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National Library of Medicine

Electricity, Frankenstein, and the Spark of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Shocking! After viewing a short clip from the 1931 movie, Frankenstein and reviewing electricity references in Mary Shelley's novel, class members examine Luigi Galvani's and Alessandro Volta's observations on electricity and muscle...
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US National Library of Medicine

Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Just because you can, should you? Reflections on the ethics and limits of medical research are prompted by a reading of excerpts of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, viewing of clips from the 1931 film, and examining sections of the online...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Tales of the Supernatural

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Scary stuff! Whether approached as the first horror story or a "serious imaginative exploration of the human condition," Frankenstein continues to engage readers. Here's a packet of activities that uses Mary Shelley's gothic novel to...
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Curated OER

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students complete close reading and analysis activities for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In this literature analysis lesson, students complete multiple close reading and analysis activities to evaluate the 19th century story.
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Curated OER

Frankenstein's Monster

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students read Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. Using situation and question prompts, students write various essays, letters, and articles concerning the events in the story from different character's point of view.
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Curated OER

Frankenstein (Teacher Zone)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the life and art of Mary Shelley and consider the still-relevant themes of the Frankenstein myth. Also, students become acquainted with the nineteenth century fascination with electricity by reviewing...
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Merlyn Education and Climate Protection Project

Short Story Lesson Plan: "Ghostwriter" By Kyle Downey

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Frankenstein, Mr. Data, Hal, and DEFCON, the computer featured in Kyle Downey’s tale, “Ghostwriter,” all illustrate the dangers of creating intelligent life. After reading Downey’s story, class members craft their own narrative in which...
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Curated OER

Who Wrote That?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the Project Gutenberg website and conduct a webquest to answer questions about well known literature and authors.
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Curated OER

HEROs Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What does it take to be a hero? In small groups, middle schoolers design a hero by identifying heroic characteristics and recording responses on an online blog. Use this lesson plan as an extension in a literature unit about a heroic...
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Curated OER

Behind the Cover

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars develop questions they would have liked to ask an author about their written works. They read an article about their forefathers and research a back story to a written work of their choice. They create posters to...
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Curated OER

Exploring the Nervous System Through Disease and Injury

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers are introduced to the nervous system. In groups, they research the relationship between disease and injury and how it affects the nervous system. To end the lesson plan, they present their findings to the class and...
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Curated OER

Tales of the Supernatural

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the origins and development of a literary genre. They investigate how shared imaginative concerns link the members of a literary period and compare works of literature from different eras.
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Curated OER

Somewhere Under the Rainbow--The Romantic Period in British Literature

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create 2-3 poems, a children's story, or a two or three dimensional piece of art.  In this Romantic Period lesson, students discuss the historical background of the Romantic Period and relevant literary terms.  Students analyze...
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Curated OER

Date with Destiny

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine the outcome of the war in Iraq. In this Iraq history lesson, students discuss the effects of the war and the regime of Hussein. Students write and design textbook pages that feature the contemporary history of the...
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Curated OER

Legends in a local region

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students locate information about a legendary person or place, locate legends in their locale, create a description and drawing of their legendary person or place, exchange their description with another student, and recreate the other...
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Curated OER

"The Universal Principal of Change"

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders research the Kamakura Period, along with Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist principles. Also, they study Yoshida Kenko.
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Curated OER

"The Hell of Mirrors" by Edogawa Rampo

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read and analyze the short story, "The Hell of Mirrors," by Edogawa Rampo. They write diary entries, develop a video, create an illustration, conduct research, and write a short story.
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Curated OER

What Makes the Writer Write

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students chose a novel which includes social criticism to read. After reading the book, they use the internet to research the issue in the novel and work with others to develop a presentation. In their presentation, they identify the...

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