“What is Toni Morrison’s real name? The author of the novels Song of Solomon (1977) and Beloved (1987) was born Chloe Anthony Wofford.”
Excerpted from: Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa. Literature: The New York Public Library Book of Answers. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993.
Posted in English Language Arts, Quotes, Reference
Tagged black history, fiction/literature, united states history
OK, it’s time for me to get out of here this afternoon. Before I go, here is and Everyday Edit worksheet on the Montgomery Bus Boycott. If you and your students like this document, you can get a yearlong supply of them from the good people over at Education World.
And if you find typos in this worksheet…fix them! That’s what it’s for.
“Who knows when some slight shock, disturbing the delicate balance between social order and thirsty aspiration, shall send the skyscrapers in our cities toppling.”
Native Son, bk. 1 (1940)
Excerpted from: Schapiro, Fred, ed. The Yale Book of Quotations. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.
Until 1954 (i.e. Brown v. Board of Education), the United States Supreme Court was a reliable upholder of white supremacy. This Cultural Literacy worksheet on the Dred Scott decision helps students understand the precedent behind this illogical jurisprudence. It’s worth remembering that this was the case in which Chief Justice Roger Taney made some particularly trashy, racist comments in his decision.
For God’s sake….
If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.
“The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: A fantasy (1950) for children by C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), the first of seven books about the mythical land of Narnia. The lion, known as Aslan, is a Christ-like figure. The witch has held Narnia in thrall for a hundred years. The wardrobe is the means through which four children from our world enter Narnia. A televised version was made in 1963, followed by a re-creation in the series Chronicles of Narnia (1988-90).”
Excerpted from: Crofton, Ian, ed. Brewer’s Curious Titles. London: Cassell, 2002.
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Since they are clearly popular, here is another lesson plan from the pages of Crime and Puzzlement, this on on the case “Tread Lightly.”
I open this lesson on this Cultural Literacy worksheet on Josephine Baker–an exemplary American, by the way. The illustration and questions drive the lesson. Finally, here is the answer key to solve the case.
If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.
“Progress celebrates Pyrrhic victories over nature and makes purses out of human skin.”
Excerpted from: Winokur, Jon, ed. The Big Curmudgeon. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2007.
Posted in English Language Arts, Quotes, Reference, Social Sciences
Tagged humor, literary oddities, philosophy/religion, readings/research
I could not imagine that students wouldn’t need to know the word before they left high school, which is why I wrote this context clues worksheet on the verb concede. It’s used both intransitively and transitively.
If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.
“Romanesque Art: Art of the period ca. 1000 to ca. 1150 in the Ile-de-France, until the early 13th century elsewhere in Europe. Its chief creations were massive monastic churches built with stone vaults reminiscent of Roman architecture.”
Excerpted from: Diamond, David G. The Bulfinch Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms. Boston: Little Brown, 1992.
Posted in English Language Arts, Quotes, Reference, Social Sciences
OK, here’s a worksheet the Greek word root erg/o. It means work. You’ll find it at the base of technical words like ergonomic.
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