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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A "Brief, Urgent Message": Theme in Slaughterhouse-Five
   As a culminating activity for Slaughterhouse-Five, students make a compilation album (a CD with 6-8 tracks) that reflects their analysis, understanding, and reaction to the ideas in the novel Slaughterhouse-Five.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Analyzing World War II Posters
   Students analyze World War II posters, as a group and then independently, to explore how argument, persuasion and propaganda differ.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 4
   Celebrate National Library Week!
   Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   From Friedan Forward—Considering a Feminist Perspective
   Students write letters expressing personal views on issues like equal pay, equal education/employment opportunity, and gender roles—and receive these letters six years later.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Gaining Background for the Graphic Novel Persepolis: A WebQuest on Iran
   To prepare students for reading the graphic novel Persepolis, this lesson uses a WebQuest to focus students' research on finding reliable information about Iran before and during the Islamic Revolution.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 4
   In 1928, Maya Angelou was born.
   After hearing Maya Angelou's poem, "On the Pulse of Morning," students infer information about the speaker and her feelings about America and reflect on how one's life and experiences can influence one's writing.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 9
   In 1939, Marian Anderson was denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall.
   Students view Eleanor Roosevelt's resignation letter to the DAR in response to Andersen being denied permission to sing. Students write a letter to a newspaper editor about social injustice.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 7
   Jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday was born in 1915.
   Students listen to Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" and identify powerful and descriptive images for a mini-lesson on tone and about the lynchings in the South during this time.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 27
   Playwright August Wilson was born in 1945.
   Students use the Timeline Tool and Drama Map to create a decade-by-decade record and play of their community's history.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 29
    Poet Yusef Komunyakaa was born in 1947.
    Students examine imagery in the work of Pulitzer Prize winner Yusef Komunyakaa.

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