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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Wartime Poetry Working With Similes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contains plans for four lessons that use photos and depictions of World War II to inspire similes to use in poems. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Poetry of Liberation

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit examines poetry of the postmodernism period, focusing on the Beat Movement, Black Arts Movement, feminism, and other related movements and periods in recent literary history. An extensive list of authors, time line, video, and...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This unit delves into American modernist literature which introduced itself between World War I and World War II, including authors Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Explore the site for a video on demand,...
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Curated OER

Stalag Luft I World War Ii Prisoner of War Camp by Paul Canin

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site which contains many stories about American POWs held at Stalag Luft 1 camp in Barth, Germany during World War 2. Examples include artwork and poetry done by the prisoners.
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Curated OER

Dad's World War Ii Prisoner of War Photo Taken at Dulag Luft

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site which contains many stories about American POWs held at Stalag Luft 1 camp in Barth, Germany during World War 2. Examples include artwork and poetry done by the prisoners.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Villainizing Japanese Americans During the Wwii Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how Japanese Americans were impacted by anti-Chinese exclusion policies of the 1800s, and why it escalated during World War II. As a result, Americans...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Becoming Visible: N. Scott Momaday

For Students 9th - 10th
Relying on many elements, including traditional Native American and European American traditions, this biography features the rich literary contributions of N. Scott Momaday. See "N.Scott Momaday Activities" for more resources.