This lesson is the beginning of a unit exploring the genre of horror - perfect for Halloween! This lesson includes 13 slides - 8 student-facing direct instruction slides, 5 slides with teacher tips and ideas. This lesson includes Essential Questions, Lesson Objective, a Pre-Reading activity (2 pages), an essay to read (4 pages), video (10-15 minutes), four additional resources for further exploration, and a final activity with 5 suggested ways to adapt for any classroom, digital or in-person. The teacher guide includes tips, tricks, and variations, as well as back-up links in case any of the dynamic hyperlinks fail.

To make this an entire unit plan, check out Lesson 2: Fear of Women and Femininity and Lesson 3: Fear of Men and Masculinity.

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