Learning Tasks

Developed by master teachers, based on standards, tasks for students are provided for each story for quick engagement with the stories on a deeper, reflective, critical-thinking level.

Pick a real pirate or privateer and compare and contrast the fictional portrayal of them in the movie to historical accounts. There are several real p...

Charles de Batz-Castelmore Dartagnan was a real musketeer. Compare and contrast the fictional portrayal of him in the movie to historical accounts. Wr...

John Herbert Dillinger was a famous American bank robber during the Depression era. Public Enemies is a movie that follows the final years of the bank...

A common theme from Road to Perdition is the opposition of good and evil. Compare and contrast the fictional portrayal of one of the mobsters (Al Capo...

From this story, examine the presentation of events from two different sources provided in the text or the media assets (use the "MediaStream" on the ...

Read two selections on the same topic together as a class. Brainstorm together after each paragraphto discern the similarities and differences. Discus...

After reading the text, click on the videos and audios for that chapter (use the "Mediastream on the right").Choose two or more of these media files. ...

After reading the text, click on the videos and audios for that chapter (use the "Mediastream on the right").Choose two or more of these media files. ...

Read the story of Pompeii, then watch the video account of this story (links in Chapter 7). What facts and information did you get from the reading th...

A common theme from Jesse James is the opposition of good and evil. Compare and contrast the fictional portrayal of how people dealt with outlaws in t...

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is an action movie about Qin Shi Huang and his Terra Cotta Soldiers. Qin Shi Huang (Jet Li), a brutal and tyrann...

A common theme from Pirates of the Caribbean is the opposition of good and evil. Compare and contrast the fictional portrayal of how people dealt with...

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