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World history Common Core RL.11-12.1 resources
Shakespeare in Memes: Tragedy of Julius Caesar
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar in Memes Presentation and Activities: This is Shakespeare made easy! Your students will love this close-reading activity because it uses humor, sarcasm, and thought-provoking memes to analyze each act the play. Advanced students will appreciate the humor and prompt to make their own. Struggling students will find Shakespeare easier to understand because they "get" it when it's put into the context of a meme.The zipped folder includes:• Presentation (Powerpoint Show -
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9th - 12th
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32 Short Myths from Around the World + 3 Classroom Activities
Explore 32 different myths! Each 2-page myth handout comes with the following features:700-950 word retelling of the myth (a quick read for most students)Full-color illustrationsSpecific culture of origin and geographical locationPost-reading questions for classroom discussion or written responsesThe collection is available as a single 64-page file and individual handout files for easy uploading.Unit Plan: These stories form a 13-16 day unit, where your students read 2-3 myths a day and analyze
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7th - 12th
The Book Thief and The Boy in Striped Pajamas Novel Studies - Bundle
This is a bundle of two of my NO PREP reading guides, on The Book Thief and The Boy in Striped Pajamas. I decided to put them together since I feel they complement one another perfectly. Both are center around young characters in the midst of World War 2, and both represent a very appropriate and necessary introduction to that time. Within both reading guides, there are writing prompts for each day of reading, chapter comprehension questions and graphic organizers. Throughout the guides, I've al
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6th - 12th
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Maus I Chapter Quizzes, Discussion Questions, and Teacher Notes (CCSS Aligned)
Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel, Maus, is a great book for discussing WWII, the Holocaust, graphic novels, biographies, and so much more. This detailed set of higher level quiz questions and discussion questions encourages students to dig deeper into an important literary work. (They also make great writing prompts or essay questions if you prefer to use them that way!) The Common Core aligned questions are designed to teach image analysis skills, inferencing, determining t
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9th - 12th
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Interactive Plato's Cave Allegory Quiz & Activity Pack (Grades 7-12)
With Plato's Allegory of the Cave Quiz Bowl Activity, review every detail, inference, and popular culture reference to the famous philosophical myth. Includes 60+ review questions and a set of pub-style trivia sheets. Pair this activity with a rich, multi-layered reading with the popular Allegory of the Cave in Plain Language lesson plan. Note: The download includes PDF, Google Workspace, and Easel. Modify this resource for use on Google Classroom and other classroom management sites.This resour
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Text-Based Questions for WWI Poetry
There are 8 poems from WWI in the PDF preview. Teachers can use these questions in many different ways.
The text-based questions force students to delve back into the poems for their answers. This is a great way to incorporate common core reading into the classroom while using historical artifacts.
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9th - 12th
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen - 3 Day Mini Unit, CCSS
This is our 3-day mini unit in which students analyze the text of The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. This works well as a text analysis for ELA or a history classroom covering the French Revolution . Students will read the text (included), engage with the vocabulary, read the text (included), collaborate to answer text-dependent questions, and complete a creative writing assignment from a choice board.Product includes:OverviewDaily lesson plansWarm UpsExit TicketsVocabular
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8th - 12th
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Also included in:Â French Revolution Bundle - Resources for teaching the French Revolution
Pride and Predjudice worksheet, group discussion, novel study freebie
Group Discussion Worksheet for Pride and PrejudiceEnhance your classroom discussions and critical thinking skills with this comprehensive group discussion worksheet tailored for the timeless literary masterpiece, "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. Designed for educators seeking to deepen students' engagement with the text, this resource offers a structured framework for collaborative exploration and analysis.Key Features:1. Comprehensive Analysis: Dive deep into the themes, characters, plot
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8th - 12th
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Jacob Riis
This activity introduces students to the muckraker Jacob Riis and gives them the opportunity to view a variety of images from his work as a social documentary photographer during the Second Industrial Revolution. After viewing his images, students will then analyze excerpts from his book How the Other Half Lives and determine his purpose for writing as well as contradictions in the way he portrays immigrants. Included in this activity is a link to a short video on Jacob Riis, several pictures fo
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6th - 12th
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"Rama and Ravana in Battle" Lesson Plan *Last Min Lesson Plan*
This lesson is is based off of the following ELA CCLS: RL.11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences are drawn from the text.Students will be able to use annotations to support their characterization of a character by gathering and analyzing evidence from a text to defend it in an accountable talk discussion.Attached is a lesson plan
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9th - 12th
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The War Within These Walls (Aline Sax/Caryl Strzelecki) Discussion Guide
Guide a classroom, library, book club, or other discussion of this stirring novel set during the Holocaust. Originally published in Dutch, the book was translated by Laura Watkinson and received a 2014 Mildred D. Batchelder Honor. Arranged by Common Core literature and language standards, this free downloadable pdf will jumpstart conversations and invite reflection on the book's themes.About The War Within these Walls: It's World War II, and Misha's family, like the rest of the Jews living in Wa
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9th - 12th
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