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Lesson Plan: Exploring the Life and Works of Nikki Giovanni

December 10, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Nikki Giovanni, the charismatic and iconoclastic poet, activist, children’s book author and professor who wrote, irresistibly and sensuously, about race,

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Lesson Plan: When Nature Strikes: Analyzing Severe Weather Through Hurricane Helene’s Impact

September 27, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida as Category 4 storm Objective: Students will explore the causes and impacts of severe weather

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Lesson plan; “Two Kinds”: A Journey Through Culture, Identity, and Voice

June 11, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Unraveling Cultural Expectations and Identity in Amy Tan’s ‘Two Kinds’ Born in Oakland, Calif., in 1952 to a father educated

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Lesson plan; Understanding the Troubles through “Belfast”: A Cinematic Exploration

April 12, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Belfast,’ a memoir of Protestant boyhood in Troubles-torn Northern Ireland, gives a child’s-eye view of Catholicism. Kenneth Branagh’s movie “Belfast”

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Lesson Plan: Understanding Dissent and the Role of Opposition Voices

February 28, 2024 Ann S. Michaelsen

Why Does the Right to Protest Matter? Aleksei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, died in a prison last week. Many

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Lesson plan; The Enduring Relevance of Shakespeare’s Words.

December 12, 2023 Ann S. Michaelsen

How much Shakespeare is constantly in your head? This was the question Graham Norton had for Judi Dench. Her answer?

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Lesson plan; “Exploring War and Poetry: A Study of Siegfried Sassoon’s Life and Works through the Lens of ‘Benediction

December 4, 2023 Ann S. Michaelsen

Lesson Objectives: To learn about the historical and literary context of World War I and its impact on poetry. To

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