This lesson is designed to accompany a reading of a text that has a film version. Students will create visions of a given text and compare them to the film version.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes an introduction, questions, and suggestions for further reading designed to enhance discussion of David Anthony Durham's Gabriel's Story, a novel that traces one boy's harrowing journey into manhood and offers a fresh perspective on both the dangers and opportunities presented by the Old West.

This lesson has students work in cooperative groups to understand and analyze Shakespearean sonnets. The final product is a scrapbook containing analyses of the sonnets by the different group members.

In this extensive, 79 page unit, students will explore modern art pieces and poetry.

This website was designed to help learners acquire a greater understanding of Greek Mythology. The site includes critical essays, a Greek terminology/character glossary, deities information list, trivia game and links to other Greek mythology resources.

This lesson sensitizes students to the similarities and differences between cultures by comparing Shakespearean and Bunraku/Kabuki dramas. The focus of this comparison is the complex nature of revenge explored in The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and Chushingura, or the Treasury of the Loyal Retainers.

In this multi-day unit students conduct research, work with an interactive Venn diagram tool, and create a museum exhibit that highlights the work of selected artists, musicians, and poets. Critical thinking, creativity, and interdisciplinary connections are emphasized.

In this lesson, students compare the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes to an episode of the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer entitled "Hush." Both texts feature mysterious, silent men who come into a town and create literal and figurative nightmares for its residents. Students complete a chart and take notes from a powerpoint on the similarities and differences between the two.

In the TED Ed lesson focused on Dracula and vampires, students will explore the evolution of the vampire over time, from a symbol of disease in its original conception, to Bram Stoker's Dracula, and its incarnations in current pop culture. Students will discuss and consider why the vampire is important as a symbol today. Discussion questions and additional resources available in the sidebar.

This teachers guide includes summaries of each part of the book I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov, as well as discussion questions for students and suggested activities.

In this lesson, students will explore poetry both visually--through a provided video--and orally--through reading the poem "Gate A-4" by Naomi Shihab Nye aloud. Pre-reading/viewing activity will utilize small group tableaux as a way of physically visualizing issues within the poem. Post reading/viewing tableaux will reflect new ideas based on learning, and an optional essay on community furthers student exploration of empathy.

In this lesson, students will explore the poem "Pursuit" by listening to the author read it and reading it themselves. Students will explore structure and the turn in the poem, as well as identify how the poet creates meaning through word choice and imagery.

In this lesson, students will listen to a Native American song (included), view a video (included), and read Joy Harjo's poem, "Remember" in order to evaluate and compare visually, quantitatively, and orally the structures and content of a spoken and written poem to those in a Native American song. Activities include small group work and class discussion.

In this lesson, students will explore poetry both visually--through a provided video--and orally--through reading the poem "Translation for Mama" aloud. Pre-reading/viewing activity will utilize short writing and discussion as a class. Post reading activities involve writing poetry modeled on the poem.

Julia Alvarez's popular novel is a fictional account influenced by the real lives of the Mirabal sisters, who grew up in the Dominican Republic and were involved in the rebellion against dictator Rafael Trujillo in the 1930s. The Big Read Reader's Guide deepens your exploration with interviews, booklists, timelines, and historical information. We hope this guide and syllabus allow you to have fun with your students while introducing them to the work of a great American author.

In this lesson on Romeo and Juliet, students will read Act 1 lines 158-202, analyzing how Shakespeare introduces Romeo and develops his character. Students will also view a clip of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet.

In this lesson, students will analyze and interpret the short story "The Gift of the Magi" and write a poem (using the traditional call-and-response blues structure) that reflects their understanding of one of its themes. Then, students will act out their poems and present them to the class, as well as create a graphic organizer that synthesizes and summarizes information from varied sources. The final project will be a mural that demonstrates a multimedia, cross format understanding of the literary themes.

In this lesson, students analyze Jacob Lawrence'sThe Migration of the Negro Panel no. 57(1940-41), Helene Johnson's Harlem Renaissance poem"Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"(1927), and Paul Laurence Dunbar's late-nineteenth-century poem"We Wear the Mask"(1896), considering how each work represents the life and changing roles of African Americans from the late nineteenth century to the Harlem Renaissance and The Great Migration.

In this lesson, students will predict plot through the analysis of a book cover, as well as focus on understanding both the meaning and use of allusion. Additionally, students will analyze the significance, theme, tone, symbolism, and color used in art and its relation to the novel. Final assessment involves designing a new cover for the novel, based on their own interpretation.

In this lesson on Romeo and Juliet, students will read Act 4.1, lines 44-88, and analyzed the interaction between Juliet and Friar Laurence. Students will also compare a film version of this scene to the actual play.