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English & Language Arts
Big Paper: Building a Silent Conversation
Students have a written conversation with peers and use silence as a tool to explore a topic in depth.
Grand Papier –Conversation silencieuse
Les élèves ont une conversation écrite avec leurs pairs et utilisent le silence comme outil pour explorer un sujet en profondeur.
Bio-poem: Connecting Identity and Poetry
Students clarify aspects of their identity or the identity of a historical or literary figure by writing poems that focus on deeper elements of personal makeup like experiences, relationships, hopes, and interests.
Character Charts
Provide students with a graphic tool to record and organize information about characters in a text.
Character Maps
Help students engage with a fictional or historical character by creating an annotated illustration.
Character Maps (UK)
Help students engage with a fictional or historical character by creating an annotated illustration.
ELA Unit Planning Guide
This guide provides the framework and classroom resources to help you design an English Language Arts unit for middle or high school students centered around a book of your choosing.
Teach with Facing History ELA Learning Experiences
Each of our learning experiences provides activities and resources to explore a core Facing History concept or theme while building key literacy skills.
Coming of Age in a Complex World: A Mini-Course for ELA Educators
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Explore hands-on strategies to teach coming-of-age texts and literature, centering students’ identities and lived experiences as young adults.
Teaching Strategies
Use our student-centered teaching strategies to strengthen your students’ literacy skills, nurture critical thinking, and build a respectful and collaborative classroom community.
Indigenous Resistance, Resilience and Resurgence: The Role of Activism
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Toronto, CA
Experience a holistic day of learning that brings together Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee stories, art, spoken word, connection to land, language rights and activism. This event will be hosted in-person.