Through Sewell's novel, students explore the cruelty to animals and extend the discussion to current events, eventually presenting the information.

After reading one of Carroll's chapters, students plan an unbirthday party and do activities and preparation for the event.

Students use Ringgold's books as a springboard for a discussion of race, gender, and civil rights, and then write and illustrate original picture books on these topics.

Students brainstorm a list of human rights issues, research their group's issue in depth, examine the way journalists cover a story, and create articles for a classroom newspaper.

Students brainstorm a list of civil rights-related issues and use the Acrostic Poems interactive to create poems.

Students write a script for A Christmas Carol on a level that primary students can read and perform. Older students record the performance and create a website to showcase photographs.

Students read and respond to an essay by Baldwin, commenting on the contemporary resonance of his ideas.