Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Jason and the Golden Fleece

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore characterization, plot and setting and compare these elements in mythology and modern works of literature, film and television. Retell myths in modern settings or modern-day stories using a mythological Greek setting. While this...
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Other

Building Characters With Adversity

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Extensive and very interesting article advising the reader on how to develop characters through adversity.
Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Big Sur

For Students 9th - 10th
This semi-biographical novel written by Jack Kerouac set in the 1960s shows the life of Jack Duluoz who is an alter-ego for Jack Kerouac. Read about the characteres and themes in this novel.