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Lesson plan; Analyzing Mark Carney’s WEF Davos Speech (rhetoric, argument, and “rupture” politics)

January 22, 2026 Ann S. Michaelsen

EU leaders would do well to meditate on the seminal lesson that the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, delivered at this year’s

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Lesson Plan: Rhetoric, Literary Devices, and Interpretation in Contemporary Political Commentary

January 7, 2026 Ann S. Michaelsen

Core Text: “The January 6th Insurrection Didn’t Fail, it Just Took Five Years” by John Pavlovitz (as provided)Recommended Level: Upper

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Lesson Plan: Animal Farm by George Orwell

February 7, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Introduction This lesson plan guides students through George Orwell’s allegorical novel Animal Farm, exploring its themes, characters, historical context, and

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Lesson plan, can the 14th Amendment bar Trump from 2024 primary ballot?

February 29, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Topic: The 14th Amendment and the eligibility of former President Trump for the 2024 primary ballot A judge in Cook

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Lesson plan; will deepfakes pose ‘perfect’ threat to next election?

February 26, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

How to spot a deepfake—and prevent it from causing political chaos The “fake news” of 2016 is so passé. This

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Lesson plan; Decoding Trump’s 2024 Playbook: Analyzing Strategies, Challenges, and Implications

January 3, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Learning Objectives: Identify and analyze the key strategies and challenges of former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign. Compare and contrast

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Lesson plan; Animal welfare and human intervention

November 7, 2023 Ann S. Michaelsen

After Two Years in Solitude, ‘Britain’s Loneliest Sheep’ Finds a Home Fiona, a now-famous and once-lonely British sheep, is at

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Teaching about “The National Union of Mineworkers strike” and “gay rights” using the movie Pride

April 21, 2015 Ann S. Michaelsen

Background PRIDE is inspired by an extraordinary true story.  It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and

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