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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Censorship in the Classroom: Understanding Controversial Issues
   Students examine propaganda and media bias, research a variety of banned and challenged books, choose a side of the censorship issue, and support their position through an advertising campaign.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 23
   Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, was integrated in 1957.
   After viewing some footage from the actual event, students jot down thoughts and feelings of the Little Rock Nine. Students then write a bio-poem that might have been written by one of these students on this historic day.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Comic Makeovers: Examining Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Media
   Students explore stereotypes in the media and representations of race, class, ethnicity, and gender by analyzing comics over a two-week period and then re-envisioning them with a "comic character makeover."
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Critical Literacy in Action: Multimodal Texts on Global Warming
   Students will really warm up to this lesson about global warming as they study multimedia materials and use a variety of comprehension strategies.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 4
   Google was formally incorporated this week in 1998.
   Students are guided in an exploration of search tools and have a discussion about the purposes, benefits, and disadvantages of each.
6. Professional Development | Grades   9 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Great Films and How to Teach Them
   Costanzo offers high school and college teachers an updated, expanded edition that contains 80% new material on teaching film, including study guides of 14 new film with relevant ways to engage their students through a medium that students know and love.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   I've Got It Covered! Creating Magazine Covers to Summarize Texts
   Start the presses! Catchy titles, eye-popping graphics, and attractive fonts are all on students' agendas in this lesson as they create magazine covers to summarize a topic.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 15
   Latinx Heritage Month begins today.
   Students brainstorm all the various aspects of Latinx culture and compile topics to research. Groups then research topics and present their information to the class.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Magazine Redux: An Exercise in Critical Literacy
   Paper and pixels get compared in this lesson in which students compare both printed and online versions of a magazine.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Propaganda Techniques in Literature and Online Political Ads
    Students analyze propaganda techniques used in pieces of literature and political advertisements. They then look for propaganda in other media, such as print ads and commercials.

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