Herman Melville Lesson Plans

1. From Fact to Fiction: Moby Dick
...her Captain Ahab was a tragic hero; and Worksheet reach a class decision about whether Captain Ahab fits the definition. Generator are no longer Materials available. You can create new lesson plans Paper, pens, pencils and quizzes Computer with Internet access within your DE Copies of Moby Dick, by Herman Melville streaming From Fact to Fiction: Moby Dick video and TV/VCR (optional) account. If you don't have an Procedures account, sign up for a demo here. 1. Begin the lesson by explaining to students that they will debate whether Captain Ahab, the main character in Moby Dick, was a tragic hero. Then ask stud...

2. All in a Day's Work
...Depth Back to Work On This Day in By A. O. SCOTT History Crossword (Go to Article.) Puzzle Campus Weblines Education News Newspaper in Get Our Lessons By E-mailPrinter-friendly Version Education (NIE) Teacher Resources Classroom Subscriptions Friday, March 23, 2001 _ All in a Day's Work Modernizing Herman Melville's 'Bartleby the Scrivener' Student Connections Author(s) News Summaries Jackie Glasthal, The New York Times Learning Network Daily News Quiz Word of the Day Grades: 6-8, 9-12 Test Prep Subjects: Language Arts Question of the Interdisciplinary Connections Day Web Explorer Overview of Lesson Plan: In...

3. My Favorite Author
...and rewrite it to eliminate any grammatical or spelling errors. 2. Each student will combine this knowledge with tools from grammar review and will compose a well-written report about a book he/she has read, or he /she may choose to present a mini-play with other students or a solo presentation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. 3. Students may choose topics Materials: Video of the movie Moby Dick Two textbooks plus one novel Understanding English Grammar, 5th Edition, 1998, by Martha Kolln, Robert Funk, and Allyn Bacon English Fundamentals, 3rd Edition, 1999, by Macmullen E. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, 1853...

4. The American Civil War: a Social Studies Lesson for the Ged Student
...es: letter, diaries, documents, re-enactments, and state projects related to the civil war. Masur, Louis P. The Real Civil War Will Never Get In The Books. Oxford University Press. New York, NY, 1993. This book is a compilation of civil war-era writers such as: Frederick Douglas, Louisa May Alcott, Herman Melville, Charlotte Forten, and Walt Whitman. It includes letters, essays, and excerpts from diaries. McDonald, John. Great Battles of the Civil War. MacMillan Publishing Company. New York, NY. 1988. The book presents 3-dimensional computer-generated contour maps of battle topography. It includes anecdotes a...

5. Author, Author
...a set, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. There are more of the 3, 4, 5, 6 cards. The 1 and 2 cards will be harder to come by. The sets of six will be made from an actual set of 10 picture cards with the following authors: Jane Austen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, T. S. Eliot, Amy Lowell, Guy de Maupassant, Herman Melville, O. Henry, George Orwell, Edgar Allan Poe, and Mark Twain. One of the cards is a color picture of Mark Twain. If you have a set with this picture in it, you will get an additional 2 extra credit points. When you have a complete set, turn it in to your teacher to receive credit. You may collect more...

6. Literature of the Gilded Age
...s use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes. -+ ISTE Standard 5 Technology research tools -+ + + Introduction: The literature of the pre-Civil War period is usually characterized as ?romantic? and includes the novels of James Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville, the transcendental essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, and James Russell Lowell. These traditions continued after the Civil War; however, not surprisingly, there was a significant change with the growth of realism in the literature?...

7. Make a Book Into a Movie
...ok, movie, writing, film, act, script Materials Needed selected novels or short stories paper pencils poster paper art supplies Lesson Plan In the Make a Book Into a Movie Project, Tina Marie Tedeschi describes a project she has designed to accompany her students' reading of the novel Billy Budd by Herman Melville. The activity has students serve as "casting directors" for a movie based on the book; they choose famous actors to play the key roles. The students also design a poster for the film, write positive and negative reviews, and create a script for one scene. This lesson can easily be adapted for use wi...

8. Adobe Digital Kids Club: Lessons: Satire Witch Project
...le, a student is followed by the words from Chapter 32 that appear as titles the student can see. Template graphics also appear: The balloons template reads ?A popping good tale. Be very scared of the end.? The titles seem to appear without warning. In both scrolling and crawling text, the words of Herman Melville appear. The actor gets more and more scared until, at the end, he/she keeps saying, ?I?m so scared? and ?I?m so sorry!? and turns off the camera. Shoot the video Shoot your video. Use your storyboard! It will save you time. The videotaping will be short and is best done in one take. Five minutes wou...

9. Fishing for Solutions
...views have been affected by the depletion of the ocean. 3. Examine other environmental issues related to the depletion of marine life and the ocean ecosystem, such as oil spills, anoxia, and mining in the ocean. 4. Read excerpts from "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway and "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville. Then, compare the "man versus nature" conflicts in these classic novels to the current ecological issues discussed in the featured article. 5. Locate and analyze international treaties about fishing. How do these treaties attempt to prevent ecological problems such as overfishing? What economic and...

10. Is the Environment in Deep Water?
...e globe. Fine Arts- Interpret or create pieces of art that illustrate the struggle between man and nature, or create your own natural history drawings related to aquatic life. Language Arts- Read excerpts from (or the entire works of) "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway and "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville. Then, compare the "man versus nature" conflicts in these classic novels to the current ecological issues discussed in the featured article. Technology- Create a Web scavenger hunt about organizations dedicated to the preservation of the Earth's water ecosystems. Other Information on the Web The Nor...