In this unit, students will begin by building their background knowledge in …
In this unit, students will begin by building their background knowledge in the area of child mortality and maternal health. They will use this knowledge to participate in a narrative research project, focusing on a case study and country of their choice. Finally, students will use this information to complete a Global Advocacy Project.
While Paul Revere's ride is the most famous event of its kind …
While Paul Revere's ride is the most famous event of its kind in American history, other Americans made similar rides during the Revolutionary period. After learning about some less well known but no less colorful rides that occurred in other locations, students gather evidence to support an argument about why at least one of these "other riders" does or does not deserve to be better known.
In this video resource from PBS Learning Media, students will consider Mark …
In this video resource from PBS Learning Media, students will consider Mark Twain as the enormous "noticer" and explore the humor that Twain found in the ordinary details of life.
The PQP technique—Praise–Question–Polish—requires group members to take a turn reading their drafts …
The PQP technique—Praise–Question–Polish—requires group members to take a turn reading their drafts aloud as the other students follow along with copies. This oral reading helps the writer to hear the piece in another voice and to identify possible changes independently.
Students will watch and discuss video clips that show how two men …
Students will watch and discuss video clips that show how two men in Chile coped with being prisoners in concentration camps during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Each student will then create a non-fiction picture book that tells the story of one of these men and provides historical context.
To facilitate students' thinking and problem-solving skills, this lesson tasks students with …
To facilitate students' thinking and problem-solving skills, this lesson tasks students with turning a plot scaffold into a written narrative. Students learn kinesthetically by acting out the scaffold "script" while collaborating with others to determine character motivations and dialogue. Students transition from actors to writers by having mental conversations with the characters they have created and letting their characters dictate how the story will evolve. Students are also prompted to insert imagery and use proper grammar in their written narrative.
Behind many of the apparently simple stories of Robert Frost's poems are …
Behind many of the apparently simple stories of Robert Frost's poems are unexpected questions and mysteries. In this lesson, students analyze what speakers include or omit from their narrative accounts, make inferences about speakers' motivations, and find evidence for their inferences in the words of the poem.
Poets achieve popular acclaim only when they express clear and widely shared …
Poets achieve popular acclaim only when they express clear and widely shared emotions with a forceful, distinctive, and memorable voice. But what is meant by voice in poetry, and what qualities have made the voice of Langston Hughes a favorite for so many people?
In this video resource from PBS Learning Media, students will identify and …
In this video resource from PBS Learning Media, students will identify and describe the influence slavery had on Mark Twain's writing and then determine the status of race relations and ethnic differences in their lives.
In this second activity based on Ken Burn's Mark Twain, students will …
In this second activity based on Ken Burn's Mark Twain, students will consider examples of Twain's vernacular storytelling through his pictures of race relations and the lives of African Americans in his time.
This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This …
This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 7th Grade English Language Arts.
Many factors contributed to the eventual success of the American colonies as …
Many factors contributed to the eventual success of the American colonies as they revolted against British rule. American leadership, the timely support of international allies, and international respect and recognition played major roles in the struggle for independence. Several documents and engravings held by the National Archives help to illustrate these important factors that led to the founding of the United States.
This lesson focuses on the American Revolution, which encouraged the founding fathers' desire to create a government that would, as stated in the Preamble, insure domestic tranquility and provide for the common defense.
Students will explore how an artist emphasized the narrative in a work …
Students will explore how an artist emphasized the narrative in a work of art that depicts a single moment from the story. They then write a newspaper article, using visual clues in the painting to imagine how the narrative depicted many have unfolded.
In this lesson, students study issues related to independence and notions of …
In this lesson, students study issues related to independence and notions of manliness in Ernest Hemingway’s “Three Shots” as they conduct in-depth literary character analysis, consider the significance of environment to growing up and investigate Hemingway’s Nobel Prize-winning, unique prose style. In addition, they will have the opportunity to write and revise a short story based on their own childhood experiences and together create a short story collection.
This lesson allows students to see and experience how a story can …
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.
No restrictions on your remixing, redistributing, or making derivative works. Give credit to the author, as required.
Your remixing, redistributing, or making derivatives works comes with some restrictions, including how it is shared.
Your redistributing comes with some restrictions. Do not remix or make derivative works.
Most restrictive license type. Prohibits most uses, sharing, and any changes.
Copyrighted materials, available under Fair Use and the TEACH Act for US-based educators, or other custom arrangements. Go to the resource provider to see their individual restrictions.