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Reading Closely for Textual Details: “Life Steps Almost Straight” Unit

Reading Closely for Textual Details: “Life Steps Almost Straight”

EngageNY
12th
CCSS: Designed
New ReviewHelp your class examine humanity's unpredictable nature through "Life Steps Almost Straight." Learners read various works from philosophers such as Viktor Frankl, The Buddha, and Nietzsche to gather textual evidence and explain their...
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The Ghettos Unit

The Ghettos

Lesson Planet
6th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Young historians examine primary sources, including diaries, poems, and photographs, to consider the conditions in the ghettos and how they fit into the escalation of the Third Reich's plot against the Jewish people. 
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Religious Studies Website

Religious Studies

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
What is the difference between religion and religious studies? Readers find out after reading an online handout. It outlines common assignments in religious studies classes, such as critically evaluating religious texts and writing...
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Stagecraft Unit

Stagecraft

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
The house lights dim, the curtain parts, lights slowly come up, revealing the stage. Before the actors appear, before a word is spoken, the audience is drawn in by the lighting, by the colors, by lines of the set, by the props, and...
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Building Evidence-Based Arguments: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Unit

Building Evidence-Based Arguments: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

EngageNY
12th
CCSS: Designed
Do we have a civic duty to help people who are less fortunate? A thought-provoking resource challenges learners to think about topics such as relative and abject poverty, social responsibility, and charity versus philanthropy. After...
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Building Evidence-Based Arguments: "Cuplae poena par esto: Let the punishment fit the crime." Unit

Building Evidence-Based Arguments: "Cuplae poena par esto: Let the punishment fit the crime."

Lesson Planet
11th
CCSS: Designed
Should a criminal's punishment match the crime? An argumentative writing plan explores this question as class members investigate a variety of mixed-medium sources by experts in the field, form evidence-based claims, and support them...
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Repairing the Fabric of Democracy Lesson Plan

Repairing the Fabric of Democracy

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
During elections, headlines constantly lament the issue of low voter turnout. Help class members understand why this is such an important topic with relevant articles, a discussion of both sides of the issue, and a reflective essay. 
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The Goals of the March on Washington Lesson Plan

The Goals of the March on Washington

Lesson Planet
6th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Who else had a dream other than Martin Luther King, Jr.? Pupils explore civil rights leaders in a fourth activity out of a series of five about people who paved the way to freedom for African Americans. The inquiry-based unit has your...
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Journalism 101 eBook

Journalism 101

Lesson Planet
11th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
How do people express their rights of free expression through the press? Journalism 101 is the perfect combination of modules for 11th and 12th graders to learn about First Amendment rights, reporting and writing skills, digital...
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Getting to the Core: Early American Poets Unit

Getting to the Core: Early American Poets

Lesson Planet
11th
CCSS: Designed
How do poets convey emotion and represent their views of life? Pupils learn more about Whitman and Dickinson through the unit and analyze their bold reinvention of craft and style for poets to come. Looking at classic pieces such as...
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Recovery From Drug Addiction Lesson Plan
1 In 1 Collection

Recovery From Drug Addiction

Lesson Planet
6th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Are there factors that put some individuals at a higher risk for drug addiction than others? Learn more about the risk factors that may make some people more susceptible to addiction, as well as protective factors that help prevent...
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Modern: Industrialization and Global Integration Unit

Modern: Industrialization and Global Integration

Lesson Planet
9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
The 18th and 19th centuries saw so many political revolutions around the world that it's difficult to consider the importance and influence of the revolutions that affected each country differently: the agricultural and industrial...
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On the Verge of Displacement Lesson Plan

On the Verge of Displacement

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
By having scholars tackle this interdisciplinary lesson, they'll see how social studies and environmental science are related as they explore the impact that the construction of a dam will have on the population and ecosystem of the Omo...
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Learning with Nature Lesson Plan

Learning with Nature

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Think outside the box - and think about education beyond the classroom walls - with a resource that has your critical thinkers watching a video about a nursery in Scotland that lets youngsters roam wild in a forest. Viewers reflect on...
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What Did I Do to Be so Black and Blue: How Did Jazz Influence Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man Unit

What Did I Do to Be so Black and Blue: How Did Jazz Influence Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

Lesson Planet
11th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
How did jazz influence Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man? Class members read some of Ellison's non-fiction writings about blues and jazz, listen to records, watch videos, and engage in student-centered discussions. They then produce podcasts...
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Unit: Hamlet Lesson Plan

Unit: Hamlet

Lesson Planet
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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Citizen Watchdogs and the News Lesson Plan
2 In 2 Collections

Citizen Watchdogs and the News

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
To conclude their case study of media coverage of the shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer, class members consider the role of citizen watchdogs in a democratic society, develop strategies for combating...
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EngageNY Grade 12 ELA: Module 1, Unit 1

EngageNY Grade 12 ELA: Module 1, Unit 1

EngageNY
12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Engaging narratives blend the forms of expository writing with the tropes of creative writing. Introduce class members to narrative writing techniques with a 28-lesson unit that not only uses The Autobiography of Malcolm X as a model of the genre, but also prepares seniors for crafting a personal essay for their college applications.
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Types of Water Pollution Lesson Plan
1 In 1 Collection

Types of Water Pollution

Lesson Planet
5th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
In groups, young environmentalists investigate water samples that are contaminated with different types of pollutants. Each group presents their findings to the class and fills out the "Types of Pollutants Chart." This lesson is meant...
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Ask an Engineer Lesson Plan
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Ask an Engineer

Lesson Planet
5th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
A wrap-up to the unit, young environmentalists discuss and write about the difference in perspectives of a water keeper and water treatment engineer. 
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Journalism Unit
1 In 1 Collection

Journalism

Lesson Planet
6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Whether you are teaching a newspaper unit in language arts, covering the First Amendment and censorship in social studies, or focusing on writing ethics in journalism, a unit based on the foundations of journalism would be an excellent...
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Point of View Lesson Plan
6 In 6 Collections

Point of View

Lesson Planet
9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Passages from Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring, Ayn Rand's Anthem, Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology, and Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game provide class members with an opportunity to examine how an author's choice of...
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Private Today, Public Tomorrow Lesson Plan
1 In 1 Collection

Private Today, Public Tomorrow

Lesson Planet
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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Sitting Down To Stand Up For Democracy Lesson Plan

Sitting Down To Stand Up For Democracy

Lesson Planet
9th - 11th
CCSS: Adaptable
Boycotts and bus rides, sit-ins and speeches. The focus of this amazing resource is on those people who were willing to put themselves at risk to take a stand for their belief in equal rights for all. A must-have for your curriculum...
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