American History Project Ideas and English Project Ideas: Oral History Projects
Remember when you were a kid and your grandpa droned on incessantly about his days in the Navy and how they navigated using stars and constellations? …
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Introductory Lesson Plan for Orwell's "1984"
Help students think about the effects of extreme external controls being imposed upon someone, to set the scene for learning about Winston Smith’s …
Continue ReadingThe Outsiders Lesson Plans: Cooperative Learning Lesson Plan
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is a great coming-of-age novel that touches upon many themes, the main one being the eternal conflict between high school …
Continue ReadingLearning The Primary Trig Ratios: Some Helpful Tips
Most students like using mnemonics to help them remember things. Use this silly little jingle to help your students remember the primary trig ratios.
Continue ReadingTeaching Characterization with A Streetcar Named Desire Lesson Plan
Teaching characterization in Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire delights the thousands of students who read it in high school English …
Continue ReadingHow to Develop Writing Workshops: What to do After the Final Draft?
Your student just finished his final draft, or published copy, during writing workshop. What does he do next? Experts of writing workshop will often …
Continue ReadingTwilight Lesson Plan for High School English
Teen girls all over the globe are madly in love with Edward Cullen. In fact, there are diehard “Twilighters” who eat, sleep and breathe …
Continue ReadingWrite a Speech For the President: High School Lesson Plan
Powerful speeches use imagery, unique vocabulary and other literary techniques to achieve a goal of entrancing the listener. Read some examples of …
Continue ReadingMusic Can Help Teach Student Actors to Move
Theater and acting classes use play to help students explore characters and situations within a script, but young actors can often appear stiff …
Continue ReadingResearch Lesson Plan and Research Tips: Using Magazines with Your Students
There’s more to reading a magazine than looking at the pictures. Teach your students what they can do with this research lesson plan.
Continue ReadingSuicidal Ideations: Struggling Teenage Students
If you teach teenagers stop and read this article. Learn how suicidal ideations affect some teenagers inside and outside of the classroom. Learn …
Continue ReadingTeaching 'An Inspector Calls': Character Analysis & Oral Presentation
‘An Inspector Calls’ is a popular play to study in English Literature classrooms. The dominant theme of social responsibility pervades the …
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