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9 - 12Unit PlanMixed Texts

Explore the Greensboro Four, Civil Rights Movement, and poetry through historical analysis and creative writing.

3 - 5Small Group Activities

ELA small group resources that build background knowledge, vocabulary, and essential reading skills through engaging classroom content.

9 - 12Unit PlanMixed Texts

Lincoln Legacy Unit 1 provides an overview of the lessons, resources, and activities included in the first curriculum unit.

3 - 5Lesson PlanInformational Text

Abraham Lincoln text features lesson with interactive Nearpod activities and an educator guide for upper elementary classrooms.

3 - 5, 6 - 8, 9 - 12MediaBackground KnowledgeMedia

Civil War history videos featuring people, events, artifacts, and stories connected to Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era.

3 - 5, 6 - 8Reading PassagesComprehensionInformational Text, Narrative Nonfiction

Lincoln Loop educational resource featuring engaging history content, comprehension questions, and activities for classroom use.

3 - 5Sub PlansComprehensionInformational Text

Upper elementary sub plans with ready-to-use activities, writing tasks, and simple directions for substitute teachers.

Background KnowledgeMedia

Emancipation Proclamation historical context lesson with key Civil War background and primary sources for Unit 1.

9 - 12Lesson PlanMain/Central Idea & ThemeMedia

Students connect past and present by analyzing Amanda Gorman and Bernard Watson’s ideas about justice and progress.

9 - 12Lesson PlanComprehensionInformational Text

Students closely read the Emancipation Proclamation to explore Lincoln's language, identify central ideas, and interpret meaning.

9 - 12Lesson PlanMain/Central Idea & ThemeInformational Text

Students analyze the Emancipation Proclamation's central idea, examining key phrases and supporting details to understand Lincoln's purpose.

9 - 12Lesson PlanUsing EvidenceInformational Text

Students identify and cite textual evidence from historical texts to support analysis of explicit meanings and inferences.

9 - 12Lesson PlanResearchInformational Text

Students develop research and citation skills by gathering evidence from multiple sources and organizing information for oral presentations.

9 - 12Lesson PlanSpeaking & Listening

Students learn to create effective presentation visual aids, organize research findings, and design slides that engage their audience.

9 - 12Lesson PlanResearchMedia

Students learn public speaking techniques, analyze a speech, and practice strategies for delivering clear, engaging presentations.

9 - 12Lesson PlanSpeaking & ListeningMedia

Students practice presentation skills, refine delivery, and use feedback to improve clarity, confidence, and audience engagement.

9 - 12Lesson PlanSpeaking & Listening

Students present their analysis of reactions to the Emancipation Proclamation, developing public speaking and communication skills.

9 - 12Lesson PlanAuthor's CraftInformational Text

Students closely analyze the Emancipation Proclamation, examining Lincoln’s rhetorical strategies, word choice, tone, and use of evidence

9 - 12Lesson PlanResearch

Students research an issue, gather relevant information, and organize ideas into an outline for an original proclamation.

9 - 12Lesson PlanAuthor's Craft

Students draft a proclamation using purposeful language, rhetorical strategies, and peer feedback to strengthen meaning, style, and impact.

9 - 12Lesson PlanAuthor's Craft

Students analyze rhetorical strategies in their proclamations, reflect on their impact, and use peer feedback to strengthen their writing.

9 - 12Lesson PlanAuthor's CraftInformational Text

Finalize, share, and reflect on student proclamations in this Day 15 lesson from the Emancipation Proclamation unit.

Our ELA resources, designed for small-group instruction, include nonfiction materials focused on summarizing and identifying the main idea.

Our ELA resources, designed for small-group instruction, include fiction materials focused on summarizing stories and identifying themes.

9 - 12Lesson PlanMain/Central Idea & ThemeInformational Text, Primary Sources

Students explore the Greensboro Four sit-ins, analyzing themes of courage, youth activism, and social change using historical evidence.

9 - 12Lesson PlanMain/Central Idea & ThemeInformational Text, Primary Sources

Students explore youth activism during the Civil Rights Movement, examining student protests, courage, resistance, and social change.

9 - 12Lesson PlanMain/Central Idea & ThemeInformational Text, Primary Sources

Students explore nonviolence in the Civil Rights Movement through Martin Luther King Jr.'s writings and the Greensboro sit-ins.

9 - 12Lesson PlanComparing TextsPoetry

Students explore poetry as activism by analyzing how Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes address identity, equality, and injustice.

9 - 12Lesson PlanMain/Central Idea & ThemePoetry

Students explore Civil Rights-era poetry using TWIST to analyze identity, cultural pride, theme, and social change.

9 - 12Main/Central Idea & ThemePoetry

Students analyze Civil Rights-era poetry using the TWIST method, collaborating in expert groups to explore theme, imagery, and meaning.

9 - 12Lesson PlanMain/Central Idea & ThemePoetry

Students analyze Civil Rights-era poetry using the TWIST method to explore tone, imagery, theme, and messages of justice.

9 - 12Lesson PlanSpeaking & ListeningPoetry

Students collaborate to prepare poetry presentations, exploring theme, tone, imagery, and the role of poetry in the Civil Rights Movement.

9 - 12Lesson PlanSpeaking & ListeningPoetry

Students present and discuss Civil Rights-era poetry, exploring imagery, tone, theme, and how poets use language to inspire change.

9 - 12Lesson PlanMain/Central Idea & ThemeInformational Text, Primary Sources

Students analyze civil rights protest texts to identify central ideas, examine historical messages, and explore how language inspires change.

9 - 12Lesson PlanRhetorical AnalysisPrimary Sources

Students analyze civil rights texts to explore tone, audience, rhetorical strategies, and how persuasive language inspires change.

9 - 12Lesson PlanRhetorical AnalysisPrimary Sources

Students compare civil rights protest texts, analyzing tone, rhetorical strategies, and how language inspires change.

9 - 12Lesson PlanArgumentative Writing

Students craft persuasive protest messages inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, using rhetorical strategies to inspire change.

9 - 12Lesson Plan

Students craft persuasive protest messages inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, using rhetorical strategies to inspire change.

9 - 12Lesson PlanArgumentative Writing

Students revise persuasive writing about civil rights using peer feedback to strengthen clarity, tone, and rhetorical impact.

9 - 12Lesson PlanAuthor's CraftPoetry

Analyze modern poetry using the TWIST method to explore tone, imagery, word choice, and theme through a Civil Rights lens.

9 - 12Lesson PlanCreative WritingPoetry

Introduce poetry writing with a grades 9–10 lesson exploring social commentary, self-expression, and meaningful social issues.

9 - 12Lesson PlanCreative WritingPoetry

A poetry writing lesson plan for grades 9–10 exploring social issues through imagery, tone, diction, and creative expression.

9 - 12Lesson PlanCreative WritingPoetry

Use peer feedback to revise original poetry, strengthen poetic devices, and prepare for a classroom poetry coffeehouse.

9 - 12Lesson PlanSpeaking & ListeningPoetry

Celebrate student voices with a poetry coffeehouse lesson plan for grades 9–10 featuring original poems, readings, and reflection.