TES Global
Tes: West Side Story (1961) Film Guide
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a film guide for the film West Side Story (1961), the musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which is set in 1950s New York and incorporates themes around street crime,...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Discussing "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs"
In this lesson, 1st graders will work with "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" Jon Scieszkaby. They will describe the characters, setting, and key details in the story and help the teacher record the details on a circle map.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Here's Your Chance to Make Millions in the Stock Market (Part 1)
In this lesson, students will learn about the impact that efficient markets have on attempting to correctly time the stock market, as well as how investing in stocks should have long-term investment goals. Part I begins by having...
Curated OER
Mc Graw Hill: Part 1 Reading: Literature: Compare and Contrast Settings
To comprehend a story, students need to be able to compare and contrast the setting. Learn how to compare and contrast setting in this reference article.
Yale University
Yale University: Elements of the Short Story
This unit from the Yale University on elements of the short story is designed to develop student comprehension skills, particularly making inferences and generalizing. It also involves students in reading a number of short stories to...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Exploring Character Through Images
This lesson plan explores Curious George in relation to images conveying character. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Narr. Text Structure: Picture the Character
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete a graphic organizer to illustrate and write characteristics of one of the characters. Materials are included.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Speaking, Listening and Writing Compound Contrasting Sentences
Learners will be answering text-dependent questions in which they will have to describe the differences between the different characters, settings, and major events in our stories using complex contrasting sentences. The students will...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: With Moore at Corunna by g.a. Henty
Read the full text of the short story "With Moore at Corunna" set in Portugal during the Peninsular War.
Other
Teachers Network: Writing a Short Story Based on Kindred
In this lesson plan, students will engage in the technology, social studies, and language arts standards as students engage in reading by Octavia Butler's book entitled Kindred. Students will research tslavery. Students will keep a...
PBS
Pbs: Frontline World Story: Kenya Run, Lornah, Run
This PBS Frontline world story is about a Kenyan world class runner. The runners name is, Lornah Kiplagat, and she uses her prize money to fund a high altitudes training center in Kenya. Her facility provides women with an opportunity to...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Bulger's Reputation" by Bret Harte
This is the text of the short story "Bulger's Reputation" by Bret Harte, a classic western set in Rattlesnake Camp.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Using Testimony in Holocaust Education
When teaching a unit on the Holocaust, the use of eye-witness testimony is crucial. These documents allow students to personalize the stories of those that suffered and enhances the learning process. This article walks you through...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Auld Licht Idyls by James M. Barrie
Read the full text of the novel "Auld Licht Idyls" by the creator of the character Peter Pan, James M. Barrie. This story is set in a small town in Scotland in the late 19th century.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Dido and the Foundation of Carthage
According to ancient legend, Dido made a deal with a local ruler to obtain as much land as she could cover with an oxhide. Dido interpreted "cover" in an imaginative way and the land she obtained became the site of the important ancient...
EL Education
El Education: Dwarf Dwelling
A student from a 5th/6th grade classroom in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, created this illustration of a dwarf dwelling as part of a Learning expedition on architecture. The task given to students was to create a prehistoric cave home in...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Jupiter Doke, Brigadier General" by Ambrose Bierce
Text of the short story "Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General" by Ambrose Bierce. The story is set up as a series of letters, diary entries, and editorials written in 1861 and 1862. (Free site registration offers some additional features,...