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Selecting evidence to support an argument: This is a strategy lesson to teach students how to select evidence from a text to support an argument for an essay. It was designed to take two class periods and is comprised of three mini-lessons; these lessons include teacher modeling strategy to large group, student practice with strategy in small groups, and student practice with strategy individually on what will ultimately be the essay that they write.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); By Caroline Sain.

Cotton mills from differing perspectives: Critically analyzing primary documents: In this lesson, students will read two primary source documents: a 1909 pamphlet exposing the use of child labor in the cotton mills of North Carolina, and a weekly newsletter published by the mill companies. Students will also listen to oral history excerpts from mill workers to gain a third perspective. In a critical analysis, students will identify the audiences for both documents, speculate on the motivations of their authors, and examine the historical importance of each document.; Format: lesson plan; By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.

Webquest: The journeys and journals of John Lederer: In this eleventh grade language arts lesson, students study maps in relation to primary source texts to glean insights into the discovery of Western North Carolina. Students explore map features and how they increase understanding of the documents. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: UNC Libraries

Weaving the multigenre web: In this lesson, students read novels, analyze the literary elements, and create a multigenre project to present information to their peers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Was the United States ready for Pearl Harbor?: In this lesson, from Xpeditions, students consider the United States' level of preparedness for the Pearl Harbor attack and discuss what the U.S. could have done to be better prepared. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

That's not fair! Examining civil liberties with the U.S. Supreme Court: In this lesson, high school students work in collaborative groups to explore the issue of civil liberties by conducting Internet research on related court cases of their choosing. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

So what do you think? Writing a review: After examining samples of movie, music, restaurant, and book reviews, students devise guidelines for writing interesting and informative reviews. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Reader response in Hypertext: Making personal connections to literature: In this lesson, students choose four quotations that inspire personal responses to a novel they have read and create a multi-genre project to express these feelings. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Preparing a character for a new job: Character analysis through job placement: In this lesson, students act as employment counselors and design resumes and potential interview questions for literary characters in order to help prepare them for job interviews. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Paying attention to technology: Reviewing a technology: In this lesson, students review a particular technology–anything from a cell phone to a webcam, or an ink pen to a satellite dish and write a review of the technology. After sharing a technology review with students, the teacher models how to analyze... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Outside in: Finding a character's heart through art: In this lesson, students explore the idea of alienation by examining Edward Hopper's art and Raymond Carver's fiction. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Naming in a digital world: Creating a safe persona on the Internet: This ReadWriteThink lesson explores the issues involved in building digital personas through e-mail addresses, screen names, and online profiles. Students analyze the underlying connotations of names in digital and non-digital settings and synthesize their... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Myth and truth: The Gettysburg Address: In this lesson, students explore myths surrounding the Gettysburg Address. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Magazine redux: An exercise in critical literacy: This lesson prompts students to act as critical readers as they consider how and why their approach and experiences differ when reading an online version versus a print version of a magazine. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Literary scrapbooks online: An electronic reader-response project: This lesson leads students to reflect on and respond to literature by creating an online scrapbook. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Lights, camera, action...music: Critiquing films using sight and sound: In this lesson, students learn to evaluate elements of cinematography as a literary text. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Life on the Great Plains: Students examine the concept of geographic region by exploring the history of the Great Plains. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities

International trade in a global village: In this Xpeditions lesson, students research the spread of AIDS and report on how this problem has been affected by changes in global transportation and trade. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

Identifying and understanding the fallacies used in advertising: Students examine the fallacies that they encounter daily through exposure to advertising. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts); Provided by: IRA/NCTE

Giving voice to history: In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore the period during World War II when U.S. government ordered more than 120,000 Japanese Americans to detainment camps. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 11 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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