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- 3rd - 5th
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Students name classic and contemporary American poets. They explain one poetry idea in classic or contemporary poem. They explain poetry idea at work in their own poems. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine how a change in attitudes about death took place from the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century and was embodied in gravestones, literature, and art. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read and discuss lyrical poems. They compare different types of lyric poetry from different perspectives. They discuss the stylistic techniques used to illustrate the theme. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students distinguish between primary and secondary sources. They evaluate the credibility of a source with consideration for bias and accuracy. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students, after evaluating different allocation methods for water, determine the costs and benefits of each method. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 11th
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Students identify thematic elements of poems and the attitudes speakers have towards America. They identify differences between male, female, and African American voice and compose a poem that conveys their personal feelings/views about America. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine classic and contemporary American poets. In small groups, they complete dramatic readings of various poems, create a poem based on their assigned poems. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students design an artistic and literary collage of contemporary urban life that seeks to interpret, analyze, and evaluate its mettle. They integrate their impressions of urban life with established views, thereby enriching their understanding of their own present and future. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students explore the accomplishments of famous New Yorkers in the 19th century. In small groups, students read biographies and match them with a corresponding primary source document. The group that is most accurate in matching the biographies receives an award. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students distinguish between primary and secondary sources, categorize sources as either primary or secondary sources, and visit variety of web sites to evaluate credibility of a source with consideration for bias and accuracy. Full Review »

