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Unit Plan
OCR

A Streetcar Named Desire Delivery Guide

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Instructors who want to use A Streetcar Named Desire as a core text need not rely of the kindness of other teachers to find engaging activities to support a study of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize winning drama.
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Interactive
Curated OER

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 13 multiple choice questions based on A Streetcar Named Desire. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Interactive
Curated OER

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 18 short answer and essay questions based on Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring A Streetcar Named Desire

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the dramatic elements of a Streetcar Named Desire. In this drama lesson, students explore the theme of the Tennessee Williams play as they read the play and watch performances of some of the acts. High...
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive literature activity, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Drama: A Streetcar Named Desire

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine all the descriptions of costumes, props, movement, lighting and music in the stage directions of A Streetcar Named Desire. They begin to imagine this drama as a production, not simply a script. Students perform...
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Unit Plan
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "A Streetcar Named Desire" Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"A Streetcar Named Desire" study guide composed of 24 pages featuring useful information about author. Numerous, worthwhile teaching tips also included. In-depth character analysis provided for main characters. Comprehensive...
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Unit Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Fractured Families in American Drama Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Part of a larger unit comparing O'Neill's and Tennessee Williams's work, this lesson focuses on family dynamics in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and "A Streetcar Named Desire."
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Grade 10: Comparing Play and Film [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent student model for tenth-graders of the comparison between a play and a film, this one for "A Streetcar Named Desire." Provides good writing style and structure, and also includes notations and helpful student aids for...
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Tennessee Williams: The Glass Menagerie

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover a world beyond "The Glass Menagerie," when you visit this site featuring links to lesson plans for this work. This site also features links to information on the life and work of Tennessee Williams.
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Unit Plan
Swiss Educ

Swiss Educ: Williams, Tennessee: 1911 1983

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site offers a variety of biographical sketches, critical essays and multimedia clips. Be sure to click on Plays for lesson plans and other ideas.
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Website
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Tennessee Williams

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Kennedy Center provides a great overview of the life and career of playwright Tennessee Williams is found here. Information is given on his childhood, education, and his works and achievements in writing plays.
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Website
American Movie Classics Company

The Film Site: A Streetcar Named Desire

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers good material on Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire," including a quote from Williams on art, and information on the original 1947 production of the play and the 1950s film version.
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Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: A Streetcar Named Desire

For Students 9th - 10th
One of Tennessee Williams most famous plays is profiled in detail in this informative and fascinating site. Read about the characters, their motivations, dreams and the reality of their lives.