Students 9th - 10th
Spooky stories featuring the supernatural were all the rage during the darkest time of the year. Towards the end of each year, as fireplaces are lit and hot cocoa is made, Americans have made it a tradition to revisit their favorite...
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Activity
Other

Literary Gothic: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

For Students 9th - 10th
This page offers a brief discussion of the supernatural, gothic elements of some of Freeman's (1852-1930 CE) work, along with links to other Freeman pages and stories, some with illustrations. A plus is the pre-written MLA style citation...
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Lesson Plan
British Library

British Library: Dickens's Great Expectations: The Gothic, the Uncanny

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will introduce the idea of the uncanny and explore its expression within the narrative form of Charles Dickens's novel "Great Expectations".