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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Love of War in Tim O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story”
   Students explore the theme of love of war through texts on camaraderie among soldiers. They then compose a visual collage depicting their beliefs about the relationship between love and war.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Analyzing World War II Posters
   Students analyze World War II posters, as a group and then independently, to explore how argument, persuasion and propaganda differ.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Building Vietnam War Scavenger Hunts through Web-Based Inquiry
   Students research the effects of the Vietnam war on a specific group of people who were involved. They then create Internet scavenger hunts to share with the class.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Using Historical Fiction to Learn About the Civil War
   Students in grades 4 and 5 discuss inferential comprehension and visualization as they use a think-aloud questioning strategy to develop a deeper understanding of a historical novel.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   In the Style of Ernie Pyle: Reporting on World War II
   Students will think this lesson should make the headlines when they finish researching Ernie Pyle’s work in preparation for writing their own news articles.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Comparing Electronic and Print Texts About the Civil War Soldier
   Which side will win as students investigate both sides of the battle of using print versus online text for research as they learn about the lives of Civil War soldiers?
   
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 21
   Novelist Ernest Hemingway was born on this day in 1899.
   Students examine the ways different authors treat the subject of war in their writing and compare and contrast using the Venn Diagram interactive.
8. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 5  |  Podcast Episode
   Honoring Veterans Day
   In honor of Veterans Day, Emily shares a collection of books that show different perspectives of the Vietnam War.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   8 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 29
   Poet Yusef Komunyakaa was born in 1947.
   Students examine imagery in the work of Pulitzer Prize winner Yusef Komunyakaa.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 26
    The Spanish town of Guernica was bombed on this date in 1937.
    After showing students Picasso's Guernica, they are provided with background information, share their impressions, and write about Picasso's purpose in creating the painting.

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