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Read Works

Read Works:lesson 2: Humorous Solutions Kindergarten Tell Tales

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn that tall tales are stories with funny solutions to a problem and how to learn unknown words.
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Other

What Makes an "Amazing" Fable Captivating?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students become the authors, producers and actors in their own multimedia fables, after they study fable characteristics for this lesson.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: u.s. Rationing During Wwii

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Interactive lesson on U.S. Rationing during WWII uses a 1942 genre painting, Wartime Marketing, for students to study American Life during WWII.
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PBS

Pbs: Oedipus the King: An Introduction to Greek Drama

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
One of the main objectives for this lesson plan is for students to gain an insight into Greek tragedy. This site features a detailed lesson plan.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Describe Themes in Literary Texts (English 7 Reading)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is about themes, the central messages in literature. Whatever their genre might be, writers have some wisdom, some universal truth or insight to share; this...
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British Library

British Library: Gothic Words Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson could be used either as a starter activity for creative writing with a class that has been studying the Gothic genre for a few lessons or as an introductory task at the beginning of a topic to establish prior knowledge.