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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Blogtopia: Blogging about Your Own Utopia
   Students work together to create their own utopias, using blogs as the primary source of publication.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Seuss and Silverstein: Posing Questions, Presenting Points
   Students will enjoy this blast from the past as they read the works of Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein to analyze the way social issues are addressed in selected works.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   The Pros and Cons of Discussion
   Students use a Discussion Web to engage in meaningful discussion of the question, "Are people equal?"
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 16
   The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850.
   Students brainstorm the possible meaning of the title The Scarlet Letter and what its significance might be. The class' responses are returned to once the reading has begun to see how their definitions have changed.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Worth Its Weight: Letter Writing with "The Things They Carried"
   This lesson uses a letter-writing activity based on Tim O'Brien's story "The Things They Carried" to build empathy as students examine the weight they symbolically carry in their own lives.