Curated OER
Locker Room Maxims
In this locker room maxim, students examine letters that represent words. They decipher the puzzle to reveal a cliche. This four--page worksheet contains 22 problems. Answers are provided on the last two pages.
Curated OER
Lesson 4 Word Search
In this language arts instructional activity, high schoolers locate and identify various vocabulary terms. There are 15 words/phrases located in the puzzle.
First World War
First World War: Who's Who Hiram Maxim
This site provides a biography of Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), the inventor of the machine gun.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Hiram Maxim
One-page profile of influential innovator, Hiram Maxim, whose vision and ideas created the world's first portable machine gun first used by the British Army.