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Lesson Plan: “Representation and Courage in Media: The Case of Franklin in Peanuts”

August 8, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

How a teacher’s letter and a cartoonist’s quiet courage brought racial representation to one of America’s most beloved comic strips.

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Lesson Plan: Five Failures in the Oval Office

March 1, 2025 Ann S. Michaelsen

Objective Students will analyze and understand the five key failures identified in a recent Oval Office meeting between President Trump,

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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: Exploring Hillbilly Elegy Through Literature, Film, and Politics

November 27, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Lesson Objectives Analyze the themes of family, culture, and socio-economic mobility in Hillbilly Elegy. Examine J.D. Vance’s political evolution and

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Lesson plan; Timothy Snyder Speaks to Democrats Abroad

August 2, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Background Snyder is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books and the New York Review of Books

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Lesson plan; Understanding the Significance of Donald Trump’s Fraud Conviction

May 31, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Trump found guilty and is first ex-president convicted of a crime Overview In this lesson, students will explore the context

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Lesson Plan: Understanding Legal Processes in High-Profile Cases

April 24, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Objective: To analyze the legal proceedings and strategies used in high-profile cases, using the trial of former President Donald J. Trump

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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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