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61. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 27
    Get ready to celebrate Banned Books Week!
    Students brainstorm reasons why certain books might have been banned and discuss common reasons why books are challenged.
62. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Getting Graphic with Alternative Energy Sources
    After researching alternative sources of energy, students create online comic books to present their information.
63. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Ghosts and Fear in Language Arts: Exploring the Ways Writers Scare Readers
    Students analyze scary stories to 'break the code" of horror writing and use what they learn to write scary stories of their own.
64. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
    Help Wanted: Writing Professional Resumes
    Students will create a beginning resume that represents their current work experience and demonstrates their knowledge of rhetorical situations for professional writing.
65. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Inquiry & Analysis
    Hero's Journey
    Students can use this tool to learn about the elements of the hero's journey, analyze a text that follows the hero's journey pattern, or start creating a hero story of their own.
66. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Hoax or No Hoax? Strategies for Online Comprehension and Evaluation
    Are your students easily fooled? You'll find out in this lesson in which students carefully and critically examine hoax websites to determine their validity.
67. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Printout  |  Graphic Organizer
    I-Chart
    This printout assists students with generating meaningful questions about a topic and organizing their writing by using a structured guide while researching.
68. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  November 8
    In 1847, Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula was born.
    Students brainstorm the superstitions they know and small groups research one of the superstitions to determine its origin and meaning or purpose. Students can write about the superstition using the Mystery Cube interactive.
69. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 15
    In 1870, the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad was completed.
    Students access the National Park Service website and look at the webpage "The Last Spikes." Students explore different accounts of what happened as the railroad neared completion and discuss the nature of ceremonies.
70. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 27
    In 1902, John Steinbeck was born.
    Students brainstorm a list of the ills of society, research a topic of their choosing, and then prepare an annotated bibliography of texts that address the topic.

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