Davy Crockett, American folk hero, frontiersman, congressman, and soldier, is born

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  Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies

  Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History

  Using the life of Davy Crockett as a model, students learn the characteristics of tall tales and how these stories reflect their historical moment. The lesson culminates with students writing a tall tale of their own.

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George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” is published

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  Lesson Plan / Literature & Language Arts

  Animal Farm: Allegory and the Art of Persuasion

  Allegories are similar to metaphors: in both the author uses one subject to represent another, seemingly unrelated, subject. However, unlike metaphors, which are generally short and contained within a few lines, an allegory extends its representation over the course of an entire story, novel, or poem. This lesson plan will introduce students to the concept of allegory by using George Orwell’s widely read novella, Animal Farm, which is available online through the EDSITEment-reviewed web resource Internet Public Library.

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Klondike Gold Rush begins

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  Lesson Plan / Art & Culture

  Investigating Jack London's White Fang: Nature and Culture Detectives

  In White Fang, Jack London sought to trace the “development of domesticity, faithfulness, love, morality, and all the amenities and virtues.” In this lesson, students explore images from the Klondike and read White Fang closely to learn how to define and differentiate the terms “nature” and “culture."

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  Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies

  Metaphorical Gold: Mining the Gold Rush for Stories

  Explore the Alaskan Gold Rush by "mining" EDSITEment resources for primary texts and period photographs. Just as writer Jack London discovered "metaphorical gold" in the Yukon, students can search several online databases for period details that will enhance their own narratives based on the Gold Rush era.

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  Launchpad: London's "White Fang"

  Through this launchpad, students investigate nature and culture in Jack London's White Fang.