ProCon.org
Pro Con: Social Networking: Are Social Networking Sites Good for Our Society?
Website outlining the debate about social networking pros and cons and whether or not social networking sites benefit our society. Research, studies, commentary and video for comprehensive study.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Voice
Thirteen day poetry unit plan provided by The Academy of American Poets designed for ninth or tenth grade students. Contains individual lessons on spoken poetry, written poetry, poetry as social commentary, and voice. Each lesson...
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: H. C. Westermann Curriculum
Useful curriculm for introducing key sculpture and printmaking concepts focuses on the work of H. C. Westermann, whose work is often valued for its criticism of consumerism, militarism, and other social phenomena. Provides overviews and...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Making of Dead Man Walking (Classroom Content)
Go directly to two lesson plans developed by the producers of the PBS documentary "The Making of Dead Man Walking" about an opera based on the work of Helen Prejean. Use the lessons to help students examine how art and music can define...
British Library
British Library: Barrett Browning's Poetry: Social & Political Commentary
Elizabeth Barrett Browning gave a voice, in her poems, to many of those oppressed by contemporary injustice: child laborers, the poor, and the enslaved. In this lesson, students will give these voices dramatic form, using the techniques...
British Library
British Library: Dickens's Hard Times: Industrialisation
In this activity, students will examine the working lives of those who produced goods in factories, towns, and cities and investigate the social and economic backdrop to Charles Dickens's novel "Hard Times".
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Miami University: Living in a Social World: Physical Attraction
An essay on physical attraction and how it functions in American society. Links to a quiz and more commentary on attractiveness and gender and culture.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Novel
These articles answer the following questions about novels between 1832-1880: From Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell to George Eliot, how did the writers of this period use fantasy, realism, sensationalism, and...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: The Pickwick Papers (Full Text)
This Bibliomania website provides the full text of Charles Dickens's first novel The Pickwick Papers. A brief summary of this novel is also included, which points out its comic qualities in contrast to the darker, social commentary of...
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Legacy Project
The Legacy Project houses the work of artists and writers who have made twentieth-century traumas and conflicts their subject. Visitors learn how artists construct art from memories of apartheid, wars, massacres, genocides, acts of...
ProCon.org
Pro Con: Vaccines: Should Any Vaccines Be Required for Children?
Website dedicated to exploring controversial social issues presents research, video and commentary on the arguments for and against vaccinating children in the U.S.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science is a multidisciplinary journal that covers the biological, physical, and social sciences, and publishes research reports, commentaries, reviews, colloquium papers and actions of the...
PBS
Pbs: Not for Ourselves Alone
This site, a companion to a PBS program, explores the lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. With ample use of video and audio commentary, the site chronicles their work, their friendship and thus the history of the...
ProCon.org
Pro Con: Vegetarian: Should People Become Vegetarian?
Website presenting research, studies and commentary on vegetarian vs. non-vegetarian diet. Comprehensive materials for students familiarze and debate the issue.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Community and Memory, Making of African American Identity: V. 3
A story that defines community as a connection between the past and the present. This resource links to Henry Dumas's short story, "Ark of Bones" and reviews its social commentary as it applies to African American community.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Crime
These articles research the following questions related to the Victorian Age: Why was crime such a popular subject in 19th-century fiction? How did literature balance fear, social commentary, and entertainment? How were gruesome murders...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 10: The Metamorphosis
Through the study of various fictional works and literary criticism, students explore "magical realism." Students learn about the interconnectedness of texts over time and space as they study how authors transform source material....
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The New Economy: What It Really Means
This site is a commentary on the new economy from BusinessWeek and includes a link to view related items. It discusses concepts such as global shift, field test, new math, and wage squeeze. (Published Sept. 14, 2010)
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Anger and Form in the Work of Ben Shahn
This commentary discusses social realism as shown in Ben Shahn's art work.
Library of Congress
Loc: Cartoon America
includes political illustrations, gag cartoons, Online collection that includes comic strips, illustrations, animation, and caricature.
PBS
Pbs American Masters: Robert Rauschenberg: Reinventing Art
Studying the life and work of Robert Rauschenberg, we see a reflection of American culture. Click his name to a full biography and timeline.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Corra Harris (1869 1935)
The "first female war correspondent to go abroad in World War I" is the focus of this article about her life and work. The site includes a list of suggested readings.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Cross Curricular Art Lessons From Frontline/world
Three cross-curricular lessons that pair art projects with world issues related to propaganda, violence, and cross-border tourism.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Walking Down Park by Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni is one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement and has won numerous awards. Her work ranges from covering topics on race, gender, the African American experience and social issues to children's literature and...
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