In this lesson, students will draft the body paragraphs of their evidence-based argument essay, using the information gathered and refined int he Argument Outline Tool.

Students will explore the first five settlements during the colonization of North America. In groups, students will research an assigned settlement then prepare a skit to teach classmates important information about that settlement. Students will culminate the lesson by creating either a letter to the King/Queen requesting a colony charter or a poster for recruiting settlers to their existing colony.

In this lesson, students will review major economic topics by applying the principles to a popular movie or television show of their choice.

In this lesson, students will examine an argument model and continue discussing what makes an argument effective, focusing on purpose and audience.

In this lesson, students will examine a second argument model and continue discussing what makes an argument effective, focusing on purpose and audience.

Overview of how to write a constructed response using the R.A.C.E. format. Restate, Answer, Cite and Explain. This lesson focuses specifically on citing evidence and explaining that evidence.

Overview of how to write a constructed response using the R.A.C.E. format. Restate, Answer, Cite and Explain. This lesson focuses specifically on restating and answering the question.

In this lesson, students read "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" and "Civil Disobedience" to identify the appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos, and write a compare/contrast paper connecting the two essays.

In this lesson, students consider whether poltergeists like the ones in The Turn of the Screw really exist. Then, they'll write their own ghost stories at home, using their own bedrooms as a scary, inspirational setting.

Explore point of view beyond 1st/2nd/3rd person; give your students a chance to explore perspective of characters to the theme and action of the plot.  Students will consider several questions and themes, discuss their ideas with others, and createa  written response.

Explore point of view beyond 1st/2nd/3rd person; give your students a chance to explore perspective of characters to the theme and action of the plot.  Students will consider several questions and themes, discuss their ideas with others, and create a  written response.

How do you make sense of contrasting accounts of historical events? What makes one source more reliable than another? How does corroborating information across sources help confirm or discredit historical accounts? In this lesson, students engage in such questions as they evaluate and compare different types of primary source documents with different perspectives on working conditions in English textile factories at the beginning of the 19th century.

In this lesson on Family Ties from Teaching Tolerance, students will critically evaluate media messages on the issue of immigration and families, illustrate a narrative, and prepare and conduct an interview and debate on how undocumented status affects the day-to-day lives of immigrant families, particularly women.

Students will reflect on their reading experiences in and out of school and discuss the roles that both fiction and non-fiction played. Next, they will become familiar with what the Commmon Core Standards say about reading, and what critics and supporters have written in reaction. Ultimately, students will write about the question, "What should students read?"

In this lesson, students determine the main concept, details, stereotypes, and bias through movies. After viewing the movie, students write an essay explaining the film's influence on issues presented in the film.

In this lesson, students will work to revise and polish their final argument essays, using strategies they have learned over the course of the last five lessons.

Students examine newly uncovered research on what took place during those 13 days in the fall of 1962. They?ll decide whether the crisis, a turning point in the Cold War, stands as an example of cool leadership under pressure or a cascade of error and miscalculation. Extension activities allow them to dig deeper into factors that made the Cuban missile crisis such a turning point, and explore continuing or potential conflicts that might put today?s world at similar risk.

In this lesson, students choose a leader and a follower from "Animal Farm" and write an essay explaining how the behavior of each contributes to the loss of freedom and equality.