Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Epic of Gilgamesh

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Epic of Gilgamesh. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from Gilgamesh and find dozens of rich and varied...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Pamuk: My Name Is Red

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers My Name Is Red, by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamluk. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the novel and find...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Homer: The Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Homer's Odyssey. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from The Odyssey and find dozens of rich and varied...
Lesson Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Euripides: The Bacchae

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The Bacchae, by Euripides. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the play and find dozens of rich and...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: The Bhagavad Gita

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Bhagavad Gita. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the Gita and find dozens of rich and varied...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Shikibu: The Tale of Genji

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The Tale of Genji, byMurasaki Shikibu. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the tale and find dozens of...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Wu: Journey to the West

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Chinese folk novel Journey to the West (also known at The Monkey), generally ascribed to sixteenth-century writer Wu Cheng'en. Lesson centers on a half-hour video...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Candide

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Candide, by Voltaire. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the satire and find dozens of rich and varied...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: One Hundred Years of Solitude

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Popol Vuh

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Popol Vuh, a Mayan text that combines history and myth. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on Popol Vuh. Read an excerpt from the work...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Roy: The God of Small Things

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the novel. Read an excerpt from the work and find...
Article
AdLit

Ad lit.org: On Summer Loss

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Center for Summer Learning compiled this quick review of statistics on summer learning loss.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "9/11/2001" by Mike Kubic

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "9/11/2001" by Mike Kubic, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...