Literature
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Racial and Ethnic Stereotypes in Literature
Students explore stereotypes in Gordon Parks' The Learning Tree and confront their own biases.

Alan Paton
Lesson plans and activities for teaching Cry, the Beloved Country.

Doctor Zhivago, ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre, novel by Boris Pasternak
This site supports the 2003 video version directed by Giacomo Campiotti. It includes episode descriptions, a "novel to film" compare and contrast page, and an essay by Russell Baker.

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Summary, book talk, and 12 discussion questions.

Plato's Allegory of the Cave
Students define philsophy, allegory, and images from "The Allegory of the Cave." Designed for vocational or adult students.

Edgar Allan Poe
Lesson plans and activities for Poe's poetry and stories.

Katharine Anne Porter's Artistry and Vision in "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall," "Flowering Judas," and Pale Horse, Pale Rider
Summary and analysis, teaching strategies.

Chaim Potok
Lesson plans for The Chosen, My Name is Asher Lev, more.