Contains plans for two lessons that provide an alternative to the traditional book report: using comic strips and cartoon squares to respond to a written text. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...

Contains plans for four lessons that teach students about narrative plot structures by using "The Three Little Pigs" fairy tale or a similar story. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites...

This site from the Australian Broadcasting Company provides the transcript of an interview with author Joseph Heller, who wrote Catch 22. He answers questions about his books Catch 22 and Now and Then and about his view on life. Excerpts...

Students investigate the importance of failure to the process of innovation by investigating several items that were invented by accident. They share one "failure to success" story by creating a 3-panel comic strip poster, and then write...

This book was created by 7th grade students in Portland, Maine as part of a learning expedition on ancient civilizations, focusing on ancient Greece.The book includes collage-like portraits and background information on famous figures...

Contains plans for five lessons that teach students how to recognize and avoid stereotyping in media. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and...