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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
   From Dr. Seuss to Jonathan Swift: Exploring the History behind the Satire
   Use Dr. Seuss's The Butter Battle Book as an accessible introduction to satire. Reading, discussing, and researching this picture book paves the way for a deeper understanding of Gulliver's Travels.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   In Literature, Interpretation is the Thing
   Students consider Shakespearean literature to be or not to be useful in a modern context when they analyze the relationship between text and reader interpretation.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Language and Power in The Handmaid's Tale and the World
   Students work in small groups to examine Margaret Atwood's use of and observations about language in The Handmaid's Tale. Through this activity, students discover and articulate overarching thematic trends in the book and then can extend their observations about official or political language to examples from their own world.
5. 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.
6. 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?"
7. 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.