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\nRomeo and Juliet and West Side Story - Compare and Contrast\n

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\nWest Side Story, the modern retelling of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, won ten Academy Awards for its rousing depiction of the tale of star-crossed lovers. But how closely does the plot align to its source material? Compare and...\n
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\nWest Side Story: Teacher Resource Guide\n

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\nWest Side Story is widely known as a modern-day Romeo & Juliet. Learners read a list of characters from the play and list their counterparts from Romeo & Juliet before completing a vocabulary enrichment activity and word...\n
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\nRita Moreno and West Side Story\n

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\nWest Side Story—a hit Broadway musical or a true-life tragedy about turf wars in New York City? The video shows young academics the gang wars and violence that led to the creation of the musical. It also describes how discrimination...\n
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\nWest Side Story Suite and In The Night Fancy Free\n

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\nWest Side Story and Romeo & Juliet—two classics in their own rights that help young literature lovers better analyze different works. Learners research and compare the characters and story elements of West Side Story and Romeo...\n
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\nAmerica – West Side Story\n

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\nAnita's iconic rooftop ode to American life in West Side Story is the focus of a lesson on immigration. As class members listen to \"America,\" they follow along with printed lyrics, and discuss whether they agree with Anita's...\n
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\nWest Side Story: Study Guide\n

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\nHey, enough frabbajabba about that stool pigeon, Daddy-O! Using the West Side Story study guide, scholars explore the language of the play and read about its historical associations and themes. Pupils also engage in a Spectrum of...\n
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\nWest Side Shifts\n

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\nCombine math, language arts, music, and dance with an activity focused on \"America\" from West Side Story. After listening to the song, learners compare the film to Romeo and Juliet, analyze the song's meter, design choreography, plan...\n
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\n\"Mambo\" from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein\n

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\nStudents encounter and study \"Mambo\" from \"West Side Story,\" by Leonard Bernstein. They practice utilizing musical elements (instrumentation, tempo, and dynamics) to create a certain mood for a scene with music. Each student interprets...\n
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\nExperiencing \"Romeo and Juliet\"\n

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\nNinth graders read and analyze the William Shakespeare play \"Romeo and Juliet\" and compare it to the 1996 modern version of the play and the movie \"West Side Story.\" They write an essay comparing and contrasting the three versions.\n
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\n\"West Side Story\"\n

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\nFor this music history worksheet, students discover the musical \"West Side Story\" by first reading a summary of the plot. Students answer 5 questions about the story line. Students then read and analyze the lyrics to \"America\" and...\n
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\nWest Side Story\n

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\nFor this music worksheet, students examine the musical of West Side Story. They write parts of the musical while examining the musical score.\n
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\nExpressions of Anti-Racism through Painting: The Puerto Rican Community from West Side Story to Connecticut\n

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\nStudents create a graffiti wall using their own name or personal symbol. They examine their own understanding of the film as a source of inspiration and listen to the music from the soundtrack as an effective motivation. They make...\n
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\nAn Upbeat West Side Story: Puerto Ricans and Postwar Racial Politics in Chicago\n

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\nTenth graders read an article about the migration of Puerto Ricans to Chicago. As a class, they identify the barriers the immigrants faced regarding employment and separation from family members. To end the lesson, they work with a...\n
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\nThe Outsiders: Identity, the Individual, and the Group\n

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\nS.E. Hinton's The Outsiders is the anchor text in a unit that asks readers to reflect on their own identity, their place in their family, in groups with which they identify, and in school. \n
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\nThe Influence of Latin Music in Postwar New York City\n

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\nMusic has often been called the international language that transcends cultures and regions. Scholars analyze the impact of Latin American music on New York City culture in the years following World War II. They research music, video,...\n
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\nThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Essay Questions\n

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\nBring this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise to your unit on S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. Middle schoolers respond to nine essay questions based on the novel. They may also access an online quiz on the...\n
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\nFrom Page to Stage\n

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\nStudents, utilizing video clips and Web sites, compare specific passages from original texts to moments in Broadway musicals on which they were based, analyzing similarities and differences between them. They adapt literature into a...\n
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\nWho Said Math Can't Be Fun?\n

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\nWith these innovative ideas, demonstrate to your class that math doesn't always have to be hard work.\n
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\nPygmalion by George Bernard Shaw\n

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\nIn this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about Pygmalion. Students may submit their answers to be scored.\n
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\nMusical Imagery\n

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\nLearners experience musical imagery. They link this musical concept to literary imagery to gain an understanding of the use of imagery in both genres. After listening to a varriety of sounds, students will compose and perform a melody.\n
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\nMake it Snow\n

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\nSixth graders investigate snow using pieces of literature, experimentation, and studying images by Wilson Bentley. They view snow from its artistic, geometric and literary expressions.\n
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\nRomeo and Juliet Mix-It-Up\n

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\nStudents identify themes in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet by analyzing the film or text. In this tolerance lesson plan, students create their own Elizabethan era terms related to interacting with different social groups. In groups,...\n
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\nStereotypes and Cross-Cultural Understanding\n

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\nStudents continue to examine the topic of stereotypes. In groups, they role-play the roles of the \"in-group\" and \"out group\". Using the internet, they research the role of polarized stereotyping in war situations and read an article to...\n
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\nRomeo and Juliet Promptbook - The Balcony Scene\n

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\nIn this Romeo and Juliet worksheet, students view three versions of the balcony scene. Students discuss why the director chose the elements for the film versions. Students then complete a prompt-book activity analyze the setting,...\n
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