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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing the Rhetoric of Corporate Logos across Time
   Students think critically about how design elements in logos work together to tell a changing story about a company or product in this visual rhetoric lesson.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Communicating on Local Issues: Exploring Audience in Persuasive Letter Writing
   Students will research a local issue, and then write letters to two different audiences, asking readers to take a related action or adopt a specific position on the issue.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 10  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Creating a Persuasive Podcast
   Students learn how to get their voice out on the web when they research issues important to them and compose a persuasive podcast to post online.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Developing Persuasive Arguments through Ethical Inquiry: Two Prewriting Strategies
   In this lesson, students use focused prewriting strategies to explore content and ethical issues related to a persuasive assignment.
5. 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.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 10  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Blog of Anne Frank?: Taking on Social Roles through Online Writing
   Anne Frank shared her experiences through a private diary that became public as a book. In this lesson, students will consider how writing creates social identities as they blog about a political issue.