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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words: From Image to Detailed Narrative
   The old cliche, "A picture is worth a thousand words" is put to the test when students write their own narrative interpretations of events shown in an image.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exchanging Ideas by Sharing Journals: Interactive Response in the Classroom
   Pairs of students respond to literature alternately in shared journals. Mini-lessons are presented on responding to prompts, creating dialogue, adding drawings, and asking and answering questions.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Recurring Lesson
   Note Writing in the Primary Classroom
   This lesson provides a wealth of ideas for using notes in the classroom to promote authentic writing among children.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   That's Not Fair! Examining Civil Liberties With the U.S. Supreme Court
   Students have the right to have fun in this lesson in which they create a PowerPoint presentation about civil rights and the Supreme Court.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Magnetism of Language: Parts of Speech, Poetry, and Word Play
   What wonderful ways words work! The parts of speech are the highlight of this lesson in which students identify parts of speech in a nonsensical poem and then create their own wild and wacky rhymes.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Using Pictures to Build Schema for Social Studies Content
   How do you read an image? Students find out in this lesson in which they "read" several images of the Boston Massacre to better understand the event and recognize effects of propaganda.