Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who's Been Persecuted, and How Does it Feel?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a role-playing activity which depicts groups that have been persecuted. Using these perspectives, they discuss how it would make them feel and develop empathy for other groups. They write an essay about the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Magic, Sass, and Rage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars are introduced to the characteristics of autobiographies. In groups, they read Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and develop their own rules for survival in the classroom. They bring in family photos in an...