Advanced Placement English Language

Hidden stories: A three-part lesson in African American history, research, and children’s literature

In this high school lesson plan, students will create a timeline of African American history, review a work of children's literature, and then create their own works of children's literature drawing on a primary source document pertaining to the life of an ordinary African American.

Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts)

By Edie McDowell.

Resources on the web

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

Corridos about the Mexican Revolution

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students are introduced to causes of the Mexican Revolution and key revolutionary figures. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts, Music Education, and Social Studies)

Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Behind the masks: Exploring culture and self through art and poetry

This ReadWriteThink unit engages high school students in a study of the relationship between masks and cultures. Students research mask making from various cultures, draw sketches of the masks, and take notes that highlight the connections between the masks... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education, Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink