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- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students examine the effect of musicians' public images as they relate to the work of the artists. They present to the class research on an artist including biographical and lyrical information, and the persona or image the performer projects. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th
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Students watch a tape of a Leno or Lettermen monologue to discover different things that are being satirized. They write their own school satire before reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn so that they see how Mark Twain used satire. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 7th
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Students read Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and examine the concept of a frame story. They create a frame story of their own using a special frog template. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students view a video clip about parodies. They identify the characteristics of a parody in Mark Twain's work as well. They practice writing Shakepeare like verses. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Higher Ed
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Participants analyze documents in a single box to discover the identity of a particular person or idea. They identify a unifying theme. They create an exhibition to represent their ideas. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students locate information about Tom Sawyer on Internet, discuss good and bad marketing strategies, recognize that marketing tactics change with different periods in history, and write journal entries explaining what was interesting to them on web sites. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students present reasons for or against a topic. They find supportive material to argue an issue and practice speaking skills by effectively debating an issue. They examine Mark Twain+++s original manuscript from the archives site. URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/railton/tomsawye/tomms.html Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
- Rating
Students are introduced to how to take measurements in the metric system. After defining new vocabulary, they read a story by Mark Twain about jumping frogs. In groups, they simulate a frog jumping contest in which they made predictions on how far the frogs might jump and then take an accurate measurement. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students pretend they are going on a trip to Mars as they close their eyes and visualize the journey. They discuss what they saw on the journey to determine how one student may visualize something different than another. Next, they begin reading Mark Twain's, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, visualizing while they read. Finally, they watch the movie to compare it with their thoughts and draw a picture of the story as an assessment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students read an article about the decision by some schools to bann "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". As a class, they discuss if it is appropriate to use the "n" word. In groups, they share their opinions on whether they should be able to read books with racial slurs. They end the lesson by researching the life and works of Mark Twain. Full Review »
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