In this lesson plan, students study images of women in movies and television, contrasting the ideal of physical beauty with the risks an actress takes to be funny.
Sep 21st, 2005 | 0 comments | 104 Views
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Lucille Ball: What’s So Funny?: Lesson Overview
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Through the Lens of Robert Capa: Lesson Overview
In this lesson, students will use Guided Reading techniques to learn about Capa's style and to discover the techniques that made him a great photographer.
Aug 27th, 2005 | 2 comments | 3,356 Views
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Truman Capote: Other Voices, Other Rooms: Lesson Overview
This American Master's series lesson uses Capote's autobiographical short story, "A Christmas Memory", to teach a lesson on characterization in writing.
Aug 27th, 2005 | 0 comments | 3,367 Views
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Lon Chaney: Three Faces of Lon Chaney: Lesson Overview
In this lesson, students will watch the Lon Chaney episode of American Masters, read chapters from three original books on which Chaney's films were based, and use a reading strategy called Reader's Theater to adapt each chapter into a script.
Feb 17th, 2005 | 0 comments | 106 Views
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Walter Cronkite: Witness to History: Lesson Overview
Much has changed since Walter Cronkite signed off in 1981. In order to examine how news reporting has evolved in the 21st century, students will explore the state and purpose of media today, research the history of the media and learn how to write using the journalistic style.
Oct 28th, 2004 | 0 comments | 194 Views
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James Brown: Life and Times: Lesson Overview
In this lesson, students will trace James Brown's rise from "Little Junior" in Depression-era Augusta, Georgia, to the "Minister of the New Super Heavy Funk" and create a collage that captures his impact on American music.
Oct 29th, 2003 | 0 comments | 104 Views
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Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance: Lesson Overview
In this lesson plan, students get a chance to observe movement by creating a "movement journal", and then they experiment with what they have observed to create a unique "movement vocabulary."
Feb 16th, 2001 | 0 comments | 103 Views
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