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Lesson Plan
Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Government, Statistics and the Media

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Dig into the role media has on public opinion by discussing questions raised and reviewing resources provided with this lesson.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: People and Discoveries: Television Is Developed, 1926

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives a brief account of the inventors and developments that lead up to the creation of television.
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Primary
Other

Howto: Multi Disk System Tuning

For Students 9th - 10th
This document describes how best to use multiple disks and partitions for a Linux system. Although some of this text is Linux specific the general approach outlined here can be applied to many other multi tasking operating systems.
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PPT
Other

Alien Travel Guide: All About Sculpture

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is a descriptive site that offers information on types, styles, media, artists, history, and periods in creation of sculpture.
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Website
Other

Scottish Parliament

For Students 9th - 10th
The official website of the Scottish Parliament offers "This week in the Parliament" as well as day to day business.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Covering the Campaign Trail: Progress or Chaos? (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine the methods used today for covering political campaigns. Includes comparing and contrasting the technologies used today with those of the past and evaluating the effectiveness of current methods of coverage.
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Handout
Other

Xerxes Ii and Sogdianus

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on the short reign of Xerxes II and the conspiracies surrounding him.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Persuasive Techniques in Media

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Links to nine videos demonstrating different persuasive techniques used in the media.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Propaganda Schemes

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Chock full of many interactive tools and strategies, this interdisciplinary language arts and health lesson is set up like a WebQuest. Students are led through the evaluation of techniques used by...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Reference Sources

For Teachers 2nd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews different reference sources including, encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses, almanacs, atlases, and periodicals.
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Website
Other

Expert click.com: Yearbook of Experts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site, which is provided for by Expert Click.com, gives an online encyclopedia of sources for journalists and broadcasters.
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Website
Other

Webopedia.com: Local Area Networks

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Webopedia.com provides definition and uses of Local Area Networks. Includes LAN characteristics with linked definitions. Has many links to related sites.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Features of a Newspaper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart that examines the way in which newspapers and articles are constructed. The end of the flipchart focuses specifically on the battle of Glencoe, but the majority of the flipchart has much...
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Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Creating a Works Cited

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The intended learning outcomes are to identify the basic elements of a citation, and to understand that the elements of a citation vary with the format of the source cited (e.g. book v. magazine article v. online resource), and to know...