"The Haunting of Hill House" Lesson with Comparisons to Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Are the ghosts real, or is it all just in your head? This is the question students will be faced with after reading “The Haunting of Hill …
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"The Open Window" by Saki & "The Possibility of Evil" by Shirley Jackson
For the final lesson in the unit, students will explore two more classics, “The Open Window” by Saki and “The Possibility of …
Continue ReadingImmigration During the 1920s: High School History Lesson
What would life have been like as an immigrate to the United States during the 20s? Or, how would you, as an American-born citizen, have felt about …
Continue Reading"An Incident in the Rose Garden": Lesson on Figurative Language & Gothic Horror
Get students interested in literature by doing a unit on Gothic Horror. The poem “An Incident in the Rose Garden” by Donald Justice is …
Continue Reading"The Monkey's Paw": Fate or Coincidence? High School English Lesson
Are you looking for some new ideas to teach the “The Monkey’s Paw”? This creepy story is a favorite for English Teachers and …
Continue ReadingUsing Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Teach About Chivalry: High School Lesson
Buffy can teach us much more than we think about Vampire lore, history and the knight’s code of chivalry. For your last lesson in the series, …
Continue ReadingVampire Myths, Legends & Literature: High School English Lesson
In the second lesson plan in the series, students will explore vampires both in myth and in literature. From Bram Stoker’s Dracula, to poems of …
Continue ReadingVampires in Poetry: A High School English Lesson an Analyzing Poetry
Get your students interested in poetry by studying poems about vampires! These three poems by Keats, Lord Byron and Yeats make a great addition to a …
Continue ReadingWriting a Comparison Essay on Vampire Novels: High School Lesson Plan
This is a fairly advanced lesson that has students reading excerpts from various Vampire novels and then writing a comparison paper on the different …
Continue ReadingHigh School Social Studies Unit for World War I - A Series of Five Lesson Plans
Take your social studies students back in history to the beginning of World War I as well as to the entrance of the United States into the war with …
Continue ReadingThe Historical Background to Dracula and Other Vampire Legends: Vlad the Impaler
Vampire mania has hit high schools across the country! Capitlize on your student’s interest by introducing history and literature on …
Continue ReadingThe Great Gatsby TV News Project: High School Project Based Lesson Plan
With the recent release of a new film on The Great Gatsby this could be a great time to introduce students to the timeless novel. This is a …
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