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Classify By Topic

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and evaluate poetry. In small groups, they read and summarize poems, complete a handout, create and perform a dramatization of a poem, and write a journal entry in response to their performance.
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Discovering Ourselves in Literature and Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read literature and view other media to discover how print and non-print texts answer the thematic question: Who am I? students compare the ways ideas are presented, and create their own portfolios or personal Web pages...
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Six Trait Writing with Jonathan Swift and Washington Irving

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders demonstrate and evaluate the six traits of writing. They read and identify good writing and bad writing, utilize a rubric to self-evaluate their own writing, participate in a Reader's Theater, and publish a class book.
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Gargoyles, Black Death, and Scary Music

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research the Dark Ages using books, the Internet, and other media. In this Dark Ages lesson plan, students study poetry, music, art, and the architecture of the Dark Ages.
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Cultural Connections

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning instructional activity, students examine the impact of the works of Cesar Chavez, George Washington Carver, Sunderlal Buhuguna, and Abdul Sattar Edhi.
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Picture It: Teaching Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 7th - 12th
There are many fun and effective ways to teach students to write descriptively.
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LIFE DOESN’T FRIGHTEN ME

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine gender bias and stereotypes. In this discrimination lesson students participate in class discussions and poetry reading in order to examine the gender stereotypes of fears and develop the...
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Preserving History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss how writing is an important historical tool. They read writings from individuals and note how they have preserved history. They describe what those stories say about the communites they came from.
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Anne Frank: Timeline

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders become acquainted with major events, especially related to the life and times of Anne Frank and compare personal and family chronology to Twentieth Century events. They examine how discrimination existed in the past and...
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CSAP Preparation: "Strike While the Iron is Hot"

For Teachers 6th
Students survey several concepts in literature, science, history, and geography as a preparation for the CSAP standardized testing experience. This nine lesson unit provides exposure to the format and content of the test.
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Now I See You... The Changing Perception of Women

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the changing view of women during the 20th century. Using art, literature and music, they identify the various perceptions used throughout history. They also predict what women's' perceptions are going to be in the...
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Courage to Be You: King Day (7th)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students define discrimination and relate it to their own experiences. In this discrimination lesson plan, students discuss feeling like a stranger and complete a personal experiences worksheet. Students then find strategies to reduce or...
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Know Your Poets

For Students 4th - 10th
In this poets activity, students read short poems and then choose the correct poet that wrote it. Students complete 6 multiple choice questions.
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Who Said It? A Re-Perception Quiz

For Students 9th - 12th
In this controversial issues learning exercise, learners read 15 famous quotations on controversial topics and identify who said each of them.
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Anne Frank: Timeline

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners brainstorm all they know about World War II and Anne Frank. They create a timeline of the events that occured. They research the events on the timeline in their own family history.
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Early American Immigration and Race

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine and define the different types of immigration. Using different documents, they identify types of migration. In groups, they compare and contrast the migration experiences of the Africans and the British. They discover...
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Building Homes

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate architecture and construction by building a home from cardboard tubes.  In this housing lesson plan, students collaborate in groups to plan and create buildings they can fit in made from cardboard tubes,...
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Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: Maya Angelou (1928 2014)

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the life and works of poet and writer Maya Angelou, complete with detailed biography, bibliography, links to poems and articles.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: Maya Angelou

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of one media gallery, eight videos, and one interactive about Maya Angelou and her works especially her autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
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Scholastic News: Week of 5 26 14: Maya Angelou: Remembering a Life of Brilliance

For Students 3rd - 8th
Poet Maya Angelou, who passed away this week, was also a civil rights activist. Learn about the work she did, and why it was so important to her and many others.
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Maya Angelou

For Students 9th - 10th
A well-written biography of Maya Angelou. Includes a profile, interview and photo gallery. In the interview, she talks at length about her friendship with Martin Luther King, Jr. and what he was like as a person.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Maya Angelou

For Students 9th - 10th
Poet, dancer, singer, activist, and scholar, Maya Angelou is a world-famous author. She is best known for her unique and pioneering autobiographical writing style.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Poetry of Maya Angelou

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the poetry of Maya Angelou.
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Gift of Speech: "On the Pulse of Morning" by Maya Angelou

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the poem "On The Pulse Of Morning" by Maya Angelou which was delivered on January 20, 1993, at the Inauguration of President Clinton.

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