Cinderella around the world!

This is a remix of https://goopennc.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/192 by Martha Levey and Toni Luther.  This is a multi-day unit on Cinderella and the many versions of the fairy tale. Students will listen to/read four versions of Cinderella identifying elements of culture and then compare/contrast two in groups. Then students will perform a reader's theater of one Cinderella story.  The whole class will remix the Cinderella story to write a modern-day version that takes into account their own cultures. 

Material Type: Lesson

Author: STEPHANIE BALLANCE

A Case for Reading - Examining Challenged and Banned Books

Students examine books, selected from the American Library Association Challenged/Banned Books list, and write persuasive pieces expressing their views about what should be done with the books at their school.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: ReadWriteThink

Weaving the Old Into the New: Pairing The Odyssey with Contemporary Works

This lesson focuses on integrating the modern with the classic in a unit on The Odyssey. Students compare a modern character to the epic heroes of ancient Greece with several interactives and graphic organizers.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Patsy Hamby

The Odyssey Reading Guide

In this Penguin Classics guide to Homer's The Odyssey, 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 supplemental readings included.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Romeo and Juliet Characters: Who's to Blame?

This lesson has students look at the characters of Romeo and Juliet and perform a quick analysis in an attempt to figure out who to blame for the tragic ending of the play.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Trent Lorcher

12 Angry Men: Getting Ready to Read Drama

Twelve Angry Men is a classic play about the American legal system. This lesson introduces students to key ideas they'll need to successfully complete a reading of the play. Students learn about drama terms before they start reading.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Wendy Muldawer

The Science Behind the Myth of Homer's Odyssey

ThisTED video recounts the adventures of the Greek hero, Odysseus during his journey home from the Trojan War. Matt Kaplan explains why there might be more reality behind the "Odyssey" than many realize.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: Matt Kaplan

200 Prompts for Argumentative Writing

This resource contains a list of questions for students to answer in argumentative or persuasive essays.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: The Learning Network

The Great Gatsby TV News Project

In this lesson, students complete a project as a group, creating videotaped news segments that give them a glimpse into the social, political, literary, and musical climate of the Roaring Twenties. Students create scripts before recording and editing their projects together using iMovie or a similar film editing software.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Stacey Moore

Remix - Writing SAMR Rubrics for High School Subjects

SAMR rubric template for developing classroom technology assignments aligned to curriculum standards. Develop an appropriate curriculum assignment using each of the four levels of technology integration. Substitution Augmentation Modification Redefinition

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: ELLA WISE

Macbeth - Who Is to Blame?

Prepare a defense of Macbeth!  This activity has students taking a stance and arguing a defense for Macbeth while utilizing rhetorical appeals and cited, textual evidence from the Shakespearean play.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Kinsi King

Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find": Who's the Real Misfit?

Known as both a Southern and a Catholic writer, Flannery O'Connor wrote stories that explore the complexities of these two identities. In this lesson, students will challengethese dichotomieswhile closely reading and analyzing "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Kellie Tabor-Hann

Active Reading through Self-Assessment: the Student-Made Quiz

This recurring lesson encourages students to comprehend their reading through inquiry and collaboration. They work independently to choose quotations that exemplify the main idea of the text, come to a consensus about those quotations in collaborative groups, then formulate "quiz" questions about their reading that other groups will answer.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Jaime R. Wood

Using the ADDIE Model for Student Project Based Learning

Students can use the ADDIE Model Template to plan their project-based learning assignment.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: MARQUIS GRANT

Project Based Learning Rubric

This resource allows students to receive feedback regarding their project.

Material Type: Assessment, Formative Assessment

Author: MARQUIS GRANT

The Whimsy Project

The Whimsy Project is high school level, school-wide, cross-curricular PBL project that allows students to maximize their creative thinking and problem solving skills as they connect academic content to real-world applications, in a fun and whimsical way (per the book by Tony Wagner, "Creating innovators"). It was done in the fall of 2017 at Tri-County Early College as a relatively low stakes way to introduce students - especially incoming freshmen - to the basics of PBL.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Ben Owens

The Green Book: African American Experiences of Travel and Place in the U.S.

Release of the film Green Book (2018) inspired renewed interest in the experiences of African Americans when traveling in the United States during the 20th century. This inquiry-based lesson combines individual investigations with whole or small group analysis of primary sources and visual media to investigate the compelling question: How have the intersections of race and place impacted U.S. history and culture?

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Maya Angelou

In this lesson students examine how imagery is used to represent ideas, themes, periods of history, and make cultural connections to poem, "Still I Rise." Students will reflect through written expression how resiliency is in their lives, school, and community.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Teaching Tolerance

June 2020 Curriculum Review Academy Webinar 1

Recording and slide deck for webinar 1, held on 6/16/20.

Material Type: Presentation

Author: Pam Batchelor

Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Beauty of the Everyday

In the TED Ed lesson focused on Ralph Waldo Emerson, students will explore the roots of Emerson's journey in transcendentalism and his philosophical influence on his time. Discussion questions and additional resources available in the sidebar.

Material Type: Lesson Plan