John Cunningham Elder

This project can last up to a week's worth of lessons, and tasks the entire class with participating in and facilitating a trial based on William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and is to be completed as a mid-unit formative assessment. Upon completion of the trial, students will resume reading the play. This resource contains numerous detailed materials for an inclusive classroom experience for all students of varying skills and levels. Materials include: Detailed directions for 8 different trial

One of my favorite teaching tools for history is the DBQ - a hallmark of high school level Advanced Placement classes but something I've used with students as young as 7th grade. Exposing students to the rigor of the DBQ early is not only a great way to get them to engage in deep thinking and writing, it's a formalized way to get them to see the nuance and complexity of historical events, and - perhaps as important in this day and age - sift and sort arguments based on validity. This resource is

About this resource: This resource is a document-based question (DBQ) that asks students to examine sources in response to the following question, "To what extent was Reconstruction a success?" The sources ask students to analyze and affirm one of two perspectives - that Reconstruction was a period of remarkable progress and advancement of rights of African Americans, or that it was marked by resistance by both North and South and was ultimately a failure. Included in this resource are ELEVEN

This resource is intended as a supplementary guide to help students understand and analyze Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis." The guide includes: - background information about the text itself - a breakdown of basic literary structures and conventions - graphic organizers to aid students in plot summary, quote analysis and analysis of literary devices

This resource both provides you a tool to capture your weekly planning - assignments, quizzes, tests, projects, etc. - as well as maximize transparency to your students. When used effectively, it creates clarity of expectations, increases student engagement, and ultimately improves student academic performance. This resource includes:A front and back fully completed sample (from a past 7th Grade US History unit I taught)A blank version you can completeOptions to include your school's grading sca

This packet offers a wide variety of tools and helpful analysis templates to guide students in understanding Albert Camus's classic novella, "The Stranger." This novella was used in conjunction with two other texts - Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" and Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" - as well as Milos Forman's film adaptation of Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" as part of an advanced high school literature class entitled "The Individual and Society." Included in this gui

In this homework assignment, students are tasked with writing an editorial that critiques the vision for racial equality and uplift as outlined by one of the following Black intellectual leaders: Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois, or Booker T. Washington. Students must use outside evidence to inform their editorial, and further prove that their writing is of the time period. The assignment includes a brief explanation of each leader's beliefs, as well as scaffolds to guide student drafting and writi