Character Traits, Historical Characters
EDSITEment
9 - 12 | Worksheet
Students use this printable chart, from an EDSITEment lesson, to examine the personal qualities and behavior of the historical characters from the Scottsboro Boys Trial.

Profiles in Courage: Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird"
EDSITEment
9 - 12 | Lesson
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students read Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" with a careful eye for detail.

Profiles in Courage: "To Kill a Mockingbird" and the Scottsboro Boys Trial
EDSITEment
9 - 12 | Lesson
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students study select court transcripts and other primary source material from the Scottsboro Boys Trial.

Literary Characters on Trial: Combining Persuasion and Literary Analysis
ReadWriteThink
6 - 8 | Lesson
Students stage a mock trial for a literary character, with groups of students acting as the prosecution, defense, and jury.

Censorship in the Classroom: Understanding Controversial Issues
ReadWriteThink
9 - 12 | Lesson
Students examine propaganda and media bias, research a variety of banned and challenged books, choose a side of the censorship issue, and support their position.

Become a Character: Adjectives, Character Traits, and Perspective
ReadWriteThink
9 - 12 | Lesson
Students "become" one of the major characters in a book and describe themselves and other characters using charts.

Action Is Character: Exploring Character Traits with Adjectives
ReadWriteThink
6 - 8 | Lesson
Students must "become" a character in a novel in order to describe themselves and other characters using powerful adjectives.

The Pros and Cons of Discussion
ReadWriteThink
9 - 12 | Lesson
Students use a Discussion Web to engage in meaningful discussion of the question, "Are people equal?”

Spend a Day in My Shoes: Exploring the Role of Perspective in Narrative
ReadWriteThink
9 - 12 | Lesson
In this lesson, students imagine spending a day in someone else's shoes. After reviewing the characteristics of narrative writing, they then write narratives about spending the day in someone else’s shoes.

Tracking the Ways Writers Develop Heroes and Villains
ReadWriteThink
9 - 12 | Lesson
Everyone knows that Star Wars character Darth Vader is a villain. This lesson asks students to explore how they know such things about heroes and villains.

Character Traits: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
EDSITEment
9 - 12 | Interactive
This student interactive, from an EDSITEment lesson, is used by students to identify examples of moral courage and cowardice in key characters from the text of To Kill a Mockingbird.