Lesson Plans
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Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare and first performed in 1599, is the historical tragedy of murder of Julius Caesar and the civil war that follows.
NOTE: The activities in this resource apply only to the monologue given by Cassius in Act I, Scene 2. This resource can be used independently or in conjunction with a study of the entire play.
To a Skylark
One evening in 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley was walking with his wife, Mary Shelley, in Italy, when they heard a skylark, inspiring Shelley to write “To a Skylark,” considered by many to be among the best representations of Romantic poetry.
“To a Skylark” uses many forms of comparison to describe the bird. The poem is written in an unusual metrical form, with 21 five-line stanzas. The first four lines of each stanza are written (mostly) in trochaic trimeter (‘u ‘u ‘u). The fifth line is written in iambic hexameter -- twelve syllables of 6 iambic feet.
W. E. B. DuBois &
Booker T. Washington
The two texts compared in this lesson focus on issues of education, racial advancement, and race relations in the US at the beginning of the 20th century.
Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) was one of the leading members of the African American community in the US at the beginning of the 20th century. An educator, author, and public speaker, Washington favored a conciliatory approach to ending the disenfranchisement of black people in the US.
W. E. B. Du Bois (pronounced dew BOYCE) (1868-1963) was another leading member of the African American community in the US at the beginning of the 20th century. A writer, activist, and academic, Du Bois favored a more direct approach to ending the disenfranchisement of black people in the US, insisting on full civil rights and political representation.