World Literature Activities Resources Multicultural Projects Bundle

Enhance your World Literature curriculum with these modern, relevant, and engaging high school English resources! This diverse bundle will breathe life back into your 10th grade World Lit course throughout the entire year!

How is this different from other English II resource bundles?

• The materials, activities, and projects align with any World Literature curriculum.
• The resources support common 10th grade literature themes and are not limited to specific texts or titles.
• Everything included in each individual resource is editable to meet your needs.
• The activities and materials facilitate creativity and critical thinking with your students.
• The focus on text-to-self and text-to-world connections promotes higher levels of engagement.
• The materials include diversity while fostering an understanding of multicultural literature.
• All resources are digital with directions for printing and Microsoft Office compatibility.
• This bundle is teacher-friendly with a detailed teacher's guide for each resource and full implementation notes.
• Frequent updates and any resource enhancements are included in this bundle for free!

This World Literature curriculum bundle includes the following 10 resources:

World Literature Bell Ringers and Extended Response Activities

• 30+ Bell Ringer Prompts and Extended Response Activities
• A teacher’s copy with detailed notes for each activity
• Embedded relevant video clips and writing prompts
• Related nonfiction article links connecting to World Literature texts
• Modern song connections which include the song links lyrics and guiding prompts
• Student handouts, graphic organizers, social media templates
• Answer keys for all handouts and extended response activities

This resource includes extended response activities centering on the following World Literature themes and concepts:

Epic Hero, Archetype, Quest/Journey

Defining Leadership

How Power Corrupts

Cultural Connections and Self-Identity

The Importance of Community

Identifying Archetypes

Good vs. Evil

Fate and Destiny

Inequality and Injustice

Taking a Stand

Survival and the Loss of Innocence

Teaching notes are included with suggestions on how to implement the activities with popular World Literature stories and authors from Ancient Greece and Rome, Japan/China, Medieval Literature, Europe (Renaissance), Latin America, Russia, and modern-day America.

Express Yourself! Self-Identity Poetry Activities

This is a fun activity to build relationships with your students at the beginning of the year!

Enhance your poetry unit with this fun and modern self-identity poetry writing book project! This also serves as a great all about me back to school activity. The materials also thematically align with identity and self-identity cultural studies. Your students will be excited and motivated by the examples that are included and created by high school students!

Greek Mythology Webquest Adventure - The Trojan War and Fall of Troy

The Trojan War Webquest is the perfect research project to implement with your study of Greek mythology, The Iliad, The Odyssey, or as a supplement to teaching common literary allusions!

This 3-4 day short term collaborative research project teaches students the background information on Greek mythology’s Trojan War and the battle of Troy.

The following research topics are included:

★ Myth: Eris, the Golden Apple and the Judgment of Paris

★ The kidnapping of Helen of Troy

★ Agamemnon and the Creation of the Greek Army

★ Achilles

★ The Royal Family of Troy (Hector)

★ The Impact of the Gods and Goddesses in the Trojan War

★ The Trojan horse

★ The End of the War and Resulting Events

Your students will absolutely love engaging in this exciting webquest adventure! All materials and links are provided for easy implementation!

Fairy Tales from around the World - Multicultural Reading, Research, and Related Activities

This diverse resource includes a presentation of the elements of the fairy tale genre - along with copies of the full texts for 11 fairy tales from other countries.

Students compare multicultural fairy tales while noting commonalities and how the individual stories reveal reflections of specific cultural beliefs.

Urban Legends and Modern-Day Folklore

Extend your study of world legends and folklore with this quirky, highly-engaging presentation on the origin and purpose of urban legends (which includes high-interest extended activities)!

Holocaust Teen Resisters: Real Life Teens Who Took a Stand

This poignant project will have a lasting impact on your students! This real-life research project is the perfect supplementary resource for Night, The Book Thief, or any additional Holocaust-related literature. All research links, note-taking handouts, and project materials are provided for an easy implementation.

Students will learn about real life Holocaust teens and young adults who bravely took a stand!

Welcome to Dystopia - A Nightmare Disguised as Paradise

This includes materials for teaching "Harrison Bergeron" and "The Lottery" along with the following:

• Elements of Dystopian Literature presentation with 40 slides providing a modern and engaging introduction
• Dystopia Introduction Note-Taking Handout with Answer Key
• Image Analysis Activity 1 - Characteristics of a Dystopian Society
• Image Analysis Activity 2 - Motifs and Themes in Art and Images
• Dystopian Detector Chart with Young Adult Literature Excerpts (2 versions for differentiation) along with Answer Keys
• Dystopia Literature Elements Handout
• Red Flag Foreshadowing Graphic Organizer
• Dystopian Societies and Means to Oppress Activity
• Short Story Literary Analysis Handout with Guiding Prompts
• Dystopian Setting as an Antagonist Handout
• Story Map: Identifying Plot Elements Handout
• Dystopia VS. Utopia (Reality vs. Perception) Graphic Organizer

What's Your Story? Autobiographical Project

This high-interest project implements autobiographical writing, photos, images, and media as students create an all about me webpage that "tells their stories." This is a perfect addition for units on memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies! The resources can also be used for your students to create their own polished digital writing portfolios.

Students use the free Adobe Express website to create their project pages. A full how-to tutorial is included - along with two examples created by a male and female high school student.

The Element of Suspense - Short Story Unit Activities

This resource provides a useful introduction and supplement to "The Monkey's Paw," "The Yellow Wallpaper," "The Story of an Hour," or any of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories!

• Elements of Suspense Google Slide Presentation with engaging video links
• Teacher’s Copy of Slide Presentation with Speaker Notes
• Elements of Suspense Note-Taking Chart with Guiding Prompts and Answer Key
• Application Activity on Roald Dahl’s “The Landlady” and Alvin Schwartz’s Short Story “Harold”
• Analyze a Suspenseful Short Story Graphic Organizer with Answer Keys

I've Got the Power! Power and Self-Identity Research

The unit resource examines the concept of identity, defines the concept of power, identifies the traits of powerful people, and analyzes how absolute power and influence can be used to either improve our society or to devastate and destroy.

This high-interest research project takes a fascinating look at the world’s most powerful and influential people throughout world history - including those who are living in today’s modern world.

This bundle includes a Table of Contents page with each resource listed as a reference, notes for each resource, and implementation suggestions!

Take your World Literature course to the next level with this exciting diverse teaching bundle!