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TES Global

Tes: West Side Story (1961) Film Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a film guide for the film West Side Story (1961), the musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which is set in 1950s New York and incorporates themes around street crime,...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Writing Abc Books to Enhance Reading Comprehension

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that are adaptable to many texts that learners may be reading. Students analyze the text for literary elements such as characters, setting, figures of speech, and themes, and then publish their findings in...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Fairy Tale Autobiographies

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Lesson which requires students to analyze fairy tales for literary elements such as characters, setting, conflict, and theme. Students work in groups and write about, edit, and illustrate their fairy tales.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using Fairy Tales to Teach the Short Stories

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Familiar fairy tales are used as guides to help young scholars analyze the elements of the short story: plot, theme, setting, point of view, and character.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Bringing Global Climate Change Into the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Making Climate Change Relatable to Teens: The goal of my Earth and Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the...