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- "Civil Disobedience" excerpt seminar
- This lesson plan is to be used for a seminar on an excerpt of Henry David Thoreau's work, "Civil Disobedience." The plan will follow the Paideia concept to discuss the great ideas of the text. The plan will provide a pre-guide activity, coaching activity, inner circle seminar questions, outer circle questions and a post writing assignment.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Francis Bryant.
- What good is Beowulf?
- High school students can follow the English language's evolution in Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales, and they can focus on words and their meaning as they compare translations.
- By Jo Barbara Taylor.
- Teach what you love
- Stephen Mullaney works as a half-time ESL resource teacher/half-time second grade language arts teacher at Club Boulevard Elementary in Durham. This article focuses on his advice for teachers working with ESL students.
- By Sydney Brown.
- Focus on Planet Earth
- LEARN NC has developed a resource guide of interactive websites, integrated lesson plans, idea-generating articles, and inspiring field trips to help you incorporate environmental themes in your classroom, school, and community.
- Format: bibliography/help
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- Examining transcendentalism through popular culture
- This lesson, presented by ReadWriteThink, examines the elements of transcendentalism and challenges students to find examples of the literary movement in popular culture. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: IRA/NCTE
- John Brown's Holy War
- Interactive maps, audio clips, transcripts of primary sources, and virtual reality tours complement this site that details the history of John Brown and his violent crusade against slavery. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: PBS
- The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
- A multimedia collection that documents the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage. It includes complete works of authors such as John Burroughs, George Perkins Marsh, John Muir, and Henry David Thoreau; prints lithographs, and engravings... (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Library of Congress
- Sunsite Digital Collections
- Digital collections of images, manuscripts, biographies, and texts, parts of the Berkeley Digital Library. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: University of California at Berkeley
