Edgar Allan Poe Archivist Activity – 7810
Summary The students will complete a Performance Task about Edgar Allan Poe’s life using primary sources. A Performance Task requires the students to use critical thinking, …
AuthorWilliam A. Berry, III
Secession Investigation – 7812
Summary In this lesson, students use Voyant, a digital textual analysis tool, to analyze the Declaration of Secession for one of four Confederate States (South …
Westward Expansion Jigsaw – 7811
Summary This lesson will allow students to deeply explore the territories in Westward Expansion in 1-2 class periods, while encouraging them to research and communicate …
Contemporary Art Sculptures – 7809
Summary Students work together in groups of 4-5. As a product of the lesson, students create a sculpture that represents the style of a contemporary …
Presidential Hunger Games – 7807
Summary In this lesson, students create “tribute commercials” for one of the first five Presidents as if that individual was competing in a version of …
Go Grammar Campaign – 7808
Summary Students will work in teams to promote the GO GRAMMAR Campaign, a venture to increase grammar skills in a manner that is innovative, engaging, and …
Human Rights PSAs – 7806
Summary After reading the novel, “Uprising,” and the short story, “A Christmas Carol,” which discussed the plight of the working class during the Industrial Revolution, …
Constitutional Analysis – 7805
Summary In this lesson, students use Voyant, a digital textual analysis tool, to analyze the Constitution of the United States and compare and contrast the …
Haves and Have Nots Seminar – 7803
Summary In this lesson, students use Diigo to collect, annotate, and share news articles with their classmates. At the end of their unit on Rome, …
Historical Perspectives – 7804
Summary In this culminating lesson to a World War I unit, the students view and analyze three different types of sources from which one can …