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Writing Women: The Yellow Wallpaper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the historical, social, cultural and economic context of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story, The Yellow Wallpaper. Students determine the place of the middle class woman and her role in society.
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Novelinks

The Martian Chronicles: Response Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Follow the format of Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles with a journal-writing activity. Readers choose a character and examine the character's life and circumstances through brainstorming, research, and discussion before...
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Curated OER

Egg Carton Buggy Mobile

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Craft paper, string, and clean egg cartons are used to create super cute bug mobiles. Included are instructions and images to assist you in guiding your class through the process of making these very cool mobiles. The project would be a...
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Curated OER

Color Mixing

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students experiment with primary colored water to mix new colors. They record new colors on a simple data sheet and share opinions on their work.
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Curated OER

No is No, Si is Yes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders match the body part words in Spanish to a picture. They receive a picture of a human with lines coming from its feet, hands, and arms. Students use a word bank, to write the Spanish word that corresponds to the picture. ...
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Curated OER

When I Grow Up - All By Myself

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students listen to the book, All By Myself, then write sentences describing themselves now and when they are grown up. They create self-portraits of their current selves and what they be like in the future.
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Curated OER

A Haring Holiday

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a holiday ornament. In this Keith Haring art lesson, students use paper mache to make 3-dimensional ornaments that resemble his work. Students cut out felt shapes of babies, dogs and angels then sew them together and...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Modernism: The Yellow Wallpaper

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Charlotte Perkins Gilman and her short story "The Yellow Wallpaper." It provides background on Gilman including her belief that women should work outside the home and be financially independent. It provides a link...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Yellow Wallpaper

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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City University of New York

City University of New York: "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper'" (1913)

For Students 9th - 10th
Seldom do readers get the type of explanation that Gilman offers here in this article which originally appeared in 1913 in The Forerunner.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement:charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall Paper" Writing Women

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A close reading of "The Yellow Wall-paper" employing the analysis of such literary concepts as setting, narrative style, symbol, and characterization. Students will write an essay discussing what the story suggests about middle-class...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

For Students 9th - 10th
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's writing career is featured in this brief biography. Click "Charlotte Perkins Gilman Activities" for related resources.
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Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Charlotte Perkins Gillman (1860 1935)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Issues, context and a bibliography of useful sources make this a good first stop when planning to teach Charlotte Perkins Gilman's famous short story.

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