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- Jonathan Edwards and the art of persuasion
- In this lesson, students will study the elements of persuasive writing in Jonathan Edward's “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” according to the following criteria: speaker, audience, occasion, and means of persuasion, and then analyze a contemporary piece of writing, such as an advertisement, for similar elements.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Dave Guiley.
- Literature-based newspaper: Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Students will create an Eatonville newspaper depicting the characters and events in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
- By Jennifer Swartz.
- Picturing America at the turn of the twentieth century
- Students link together the literature and the history of the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. Questions guide students as they study visual documents. Students also read the teacher's choice of two widely anthologized short stories and an excerpt from a best-selling novel of the period. Two exercises will raise student awareness of the impact that visual images have on their lives: one that is based on internet advertising and a second that results in a student-produced scrapbook.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Scott Culclasure.
