Where Do You Start with Text Selection?
Dr. Kimberly Parker shares steps educators can take to ensure that their curriculum choices make room for student voice and reflect a broad range of stories and experiences.
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Humanizing Text Selection
Dr. Kimberly Parker discusses the importance of teachers making intentional choices about text selection that support students’ intellectual and social-emotional development.
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Finding Safety in Italy
Holocaust survivor Esther Bem describes the people in Northern Italy who protected her and her family during World War II.
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Creating "We and They": Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses how and why humans create a “we and they” distinction.
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Developing Analysis Grid
This developing analysis grid helps students by breaking down the stages of effective analysis to help them analyse evidence indepth.
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Positive-Negative Line Graph
Students practice character analysis by charting important events in the life of a character.
![Positive-Negative Line Graph Template Preview](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-12/PositiveNegativeLineGraph.png?h=d3d13267&itok=OSJc5xpy)
Sheila Analytical Exit Card
Give students this exit card to help them write an analytical paragraph concerning Priestley's presentation of Sheila.
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Character Map
This graphic organizer will help students create annotated illustrations of a fictional or historical character.
![Teaser of Character Map Document](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2023-12/CharacterMap.png?h=d3d13267&itok=6mMK20RJ)
Character Perspective Task Sheet
This task sheet allows students to write from the perspective of a character of their choice, and helps them practice writing creatively to set topics, formats, and audiences.
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Act Two Tea Party Quotations
Use these quotation strips in a tea party activity and allow students make predictions about what is going to happen in Act Two based on their content.
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Gerald's Character Quotations
Give students these quotations to encourage them to reflect on and categorise Gerald's behaviour, and to ultimately reflect on Priestley's presentation of his character.
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