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Neh: Edsit Ement: Lesson 4: Faulkner's as I Lay Dying: Burying Addie's Voice
In this lesson plan, students will consider Lesson 4: Faulkner's As I Lay Dying: Burying Addie's Voice. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: The Magical World of Russian Fairy Tales
In this lesson plan, students will consider The Magical World of Russian Fairy Tales. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. The stories entitled Vasillisa the Beautiful, Prince Ivan and the Grey...
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Power of Nonviolence
In this lesson plan, students will consider Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Power of Nonviolence. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Lesson 3: Navigating Modernism With J. Alfred Prufrock
In this lesson plan, students will consider Lesson 3: Navigating Modernism with J. Alfred Prufrock. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: On the Oregon Trail
In this lesson plan, students will consider On the Oregon Trail. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Preparing for Poetry: A Reader's First Steps
In this lesson plan, learners will consider Preparing for Poetry: A Reader's First Steps. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: R. Frost's "Mending Wall":a Marriage of Poetic Form and Content
In this lesson plan, students will consider Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": A Marriage of Poetic Form and Content. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki Tikki Tavi": Mixing Fact and Fiction
In this lesson plan, students will consider Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing Fact and Fiction. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki Tikki Tavi": Mixing Words and Pictures
In this lesson plan, students will consider Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing Words and Pictures. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Anne Frank: One of Hundreds of Thousands
A lesson to accompany a reading of Anne Frank's diary, "Anne Frank: One of Hundreds of Thousands" allows students to explore the circumstances in during World War II and how the war's events affected Anne Frank and her family.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Folk Speech, Figurative Language
For this lesson plan, students will consider Their Eyes Were Watching God: Folk Speech and Figurative Language. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. This lesson provides students with an...
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Animal Farm: Allegory and the Art of Persuasion
This lesson plan will introduce young scholars to the concept of allegory by using George Orwell's widely read novella, Animal Farm. Through this novel, students will learn what an allegory is, the rhetorical components of an allegory,...
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Neh: Edsit Ement: What Makes a Hero?
In this unit, students will discuss what qualities make a hero: kid heroes, adult heroes, local heroes, and historical figure heroes. They will extend this to what qualities make historical figures heroes for them; they will research a...
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Neh: Edsit Ement:"house by the Railroad": A Painting and a Poem for the Classroom
In this lesson plan, students will consider Edward Hopper's House by the Railroad: From Painting to Poem. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Following the Great Wall of China
Learn some history of the great Chinese imperial dynasties and help build the Great Wall of China with the interactive map that is part of this instructional activity. Teachers will find guiding questions, learning objectives, and...
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Animals of the Chinese New Year
Intended for young students, this lesson on the symbolism, significance, and animals of Chinese New can be easily changed to fit the needs of older students. This website provides several links for further research on Chinese Dragons,...
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Neh: Edsit Ement: The Supreme Court: The Judicial Power of the United States
In this lesson plan, students will consider "The Supreme Court: The Judicial Power of the United States." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: On the Road With Marco Polo: A Boy in 13th Century Venice
In this first lesson of an 8-lesson curriculum unit, students will learn about Marco Polo's experiences in Venice. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Midnight Ride of Paul Revere Fact, Fiction, Artistic License
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" Fact, Fiction, and Artistic License." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Esperanza Rising: Learning Not to Be Afraid to Start Over
In this instructional activity young scholars will explore some of the contrasts that Esperanza experiences when she suddenly is forced to leave the life of a wealthy landowner's daughter surrounded by servants to become a servant...
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz:la Primer Gran Poeta De Latin America
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz: La primer gran poeta de Latinoamerica." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz: The First Great Latin American Poet
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz: The First Great Latin American Poet." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Neh: Edsit Ement: In Old Pompeii
Use this lesson plan to take learners on a virtual field trip to the ruins of Pompeii to explore everyday life, art and culture in ancient Roman times. Students will then use what they learned about the history and destruction of Pompeii...
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Neh: Edsit Ement: A "New English" in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart"
In this lesson plan, students will consider "A New English in Chinua Achebeas Things Fall Aparta: A Common Core Exemplar." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.