Seeing Logic in Analogies Students will practice using analogies and interpreting them.		The Great Gatsby Unit Project ideas, vocabulary lists and quizzes, and reference materials for The Great...
Personification Personification as a writing technique is explored.		From the Great Wall to a Great Inclusive Classroom Read about the workings of a great unit on Chinese folk tales in an inclusion classroom.
Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors Using metaphor as a tool is the focus of this printable activity.		Columbus Discovers a New World Students label a map of Columbus's first voyage. Answer key is included.
Three Useful Literary Terms Hyperbole, apostrophe, ambiguous are explored here.		Columbus's First Voyage to the New World This page of facts about Columbus serves as an excellent background reference for educators.
Timeline of U.S. Women's Rights Movement A timeline of the major events in the women's rights movement, from 1848 to the present.		Columbus's Voyages A list of Christopher Columbus's voyages and the places he landed on each of them.
1920's Timeline A timeline of the major events of the 1920's.		"The Monkey's Paw" Short Story & Activities Read the full text of W.W. Jacobs' short story "The Monkey's Paw," then analyze the story with...
The Tea Pot Dome Scandal An article outlining the Tea Pot Dome scandal.		"The Raven" Poem & Activities Read the full text of Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven," then analyze the poem with a lesson...
1920's Written and Oral Report Ideas A list of ideas for written or oral reports concerning the 1920's.		"The Black Cat" Play & Activities Read the full text of Edgar Allen Poe's play "The Black Cat," then analyze the play with a...
The Great Gatsby Vocabulary Lists & Quizzes Use this vocabulary list and chapter-specific vocabulary quizzes to test students' knowledge of...		Veterans of U.S. Wars and Their Dependents An article and statistics about veterans and their dependents as of 2007.
Getting to Know Your Students Get to know new students through icebreakers, name games, and first-day celebrations. Our...		"In Flanders Fields" The full text of "In Flanders Fields," written by John McCrae in 1915, in the midst of World...