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… The Things They Carried: Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam War Novel Endures April 30, … can stand on its own. The title story is an overture and creates the world of Vietnam for readers. The story also …
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… Magical Realism in One Hundred Years of Solitude yes Photo … own life and factual incidents from Colombian history to create his epic. In Lesson 3, students turn to an …
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… Science, Shakespeare, and the STEM Humanities April 02, 2014 yes Photo … and how the playwright’s audiences understood his plays. Created in conjunction with two classroom teachers, The …
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… Twenty-One Poems for AP Literature and Composition September 17, 2012 yes Photo caption A Poem … of Langston Hughes Closer Reading Incredible Bridges: Poets Creating Community …
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… Lesson 1: In Emily Dickinson's Own Words: Letters and Poems yes Photo caption Emily Dickinson U.S postage … for private reflection and her desire to express her views publicly. Your students might also observe how Dickinson …
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… Lesson 3: George Washington on the Sedition Act yes Photo caption Washington … foreign policy were the Thomas Jefferson-led Democratic-Republicans. Their loyalty was called into question by the …
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… Harriet Jacobs and Elizabeth Keckly: The Material and … obedience were first and foremost to his/her master. This created a tension that slave children felt throughout their …
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… Like Father, Like Son: Presidential Families yes Photo caption … Johnson. Occupation: lawyer. College: Harvard. Democratic-Republican. Age 58 at Inauguration. John Quincy Adams is the … his wife , Laura Bush. Content Standards NCSS.D2.His.1.3-5. Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to …
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… Lesson 1: Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury: Introduction yes Photo … to read, for example, ask students to focus less on creating a firm initial sense of what happened and more on … Active Reading Activities Reading Journal: Ask students to create a reading journal that they should add to throughout …
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… Before and Beyond the Constitution: What Should a President do? yes … of Congress, enforce laws, or check acts of Congress) created by the Articles of Confederation had failed. As part … Plan Like Father, Like Son: Presidential Families Early Republic (1790-1820) Checks and Balances Constitution/Law …
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… Anishinaabe/Ojibwe/Chippewa: Culture of an Indian Nation yes … through the collaborative research process. You can also create a Works Cited list to demonstrate the format for …
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… The Gift of Holiday Traditions: Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Christmas February 10, … Dickens used both direct and indirect characterization to create a protagonist who is more than just a stereotype. In …
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… Lesson 4: Trekking to Timbuktu: Mansa Musa Takes a Trip (Student Version) yes Photo caption … Map of Africa Sankore Mosque The Road to Timbuktu Internet Public Library Musa and the Mali Empire Timbuktu: Legendary …
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… Lesson 2: Symbolism in Lord of the Flies yes Photo caption Lord of the Flies by William Golding. In this lesson … and Characters as Symbols Have partners or individuals create visual images of the island, the conch, the Lord of …
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… Socrates and the Law: Argument in an Athenian Jail yes Photo … of The Law upon the argument. To what degree has Socrates created a complement to Crito through his personification of …
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… Lesson 4: Line in the Visual Arts yes Photo caption Jacques-Louis David - The Emperor … the leg of the desk. Ask students to think about why David created a vertical composition through repeated vertical …
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… I Have a Dream: The Vision of Martin Luther King, Jr. January … hard work resulted in the following speech written for a public-speaking contest, for which he was selected as a …
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… Jazz Appreciation Month: Women in Jazz April 01, 2021 yes … 1982. Wikimedia Commons Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) was created by the National Museum of American History back in …
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… Lesson 2: The Realism in Magical Realism yes Photo caption Photo of book … his own experience and from Colombia’s colorful history to create his magically realistic epic of Macondo. This lesson …
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… Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller's The Crucible yes Photo … only "outdid the historians at their own game," but also created an authentic American tragic hero. As students …
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… Death in Poetry: A.E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young" … grows, withers, rose.] What kind of mood do these sounds create? What visual images do these sounds evoke? What is …
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… Cold War Europe yes Photo caption Interactive map of Europe during … Select another region that was affected by the Cold War and create your own annotated map showing key conflicts and …
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… In the Field: War Ink Video A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies … exhibit . How do they affect you? About War Ink War Ink was created to document and share veterans' stories through the …
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… Lesson 1: Magical Elements in Magical Realism yes Photo caption Gabriel … reality using natural or physical laws, the magical realist creates a new reality. This is characterized by the …
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… Emanuel Leutze’s Symbolic Scene of Washington Crossing the … the spirit of ’76 right and that was his main purpose. He created an inspirational vision of brave and upright men …
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… Poinsettias, Posadas, Piñatas, Pathways of Light! Holiday Traditions … Day in honor of the first Ambassador to the new Republic of Mexico, Joel Poinsett, as well as of American … the poinsettias for its reddish-purple color in order to create dye as well as a medicine that would counteract …
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… My Piece of History yes Photo caption Motorola Carphone Model TLD-1100, 1964. Wikimedia … information about them from older family members, then create an in-class exhibit of historical objects from their …
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… In the Field: Dialogues on the Experience of War Video A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. … in the video? What is the role of literature and theater in creating "aesthetic distance"? How has the program impacted …
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… The Jazz Ambassadors Video A More Perfect Union History & Social … Ambassadors program started during the Cold War. PBS has created a series of lesson plans for grades 8-12 that draw …