Teaching Horror

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The State of Michigan had a nice unit on horror. They decided to remove it from the site when they changed partnerships. It looks like it will now be a pay site, and the Horror Unit is no longer available. I used my internet prowess to dig up the print version of the files (which are purposely not searchable by Google and the like, nor are they archivable through sites such as Archive.org). It was a pain, so save and/or print the files now before the powers that be find out and remove the print views as well.

Unit Plan for The Darker Vision - A Genre Study of Tales of Horror
http://www.michigan.gov/printerFriendly/0,1687,7-155-10702-39694--,00.html

Lesson 1 - Beginning to Understand the Horror Genre
http://www.michigan.gov/printerFriendly/0,1687,7-155-10702-40971--,00.html

Lesson 2 - Examining Poetry in the Horror Genre
http://www.michigan.gov/printerFriendly/0,1687,7-155-10702-40976--,00.html

Lesson 3 - Gothic Horror Stories and Allegory
http://www.michigan.gov/printerFriendly/0,1687,7-155-10702-40980--,00.html

Lesson 4 - Modern Horror: Comparing Southern Gothic Writers and Stephen King
http://www.michigan.gov/printerFriendly/0,1687,7-155-10702-40987--,00.html

Lesson 5 - A Novel Exploring the Dark Side of the Human Mind
http://www.michigan.gov/printerFriendly/0,1687,7-155-10702-40991--,00.html

Lesson 6 - The Film Version of a Horror Novel
http://www.michigan.gov/printerFriendly//0,1687,7-155-10702-40997--,00.html

Lesson 7 - Listening to Radio Horror
http://www.michigan.gov/printerFriendly/0,1687,7-155-10702-40998--,00.html

Lesson 8 - Adapting Horror: Creating a Script from a Published Work
http://www.michigan.gov/printerFriendly/0,1687,7-155-10702-41000--,00.html

Lesson 9 - Adapting Horror: Creating a Video
http://www.michigan.gov/printerFriendly/0,1687,7-155-10702-41002--,00.html

Lesson 10 - Presenting and Reviewing Horror Videos
http://www.michigan.gov/printerFriendly/0,1687,7-155-10702-41004--,00.html

I'd also check out:
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/4095.html
http://blogs.setonhill.edu/MikeArnzen/000759.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=237
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/more/LAShortStory3ModernFearAndSuspense1112.htm
http://www.penguinputnam.com/static/pdf/teachersguides/kinghorror.pdf