perspective

During this classroom performance assessment, students will have an opportunity to think carefully about the idea of a “hero’s journey.” They will be asked to think and write about the possibility and the nature of heroism in the contemporary world as they focus on a selection of short fiction...

Students reconstruct the colonial argument for dissolving ties to Great Britain. Main steps of the learning process include:

• Close reading of the first two paragraphs of the Declaration, with primary attention to the claim about when revolution is justified.
• Task engagement
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In this task, students will read, analyze, and write about a selection from Susan Bordo’s "Unbearable Weight" in which she makes the argument that texts teach us how to see and think about ourselves and others.

Students will analyze a popular text to explore the idea that texts shape our...