This guide to The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne includes analysis of the story, an extensive selection of study and discussion questions, key vocabulary terms, and a follow-up assignment.

This resource contains discussion topics and postreading activities for Barefoot Heart by Elva Treviño Hart.

Students will study Robert Rauschenberg's "Barge, 1962-63" and consider statements made by critics at the time. Students will also create a timeline of what was happening in the 1960's in the US. Students will identify the various processes used in "Barge". Students will also brainstorm images representative of their own community and create a collage from newspaper, magazine, and other image sources. They will also apply paint to the work. Students will also approach the subject through screenprinting.

This page discusses two works by William Faulkner: Barn Burning and A Rose for Emily. This resource includes teaching strategies, an overview of themes and connections, and discussion questions.

In this lesson, students work in groups answering questions about what they would need for their civilizations to survive on a deserted island. They then have to relate their findings to the basic features of a civilization in essay form.

In this beginning of the year activity, students will use a word/letter finder to identify and differentiate letters and words.

In this Common Core aligned teacher's guide to Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel, students will explore the idea that that there is more than one way of seeing and more than one way of communicating. This guide provides suggested topics for discussions, terms for consideration, supplemental reading, and activities.

Students will be able to write a one-paragraph description of a painting based on their own observations; speculate about what happened before and after a scene depicted in a painting; write narratives using past tense and future tense; and write idioms about characters depicted in a painting.

A teachers guide for Before My Eyes by Caroline Bock, including in-depth insight to the setting, characters, and author's inspiration, questions for class discussion, and activities to provoke deeper understanding of issues

In this lesson, students will consider the strategies Ida B. Wells deployed to raise awareness of social problems and weigh the effectiveness of nonconformity to address a specific audience. Students will use Wells' story to write about a personal experience of conformity or non-conformity.

In this lesson, students will understand excerpts from an autobiographical work and retell scenes from the book. They will also collaborate to convert segments of the text into dialogue, creating a brief play about Susie King Taylor's involvement in the Civil War.

In this Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide to Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian, students will explore themes of family loyalty and underlying meaning. Discussion questions and author and book background provided.

This Random House for High School Teachers reader's guide includes questions intended to enrich student discussion of Imbolo Mbue's novel, Behold the Dreamers-- a novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream.

In this reader's guide to Iris Murdoch's novel The Bell, students will learn the background of the book as well as the author, and deepen their understanding of the text through indepth discussion questions. Suggested further reading included.

Students will read and analyze the poem "The Bells", by Edgar Allan Poe. Students will collaborate with their peers to identify and share examples of literary techniques used by the author.

In this lesson, students read and analyze an essay focusing primarily on one aspect of Ben Franklin's life - his work as a printer - and how he was an inventor and entrepeneur who also promoted the use of currency in the United States. Students will cite specific textual evidence regarding problems and solutions and will answer questions and complete a timeline. Then, using evidence and information gleaned from the text, students will write a fictious social media post defending the selection of Ben Franklin's portrait for the $100 note.

A teachers guide for Betsey Brown by Ntozake Shange, including chapter-specific questions for increased comprehension, questions for class discussion, and suggestions for further study.

In this lesson, students learn about wants, choice, and scarcity. They listen to the story Betty Bunny Wants Everything and identify all the wants that Betty Bunny has at the toy store. Students learn that because of scarcity, they must make choices. They practice making choices by selecting a treat they want, a toy for one of the book characters, and finally a school item. They sing a song about choices and scarcity.

These questions can be used to discuss the following economic concepts in the book Betty Bunny Wants Everything: choice, scarcity, and wants.

n this lesson, students explore a historic event in depth by reading fiction and nonfiction literature. Then, to enhance and extend the reading experience, students participate in website exploration and virtual field trips. Throughout the process, students gather facts and relevant information, which they later organize and present to the class. This lesson is easily adaptable to accommodate a wide range of historic events, instructional objectives, and grade levels.