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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Critical Literacy: Women in 19th-Century Literature
   Reading historical selections will give students the perspective they need to compare the author's purpose and voice of two separate writers.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Designing Museum Exhibits for The Grapes of Wrath: A Multigenre Project
   Using The Grapes of Wrath as a backdrop, students conduct research on issues that the novel addresses, publishing their findings in a multigenre museum exhibit.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Love of War in Tim O'Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story"
   Students explore the theme of love of war through texts on camaraderie among soldiers. They then compose a visual collage depicting their beliefs about the relationship between love and war.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Myth and Truth: The Gettysburg Address
   By exploring myths and truths surrounding Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, students think critically about commonly believed stories regarding this famous speech from the Civil War era.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Year I Was Born: An Autobiographical Research Project
   Students explore the year they were born through interviews and research, and then weave the details into a newspaper or booklet, written from another person's point of view.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Using Student-Centered Comprehension Strategies with Elie Wiesel's Night
   Working in small groups, students read and discuss Elie Wiesel's memoir Night and then take turns assuming the "teacher" role, as the class works with four different comprehension strategies.