This unit employs the theoretical framework outlined in my Master's Thesis in an 11th grade context. In this unit, I familiarize students with critical theory and build interpretive theoretical schemata, then applied in "The Yellow Wall-Paper" by Charlotte Perkins-Gilman, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Click here for my approach to Shakespeare's The Tempest, designed for 11th and 12th graders. The unit features an introduction to postcolonial theory and frames the text as a renegotiation of "civilization" and the European identity as "Brave New Worlds" are projected outward in the Age of Exploration.
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My "Heart's Canon" is a collection of poems that are particularly important to me, personally, accompanied with approaches for teaching these poems in a variety of Secondary English Contexts.
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This lesson, designed for American History, but applicable in certain World or African American History contexts, focuses on building historical thinking skills by working with primary source documents.
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In this sample unit plan designed for 9th Graders, we read Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian to explore the construction of identity and stereotypes, culminating in a "story slam" performance, inspired by NPR's "Story Corps."
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