After reading Fahrenheit 451, "The Effects of Technology on Relationship," "Entertaining Emotions: TV may be Teaching us to Overreact," and "Why the Young Kill," students will argue for or against the accuracy of Ray Bradbury's predictions in Fahrenheit 451 of future social...
Reading and writing are taught as one subject in the fourth grade curriculum. Although an emphasis is placed upon writing in this module, the students will practice skills and concepts by reading informational articles about the topic of recycling then combine that knowledge into writing opinion...
This module is meant to be taught as a stand-alone or in conjunction with the Colorado Department of Education Instructional Unit Sample for First Grade Reading, Writing, and Communicating entitled, "Transformations Around Me", drawing on knowledge gained from the unit's Learning Experience #2,...
This module is designed to be taught in 10th grade ELA at the beginning of the school year. Students will read, "The Children of Willesden Lane," the historical account of piano prodigy Lisa Jura's escape from Vienna and her life in London during World War II. Students will analyze how the...
This module takes place within the context of the Interconnected World Unit for 6th Grade Social Studies Students in Denver Public Schools. This module is designed as a case study where students take an in- depth look at one particular human right that the UN established a series of goals around...
In this module students will be asked to explore the influence that digital technology has on our everyday lives. Their task is to write an editorial that identifies a problem caused by others using the footprints we either purposefully or inadvertently create. Students will take a close look at...
