Curated OER
Summarizing: James and the Giant Peach
Text marking and a T-chart format to distinguish important information from trivia help elementary readers summarize effectively. Encouraging readers to construct a chapter summary from paragraph-level topic sentences is another sound...
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Very Important Points-Determine Importance
Fifth graders investigate very important points in stories. In this reading comprehension lesson, 5th graders read a story and determine what the very important points are within the story by using notes and discussing what they feel the...
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Japanese and American Values
Ninth graders compare and contrast the values that Americans and Japanese people deem as important. They use the internet and the school media center to find the information in order to answer research based questions.
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What I Really Care About
Fourth graders explore the concept of values and apply it to what they think is important. Different situations are analyzed to see if their values are maintained.
IMDb
Internet Movie Database: The Birth of a Nation
The IMDB's extensive site on the groundbreaking and blatantly racist film, "Birth of a Nation."
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: 3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed
Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story publicly for the first time....
The Guardian
Guardian: d.w. Griffith: Birth of a Nation
An interesting article that presents the different viewpoints regarding the classic silent film, "Birth of a Nation." Discusses the director, D.W. Griffith.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Integrated Pest Management Basics
Gives general info on Integrated Pest Management. Along with news, IPM contacts, publications, and related links. Also lists various subject areas to look into.