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Timeline of the Holocaust Interactive

Timeline of the Holocaust

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
An interactive timeline uses images, videos, primary source documents, and links to informational text to chronicle the history of the Holocaust from 1933-1945.
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Socratic Seminar Format Overview Lesson Plan

Socratic Seminar Format Overview

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4th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Whether new to the Socratic seminar format or an experienced veteran of the popular discussion technique, you'll find much to like in a five-page, richly detailed packet that not only details the prep necessary, the process, and the...
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My Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Curriculum Guide Unit

My Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Curriculum Guide

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9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
No one knows the whole story surrounding Julius Caesar's death, but William Shakespeare's version of the event is certainly entertaining. A curriculum guide designed to accompany Julius Caesar makes the text even more engaging by...
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Unit: Hamlet Lesson Plan

Unit: Hamlet

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11th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Encourage readers to determine if Hamlet's madness is actually divinest sense. Class members analyze the words of the play before studying related texts, including T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," scenes from...
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Reel to Real: Adapting Macbeth Throne of Blood Unit

Reel to Real: Adapting Macbeth Throne of Blood

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9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
It's a tale of life, retold by a genius, full of sound and fury. Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood takes center stage in a resource that spotlights how the director adapted the characters and themes in Shakespeare's Macbeth to Japanese...
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The Phantom of the Opera: Ideas for Research and Discussion Activities & Project

The Phantom of the Opera: Ideas for Research and Discussion

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9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
You could spend a full day discussing The Phantom of the Opera and not scratch the surface, but a set of lessons about the literary elements and themes of the musical production is a great start. Young thespians build upon the background...
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A Study Guide for The Phantom of the Opera Activities & Project

A Study Guide for The Phantom of the Opera

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9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Immerse yourself in the beautiful, twisted world of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. A detailed lesson plan provides important details about the writing, stagecraft, music, and literary elements of the famous musical, as...
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Common Core Teaching and Learning Strategies Lesson Plan
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Common Core Teaching and Learning Strategies

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6th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Here's a resource that deserves a place in your curriculum library, whether or not your school has adopted the Common Core. Designed for middle and high school language arts classes, the packet is packed with teaching tips, materials,...
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Private Today, Public Tomorrow Lesson Plan
1 In 1 Collection

Private Today, Public Tomorrow

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9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
What responsibility do we have to protect the privacy and safety of others when posting information about them online? This is an essential lesson for every learner today experiencing their social and professional worlds in an online...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: The Plot Unfolds Lesson Plan

Their Eyes Were Watching God: The Plot Unfolds

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9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
How can a scene from a novel be different when represented on film? After creating a timeline from the plot of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, kids watch the first or last fifteen minutes of the film version, produced...
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The Poetics of Hip Hop Lesson Plan
2 In 2 Collections

The Poetics of Hip Hop

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9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
The Bard, Nikki Giovanni, Mos Def? “Sonnet 18,” Ego Tripping,” and “Black on Both Sides”? Sure! It’s the poetics. Class members compare the lyrics, rhythm, and rhyme in classic poetry to hip-hop in a richly detailed resource that...
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War and Leadership in Shakespeare’s Henry V Lesson Plan

War and Leadership in Shakespeare’s Henry V

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9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
“Compared to war all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance.” “War is not healthy for children and other living things.” These two views of war, embodied in George Patton’s statement and Lorraine Schneider‘s famous 1966...
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All the Globe’s a Stage: Shakespeare’s Theatre Lesson Plan
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All the Globe’s a Stage: Shakespeare’s Theatre

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9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
“All the world’s a stage,” exclaims Jaques in As You Like It, but it is the structure of the Globe stage and how that structure influenced Shakespeare’s plays that is the focus of an on-line research project. Class members visit a series...
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Does Art Imitate Life? Lesson Plan
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Does Art Imitate Life?

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9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Write what you know, sound advice for any writer and something many famous authors are known to have done. Use these materials to explore how Shakespeare's life influenced his plays. This resource is packed with readings, video segments,...
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Seven Poems, Seven Paintings: A Teacher's Guide to Selected Holocaust Poetry Lesson Plan

Seven Poems, Seven Paintings: A Teacher's Guide to Selected Holocaust Poetry

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12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Seven poems paired with seven original works of art provide learners an opportunity to draw connections between literary and artistic interpretations. Designed to augment a study of the Holocaust, each pair is accompanied by discussion...
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What a Character! Comparing Literary Adaptations Lesson Plan
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What a Character! Comparing Literary Adaptations

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9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
What do Robert Downey Jr., Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Fritz Weaver, Roger Moore, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Daffy Duck have in common? Why, it’s elementary, my dear Watson! They all have portrayed Sherlock Holmes. Literary detectives...
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Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum Lesson Plan

Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum

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10th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Henry David Thoreau and Linda Ronstadt? Ann Tyler and Pete Townshend? Joyce Carol Oates and Pearl Jam? This richly detailed plan pairs classic literature with contemporary music and asks learners to analyze how the theme of conformity is...
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Shakespearean Comedy on Film Lesson Plan

Shakespearean Comedy on Film

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9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
This lesson will focus on the aspects of Shakespeare's comedy that become more evident in performance. By viewing clips of the same Shakespeare scene in different film versions, high schoolers have the opportunity to engage in a close...
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Old Hobbits Are Hard to Break Lesson Plan
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Old Hobbits Are Hard to Break

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6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Explore film adaptation of literature with this lesson, which focuses on the world of film advertisements. Middle schoolers discuss various films (including The Lord of the Rings) and create advertisements for a pretend film based on a...
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Tuesdays with Morrie Lesson Plan

Tuesdays with Morrie

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11th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
New ReviewIs the movie ever as good as the book? Why or why not? Take literary analysis to the next level with a lesson on Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie. After reading the novel, learners watch the film and write an essay that argues whether...
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Zola, France, Realism, and Naturalism: Crash Course Theater #31 Video

Zola, France, Realism, and Naturalism: Crash Course Theater #31

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13 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Using an informative video about French theater and drama, scholars learn about the idea of realism in the theater before taking a look at naturalism. Viewers hear about writing styles from Victor Hugo in his works Cromwell and Hernani,...
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Les Miserables Classroom Activities Lesson Plan

Les Miserables Classroom Activities

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8th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Modern readers apply classic themes to Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Miserables. After they discuss tricky vocabulary and plot elements from the novel, class members compare Hugo's written work to a stage or film adaptation of the musical.
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Reading Literature: 11-12th Grade ELA Common Core
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Reading Literature: 11-12th Grade ELA Common Core

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11th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Looking for resources that model how to address specific Common Core Standards for reading literature in grades 11 and 12? Then check out this collection. Take a look at the attached notes for each resource to find the aligned Common Core Standards for 11th and 12th grade literature addressed by the resource.
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"First Kiss" by Tim Seibles Video

"First Kiss" by Tim Seibles

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3 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Viewers have an opportunity to not only hear Tim Seibles read his poem "First Kiss" but to watch animations provided by a team of artists as well.
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