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An Introduction to Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man Video

An Introduction to Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man

3 mins 11th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewShould leadership be inherited? Is it the responsibility of a government to ensure the rights of its people? Thomas Paine argues in his Rights of Man that it is not only the obligation of a government, but also that revolution is...
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An Introduction to T.S. Eliot's The Sacred Wood Video

An Introduction to T.S. Eliot's The Sacred Wood

3 mins 11th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewDo poets need to be familiar with strategies and techniques use by past and contemporary poets in order to be successful? They do according to T.S. Eliot. An intriguing video offers an overview of the key ideas in T.S. Eliot's The Sacred...
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Intro to Evans-Pritchard’s Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande Video

Intro to Evans-Pritchard’s Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande

3 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewOxford professor E.E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic among the Azande is credited with developing the field of social anthropology. Introduce viewers to his argument that in the absence of science, societies like the...
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Why Should You Read "The Handmaid's Tale"? Video

Why Should You Read "The Handmaid's Tale"?

5 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewMargaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, published in 1985, remains a timeless and cautionary tale. Naomi Mercer offers a cogent argument for why Atwood's speculative fiction should should be a part of the modern language arts canon.
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Using Technology to Teach ELD: Supporting Lessons and Resources
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Using Technology to Teach ELD: Supporting Lessons and Resources

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Just what you need to get started using technology to teach ELD  in the classroom—a collection of lesson plans, apps, videos, and activities, curated by a team of teachers and organized by grade level.
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The Myth of Oisín and the Land of Eternal Youth Video

The Myth of Oisín and the Land of Eternal Youth

4 mins 6th - Higher Ed
New ReviewViewers learn about Echtrai, an Irish myth genre, with the retelling of the myth of Oisin and his visit with Niamh to Tir na nOg, the land of eternal youth.
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English Placement Test Assessment

English Placement Test

9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewNinety multiple choice questions make up an interactive test designed to examine scholars' English language proficiency. After completing , learners have the chance to view their results, retest, or preview an answer key. 
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Why Should You Read James Joyce's "Ulysses"? Video

Why Should You Read James Joyce's "Ulysses"?

6 mins 11th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
What is Bloomsday? Why would thousands travel to Dublin on this day to visit sites depicted in a novel that is ridiculously hard to read? Why even bother with reading such a book? Find out by viewing a short video that suggests the...
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Why Should You Read Virgil's "Aeneid"? Video

Why Should You Read Virgil's "Aeneid"?

6 mins 11th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Is Virgil's Aeneid, as Augustus believed, written in praise of the first Roman emperor, or a criticism of his rule? Introduce the famous epic poem with a short video that provides background information about the poet, the historic...
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Invisible Man Worksheet

Invisible Man

11th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
A crossword puzzle based on Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man provides readers with an opportunity to test their knowledge of the novel's events.
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Composers in Music History Unit

Composers in Music History

10th - Higher Ed
What do Johann Sebastian Bach and Miles Davis have in common? Much more than class members might imagine. The comparison of these two famous composers is just one lesson in a unit that investigates many facets of the music industry...
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James Joyce Video

James Joyce

13 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
James Joyce was not the first writer to use stream of consciousness, but the sensory experience in such novels as Ulysses and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was revolutionary in the literary world. Learn more about the...
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Charles Dickens Video

Charles Dickens

11 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
How much do you know about the life of Charles Dickens? A thorough video discusses the author's professional successes and private failures with engaging animation and informative narration.
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Marcel Proust Video

Marcel Proust

10 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
What is the meaning and purpose of life? Find out in a short video that summarizes the key ideas in Marcel Proust's A la recherche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time), that at two million words, just happens to be the longest novel...
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Gustave Flaubert Video

Gustave Flaubert

10 mins 11th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
How is it possible that an author can create sympathy in the minds of readers for characters who behave in ways that we disdain? Gustave Flaubert was able to accomplish such a goal with Madame Bovary. Introduce readers to this amazing...
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky Video

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

14 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
While Fyodor Dostoyevsky experienced more difficulty and suffering than he did happiness, his point of view reveals aspects of humanity that are essential to the way we relate to each other now. A thorough and rich video explores...
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Jane Austen Video

Jane Austen

7 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Jane Austen wrote about strong women, social boundaries, and relationship dynamics in the early 19th century to educate her readers about the state of humanity. Learn more about the themes woven throughout her works, including Pride and...
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Voltaire Video

Voltaire

12 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Fascinated with the concept of good and evil, Voltaire formed his main character from the eponymous Candide, the most widely read text of the European Enlightenment. Learn more about Voltaire's life, beliefs, writing, and influence with...
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Goethe Video

Goethe

11 mins 11th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
No need to bargain with learners to investigate the life and works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe! Young philosophers view a short video that introduces them to his fascinating life and works.
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Virginia Woolf Video

Virginia Woolf

10 mins 11th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Libraries may have been locked to women for centuries, but writers like Virginia Woolf were instrumental in opening the doors for other female authors. Learn more about Woolf's place in the modernist age and her voice in the literary...
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Franz Kafka Video

Franz Kafka

11 mins 11th - Higher Ed
Feeling powerless in front of authority, feeling out of control, feeling bullied? Feeling Kafkaesque? A short video about Franz Kafka gives viewers insight into the family forces that shaped the life of this famous author.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Video

Ralph Waldo Emerson

11 mins 11th - Higher Ed
Pantheist, romanticist, transciendentalist. Introduce young philosophers to the ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson with a video that details his life, his ideas, and his essays.
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The Metamorphosis Unit

The Metamorphosis

11th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Designed
How can something be true even if it didn't happen? Invite your classes to investigate the truths found in the world of magical realism as they analyze short stories, poems, informational texts, video, and art from this genre.
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Persuasive Writing Prompts
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Persuasive Writing Prompts

7th - Higher Ed
Are student athletes under too much pressure to perform? How should countries respond to acts of domestic terrorism?  Should video games be regulated? Never again will you need to worry about coming up with engaging prompts or complete lessons for persuasive essays. We've done the work for you with this amazing collection of ideas.
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