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Lesson Plan: Why Is Norway a Target?

November 2, 2026 Ann S. Michaelsen

Norway turns to toilet humor after Trump bashes Scandinavian country Theme: Satire, National Identity, Tourism and International Relations Level: Upper

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Lesson Plan: Putin wants to be 150 years old, his daughter is helping him

April 27, 2026 Ann S. Michaelsen

‘Vladimir Putin’s Daughter Is on a Mission to ‘Cheat God or Nature’ as Russia Plans Anti-Ageing Drug Putin’s daughter is

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Planet America

Lesson Plan: Understanding Politics, Economics, Health, and Media through Planet America

May 22, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Planet America is a weekly Australian current affairs program, broadcast by the ABC and co-hosted by John Barron and Chas

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The Independent

Lesson Plan: Empathy and Activism in Jane Fonda’s SAG Awards

February 24, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Objective Students will analyze Jane Fonda’s SAG Awards speech to explore how persuasive literary devices, historical allusions, and political commentary

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Lesson Plan: Connecting John Donne’s “No Man is an Island” to the 2024 Presidential Election

July 24, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Students will analyze John Donne’s poem “No Man is an Island” and connect its themes of interconnectedness, collective responsibility, mortality,

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