Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: A Literary Survey: Archive
This search engine provides access to more than 3000 items including visual art, audio files, primary source materials, and additional texts supporting and enriching the understanding of American Literature. RI.9-10.9 US Documents,...
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Newsela
[Free Registration/Login Required] Newsela offers new current events articles daily in areas ranging from the arts to war and peace. Each article is available at five different reading levels; grade level and word count are displayed for...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: World History: The Middle Ages
Learning module in World History on the Middle Ages. Complete set of resources including interactive, multi-media assignments, activities and assessment.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Introduction to Ap Government and Politics Comparative
Learning module introduction to AP Government and Politics is a comparative course study on trends, research and types of political sytems throughout the world. Includes all necessary materials for comprehensive study and enrichment.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Government and Politics: Comparative Political Institutions
AP course learning module comparing government and political systems of various countries. Comprehensive course with assignments, learning activities, projects and assessment.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Government and Politics: Comparative: China
AP Comparative Government and Politics learning module on China. Details the history and course of events leading to contemporary China. Module includes comprehensive resources including text, assignments, interactive activities,...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Colonial Literature
This lesson is an introduction to a unit on Colonial Literature including Native American oral literature and New England Puritan narratives, journals, and sermons. It features an interactive list of terms for the period, a link to the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: Contemporary Issues
This lesson is an introduction to contemporary issues in today's literature and the use of propaganda and persuasion.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Popular Culture
This is an introduction to a unit on Popular Culture with focus on 21st century novels and expository writing.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: Outside Reading Made Fun
This lesson is an introduction to an "Outside Reading Made Fun" unit in which students select a book to read for pleasure, write journal questions, write an analytical essay, create a book project, and participate in a book discussion.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Technology and the World:technology and Literature:part Two
This lesson focuses on the use of technology to assist students with historical background to a piece of literature; it can help to understand the literature and how people felt about the historical event. It features links to the short...
Google
Google for Education: Finding Patterns in Spelling Errors and History
In this lesson, students analyze spelling errors and large sets of data to find patterns, develop abstractions, and discover how large amounts of data can tell us much about our society.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Conversations in Literature
A research based workshop by Judith Langer on bringing the joy of reading literature to your class. An excellent professional development resource, with eight videos on demand. Topics include Responding as Readers, Objectifying the Text,...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: David Mc Cullough
Biography of David Mccullough, distinguished author and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for his work writing and publishing historical biographies.
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Bowdoin: Reading, Writing, Researching for History: A Guide for College Students
Reference guide material discusses how to research, write and read for history.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Historical Thinking
[Free Registration/Login Required] This chart elaborates on the historical reading skills of sourcing, corroboration, contextualization, and close reading. In addition to questions that relate to each skill, the chart includes...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Snapshot Autobiography
[Free Registration/Login Required] What is history? And why do historical accounts differ? In this lesson, students create brief autobiographies and then reflect on the process to better understand how history is written. Exploring these...
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Asle: Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
This site provides links to literature about the environment. They offer publications, programs, conferences, and events that explore the topic of literature and environment.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Artifacts & Fiction Pair Finder
Pair artifacts with appropriate literary texts, and find tips for using them together in the classroom by selecting a literary movement and a discipline with this handy tool.
University of California
Uc Irvine: Distinguishing Between Primary & Secondary Sources
This site has an online quiz to test your knowledge of primary and secondary sources.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Comprehensive Assessment: Nonfiction [Pdf]
Questions are provided to help students determine the main idea, topic, purpose, and opinion of a piece of nonfiction. Students are prompted to write a summary of the informational text.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Reference Materials Printed and Electronic
Learn how to use dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri in order to determine meanings of words and phrases, including their denotations, connotations, and etymologies.
Virginia Tech
Digital History Reader: Introduction
An online learning module for the U.S. and European history. Presents central questions of key events in history. Students explore data, evaluate conflicting accounts or interpretations, and develop conclusions based on primary evidence....
University of North Carolina
Documenting the American South (Doc South)
Provides primary sources for the study of southern history, culture and literature. DocSouth includes sixteen thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.