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School uniforms: Point-of-view writing: This lesson deals with an issue that is very important to students: school uniforms. It incorporates writing, speaking, and math.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts); By Linda Bulluck.

Is Mr. Wolf really a bad guy?: This lesson is intended to show children the importance of evaluating information as they read. The author's point of view is limited in that it only truly shows one side of the story. There is always another perspective. How the author views a subject colors everything that he or she writes about.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts)

What's the point?: A lesson on point of view: After reading Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day students will write the story from a chosen character's point of view. This lesson can be used with other wordless picture books.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Eileen Carter and Tracey Casto.

Teaching point-of-view: Students will learn point of view by comparing and contrasting the views of slaves and a doctor in The People Could Fly retold by Virginia Hamilton and The Passing Cloud -- The Southern Negro by David Morrill. I strongly suggest the teacher previews The Passing Cloud -- The Southern Negro by David Morrill. The entire text is not needed in order for students to form an opinion or to learn point of view. Some students and parents may find the language offensive. I found the text interesting because it allows students to actually read the historical views of some people who lived in the area during the 1800's and early 1900's.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts); By Angela Strother.

Walk Two Moons: An integrated unit: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech is a bittersweet story of a teenager who desperately wants to be reunited with her mother. This unit is an integrated study combining setting, theme, point of view, character, and plot with geography and geometry.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts); By Janet Fore.

Pigs and wolf on a map!: The students will construct a Double Bubble Map (Venn Diagram) to compare and contrast two versions of a familiar fairytale.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By Cherry Randall.

The view from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, CA: The view from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. The landscape is ridged with ripples of striated tan, brown, and rose-colored stone. The sky behind it is clear and blue. Zabriskie Point is well-known for its outstanding views of the eroded valley...; Format: image/photograph

The furrowed landscape at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, CA: The view from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. The landscape is ridged with deep ripples of striated tan, brown, and rose-colored stone, lit sharply by afternoon sun. Zabriskie Point is well-known for its outstanding views of the eroded valley...; Format: image/photograph

A broken, orange ridge at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, CA: The view from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. A jagged stone mountain ridge zigzags across the landscape, lit sharply by afternoon sun. The stone is a rich, rust orange. Zabriskie Point is well-known for its outstanding views of the eroded valley...; Format: image/photograph

A hazy sky at dusk at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley, CA: The view from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. The landscape is ridged with ripples of striated tan, brown, and rose-colored stone. The sky behind is hazy, lit softly in pink and blue. Zabriskie Point is well-known for its outstanding views of...; Format: image/photograph

High Point Museum: This museum highlights the history of High Point, area Native Americans, the Quaker settlers, the workers and factories of the furniture business, and much more.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Blue Jay Point: Programs offered by Blue Jay Point County Park are specifically geared towards age groups and based on the North Carolina curriculum. Younger students learn about plants and animals of the Piedmont while middle and high school students explore the subjects of ecology, biology, environmental science, and general life sciences.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

West Point on the Eno: This park offers environmental and historical programs for K-12 students in beautiful, natural surroundings.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide: Strategically plan a collaborative unit and learn how to overcome those everyday obstacles that prevent success. This guide is accompanied by four lesson plans to help you put collaboration into practice.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate soldier: Students read the account of a private from Charlotte who served in the Civil War and grew tired of only hearing about the war from the perspectives of officers. After reading his experiences as a “man behind the gun” students will write their own point-of-view piece. They also have the opportunity to read other diary accounts from the war available through Documenting the American South.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Meghan Mcglinn.

View from the Dead Horse Point Overlook: The vista from the Dead Horse Point Overlook. Dead Horse Point, located just north of the Island in the Sky region of the newer Canyonlands National Park, is a promontory, a large mass of land overlooking a lower area of land or water. They are formed when...; Format: image/photograph

Oedipus the King: Personal letter-writing assignment: Students will work in groups to evaluate the personality of various characters from Oedipus the King. Each student will write two personal letters in the role of one character from the play responding to the events of the play and the various relationships within it.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Greg Townsend.

George Washington and Frederick Douglass letters: Recognizing point of view and bias: In Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide, page 4; This lesson uses two letters written by famous individuals. Frederick Douglass, a well-known former slave who became a leader of the American abolition movement, escaped from slavery in Maryland to freedom in New York in 1838. George Washington was a large slaveholder in Virginia (as well as the first president of the United States).; Format: (grade 9 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Karen Cobb Carroll, Ph.D., and NBCT.

Self-corrections: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.5; Although self-corrections may seem less important as a diagnostic tool than errors, they demonstrate the way in which a reader is working to make sense of a text and allow the teacher a glimpse into the child's thinking. Teachers can identify patterns of a...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Persuasive writing: A classroom model: In Arts of persuasion, page 4; A plan for modeling persuasive writing with middle school students, using homework as the topic.; By Pamela Myrick and Sharon Pearson.

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