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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A Collaboration of Sites and Sounds: Using Wikis to Catalog Protest Songs
   This lesson makes a connection to popular culture by asking students to research and analyze contemporary and historic protest songs and to catalogue them in a class wiki.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Report Alternative: Creating a New Book Cover
   Students explore book covers of a variety of books then create a new cover for a book they have read.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Book Report Alternative: Hooking a Reader with a Book Cover
   Students select a book to read based only on its cover art. After reading the book, they use an interactive tool to create a new cover for it.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Copyright Infringement or Not? The Debate over Downloading Music
   This lesson takes advantage of students' interest in music and audio sharing. Students investigate multiple perspectives in the music downloading debate and develop a persuasive argument for a classroom debate.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Cowboys and Castles: Interacting With Fractured Texas Tales
   What do cowboy hats have to do with fairy tales? Two traditional fairy tales and their Texas-based counterparts set the stage for five different ways to respond to text.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Creating Character Blogs
   Students view examples of blogs, learn the basic elements of blog creation, and then create a blog from the perspective of a fictional character.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Developing Students' Critical Thinking Skills Through Whole-Class Dialogue
   "That's my position and I'm sticking to it!" After reading about the Korean War, students will take a position in response to an open-ended question, support their position, and evaluate that support.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   If a Body Texts a Body: Texting in The Catcher in the Rye
   Students imagine the possibilities afforded by text messaging technology in The Catcher in the Rye; They compare and contrast major forms of communication, select points in the novel to represent with text messages, and share and discuss their creative work.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Inquiry on the Internet: Evaluating Web Pages for a Class Collection
   Students use Internet search engines and Web analysis checklists to evaluate online resources then write annotations that explain how and why the resources will be valuable to the class.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Make a Splash! Using Dramatic Experience to "Explode the Moment"
    Students will have a blast as they use descriptive language to write about an "explosive" and dramatic moment in their lives.

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