Food for Thought: Hunger???Around the Block, Around the World LESSON 2: Local Hunger and Malnutrition

Prepare your class for a unit on A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines with an excellent set of materials. The first lesson of ten comes with an audio guide about the work as well as an interview of Gaines in a 30-minute video. Young...

Continue a thoughtful analysis of Sophocles' Oedipus the King with a discussion about the importance of dialogue within the play's structure. Ninth graders examine the ways that Oedipus speaks about himself, to his subjects, and to Creon...

The role that scholars at Jundi Shapur, "The World's First True University," played in the spread of sugar across the world is the focus of the second lesson in a unit about how writers develop their central ideas and use evidence to...

For many children around the world, food scarcity is a painful reality of daily life. Help young scholars understand the seriousness of this global issue with with a reading of the book The Good Garden. After discussing food security and...

How can one person change the world? Scholars research and analyze the topic of world hunger. Using video clips, parodies, and primary source evidence, they uncover a current campaign to end world hunger. Collaborative groups openly...

Help readers go deeper and gain an understanding of purpose and justification while analyzing a letter written by Martin Luther King, Jr. Literature lovers discuss the letter in a variety of settings, including in pairs, groups, and...

11-year-old Birke Baehr describes what he calls "the dark side of the industrialized food system". Explaining everything from genetically engineered seeds and organisms to Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), Baehr encourages his...

Students examine World War I and its consequences. In this World War I lesson, students watch the Discovery video "World War I and Its Aftermath." Students then research how nationalism contributed to the spread of the war...

Kate Chopin's The Awakening introduces readers not only to the lush Louisiana setting of Grand isle but also to the nuances of Creole culture. the second lesson in a three-part series examines how Chopin's use of literary realism and...

After reading Brave New World, assess your high school class's ability to recall basic information from the novel. Since only multiple choice questions are presented here, consider adding some short answer questions of your own to dig...