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Activity
BBC

Bbc: Sleep: Face Memory Test

For Students 9th - 10th
This test assesses your temporal memory, or how long ago something happened. Try to determine if tiredness affects this type of memory. Following the test, find out some information about memory and sleep. This test takes about 15...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Building Reading Comprehension Through Think Alouds

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Think-Aloud method has be shown to improve information retention. The lesson plan contained within this site models for teachers how to model this strategy. There is a rubric included for assessment.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Memories Form and How We Lose Them

For Students 9th - 10th
Think back to a really vivid memory. Got it? Now try to remember what you had for lunch three weeks ago. That second memory probably isn't as strong- but why not? Why do we remember some things, and not others? And why do memories...
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Website
Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Christina Rossetti

For Students 9th - 10th
Poets.org provides a brief biographical overview of Christina Rossetti including information on her life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Rossetti is also provided.
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Website
English Verse

English Verse: Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 1894)

For Students 9th - 10th
Rossetti's biography (briefly) and eleven full text poems are the contents of this site.
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Primary
Other

Texas Bob: The Fall of the Alamo

For Students 9th - 10th
These reprinted letters show actual correspondence and tell the story of the fall of the Alamo in early nineteenth century Texas.