Playing with Poems: Rules, Tools, and Games

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 14.02.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Background
  3. Rationale: Why Read, Study, and Teach Poetry in the Age of Common Core?
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Resources
  7. Appendix
  8. Bibliography
  9. Notes

Dulce et Decorum Est: Common Core and the Poetry of War

Elizabeth A. Daniell

Published September 2014

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