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University of Alberta

Atlas of Alberta Railways: Alberta's Early Non Indigenous Settlers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Presented by the University of Alberta, this resource contains information on the early non-indigenous settlement in the Alberta region. Information on the settlers themselves is provided as well as maps showing the growth in both...
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University of Alberta

Atlas of Alberta Railways: The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

For Students 3rd - 8th
Presented by the University of Alberta, this resource contains information on the founding and development of The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The site also provides primary source resources in the the form of photographs, excerpts,...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Lesson Plan: Tony's Tiger Bites

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students are given a marshmallow cereal bar recipe and are challenged to make equivalent fractions while following directions.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Every Picture Has a Story

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Smithsonian Education presents "Every Picture Has a Story". Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package in which students examine some of the millions of photographs in the Smithsonian. This amazing teaching package comes...
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A reader's theater script for Lenore Look's children's book, Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things, is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity.
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Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Patrick Carman's Atherton: The House of Power

For Teachers 5th - 8th
A reader's theater script for Patrick Carman's young adult dystopian novel, Atherton: The House of Power, is provided on this activity. Eight character roles are needed in this activity.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Native American Dolls [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine dolls from the online collections at the Smithsonian and connect them with the correct cultures. Includes lots of background information about Native American clothing and how the way each cultural group dresses reflects...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Econ Explorers Journal [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this collection of lesson activities, learners will complete an "Econ Explorers Journal" to help them learn how economics is involved in their neighborhood, the books they read, in earning a living, at their banks, in their homes, and...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Dwellings: The Message of Houses and Their Contents, 1780 1820

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Architectural styles of the times reflected the economic status and taste of the individuals who owned the houses. As this turn of the century proceeded from 1780 to 1820, many changes occurred in communication, transportation,...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Using international folklore as subject matter, lead your students in a unit to research literary forms and foreign countries. There is a printout available for instruction and assessment.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Bio Bags Linking Literature and Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for five 30-40 minute lessons that ask students to create BioBags, a kind of literature autobiography. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Qa Rs + Tables = Successful Comprehension of Math Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for two lessons that explain how to use the question-answer relationship (QAR) strategy to make word problems easier to understand. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: My World of Words: Building Vocabulary Lists

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson has a new approach to vocabulary building where students generate their own vocabulary word lists and research the words' meanings.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! Class Book of Picturesque Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contains plans for five lessons about haiku using "One Leaf Rides the Wind" by Celeste Davidson Mannis as an introduction and model. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites used in the...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Can You Convince Me? Developing Persuasive Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four 40-minute lessons that teach persuasive writing to elementary students. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Research Building Blocks: Examining Electronic Sources

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson helps elementary students identify the important components of web site evaluation. It includes a website evaluation question sheet.
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: One of Pluto's Tiny Moons Finally Revealed

For Students 2nd - 5th
A look at an image of one of Pluto's many moons.
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Interactive
Other

Wonderville: Rebuilding Wetlands

For Students 4th - 5th
An activity where students can learn the basics about wetlands and reclamation. In this interactive module, students can visit five sections to gain knowledge, complete a virtual lab, take an assessment, and solve a challenge. Give...
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Ice, Ice, Maybe: Fast Estimation With Basic Number Calculations

For Students 4th - 7th
Practice your arithmetic skills as you estimate the answer to questions involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Includes whole numbers, fractions, and percents. As you answer questions, you guide penguins across an...
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

National Archives: Benjamin Franklin: Politician and Diplomat

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Benjamin Franklin was the only man to help shape all the major documents that established the United States. Students will review those documents and match the correct document to its description. Upon completion, students will choose...
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Puerto Rico

For Teachers 5th
A comprehensive learning module on Puerto Rico that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include how Puerto Rico became a...
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Website
Royal Geographical Society

Royal Geographical Society: India: Pictures of the Past

For Students 3rd - 6th
View photographs and quotes about India's turbulent history, particularly Partition.
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Other

The Maine Educational Assessment (Mea)

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This site provides information on the Maine Educational Assessment in Science that is given in grades 5 and 8. Includes link to released test items.
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Virginia Historical Society

Virginia Museum of History and Culture: Teaching With Photographs

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
"Teaching with Photographs" includes images from the Virginia Historical Society's collection. The images are organized into several themes which allows this source to be used by younger and older grades. Resources for teachers are...