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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Biography Study: Using Role-Play to Explore Authors' Lives
   Students read biographies and explore websites of selected American authors and then role-play as the authors.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Analyzing Famous Speeches as Arguments
   Students are often asked to perform speeches, but rarely do we require students to analyze speeches as carefully as we study works of literature. In this unit, students are required to identify the rhetorical strategies in a famous speech and the specific purpose for each chosen device. They will write an essay about its effectiveness and why it is still famous after all these years.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   And the Question Is... Writing Good Survey Questions
   There's no question that students will be able to compose good survey questions by the end of this lesson.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring Cross-Age Tutoring Activities With Lewis and Clark
   Interaction and adventure draws high school and elementary school students together as they analyze stories about the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Feature Story—Fifteen Minutes (and 500 Words) of Fame!
   Students learn how to differentiate between a news story and a feature story by writing a profile of a classmate.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Vote for Me! Making Presidential Commercials Using Avatars
   After researching political platforms of past presidents through primary sources and other resources, students create commercials for these presidents using Voki, an online web tool that produces speaking avatars.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   What Did George Post Today? Learning About People of the American Revolution Through Facebook
   After researching famous people of the American Revolution, students create Facebook-like PowerPoint presentations to share their knowledge with classmates.