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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Archetypes: Themes and Situations [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This 24-page PDF presentation focuses on Archetypes including themes and situations. It includes the discussion of themes such as supernatural world, human relationships, forces of nature, and many more.
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Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a six-page PDF of the short story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, a story about a conflict between a Chinese-American daughter and a Chinese immigrant mother.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of "Secret Places of the Heart"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for H. G. Wells's story, "The Secret Places of the Heart."
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Website
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Military Preparations

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of a larger site from Discovering Lewis & Clark explores military preparations, the Schuylkill Arsenal, Clark's commission, and how Lewis evaluated his officers.
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Activity
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Balancing Chemical Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive simulation with weights and scales that teaches about balancing chemical equations and conservation of mass. This simulation can either be downloaded or played online and includes handouts, lesson plans, and additional...
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Nonfiction Passage Questions[pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains questions for each passage are provided. Graphic organizers are available for these copyrighted materials that may be used for educational purposes.
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Biography Questions [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This graphic organizer contains questions for students to answer as they read a biography. This graphic organizer is a copyrighted material that may be used for educational purposes.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: History Thinker: Analyze Then Summarize [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This Center for Urban Education resource provides a downloadable worksheet. Students will read about a historical event and answer scaffolded questions that will help them retell what happened, explain the causes and effects, and then...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Comprehensive Questions: Nonfiction [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Questions are provided to help students determine the main idea, topic, and fact versus opinion of a nonfiction piece. Students are prompted to write a summary of an informational text.
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Handout
Other

Growing Carnivorous Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
Do I need a terrarium? How do I stimulate seeds to germinate? Where can I buy a carnivorous plant? These questions and more are answered in this informative site.
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eBook
Eserver

E Server: "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding"

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of Hume's most famous work from "Harvard Classics, Volume 37." Select desired chapter from this classic work.
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Guide Nonfiction Reading

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains 17 nonfiction articles that are appropriate for students with a 6th grade reading level, as measured by the Fry Formula. Questions for each passage are provided. These graphic organizers are copyrighted and may be used...
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Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Water on Tap: What You Need to Know

For Students 9th - 10th
Downloadable booklets with basic information about the U.S. water supply, e.g., where our drinking water comes from.
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Activity
Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Quotations and Scripts

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the Folger Shakespeare Library provides some of the most famous lines from Shakespearean works. A list of Shakespearean insults, compliments, and quotations are provided. Several adapted scripts for children, based on...
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: Othello Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resources offers scene by scene activites and assignments for teaching students Shakespeare's Othello.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Growing Global Power

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive teaching unit on the emergence of the United States as a global power after World War I. Learn about America's drive for expansion, first by the military, then by businesses. Contains video and text materials, web...
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Unit Plan
Study Languages

Study Spanish: Informal Commands (Vosotros)

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent Spanish lesson on informal plural commands that refer to the pronoun "vosotros." Examples illustrate the formation and use of informal vosotros commands in both the negative and the affirmative. A quiz at the end of the lesson...
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eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

For Students 9th - 10th
Henrik Ibsen's play is available here to download or read online in multiple digital formats.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Comprehensive Assessment: Nonfiction [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 3 the Real Number System

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use Glencoe's Math Course 3 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of the Real Number System. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Number Patterns and Problem Solving

For Students 9th - 10th
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of number patterns and problem-solving. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Poems, Series 3 by Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the poetry collection Poems, Series 3 by Emily Dickinson. A Preface and Prelude are provided as well as the four sections of poetry: Life (45) poems), Love (22), Nature (29), and Time and Eternity (49).
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Handout
Other

Gateway to the Classics: The Heroes of Asgard: Index of Names With Meanings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This index of names from Norse mythology comes from a book first published in 1891. The list includes all of the familiar characters from Norse tales, as well as many names of characters and places which figure only briefly in the myths.
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Website
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Sport Science

For Students 9th - 10th
In this colorful and interactive resource, students can learn about the science behind baseball, hockey, cycling, skateboarding, and surfing.