This page has a set of discussion questions for Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier.

In this lesson, students can explore for themselves the problem Tom Sawyer faced, how he “solved” his conundrum, and what he learned about human nature in the process. When combined with writing about the passage, students will learn to appreciate how Twain’s humor contains a deeper message and to derive satisfaction from struggling to master complex text.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes discussion questions to enhance student understanding of The Good Thief, Hannah Tinti's richly imagined, gothically spooky, award winning novel.

In this lesson, students will indicate personal preferences by voting on a novel for class study from a teacher-provided list, and then demonstrate understanding of the elements of fiction by creating a graffiti journal to guide their discussion. Students will work both individually and in cooperative groups and participate in whole-class discussion of the character development, plot line, themes, and symbolic structure developed in the novel. Assessment includes an individual essay on a topic related to their described literary element.

In this module, students examine the rights and responsibilities granted by the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights and compare these rights and responsibilities to their world. Students examine seminal court cases relating to these rights in order to more fully understand the intricacies and nuances of the Constitution. Students will study court rulings and discuss whether or not they agree with the decisions. The moduel begins on page 55 of the PDF.

In this Penguin Classics guide to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, students will learn the background of the book as well as the author, and deepen their understanding of the text through indepth discussion questions. Supplemental reading suggestions are included.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions to help students explore Charles Dickens' novel, Great Expectations, a tale of intrigue, unattainable love, and all of the happiness money can't buy.

This resource provides a lesson pertaining to characterization. Students are tasked with charting the development of significant characters within the novel The Great Gatsby. Afterwards, students will view the 1974 film adaptation to complete a new chart based solely on the same characters and their development in the film. Afterwards, students will complete a Venn-Diagram to examine the similarties and differences in characterization provided by both mediums.

This prereading activity has students explore aspects of the Roaring Twenties to build foundations and make predictions before reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

In this lesson, students will analyze the views surrounding the meaning/action of the Emancipation Proclamation as well as actions taken by Northerners to show their discontent with the conscription draft and the liberating of slaves. By the end of the case study, students will have analyzed and categorized primary sources revolving around the Emancipation Proclamation and the reaction to the conscription act by the people of the North and will construct an essay response to the case study question.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions designed to enhance student discussion of Ana Castillo's novel, The Guardians, a suspenseful, moving book about a sensuous, smart, and fiercely independent woman.

This Random House for High School Teachers teacher's guide includes questions and discussion topics to aid students in exploring The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a novel written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. The novel is composed of letters that tell the stories of Juliet Ashton, a young English author, and an eccentric group of readers on Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands occupied by German forces during the war.

This Random House for High School Teachers teacher's guide includes questions, discussion topics, comparison to other texts, and an author biography designed to aid students in exploring The Guernsey
Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a novel written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. The novel is
composed of letters that tell the stories of Juliet Ashton, a young English author, and an eccentric group of readers on Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands occupied by German forces during the war.

This page contains a guide with strategies for teaching the life and works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, touching on style, themes, and comparisons with other authors.

In this lesson, students are drawn in by a classic story of guilt or innocence as they discover the story of Al, a young man who begins to doubt the innocence of his mentor and father figure. Students are introduced to the elements of a short story and forget that they are learning how to write an argumentative essay in their zeal to defend their opinion with evidence from the text.

In this lesson, students will analyze two sets of primary sources related to the Haitian Revolution in order to understand how it influenced and was influenced by other world events of the period, specifically the French Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase.

Students practice their ability to understand terms within context. Students will read an excerpt from Hamlet and attempt to identify terms.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions, discussion topics, and an author biography designed to help students in exploring Margaret Atwood's seminal book, The Handmaid's Tale, a dystopian, futuristic novel.