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Classic Reader: Persuasion by Jane Austen
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British Library
British Library: Austen's Persuasion: Status, Rank & Class
Through these activities, students will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of what gave Jane Austen's contemporaries status in their society; how important a person's rank and position in society was, and how knowing the...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Exploring Free Speech and Persuasion in "Nothing but the Truth"
Contains plans for five lessons that use Avi's "Nothing But the Truth" to teach about free speech and give learners an opportunity to develop persuasive arguments. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Aristotle and Joshua Bell Can Teach Us About Persuasion
Imagine you are one of the world's greatest violin players, and you decide to conduct an experiment: play inside a subway station and see if anyone stops to appreciate when you are stripped of a concert hall and name recognition. Joshua...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Project Persuasion
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides persuasive essay graphic organizers. Students will be able to write a persuasive essay more efficiently by using these tools.
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Center for Media Literacy: The Power of Images
Web-article that looks at images and their power to persuade. Several myths are explored and their relationship to the images in popular culture are discussed.
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Writing Persuasion
This site has a simple set of guidelines to use when writing a persuasive essay.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Animal Farm: Allegory and the Art of Persuasion
This lesson plan will introduce learners to the concept of allegory by using George Orwell's widely read novella, Animal Farm. Through this novel, students will learn what an allegory is, the rhetorical components of an allegory, and...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Combining Persuasion and Literary Analysis
Contains plans for eight lessons that ask students to put characters from a work of literature on trial. This lesson uses Shakespeare's "The Tempest" as an example, but this concept can be applied to other works as well. In addition to...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: General Writing Resources
This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.
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Commission on Presidential Debates
Don't miss out on this comprehensive presidential debate site. Check out information on debate history, presidential debates, an inside look at debating and more. This site also has a teacher's guide to hands on activities.
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Miami University: Escalation of Commitment in Extreme Groups
"Being part of a social society, we are required to be a part of countless groups in order to be an effective member of society". A discussion on group behavior and social patterns. Clear language and articulate discussion.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Critical Reading: Logic and Structure
This lesson focuses on structure and logic including types and purposes of essays, organizational patterns, argumentative writing, and logic and fallacies.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Identifying and Understanding the Fallacies Used in Advertising
Contains plans for four lessons that teach about the fallacies used in advertising such as bandwagon appeal, hasty generalizations, red herrings, emotional appeals, and more. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Julia Tuttle
Meet Julia Tuttle, recognized as the only female founder of a major USA city - Miami! She recognized the potential of the area and was able to persuade H.Flagler to extend his railway to what is now Miami. The rest is history.
EL Education
El Education: Revitalize Rochester
Students research the effects of a city restoring water to a dry waterway and then create a report designed to inform and persuade voters to reconsider their views after voting down such a restoration in Rochester, New York.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Tariff of 1816
The Tariff of 1816 was the first protective tariff implemented by the government and was an attempt to persuade Americans to buy home-produced goods.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Lesson Plan: Persuasive Techniques in Advertising
During this unit, students will learn about many different advertising techniques. Students will investigate the "art of rhetoric" and analyze many print, television, and online advertisements. Using the site's online tools, groups will...
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