Nice article discussing the lack of diversity in literature curriculum.

A collection of volumes of curriculum materials, organized by year, that were developed by teachers and cover a wide range of topics in science, social studies, language arts, math, etc. Each volume focuses on an over-riding theme or...

This curriculum unit is designed for third grade students to address the issue of diversity during many different core areas via the use of African-American children's literature. The unit incorporates a variety of children's books, both...

What is the objective of this "American Family in Literature" unit? This site uses "Farmer Boy" and "Nobody's Family Can Change" to explore differences in families. The resource includes rationale and activities to help get this point to...

The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 9 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 9. Focus of the...

The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 3 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 3. Focus of the...

This very thorough unit plan focuses on the literature of the Civil War for 4th and 5th graders. It includes both a student and teacher bibliography.

Drawing on New York City teachers' experiences, this article examines three ways to effectively integrate young adult literature into the curriculum: use core texts (usually novels, but also other genres as well) that the entire class...

This site has book reviews for literature for children Grades 9 and under. You can search the reviews by grade level.

This interdisciplinary unit plan relies on children's literature about World War II. Bibliographies for both students and teachers are included as well as a rationale for the unit. Includes links to resources.

Integrate curriculum with topics are fully developed with related children's books, and activities dealing with U.S. history.

Great site for using cross-curriculum sources after reading Because of Winn-Dixie. This site contains a scrapbook, play, information about the author, movie slideshow and much more.

Click through this PDF slide presentation to learn a definition of tone and to gain a better understanding of how it is used in literature. Slides include activities to help students see the effect of using different tones and examples...

This site from The Nobel Foundation features a comprehensive presentation of Beckett, including curriculum vitae, photo, prize presentation, Nobel diploma, and links.

Use this lesson plan to familiarize students with the authors associated with the time period of the Gilded Age.

Run' by Eric Walters is a fictionalized account of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope run across Canada. This teacher's guide has discussion questions and response journal prompts for each chapter as well as extension activities for the novel....

This printable worksheet helps students recognize the difference between an implication and an inference. Students are presented with quotes from the text and they practice with each of the ten types of inference: location, agent, time,...

Featuring Madeleine L'Engle, this module provides numerous learning resources for teachers. Study guides, curriculum guides, reader's theater story adaptations, instructional videos, and spaces for student exemplars are provided.

Distance learning guidance and resources for reading grade level literature and informational text.

Distance learning guidance and resources for reading grade-level literature and informational text.

Distance learning guidance and resources for reading grade-level literature and informational text.

Distance learning guidance and resources for reading grade-level literature and informational text.

Distance learning guidance and resources for reading grade-level literature and informational text.

Distance learning guidance and resources for reading grade-level literature and informational text.