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October 25, 1881

Lesson Plan / Art & Culture
Lesson 1: Color Me Happy: Color, Mood, and Tone
This lesson will introduce students to the ways artists use color to set the tone of a painting or to convey a particular mood to the viewer.

October 25, 1400

Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies
Chaucer's Wife of Bath
Look into the sources of the Wife’s sermon on women’s rights to learn how real women lived during the Middle Ages.

October 25, 1415

Lesson Plan / Art & Culture
Not Everyone Lived in Castles During the Middle Ages
In this lesson, students will learn about the lifestyle of the wealthy elite and then expand their view of medieval society by exploring the lives of the peasants, craftsmen, and monks.
Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies
Witnesses to Joan of Arc and The Hundred Years' War
Joan of Arc is likely one of France's most famous historical figures, and has been mythologized in popular lore, literature, and film. She is also an exceptionally well-documented historical figure. Through such firsthand accounts students can trace Joan's history from childhood, through her death, and on to her nullification trial.

October 25, 1962

Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies
John Steinbeck’s "The Grapes of Wrath": The Inner Chapters
This lesson offers students a close consideration of the opening chapter of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and serves as the impetus for looking at the purpose of the inner chapters or “generals” as the author referred to them.
Lesson Plan / Literature & Language Arts
Steinbeck’s Use of Nonfiction Sources in "The Grapes of Wrath"
John Steinbeck’s use of nonfiction sources in writing The Grapes of Wrath is examined to illustrate how they affect the reader’s perception of a novel.

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