Johnny Got His Gun
By Dalton Trumbo
A classic tale of WWI and Pacifism
This unit covers the entire novel Johnny Got His Gun by Dalto... ByJane Anderson
You will be amazed at how much there is to learn from this simple animated classic film! Literature concepts, poetry terms, history, and cinematog... ByJane Anderson
First Day Ideas
(or Emergency Substitute Ideas)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License... ByJane Anderson
Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech
High school students seem to have a good background about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They k... ByJane Anderson
This is an entire curriculum for a high school English Department elective class called The Story of Movies. In this class, we look at movies in t... ByJane Anderson
Harlem Renaissance Preview
I first gave this assignment at the end of the class period, telling the students that they would begin work on it t... ByJane Anderson
High school students are fascinated by the works of Edgar Allan Poe and by the man himself. Many have been told that Poe was a drug addict or ment... ByJane Anderson
Nightjohn
By Gary Paulsen
Nightjohn is an excellent novella depicting slavery. It is also a wonderful little book for literary analysis. F... ByJane Anderson
Because of the Internet, plagiarism is becoming a greater problem than it ever has been before. Some students are genuinely confused about what co... ByJane Anderson