This resource provides teachers with background information, discussion questions, literary analysis, and extension literature to help guide students in exploring Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart." It also provides questions that help with exploring plot, character development, imagery, and the placement of this book in the literary tradition.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions to explore The TIme Machine by H.G. Wells. An insightful look into a distant, bleak, and disturbing future, The Time Machine goes beyond the reaches of science fiction to provide a strikingly relevant discussion of social progress, class struggle, and the human condition.

In this list of ten activities for exploring literature, students have the opportunity to consider different ways of analyzing character, theme, and perspective in a variety of texts.

In this Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide to Doreen Baingana's novel,Tropical Fish, students will explore the coming of age of three sisters after the fall of the Idi Amin regime in Uganda. The questions that follow are meant to spark discussion about the impact of politics, faith, and culture on their progress to adulthood, as well as debate on what it truly means to be at home.

In this Penguin Reader's guide to The Tunnel by Ernesto Sábato, students will learn the background of the book as well as the author, and deepen their understanding of the text through indepth discussion questions.

This Bright Hub Education lesson plan is designed for teaching Henry James' The Turn of the Screw. Using the downloadable PowerPoint and reviews of James’ novel, students will write a “pull quote" critique of the novel as well as craft a thesis statement that clearly states his or her theory about the events of the novel.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions, discussion topics, and suggestions for further reading intended to enrich student discussion of Ayana Mathis’s book, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie.

This lesson allows students to see and experience how a story can drastically change when told from the perspective of a character whose voice was not heard in the story's original form. After reading and discussing a New York Times review of the latest Tarzan film, students will select a favorite children's story and rewrite it from another character's point of view, focusing on the character's view of the elements of the plot, other characters, and himself or herself.

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This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions intended to enrich student discussion of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions designed to enhance discussion of Colson Whitehead's book, The Underground Railroad.

In this activity, students view a video of Cuban poet, Omar Perez, reading his original poem "The Concept" and then reflect on the poem and how it speaks to revolution.

This extensive unit plan centered around Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Eqsuivel explores Magical Realism and different critical viewpoints. It includes an overview of the subject matter, strategies for teaching, detailed daily lesson plans with assignments and activities for each day, assessment and discussion questions for each method of criticism, notes on the cultural and historical background, and suggestions for further reading.

This unit plan centered around "Like Water for Chocolate" by explores Magical Realism and different critical viewpoints. It includes an overview of the subject matter, strategies for teaching, detailed daily lesson plans with assignments and activities for each day, assessment and discussion questions for each method of criticism, notes on the cultural and historical background, and suggestions for further reading.

This poetry unit consists of four lessons: Lesson 1: Spoken Word Poetry, Lesson 2: The Written Poem, Lesson 3: Poetry as Social Commentary, and Lesson 4: Voice.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions designed to enhance discussion of Alice Walker's collection of short stories based on her own life, The Way Forward is With a Broken Heart.

In this lesson, students write summaries at the end of each chapter of a novel to practice reading for main idea, relevant details, and the author's purpose and point of view.