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Sudents compare specific excerpts from The Red Badge of Courage to first-hand accounts of Civil War battles, in text and images and list elements of Crane's style in The Red Badge of Courage that contribute to its realism. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students realize the genre (or mode) of Magical Realism in World Literature by reading Gabriel Garcia-Marquez's short story, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings." Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss still life painting and the Realism style of art. They plan a personal narrative still life drawing, complete the project and present it to the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study text and images of the Civil War and compare them to excerpts from The Red Badge of Courage. They discover the elements of style in the novel that contribute to its realism. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students watch the Charlie Chaplin film "The Kid". They apply the concepts of realism and formalism to the film text. They discover how to "read" a film for different components. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine and differentiate between realism, formalism, and classicism film styles. They watch film clips, and in small groups, complete a compare/contrast worksheet, identify the styles of the films, and complete four learning stations. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students compare the terms abstraction and realism in visual art as well as fact and fiction in literature. Students create their own representation using signs and symbols to convey information. Students generate their own works of creative writing and visual art. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students read and discuss short examples of Latin American Magic Realism and create their own passages and poems using basic printmaking techniques. This lesson is intended for use with a local Spanish artist or poet and can be adapted for use in the Spanish Classroom. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students need to develop a skill for determining what is possible, or realistic, and what is not possible, or fantastic, in a given work of fiction. Characters, settings, and plots can contain both realism and fantasy, and an observant reader will try to analyze these elements. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students discuss Realism, examine characteristics of Realism, Social Realism, and Ashcan School Artists, answer worksheet questions, and choose current social or political issue to research and illustrate in Manga comic form. Full Review »

