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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   An Exploration of The Crucible through Seventeenth-Century Portraits
   In this lesson, students incorporate analyses of characters from The Crucible with examinations of original seventeenth-century portraits of Puritans to create a visual portrait of the character. The project culminates in a "Portrait Gallery Walk" where students present and defend their artwork.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Audience & Purpose: Evaluating Disney's Changes to the Hercules Myth
   What drives changes to classic myths and fables? In this lesson students evaluate the changes Disney made to the myth of "Hercules" in order to achieve their audience and purpose.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 10  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Blending the Past with Today's Technology: Using Prezi to Prepare for Historical Fiction
   To prepare for literature circles featuring historical novels, students research the decades of the 1930s to the 1990s and share their information using Prezi, a web application for creating multimedia presentations.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Facilitating Student-Led Seminar Discussions with The Piano Lesson
   August Wilson's play The Piano Lesson invites students to ask a number of questions—big
   and small. Students learn how to create effective discussion questions and then put them to use in student-led discussions.
   
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Fantastic Characters: Analyzing and Creating Superheroes and Villains
   Students analyze characterization by creating their own superheroes or super-villains,
   complete with related gadgets and settings.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   From Text to Film: Exploring Classic Literature Adaptations
   Students create storyboards to compare and contrast a book and its film adaptation.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Star-Crossed Lovers Online: Romeo and Juliet for a Digital Age
   Explore the modern significance of an older text, such as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, by asking students to create their own modern interpretation of specific events from the drama.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 9  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Mysteries of Harris Burdick: Using Illustrations to Guide Writing
   Students use illustrations from The Mysteries of Harris Burdick as a guide to write mysteries
   and then present their stories to the class for students to discuss to which illustration each
   story corresponds.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Peace Journey: Using Process Drama in the Classroom
   What does peace mean to you? In this lesson, students attempt to answer this question as they write and perform a short skit that reflects their ideas of peace.
   
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Using Word Webs to Teach Synonyms for Commonly Used Words
    Students use word webs to choose synonyms for generic adjectives and to learn to adjust their word usage for different contexts.

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