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I Have a Dream Speech Analysis Discussion Guide
This speech analysis discussion guide highlights the rhetorical devices used by King with margin annotations and correlating color coded lines underlined in the text. I use this key to show the students, "How did the author say it?" (a common core step when doing close and critical reading). Using this activity helps the students understand the speech better and helps them with evaluating what King was saying.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Zinn's A Young People's History of the United States Chapter Assignments
This packet is designed to accompany Howard Zinn's A Young People's History of the United States. This version of the famous People's History is more accessible to younger students and gives a great background on working class and progressive history. This packet breaks down the book by chapter, excluding chapters 22 - 28 (that many classes will not get to). Each chapter has either a note-taking guide (major vocabulary and themes to help students take notes with purpose) or questions about the c
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Tupac, LeBron James, Bob Dylan & Two Distant Strangers: Black Lives Matter Study
Here is a wonderful opportunity to explore with your students four powerful popular culture texts:1. Tupac Shakur's compact and vivid poem, "The Rose that Grew from Concrete" explores the concept of thriving despite economic, racial and social inequities. 2. LeBron James' Instagram post "Shut Up and Dribble" is a rebuttal to an offensive directive to keep dribbling on the court and stay out of race politics. 3. Songwriter, Bob Dylan's masterpiece, "Hurricane," is a protest song documenting the l
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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"Cajas de cartón"- Antes de Leer activity
This Before Reading Activity was created to help students to gain some background knowledge about Francisco Jimenez, the author of "Cajas de cartón", prior to reading his novel. This activity also introduces students to information about migrant farming. This activity includes a PowerPoint presentation and an activity packet for students.This activity has a jigsaw component and is best completed in groups. In my Spanish 5AP class students are broken up into three groups with 3-6 students in each
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
MLK "I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" Common Core Rhetorical Analysis w/Annotations
This resource includes the annotated text of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous " I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" speech given to an audience of sanitation workers in Memphis, TN before he was assassinated. Using the comment feature in Microsoft Word, this resource includes critical commentary and analysis of the figurative and connotative meanings, rhetorical devices (logos, ethos, pathos), parallelism, repetition, allusions, themes aligned with the RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, and RI6 standards from th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Women's Rights Movement & the ERA Powerpoint Slides and Notes
This set of powerpoint slides and notes covers the growth of the women's rights movement from the 1950's through the 1980's and concludes with focus on the Equal Rights Amendment. Topics mentioned in the presentation are women's suffrage, feminism, second-wave feminism, Betty Friedan & Phyllis Schlafly (including a link to a great interview between the two of them), The Feminine Mystique, and of course, the Equal Rights Amendment.Both PPTX and PDF versions of the slides are included, as well
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Recetas latinas con raíces africanas - Identidad pública y privada (Afro-Latino)
Recetas latinas con raíces africanas – La identidad pública y privada – Identidad nacional y étnica (Afro-Latinos)This cultural scaffolded activity includes 3 versions so it can be completed by novice, intermediate low/mid, and intermediate-high/advanced students.Activity description: Reading comprehension activities for novice, intermediate low/mid, and intermediate-high/advanced students.With this reading comprehension activity, students learn about six Latin dishes with African roots.Novice s
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
La peste del insomnio: Unit Plans/Notes/Student Packet
This Google Drive folder can be used in a Spanish 3 or 4 class and includes the following:Student Packet (15 pages): the story broken into 10 paragraphs with key word translations to English in the footnotes; 8 pre/post reading activities related to the story; a vocabulary sheet to define important phrasesNotes Google Slides (27 slides): summaries of each paragraph in simpler terms in Spanish for students to copy down into their packets; authentic videos related to memory/magical realismUnit Pla
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
President Obama’s First and Second Inaugural Addresses – Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the annotated texts and marginal notes for the First Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, and the Second Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama on January 21, 2013. The included zipped folder also includes copies of the speeches without annotations and marginal notes so that you can reproduce them for students so that they can annotate them. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standa
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
I Have a Dream Speech Analysis Student Copy
This is a student copy for Martin Luther King's speech, "I have a Dream". I use this activity to show the students, "How did the author say it?" (a common core step when doing close and critical reading).
Using this activity helps the students understand the speech better and helps them with evaluating what King was saying.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Present Tense Grammar Bundle
PRESENT TENSE GRAMMAR BUNDLE! This bundle includes 12 different Present Tense Verb introductory presentations and guided notes. The present tense is one of the first verbs students should learn at an introductory level, but it is also a very important one to review at higher levels as well! Present Tense Topics included in this bundle are: 1. Present Tense AR Verbs 2. Present Tense ER/IR Verbs 3. Expressions with Infinitive Verbs 4. Interesar, Aburrir & Gustar 5. Ir, Dar, Estar 6. Stem-Chang
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Nacimiento de la música africana en Latinoamérica - Scaffolded Cultural Activity
Nacimiento de la música africana en Latinoamérica – La identidad pública y privada – Identidad nacional y étnica (Afro-Latinos)This cultural scaffolded activity includes 3 versions so it can be completed by novice, intermediate low/mid, and intermediate-high/advanced students.Activity description: Visual interpretation and reading comprehension activities for novice, intermediate low/mid, and intermediate-high/advanced students.This visual interpretation and reading comprehension activity addres
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Business & Marketing Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Re-branding Project
Introduce your students to one of the great marketing moments in history: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! Students research the history, then they create a survey for their peers and redesign the parade for a new generation of consumers based on their research. NOTE: You will be given a copy of a google doc which is fully editable. You can:Add or eliminate requirementsAdd due datesChange fonts Redesign to save paperThis pack comes with an assignment page and supports for each of the project st
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
La cultura afro en Latinoamérica - La identidad pública y privada (Afro-Latinos)
Realidad de la cultura afro en Latinoamérica – La identidad pública y privada – Identidad nacional y étnica This cultural scaffolded activity includes 3 versions so it can be completed by novice, intermediate low/mid, and intermediate-high/advanced students.Activity description: Reading comprehension, cultural comparison, and writing activities for novice, intermediate low/mid, and intermediate-high/advanced students.With this reading comprehension, cultural comparison, and writing activities, s
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Martin Luther King Jr. & Malcolm X Powerpoint Slides and Lecture Notes
This set of powerpoint slides and notes covers similarities and differences between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, while also filling in gaps like the Birmingham Protests, Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the responses by JFK and RFK.Both PPTX and PDF versions of the slides are included, as well as PDF and DOCX versions of the lecture notes. Download will be a .ZIP file containing all files.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
"Hurricane" by Bob Dylan: Poetry Study - Black Lives Matter - DISTANCE LEARNING
Here is a highly celebrated protest song by American songwriter, Bob Dylan. “Hurricane” is a frank song about police brutality and racial injustice. The song traces the imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, cataloguing the legal missteps including a false trial and conviction. This is a great teaching poem – it's accessible and rewarding for ALL students. Bob Dylan (Nobel Prize winner in 2016) has spent decades seeing and chronicling American injustice. In a time when we continue to
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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President John F. Kennedy's "We Go to the Moon" Speech Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for a speech by President John F. Kennedy at Rice University in 1962. The included zipped folder also includes a copy of the speech without annotations and marginal notes so that you can reproduce it for students so that they can annotate it. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
President Barack Obama’s Speech on Gun Control – Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the Common Core annotated text and marginal notes for President Barack Obama’s Speech on Gun Control executive actions delivered on January 5, 2016. This resource includes 95 marginal notes aligned to Common Core standards and elements. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the jobs of the future. Using the comment featur
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
El carnaval mas largo - Scaffolded Cultural Activity: Familias y comunidades
El carnaval mas largo del mundo – Familias y comunidades – Tradiciones y valores (Uruguay)This cultural scaffolded activity includes 3 versions so it can be completed by novice, intermediate low/mid, and intermediate-high/advanced students.Activity description:With this writing activity, students learn about Uruguay’s carnival, considered the longest-lasting in the world.Novice students read a short text in Spanish that briefly describes the carnival. They match words in Spanish from the text wi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
George Washington Slideshow Guided Notes
This guided notes packet will help students following along with the accompanying posted on George Washington's Presidency. The notes and slide show will provide teachers/students with a comprehensive summary of George Washington's Presidency. The slideshow details everything from Washington's inauguration to his farewell address as it covers important information such as Washington's background, legislation passed, main domestic policies, main foreign policies. This is a great resource for midd
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: George Washington Presidency Bundle
Harlem Renaissance Common Core Poetry
This is a brochure common core lesson on two poems from the Harlem Renaissance. The two sheets can be printed back-to-back so that students may fold them like a brochure. Once it is folded students can look at one poem while answering questions about it and then flip to the next poem and answer questions about it before proceeding to the culminating question. This brochure analyzes "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes beside "Harlem Wine" by Countee Cullen. I completed this activity w
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Poetry Analysis: Yo Soy Joaquin
This 3-page activity helps students read an abbreviated, 2-page version of the poem Yo Soy Joaquin/I Am Joaquin by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzalez and answer 8 questions about phrasing, word choice, and deeper themes in the poem. Then, students are asked to help Yaneli finish her writing about the poem using text evidence in a scaffolded writing task.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
President Ronald Reagan Berlin Wall Speech Rhetorical Analysis with Annotations
This resource includes the annotated text and marginal notes for a speech by President Ronald W. Reagan at the Berlin Wall in 1987. The included zipped folder also includes a copy of the speech without annotations and marginal notes so that you can reproduce it for students so that they can annotate it. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Social Justice in the Biology Classroom: Race Isn't Real
Want to bring in themes of social justice into your science classroom? This very carefully designed and curated lesson contains the following guiding questions:1. Why is race a social construct?2. How does “categorical thinking” of race affect medical practice?3. How is race used in medical algorithms & what harm can this cause? This lesson contains 3 high quality sources that students will pull quotes from and analyze. It will start with the idea that race is an ambiguous and non-scientifi
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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