But her brain was not interested in the future. Loaded with the past and hungry for more, it left her no room to imagine, let alone plan for, the next day. . . Students will be evaluated based on their journal entries, participation in classroom discussion, involvement in research on a historical character from the Civil War period, and completed narrative written from the perspective of this character. Students can write book or film reviews and publish them in the school newspaper. Students can research non-American Nobel laureates, focusing particularly on those studied in a specific language class.
Students can study different scientific theories about paranormal activity.
Students can study the history of slavery in other countries. Students can also research the role of belief in the occult in a variety of countries, focusing on how these beliefs affect the daily lives of believers. Students can create illustrations or other works of art based on the themes of the Civil War and slavery. Students can try to find examples of spirituals and Civil War tunes by searching the Internet. In addition, this lesson plan may be used to address the academic standards of a specific state.